Best Daily Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts 5/16

Taking a break from posting but you can find me at @Dodgersims on twitter to read my takes.

Saturday 5/16 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings

Rank	Pitcher	Team Win Chance	Opp Expected RS	Result
1	Zack Greinke	67.74%	2.83	TBD
2	Felix Hernandez	62.26%	2.95	TBD
3	Max Scherzer	55.95%	3.17	TBD
4	Jesse Chavez	60.32%	3.48	TBD
5	Jake deGrom	57.45%	3.47	TBD
6	Mike Leake	59.02%	3.67	TBD
7	Mat Latos	53.70%	3.69	TBD
8	Andrew Cashner	44.05%	3.57	TBD
9	Danny Salazar	55.95%	4.29	TBD
10	David Price	50.98%	4.06	TBD
11	Alex Colome	51.92%	4.10	TBD
11	Danny Duffy	51.22%	4.13	TBD
13	Ubaldo Jimenez	55.16%	4.33	TBD
14	Alex Wood	46.30%	3.97	TBD
15	Gerrit Cole	50.74%	4.15	TBD
16	Tyler Lyons	49.02%	4.14	TBD
17	Archie Bradley	50.50%	4.26	TBD
18	Rick Porcello	37.74%	3.79	TBD
19	Jon Lester	49.26%	4.21	TBD
20	Scott Feldman	53.49%	4.45	TBD
21	C.C. Sabathia	48.78%	4.23	TBD
21	Trevor May	48.08%	4.26	TBD
23	Jerome Williams	49.50%	4.30	TBD
24	Matt Garza	42.55%	4.03	TBD
25	John Danks	39.68%	4.30	TBD
26	Ryan Vogelsong	40.98%	4.41	TBD
27	Marco Estrada	46.51%	4.77	TBD
28	Jorge de la Rosa	32.26%	4.11	TBD
29	Matt Shoemaker	44.84%	4.80	TBD
30	Colby Lewis	44.05%	4.83	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/15

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Friday 5/15/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

Rank	Pitcher	Team Win Chance	Opp Expected RS	Result
1	Clayton Kershaw	74.03%	2.64	TBD
2	Bartolo Colon	58.59%	3.47	TBD
3	Madison Bumgarner	58.76%	3.64	TBD
4	Jordan Zimmerman	53.16%	3.50	TBD
5	David Phelps	56.43%	3.74	TBD
5	Dallas Keuchel	58.42%	3.81	TBD
7	Michael Pineda	53.60%	3.60	TBD
7	Jesse Hahn	53.60%	3.67	TBD
9	Carlos Martinez	56.80%	3.85	TBD
10	J.A. Happ	50.86%	3.82	TBD
11	Kyle Hendricks	52.72%	3.94	TBD
12	Chase Anderson	54.44%	4.03	TBD
13	Clay Buchholz	49.14%	3.88	TBD
14	Odrisame Despaigne	46.84%	3.72	TBD
15	Phil Hughes	50.62%	3.95	TBD
16	Jake Odorizzi	49.38%	4.00	TBD
17	Chris Young	46.40%	3.87	TBD
18	Carlos Rodon	46.40%	3.94	TBD
19	Wei-Yin Chen	54.65%	4.35	TBD
20	Wandy Rodriguez	54.02%	4.42	TBD
21	Jeff Locke	47.28%	4.16	TBD
22	Kyle Lohse	41.41%	4.12	TBD
23	Julio Teheran	43.57%	4.25	TBD
24	Chad Billingsley	45.56%	4.41	TBD
25	Jason Marquis	41.24%	4.35	TBD
26	Shane Greene	43.20%	4.41	TBD
27	R.A. Dickey	41.58%	4.52	TBD
28	Bruce Chen	45.98%	4.79	TBD
28	Jered Weaver	45.35%	4.77	TBD
30	Eddie Butler	25.97%	4.46	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/14

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Top Fantasy baseball starting pitchers for Thursday 5/14

