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MLB DFS Pitching Primer: Saturday, July 13 – Ride the Rays, Morton + McKay

By Dan Palyo

CLEVELAND, OHIO - MAY 25: Starting pitcher Charlie Morton #50 of the Tampa Bay Rays pitches during the first inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on May 25, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OHIO - MAY 25: Starting pitcher Charlie Morton #50 of the Tampa Bay Rays pitches during the first inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on May 25, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 02: Starting pitcher Patrick Corbin #45 of the Washington Nationals looks on before the first inning against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park on July 02, 2019 in Washington, DC. Corbin was wearing #45 in memory of pitcher Tyler Skaggs of the Los Angeles Angels who was found dead on July 1, 2019. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /

MLB DFS Pitching Primer: First Look

Here are the pitching match-ups for this afternoon and this evening’s games. The home pitcher is listed second and the Vegas odds are listed in parenthesis when available. Remember that some pitchers have extremely large home/road splits.

Vegas lines and implied run totals can be tricky to navigate at times and they do change throughout the day, but they are certainly a great place to start your MLB DFS research. For cash games, I am often looking for large home favorites, while anything goes for GPPs.

Early Only

Brendan McKay vs. Aaron Brooks

Clayton Richard vs. J.A. Happ (-250)

Jordan Lyles vs. Jon Lester (-175)

Dylan Covey vs. Chris Bassitt (this game in on FanDuel only)

Main Slate

Charlie Morton vs. John Means (game 2 of a doubleheader)

Jake Odorizzi vs. Trevor Bauer (-135)

Matt Boyd vs. Brad Keller (-105)

Madison Bumgarner vs. Zach Davies (-120)

Merrill Kelly vs. Dakota Hudson (-125)

Ross Stripling vs. Chris Sale (-175)

Patrick Corbin vs. Aaron Nola (-110)

Wade Miley (-120) vs. Mike Minor

Tanner Roark vs. Kyle Freeland (-120)

Julio Teheran vs. TBA

Wade LeBlanc vs. Matt Harvey 

With teams being able to reset their rotations after the break, it makes sense that we are seeing a number of aces on the mound tonight. There are some really good pitchers taking the hill, especially on the evening slate, but I’m not being very helpful if I don’t help you pare down your options a bit.