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Here is Joe Duffy’s Pitcher’s Report Card
Pittsburgh-Philadelphia
Bucs Joe Musgrove 9.00 ERA last four starts
- ERA is better on road at 4.02 compared to 5.35 at home but WHIP and OBP similar
- Best numbers at night at 4.10 ERA, .294 OBP and 1.17 WHIP
Phillies Jason Vargas 3.99 ERA , .307 OBP,
- Substantially better at home, especially ERA where it’s 2.95 compared to 5.23 road
Anti-splits angle is 1462-975 on runline +169.84 units and 4.4 ROI
- Phillies 10 games over .500 at home, Pirates 12 games under road
PITTSBURGH +1.5 -160
Arizona-San Francisco
Alex Young .289 OBP for season and 1.14 WHIP despite 4.04 ERA
- Says he is much better than ERA and undervalued
- Yet a horrid 7.53, .382, and 1.81 last three starts
- ERA better on road 3.27 compared to 4.67 home, though WHIP and OBP close
Tyler Beede last seven games 6.35 ERA, 1.70 WHIP
- Numbers a bit worse on road, but slightly better at night
The pick: OVER 9
Oakland-Kansas City
Homer Bailey 5.06, .327 OBP against
- One run last two starts over 12.2
- Atrocious road numbers 6.98 ERA, .350 OBP and 1.53 WHIP
- Home team is 16-9 in HOMEr Bailey’s starts
Brad Keller 7-13 though decent 3.95 ERA and .325 OBP
- KC 8-19 with him
- 3 ER last two starts over 12 IP, allowing just 11 baserunners
- Numbers also much better at home with .286 OPB and 1.12 WHIP compared to road at .349 and 1.46
Bad teams off a win +205.29 units
Less successful pitcher based on season-to-date numbers is +231.43 and 6.7 ROI
When both apply 17.7 ROI (big pitcher and team regression) but just 1-4 this season -2.5 units
Pick: Kansas City +138
Since Oct 20, UNDER 47-34-3 58 percent, 10 percent ROI