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Here in the final week of the regular season, teams are starting to clinch their playoff spots, so be on the lookout for pitching changes as well as B-squad lineups. Usually when a team punches their ticket to the big dance, the lineup the following day looks like something out of a fourth or fifth Major League sequel. Here’s what today’s slate looks like and remember, there are two early games today.
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| Player | Tm | Hand | H/A | Opp | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | BAA | SwStr% | ERA | xFIP | WHIP | GB% | FB% | GB/FB | wOBA | wOBA | $FD | $DK | $Aces |
| Johnny Cueto | SF | R | H | COL | 212.2 | 7.91 | 1.82 | 0.63 | .235 | 10.3% | 2.79 | 3.45 | 1.08 | 53.2% | 27.1% | 1.96 | 0.289 | 0.264 | $9900 | $11200 | $7300 |
| Chris Archer | TB | R | A | CWS | 194.2 | 10.54 | 3.01 | 1.34 | .238 | 13.5% | 4.02 | 3.24 | 1.24 | 48.9% | 30.8% | 1.58 | 0.301 | 0.313 | $9500 | $9100 | $7000 |
| Danny Duffy | KC | L | H | MIN | 173.1 | 9.60 | 2.08 | 1.35 | .238 | 14.3% | 3.43 | 3.50 | 1.13 | 38.3% | 42.0% | 0.91 | 0.204 | 0.324 | $9200 | $10500 | $7200 |
| Jose Quintana | CWS | L | H | TB | 202.0 | 7.75 | 2.09 | 0.94 | .247 | 8.4% | 3.21 | 3.89 | 1.16 | 41.6% | 36.5% | 1.14 | 0.273 | 0.307 | $8800 | $9700 | $6550 |
| Jon Gray | COL | R | A | SF | 162.2 | 10.07 | 2.99 | 1.00 | .238 | 13.1% | 4.54 | 3.62 | 1.24 | 45.3% | 31.3% | 1.45 | 0.300 | 0.313 | $8400 | $10400 | $7100 |
| Robbie Ray | ARI | L | A | WSH | 169.2 | 11.40 | 3.34 | 1.17 | .267 | 12.7% | 4.77 | 3.28 | 1.46 | 48.7% | 27.7% | 1.76 | 0.301 | 0.344 | $8000 | $7600 | $6900 |
| Joe Ross | WSH | R | H | ARI | 101.0 | 7.84 | 2.14 | 0.80 | .271 | 11.8% | 3.48 | 4.05 | 1.31 | 45.5% | 27.4% | 1.66 | 0.363 | 0.268 | $7800 | $7000 | $7150 |
| Marcus Stroman | TOR | R | H | BAL | 197.0 | 7.44 | 2.38 | 0.96 | .262 | 10.3% | 4.34 | 3.50 | 1.28 | 62.0% | 17.9% | 3.47 | 0.322 | 0.308 | $7700 | $8300 | $6850 |
| Dan Straily | CIN | R | A | STL | 185.1 | 7.52 | 3.25 | 1.41 | .219 | 11.0% | 3.74 | 4.69 | 1.18 | 33.8% | 43.8% | 0.77 | 0.295 | 0.320 | $7600 | $9900 | $6600 |
| Julio Urias | LA | L | A | SD | 74.0 | 9.61 | 3.53 | 0.61 | .279 | 11.6% | 3.53 | 3.82 | 1.47 | 47.0% | 27.7% | 1.70 | 0.336 | 0.325 | $7500 | $8700 | $6700 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | PHI | R | A | ATL | 185.2 | 7.27 | 2.18 | 1.16 | .246 | 11.6% | 3.78 | 4.07 | 1.17 | 43.4% | 30.9% | 1.41 | 0.334 | 0.290 | $7200 | $9500 | $6650 |
| CC Sabathia | NYY | L | H | BOS | 172.1 | 7.52 | 3.24 | 1.10 | .253 | 10.5% | 4.02 | 4.17 | 1.34 | 52.3% | 32.1% | 1.63 | 0.310 | 0.319 | $7100 | $6600 | $6000 |
| Daniel Norris | DET | L | H | CLE | 62.2 | 9.05 | 2.87 | 1.29 | .278 | 11.3% | 3.59 | 3.92 | 1.44 | 40.1% | 36.4% | 1.10 | 0.314 | 0.345 | $7000 | $7800 | $6450 |
| Ivan Nova | PIT | R | H | CHI | 156.2 | 6.94 | 1.55 | 1.32 | .276 | 10.2% | 4.90 | 3.77 | 2.49 | 54.8% | 24.6% | 2.23 | 0.368 | 0.314 | $7000 | $6500 | $6700 |
| Ariel Miranda | SEA | L | H | OAK | 52.2 | 18.00 | 3.08 | 1.88 | .364 | 8.4% | 13.50 | 4.73 | 3.13 | 34.2% | 44.5% | 0.77 | 0.390 | 0.303 | $6500 | $6800 | $6350 |
