MLB Handicapping – Top Starting Pitchers At Home

MLB Handicapping – Top Starting Pitchers At Home

The MLB season has passed the 65 game mark with less than 100 games to go until the boys of summer begin postseason play.  As we see annually in Major League Baseball, parity is prominent as the 60/40 rule takes hold.  Just two teams are playing better than .600 baseball – San Francisco and Oakland – while one team is playing sub-.400 ball, Tampa Bay, who had recently lost 13 of their last 14 games to fall below that mark with the worst record in baseball.

Despite the balance, we annually see some starting pitchers dominating the game while others struggle along with fans and bettors wondering how these guys can continue to stay in the rotation.  Certainly some of them are released, demoted or traded, but the value of strong starting pitching and those arms that can provide quality starts and even dominate are of significant value.

Such is the case of this year’s top starting pitchers.  I’ve outline this year’s top pitchers and performers at home.  But I also dug deeper and provided the pitchers who have dominated the past 4 years and over the past decade while doing their best work at their home park.

2014 – Home Record – Home ERA ( min 5 home starts )  –  BAA = batting average against  – WHIP  – walks+ hits per innings pitched (IP) –  Ks = strikeouts – All Stats through June 13

PITCHER	TEAM	HOME	ERA	NOTES
Tim Hudson	Giants	5-0	2.16	.225 BAA, 0.98 WHIP @ home
Max Scherzer	Tigers	5-0	2.16	.217 BAA, 1.03 WHIP & 50 Ks in 41 IP @ home
Masahiro Tanaka	Yankees	4-0	1.81	1.97 BAA, 0.94 WHIP, 49 Ks in 42 IP @ home
Drew Pomeranz	A’s	4-0	2.33	.134 BAA, 0.88 WHIP @ home
Michael Wacha	Cardinals	4-0	2.42	.222 BAA, 1.01 WHIP @ home
Jose Fernandez	Marlins	3-0	0.78	.153 BAA, 0.78 WHIP,  45 Ks in 34 IP @ home
Jason Hammel	Cubs	3-0	2.20	.207 BAA, 0.89 WHIP @ home
Stephen Strasburg	Nationals	5-1	2.10	1.17 WHIP, 68 Ks in 51 IP @ home
R.A. Dickey	Blue Jays	5-1	3.47	.239 BAA, 1.21 WHIP @ home
Homer Bailey	Reds	5-1	4.03	1.30 WHIP
Kyle Gibson	Twins	4-1	1.54	.213 BAA, 1.12 WHIP, zero HRs in 41 IP @ home
Chris Sale	White Sox	4-1	1.83	.134 BAA, 0.61 WHIP, 56 Ks in 44 IP @ home
Zach Greinke	Dodgerss	4-1	3.18	.225 BAA, 1.06 WHIP, 53 Ks in 40 IP @ home
Lance Lynn	Cardinals	4-1	3.25	Zero HRs in 44 IP @ home

Other top pitchers with at least 6 total wins and ERA below 2.70 – not just at home.

Buehrle – Blue Jays

Wainwright – Cardinals

Hernandez – Mariners

Bumgarner – Giants

Keuchel – Astros

Darvish – Rangers

Kazmir – A’s

Cueto – Reds

Teheran – Braves

Since the start of the 2011 season, here are the pitchers with the best home records in baseball:

Zack Greinke              43-8

Max Scherzer             42-12

Tim Hudson               35-10

Jered Weaver               37-13

Mark Buehrle               27-10

Jorge De La Rosa         17-3

Yovani Gallardo          34-15

 

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