Rank	Pitcher	Team Win Chance	Opp Expected RS	Result
1	Brett Anderson	65.81%	3.46	TBD
2	Johnny Cueto	61.46%	3.31	TBD
3	Tyson Ross	53.16%	3.59	TBD
4	Anibal Sanchez	61.83%	3.90	TBD
5	Roenis Elias	54.44%	3.72	TBD
5	Travis Wood	54.85%	3.70	TBD
7	Vance Worley	54.02%	3.88	TBD
8	Doug Fister	46.84%	3.59	TBD
9	Michael Wacha	51.34%	3.82	TBD
10	Chase Whitley	51.81%	4.04	TBD
11	Trevor Bauer	48.66%	3.92	TBD
12	Erasmo Ramirez	48.19%	4.19	TBD
13	Joe Kelly	45.56%	4.06	TBD
13	Jonathon Niese	45.15%	4.08	TBD
15	Aaron Harang	45.98%	4.20	TBD
16	Jeremy Guthrie	53.16%	4.68	TBD
17	Roberto Hernandez	50.37%	4.55	TBD
18	Drew Hutchison	49.63%	4.58	TBD
19	Tim Lincecum	38.54%	4.18	TBD
20	Ross Detwiler	46.84%	4.99	TBD
21	Mike Pelfrey	38.17%	4.97	TBD
22	Chad Bettis	34.19%	4.80	TBD

Note:  These rankings take into account how many runs the opposing team is expected to score and what are the chances that the starting pitcher will get a "win".

Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/13

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Wednesday 5/13/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Team Win Chance	Opp Expected RS	Result
1	Sonny Gray	58.07%	3.53	TBD
2	Hector Santiago	60.40%	3.67	TBD
3	Carlos Frias	58.93%	3.63	TBD
4	Francisco Liriano	53.60%	3.43	TBD
5	Matt Harvey	52.94%	3.64	TBD
6	Corey Kluber	55.26%	3.83	TBD
7	Raisel Iglesias	57.36%	4.02	TBD
8	Cole Hamels	46.40%	3.69	TBD
9	Taijuan Walker	50.37%	3.83	TBD
10	James Shields	49.63%	3.86	TBD
11	Jason Hammel	47.06%	3.86	TBD
12	Gio Gonzalez	56.99%	4.27	TBD
13	Kyle Lobstein	57.17%	4.38	TBD
14	Nathan Karns	50.37%	4.05	TBD
15	Yordano Ventura	54.85%	4.22	TBD
16	Adam Warren	49.63%	4.08	TBD
17	Miguel Gonzalez	52.94%	4.27	TBD
18	Jimmy Nelson	51.10%	4.21	TBD
19	Brad Oberholtzer	52.27%	4.38	TBD
20	Jose Quintana	48.90%	4.30	TBD
21	John Lackey	44.74%	4.26	TBD
22	Wade Miley	41.93%	4.15	TBD
23	Tim Hudson	47.73%	4.58	TBD
23	Aaron Sanchez	47.06%	4.53	TBD
25	Jarred Cosart	41.07%	4.35	TBD
26	Yovani Gallardo	45.15%	4.65	TBD
27	Eric Stults	42.64%	4.67	TBD
28	Jordan Lyles	39.60%	4.53	TBD
29	Jeremy Hellickson	43.01%	4.91	TBD
30	Ricky Nolasco	42.83%	5.06	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/12

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Tuesday 5/12/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.  

Rank	Pitcher	Team Win Chance	Opp Expected RS	Result
1	C.J. Wilson	63.57%	3.56	TBD
2	A.J. Burnett	59.43%	3.77	TBD
3	Anthony DeSclafani	58.25%	3.80	TBD
4	Jake Arrieta	57.36%	3.70	TBD
5	Michael Bolsinger	56.62%	3.73	TBD
6	James Paxton	55.26%	3.78	TBD
7	Chris Archer	52.94%	3.68	TBD
8	Collin McHugh	57.36%	3.96	TBD
9	Stephen Strasburg	58.07%	4.02	TBD
10	Alfredo Simon	57.54%	4.04	TBD
11	Chris Sale	53.60%	3.91	TBD
12	Edinson Volquez	54.23%	4.09	TBD
13	Carlos Carrasco	52.04%	4.05	TBD
14	Drew Pomeranz	50.62%	4.06	TBD
15	Nathan Eovaldi	47.06%	3.90	TBD
16	Chris Tillman	54.65%	4.32	TBD
17	Justin Masterson	49.38%	4.11	TBD
18	Lance Lynn	47.96%	4.22	TBD
19	Mike Fiers	46.40%	4.20	TBD
20	Ian Kennedy	44.74%	4.20	TBD
21	Dan Haren	43.38%	4.26	TBD
22	Noah Syndergaard	42.64%	4.30	TBD
23	Nick Martinez	45.77%	4.45	TBD
24	Michael Foltynewicz	41.75%	4.49	TBD
25	Chris Heston	42.64%	4.60	TBD
26	Mark Buehrle	45.35%	4.74	TBD
27	Sean O'Sullivan	40.57%	4.56	TBD
28	Kyle Gibson	42.46%	4.70	TBD
29	Rubby De La Rosa	41.93%	4.73	TBD
30	Kyle Hendricks	36.43%	4.70	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/11

