MLB Pitching Pulse 7-19-17

By: Jason Guilbault, Updated July 19, 2017

Each day of the MLB season will bring us some major price differences among starting pitchers on all sites. These price discrepancies and the site's roster differences can alter the way we use pitchers on each site, as well as how the field of opponents will use them. Listed below are five of today's top pitchers, each with their salary listed as well as the cafe value that takes into account both the total salary cap on the site and points-per-dollar. We've also provided some betting info for you reference. The higher the cafe value, the better the points-per-dollar play is.

Jacob deGrom

The Cardinals are somewhat perceived as an offense to stay away from, but are more middle of the road against right-handed pitching than anything. They rank 12th in wOBA against right-handers (.325), and have a 21.4% strikeout rate. They did get Dexter Fowler back, but this is a predominately right-handed heavy lineup. deGrom has held right-handed bats to a .276 wOBA this season, while lefties carry a .307 wOBA. His numbers at home have been far better than away from Citi Field, with a .257 wOBA allowed, compared to a .324 wOBA. deGrom's strikeout numbers are above his career norm, sitting at 29%. He still has an average groundball rate of 46%. deGrom is a -145 favorite at home, and the Cardinals have just a 3.5 implied run total is one of the lower totals on the slate. deGrom is my favorite option, and has a slight edge over Zack Greinke in a tougher ballpark.