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Houston-Cleveland
- Jose Urquidy (Or-Keady) for Houston just 19 IP in four starts
- Team is 3-1
- OBP against .288
- 2.79 road ERA, yet .310 OBA and 1.34 WHIP
- Zach Plesac for Cleveland nice 3.10 ERA and .288 OBP against
- 1.12 ERA last three starts and .258 OPB, .94 WHIP
- Slightly worse on road, but not substantially
- Much better at night with 1.23 ERA, .95 WHIP
- Day 4.83, 1.23
Team trends:
- Houston 95-43 favorites since last August 21 +21.14 units
- 19-7 overall +9 units
- Cleveland 33-14 overall +13.14 units, 16.9 ROI
- 27-20 runline with 14.8 percent ROI
- Indians under 47-34-5 home since July 14 of 2018
Minnesota-Miami
- Jose Berrios (Ba-rEE-os) for Minnesota 9-5 2.94 ERA
- Weird numbers
- 2.55 last three, though .329 OBP and 1.36 WHIP
- 3.62 road ERA compared to 2.10 at home but .285 road OBP better than home
- WHIP nearly identical home/road
- ERA and WHIP both nearly identical day and night
- Sandy Alcantara 4-9, 4.18 ERA and horrible .342 OBP
- 6.35 last three starts, .375 OBP, 1.71 WHIP
- Is better at home in ERA, WHIP, and OBP but not by a lot
Team trends
- Twins under 11-4-1 road
- Marlins have under 51-35-5 dog
Mets-White Sox
- deGrom 2.86 ERA, 1.09 WHIP yet Mets 7-14 in his starts, 4-13 in night starts
- Last 3 .47 ERA, .270 OBP against, 1.05 WHIP
- No unearned runs
- Better road with 2.51 ERA, though OBP and WHIP about same
- Lucas Giolito, Sox 13-7 in his starts but 3.52 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, .284 OBP
- Twice in last four starts gave up at least six runs
- Home ERA is 4.47 with WHIP and OBP slightly worse at home
Team trends
- Mets 19-7 favorities with a 21 percent ROI
- White Sox under 37-24 underdogs
- 5-16 overall -9.14 units and -42 ROI