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  Monday 5/11/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts
For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.  

Rank	Pitcher	Team Win Chance	Opp Expected RS	Result
1	Zack Greinke	67.21%	3.04	TBD
2	Gerrit Cole	62.19%	3.41	TBD
3	Jon Lester	58.42%	3.52	TBD
4	Scott Kazmir	55.65%	3.67	TBD
5	Mike Leake	57.54%	3.74	TBD
6	Alex Colome	53.38%	3.66	TBD
7	Max Scherzer	56.14%	3.85	TBD
8	Danny Duffy	53.60%	4.16	TBD
9	Ubaldo Jimenez	53.60%	4.27	TBD
10	C.C. Sabathia	46.62%	3.92	TBD
11	Wily Peralta	50.12%	4.18	TBD
12	Jeff Samardzija	49.88%	4.19	TBD
13	Odrisamer Despaigne	44.35%	4.11	TBD
14	Jake deGrom	41.58%	4.18	TBD
15	Colby Lewis	46.40%	4.47	TBD
16	Josh Collmenter	43.86%	4.35	TBD
17	Shelby Miller	42.46%	4.35	TBD
18	Marco Estrada	46.40%	4.59	TBD
19	Jerome Williams	37.81%	4.37	TBD
20	Tom Koehler	32.79%	4.36	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/10

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Sunday 5/10/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.  Starters were not named for SD/ARI game when this post was published thus they are left out of the table (Update: Cashner (SD) would slot at #15 and Hudson (ARI) at #21 with those below them moving down).

Rank	Pitcher	Team Win Chance	Opp Expected RS	Result
1	Felix Hernandez	62.34%	3.14	TBD
2	Clayton Kershaw	64.03%	3.58	TBD
3	Jordan Zimmerman	61.83%	3.42	TBD
4	Jake Odorizzi	60.63%	3.42	TBD
5	Garrett Richards	59.10%	3.72	TBD
6	Bartolo Colon	58.59%	3.77	TBD
7	Michael Pineda	60.71%	3.82	TBD
8	Danny Salazar	60.55%	3.91	TBD
9	Shane Greene	56.90%	3.94	TBD
10	Ryan Vogelsong	52.04%	3.96	TBD
11	Jeff Locke	51.10%	4.00	TBD
12	Tyler Lyons	48.90%	4.09	TBD
13	Mat Latos	47.96%	4.13	TBD
14	R.A. Dickey	53.81%	4.43	TBD
15	Kyle Hendricks	50.62%	4.45	TBD
16	Matt Garza	49.38%	4.51	TBD
17	Jesse Chavez	37.66%	4.04	TBD
18	John Danks	51.81%	4.76	TBD
19	Wandy Rodriguez	39.37%	4.24	TBD
20	Chad Billingsley	41.41%	4.49	TBD
21	Chris Young	43.10%	4.53	TBD
22	Alex Wood	38.17%	4.36	TBD
23	Scott Feldman	40.90%	4.47	TBD
24	Clay Buchholz	46.19%	4.78	TBD
25	Odrisamer Despaigne	48.19%	4.94	TBD
26	Bud Norris	39.29%	4.74	TBD
27	Trevor May	39.45%	4.84	TBD
28	Jorge de la Rosa	35.97%	4.78	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/9