| Kyle Gibson | MIN | R | A | KC | 141.0 | 6.13 | 3.26 | 1.28 | .296 | 10.1% | 5.04 | 4.67 | 1.56 | 50.4% | 26.1% | 1.93 | 0.386 | 0.326 | $6300 | $5300 | $5700 |
| Kendall Graveman | OAK | R | A | SEA | 180.1 | 5.09 | 2.20 | 1.10 | .270 | 8.0% | 4.19 | 4.44 | 1.30 | 54.3% | 25.2% | 2.15 | 0.333 | 0.307 | $6100 | $4800 | $5500 |
| Rob Zastryzny | CHI | L | A | PIT | 12.1 | 9.49 | 2.19 | 0.00 | .217 | 14.6% | 1.46 | 3.15 | 1.05 | 58.8% | 32.4% | 1.82 | 0.160 | 0.353 | $5900 | $4500 | $5500 |
| Christian Friedrich | SD | L | H | LA | 123.2 | 7.06 | 3.57 | 0.95 | .258 | 9.0% | 4.66 | 4.53 | 1.42 | 47.5% | 34.5% | 1.38 | 0.292 | 0.325 | $5700 | $7700 | $5400 |
| Henry Owens | BOS | L | A | NYY | 17.1 | 7.79 | 8.83 | 2.60 | .302 | 8.9% | 7.79 | 6.60 | 2.14 | 33.3% | 50.0% | 0.67 | 0.453 | 0.462 | $5700 | $6000 | $5300 |
| Josh Collmenter | ATL | R | H | PHI | 34.1 | 6.85 | 3.93 | 1.83 | .253 | 8.1% | 4.84 | 4.44 | 2.60 | 50.0% | 31.3% | 1.60 | 0.342 | 0.345 | $5600 | $5700 | $5700 |
| Ryan Merritt | CLE | L | A | DET | 6.0 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .150 | 6.2% | 1.50 | 3.65 | 0.50 | 61.1% | 16.7% | 3.67 | 0.177 | 0.143 | $5000 | $5000 | $5200 |
| Alex Reyes | STL | R | H | CIN | 40.0 | 10.35 | 4.50 | 0.23 | .184 | 12.8% | 1.58 | 3.78 | 1.18 | 43.8% | 42.7% | 1.02 | 0.302 | 0.219 | $0 | $7400 | $6200 |
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Johnny Cueto, SF – The Giants are fighting to hold onto their wild card spot and catch a break with a home game against a struggling Rockies club. Cueto should have no issues with the Rox today as they’re posting a .256 wOBA with a 29.7-percent strikeout rate over the past week. The Giants desire to make the playoffs certainly gives an edge over a team just playing out the season.
Danny Duffy, KC – While the Twins may be slightly above league average when it comes to facing lefties, they’ve seriously gone into the tank here at the end of the season. They’ve posted a .266 wOBA with just a .341 slugging and 29.6-percent strikeout rate over the past week.
Jose Quintana, CHW – The Rays numbers against southpaws continues to drop as the season wanes and their recent offensive numbers continue to sit at the bottom of the league. We’re talking about a .275 wOBA with a 28.9-percent strikeout rate over the last seven days.
Julio Urias, LAD – I’ll take a shot on Urias here against the Padres, simply because it’s the Padres. It doesn’t matter what their recent totals are as there is zero consistency with this club and their numbers against lefties just haven’t been the same since the trade deadline. The Dodgers may have clinched the division already, but the Padres are just that bad.
CC Sabathia, NYY – Just check the lineup for the Red Sox today as they back-doored into the division title last night and are likely to go with their youngsters for today. It seems highly unlikely that players such as Mookie Betts, David Ortiz or Hanley Ramirez will be playing.
Ariel Miranda, SEA – For a GPP dart, I’ll take a shot on Miranda. His wOBA splits are fairly decent and the A’s are sitting at the bottom of the heap once again with a .279 wOBA and just a .124 ISO mark.