Friday’s Den: Baseball trends, with regular season 25% over

Trends for all 30 MLB teams…….

— Arizona is 7-3 in its last ten games.
Under is 9-5 in their last 14 home games.  

— Braves are 6-1 in home series openers.
Under is 19-1 in their last 20 games.

— Cubs are 22-15 vs righty starting pitchers, 3-5 vs lefties.
Under is 9-4 in their last 13 home games.

— Cincinnati is 1-10 in one-run games.
Overall, Reds lost 13 of their last 17 games.

— Rockies started season 8-28; they’ve won seven in a row since then.
3B Ryan McMahon is hitting .384, with an .856 OPS.

— Dodgers won seven of their last eight home games.
LA leads NL West by seven games; next biggest divisional lead is three games.

— Marlins are 1-15 against lefty starting pitchers, 12-17 vs righties.
Over is 8-1 in their last nine home games.

— Brewers won seven of their last nine home games.
C William Contreras is hitting .359, with a .987 OPS.

— Mets are 4-8 in their last 12 games. 

Last year, Mets had a $346M payroll, they went 75-87.
This year, Mets have a $323M payroll, they’re 20-23.

— Phillies won 16 of their last 20 games.
Phillies are 29-5 when they score 4+ runs, 2-9 when they don’t.

— Pirates lost six of their last nine games.
Pirates are 14-12 when Keller-Jones-Falter start, 6-13 in all the other games.

— Cardinals are 7-14 in day games, 11-11 in night games.
St Louis hasn’t scored in first inning in its last 11 road games.

— Padres lost four of their last five games.
San Diego is 10-16 at home, 12-8 on road.

— Giants are 6-14 in their last 20 road games. 

San Francisco is 12-8 in day games, 9-17 in night games.

— Nationals lost four of their last five games.
C Keibert Ruiz is batting .141 in his first 92 at-bats this season; he hit .260 LY, .251 the year before.

Famous birthdays for May 17th:

Paige Turco, 59
Danny Manning, 58
Sasha Alexander, 51
Carlos Pena, 46
Tony Parker, 42
Matt Cassel, 42
Matt Ryan, 39
Austin Ekeler, 29

Brayan Bello, 25

— Orioles are 8-3 in their last eleven games.
C Adley Rutschman is hitting .314, with an .859 OPS.

— Under is 13-2 in Red Sox’ last 15 games.
Boston is 1-6 in home series openers.

— White Sox started season 3-22; they’re 11-8 since then.
Tommy Pham is hitting .319 in 18 games, with an .829 OPS.

— Guardians are 10-3 in their last 13 home games.
Cleveland is 7-2 vs lefty starting pitchers, 20-15 vs righties.

— Tigers lost nine of their last 12 games.
Detroit is 10-6 in divisional games, 11-16 vs everyone else.

— Astros won seven of their last eight games.
Houston has a hole at 1B; Abreu is in minors, Singleton is hitting .213.

— Royals are off to a 26-19 start; their last winning season was 2015, when they won the World Series.
Under is 15-6 in their last 21 games.

— Angels lost 11 of their last 14 home games.

Over is 9-3 in their last 12 home games.

— Twins are 44-119 in their last 163 games against New York.
Under is 5-1 in their last six games overall.

— New York won 10 of its last 12 games.
Under is 11-3 in their series openers.

— A’s are 2-10 in their last 12 games.
Over is 5-1 in their last six home games.

— Mariners are 7-1 in home series openers, 2-4 in road series openers.
Seattle is 11-4 in its last 15 home games, overall.

— Rays are 4-7 in their last eleven road games.
Under is 6-2 in their last eight road games.

— Texas lost five of its last six games.
Under is 14-4 in Rangers’ last 18 home games.

— Blue Jays SS Bichette is batting .221; last three years, he hit .298/.290/.301
Under is 8-2 in their last ten road games. 

Author: Armadillo Sports

I've been involved in sports my whole life, now just write about them. I like to travel, mostly to Las Vegas- they have gambling there.