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Saturday 5/9/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Team Win Chance	Opp Expected RS	Result
1	Madison Bumgarner	61.46%	3.02	TBD
2	Doug Fister	59.27%	3.51	TBD
3	Clayton Kershaw	61.46%	3.82	TBD
4	Johnny Cueto	57.45%	3.74	TBD
5	J.A. Happ	52.04%	3.78	TBD
6	Matt Andriese	56.33%	3.92	TBD
7	Anibal Sanchez	59.76%	4.11	Loss, 6ip 5er 9h 2k 3bb
8	Jonathon Niese	52.27%	3.86	TBD
9	Dallas Keuchel	50.62%	3.81	TBD
10	Matt Shoemaker	49.38%	3.86	TBD
11	Carlos Martinez	50.12%	3.99	TBD
12	Vance Worley	49.88%	4.00	TBD
13	Chase Whitley	53.38%	4.18	Loss, 5.2ip 5er 6h 5k 2bb
14	Jesse Hahn	47.96%	3.94	TBD
15	Aaron Harang	47.73%	4.04	TBD
16	Tyson Ross	50.62%	4.30	TBD
17	Odrisamer Despaigne	51.10%	4.33	TBD
18	Drew Hutchison	53.60%	4.49	TBD
19	David Phelps	38.54%	3.82	TBD
20	Chase Anderson	49.38%	4.35	TBD
21	Kyle Lohse	48.90%	4.42	TBD
22	Bruce Chen	50.86%	4.58	TBD
23	Wei-Yin Chen	46.62%	4.47	Win, 7ip 1er 5h 7k 1bb
24	Phil Hughes	49.14%	4.66	TBD
25	Julio Teheran	40.73%	4.23	TBD
26	Hector Noesi	42.55%	4.34	TBD
27	Ross Detwiler	43.67%	4.45	TBD
28	Joe Kelly	46.40%	4.83	TBD
29	Jorge de la Rosa	38.54%	4.82	TBD
30	Jeremy Guthrie	40.24%	5.01	Win, 7.1ip 2er 8h 3k 1bb

Notes:
- Missed second game of White Sox/Reds doubleheader
- Rankings take into account run environment and chance of pitcher getting a win.
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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/8

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Friday 5/8/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Gio Gonzalez	TBD
2	Matt Harvey	TBD
3	David Price	TBD
4	Francisco Liriano	TBD
5	Tim Lincecum	TBD
6	Sonny Gray	TBD
7	Jered Weaver	TBD
8	Trevor Bauer	TBD
9	Cole Hamels	TBD
10	Michael Wacha	TBD
11	Adam Warren	TBD
12	Taijuan Walker	TBD
13	Nathan Karns	TBD
14	Jimmy Nelson	TBD
15	Jarred Cosart	TBD
16	Odrisamer Despaigne	TBD
17	James Shields	TBD
18	Alex Sanchez	TBD
19	Yovani Gallardo	TBD
20	Jeremy Hellickson	TBD
21	Hector Noesi	TBD
22	Brett Anderson	TBD
23	Yordano Ventura	TBD
24	Miguel Gonzalez	TBD
25	Jason Marquis	TBD
26	Roberto Hernandez	TBD
27	Mike Pelfrey	TBD
28	Eric Stults	TBD
29	Wade Miley	TBD
30	Eddie Butler	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/7

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Thursday 5/7/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Chris Archer	TBD
2	A.J. Burnett	TBD
3	Tim Hudson	TBD
4	John Lackey	TBD
5	Nathan Eovaldi	TBD
6	Corey Kluber	TBD
7	Jose Quintana	TBD
8	Hector Santiago	TBD
9	Collin McHugh	TBD
10	Dan Haren	TBD
11	Edinson Volquez	TBD
12	Mike Fiers	TBD
13	Jake Arrieta	TBD
14	Drew Pomeranz	TBD
15	Ricky Nolasco	TBD
15	Carlos Frias	TBD
17	Anthony DeSlafani	TBD
18	Rubby De La Rosa	TBD
19	Nick Martinez	TBD
20	Odrisamer Despaigne	TBD
21	Kyle Lobstein	TBD
22	Chris Tillman	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/6

