MLB DFS pitching gems August 15: A Gray day for DFS

DFS: CINCINNATI, OH - JULY 03: Sonny Gray #54 of the Cincinnati Reds reacts after getting the final out in the eighth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Great American Ball Park on July 3, 2019 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Reds won 3-0. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

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DFS: LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 21: Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Walker Buehler (21) in action during the first inning against the Colorado Rockies on June 21, 2019 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Will Navarro/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

MLB DFS Pitching Plays

Walker Buehler – This early slate is only two games, but we get Walker in a smash spot against Miami. He has a 3.29 xFIP, 29% K rate, 44.6% GB rate, and 43% HC on the season.

Miami against RHP has a .129 ISO, 53% GB rate, and a 25% K rate, and Buehler has a 29.7% K rate, against RHH. Now he does have a slightly higher ISO, and more FB, but the Marlins as shown above, simply do not have any power, and they hit a lot of GB.

Pitch Mix – During the year he has has been using the fastball over 50% of the time, with the slider, cutter, and curve between 11-15%. In his last game, Walker got 70% whiffs on that curve, which was a season high.

His cutter also has been getting great whiffs, around 30% of the time. The fastball got 100% GB last game, which is obviously an outlier considering it got around 20% in each month previously. The cutter has also been getting 50% GB in the past two months.

The fastball is pretty good sitting at around 97 MPH, moving almost ten inches vertically. Recently the slider hit a season high eight inches of horizontal movement, with the curve getting a season high 6.19 inches of movement. He is the obvious cash play on the early slate.