MLB Pitching Pulse 7-26-17

By: Jason Guilbault, Updated July 26, 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.

Carlos Carrasco

Even with baseball's best player, the Angels hold one of the league's worst offenses. They are bottom five in wOBA and ISO against right-handed pitching this season, but carry just a 20% strikeout rate. Not much has changed of late, as they rank dead last in wOBA over the last 30 days, and are still bottom five in ISO. Carlos Carrasco has struggled a little bit with lefties this season, allowing a .334 wOBA and a 36.4% hard-contact rate, but Los Angeles doesn't possess enough threats from the left side to get me off of Carrasco. The right-hander, as you might have expected, is tough on right-handed bats, allowing a .269 wOBA with a 30% strikeout rate. Carrasco has been better away from Progressive Field for some reason, but the Angels offense is poor enough for me to throw that out the window. You can argue that the strikeout upside isn't there for Carrasco, but 7-8 strikeouts isn't out of reach with his swing and miss numbers. He has a 13% swinging strike rate this season, and has been over a double digit rate in all but two starts this season. Carrasco is a solid arm to target, but also not a must play for me on this slate.