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Wednesday 5/6/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Max Scherzer	WIN, 7ip, 10h, 5er, 10k, 0bb
2	Gerrit Cole	TBD
3	Chris Sale	TBD
4	Lance Lynn	TBD
5	Chris Heston	Loss, 5ip, 11h, 5er, 4k, 3bb
6	Danny Duffy	TBD
7	Jake deGrom	TBD
8	Michael Foltynewicz	TBD
8	C.J. Wilson	TBD
10	Ubaldo Jimenez	TBD
11	Scott Kazmir	TBD
12	Jon Lester	TBD
13	Justin Masterson	TBD
14	Ian Kennedy	Win, 7ip, 6h, 1er, 5k, 0bb
15	Joe Wieland	TBD
16	Samuel Deduno	TBD
17	Mike Leake	TBD
18	Carlos Carrasco	TBD
19	Jerome Williams	TBD
20	Kyle Gibson	TBD
21	C.C. Sabathia	TBD
22	Mark Buehrle	TBD
23	Roenis Elias	TBD
24	Alex Colome	TBD
25	Wily Peralta	TBD
26	Alfredo Simon	TBD
27	Tom Koehler	Loss, 6ip, 7h, 5er, 5k ,1bb
28	Tyler Matzek	Loss, 2ip, 3h, 4er, 2k, 6bb
29	Colby Lewis	TBD
30	Josh Collmenter	Win, 7ip, 10h, 5er, 5k, 0bb

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Note: I did not include 2nd game of Rockies/DBacks doubleheader, but both pitchers would be ranked at or near the bottom of the table.
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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/5

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Tuesday 5/5/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Stephen Strasburg	TBD
2	Shelby Miller	TBD
3	Zack Greinke	TBD
4	Garrett Richards	TBD
5	Andrew Cashner	TBD
6	Bartolo Colon	TBD
7	Jeff Locke	TBD
8	Scott Feldman	TBD
9	Rick Porcello	TBD
10	Jason Vargas	TBD
11	Tyler Lyons	TBD
11	Michael Pineda	TBD
13	Jeff Samardzija	TBD
14	Ryan Vogelsong	TBD
15	Danny Salazar	TBD
16	Bud Norris	TBD
17	Jesse Chavez	TBD
18	Tyler Matzek	TBD
19	Trevor May	TBD
20	Chad Billingsley	TBD
21	Kyle Hendricks	TBD
22	James Paxton	TBD
23	Shane Greene	TBD
24	Michael Lorenzen	TBD
25	Marco Estrada	TBD
26	Matt Garza	TBD
27	Drew Smyly	TBD
28	Mat Latos	TBD
29	Wandy Rodriguez	TBD
30	Josh Collmenter	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/4

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Monday 5/4/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Clayton Kershaw	TBD
2	Dallas Keuchel	TBD
3	Madison Bumgarner	TBD
4	Jordan Zimmerman	TBD
5	Carlos Martinez	TBD
6	Alex Wood	TBD
7	Felix Hernandez	TBD
8	Tyson Ross	TBD
9	Phil Hughes	TBD
10	Clay Buchholz	TBD
11	Matt Shoemaker	TBD
12	Jesse Hahn	TBD
13	Aaron Harang	TBD
14	R.A. Dickey	TBD
15	Travis Wood	TBD
16	Taylor Matzek	TBD
17	Kyle Lohse	TBD
18	David Phelps	TBD
19	Jake Odorizzi	TBD
20	Chase Whitley	TBD
21	Ross Detwiler	TBD
22	Josh Collmenter	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/3

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Sunday 5/3/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Player	Result
1	James Shields	Win
2	Johnny Cueto	Loss
3	Jarred Cosart	Loss
4	Michael Wacha	ND
5	Brett Anderson	ND
5	Sonny Gray	Win
7	Dillon Gee	Loss
8	Trevor Bauer	ND
9	Doug Fister	Win
10	Tim Lincecum	Win
11	Julio Teheran	Win
12	Mike Pelfrey	ND
13	Jered Weaver	Loss
14	Wei-Yin Chen	ND
15	Nathan Karns	ND
16	Joe Kelly	TBD
17	Jason Hammel	ND
18	Anibal Sanchez	Win
19	Jason Vargas	ND
20	J.A. Happ	ND
21	Drew Hutchison	ND
22	Roberto Hernandez	ND
23	Vance Worley	ND
24	Kyle Kendrick	Loss
25	Yovani Gallardo	Loss
26	Chase Anderson	ND
27	John Danks	Loss
28	Adam Warren	TBD
29	Severino Gonzalez	Win
30	Jimmy Nelson	ND

