VegasButcher 06/16 with analysis
Chicago White Sox -134
In his last start, Danks held the Tigers to one hit over seven shutout inning en route to his fifth win of the season. Danks went 3-1 with a 1.15 ERA in his last six interleague starts, going 2-0 with a 0.95 ERA on the road. He has a 3.27 ERA with a 1.22 WHIP on the season. Teams are batting .236 against him. None of the Pirates players have seen Danks before besides Bobby Crosby who is 3 for 12 against him, with 3 strike-outs. This is a big advantage, especially since one of the batters is the Pirates' top prospect Pedro Alvarez who is making his first MLB start tonight.
Zach Duke has an ERA of 5.3 and WHIP of 1.73. His ERA is 2 full runs higher than Danks'.
Teams are batting .331 against him. Konerko, Rios, and Ramirez are a combined 7 for 14 against Duke and that's why they're batting 2,3,4 in the order today. These 3 guys are batting a combined .326 so far in June!
Looking at advanced stats, Danks has an FIP of 3.3 (17th best in the league) and xFIP of 4.17. Duke's FIP is 5.1 (12th worst of all pitchers that qualified) with an xFIP of 4.35. Numbers don't lie and these pitchers' current performance statistics are pretty accurate to where they should be taking into account luck.
Sox are batting .266 so far in June while the Pirates are batting .237 and today, I fully expect the Sox to give the Pirates their 10th loss in a row.
Good luck!
In his last start, Danks held the Tigers to one hit over seven shutout inning en route to his fifth win of the season. Danks went 3-1 with a 1.15 ERA in his last six interleague starts, going 2-0 with a 0.95 ERA on the road. He has a 3.27 ERA with a 1.22 WHIP on the season. Teams are batting .236 against him. None of the Pirates players have seen Danks before besides Bobby Crosby who is 3 for 12 against him, with 3 strike-outs. This is a big advantage, especially since one of the batters is the Pirates' top prospect Pedro Alvarez who is making his first MLB start tonight.
Zach Duke has an ERA of 5.3 and WHIP of 1.73. His ERA is 2 full runs higher than Danks'.
Teams are batting .331 against him. Konerko, Rios, and Ramirez are a combined 7 for 14 against Duke and that's why they're batting 2,3,4 in the order today. These 3 guys are batting a combined .326 so far in June!
Looking at advanced stats, Danks has an FIP of 3.3 (17th best in the league) and xFIP of 4.17. Duke's FIP is 5.1 (12th worst of all pitchers that qualified) with an xFIP of 4.35. Numbers don't lie and these pitchers' current performance statistics are pretty accurate to where they should be taking into account luck.
Sox are batting .266 so far in June while the Pirates are batting .237 and today, I fully expect the Sox to give the Pirates their 10th loss in a row.
Good luck!