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/2

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Saturday 5/2/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Jake Arrieta	TBD
2	Chris Archer	TBD
3	Brandon Morrow	TBD
4	Corey Kluber	TBD
5	Gio Gonzalez	TBD
6	Collin McHugh	TBD
6	Scott Baker	TBD
8	Dan Haren	TBD
9	John Lackey	TBD
10	David Price	TBD
11	Drew Pomeranz	TBD
12	Cole Hamels	TBD
13	Tim Hudson	TBD
13	Eric Stults	TBD
15	Francisco Liriano	TBD
16	Hector Santiago	TBD
16	Jason Marquis	TBD
18	Jonathon Niese	TBD
19	Edinson Volquez	TBD
20	Ricky Nolasco	TBD
21	Nathan Eovaldi	TBD
22	Miguel Gonzalez	TBD
23	Jorge de la Rosa	TBD
24	Jeremy Hellickson	TBD
24	Taijuan Walker	TBD
26	John Danks	TBD
27	Nick Martinez	TBD
28	Mike Fiers	TBD
29	Aaron Sanchez	TBD
30	Wade Miley	TBD

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Early Season Look At Park Factors

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The chart below takes a look at the early park factor results from the first month of games. Listed in the chart are the actual park factors and the park factors that Vegas is using in its Over/Under numbers. I am able to reverse engineer the park factors that Vegas is using and compare them to the actual. There is a ton of noise on the actual park factors but it is fun to compare nonetheless.  The chart is sorted by the largest difference between the actual and Vegas park factors.

Team	Actual PF	Vegas PF	Delta
Indians	1.514	0.926	0.588
Astros	0.550	1.101	0.551
Braves	1.355	0.944	0.411
Nationals	0.611	0.934	0.323
Orioles	1.136	0.841	0.295
White Sox	0.805	1.084	0.279
Athletics	1.205	0.945	0.260
Dodgers	1.191	0.981	0.210
Royals	0.930	1.124	0.194
Phillies	0.865	1.057	0.192
Twins	1.201	1.011	0.190
Cubs	0.750	0.923	0.173
Giants	0.849	1.008	0.159
Marlins	0.882	1.032	0.150
Yankees	1.078	0.944	0.134
Rockies	1.014	1.144	0.130
Mets	1.092	0.965	0.127
Cardinals	1.214	1.087	0.127
Angels	1.116	1.008	0.108
Rangers	0.992	1.094	0.102
Red Sox	0.977	1.069	0.092
Reds	1.011	0.919	0.092
Padres	0.912	0.821	0.091
Brewers	1.154	1.069	0.085
Pirates	1.031	0.950	0.081
Blue Jays	0.997	1.072	0.075
Dbacks	1.125	1.181	0.056
Mariners	0.876	0.925	0.049
Tigers	0.994	1.031	0.037
Rays	0.971	0.948	0.023

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 5/1

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Friday 5/1/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Jon Lester	TBD
2	Ian Kennedy	TBD
3	Ton Koehler	TBD
4	Matt Harvey	TBD
5	Chris Heston	TBD
6	Carlos Frias	TBD
7	Max Scherzer	TBD
8	Lance Lynn	TBD
9	Scott Kazmir	TBD
10	Anthony DeSclafani	TBD
11	Carlos Carrasco	TBD
12	C.J. Wilson	TBD
13	Alex Colome	TBD
14	Kyle Gibson	TBD
15	Mike Foltynewicz	TBD
16	Justin Masterson	TBD
17	Chris Tillman	TBD
18	Jose Quintana	TBD
19	Samuel Deduno	TBD
20	Chris Young	TBD
21	A.J. Burnett	TBD
22	Eddie Butler	TBD
23	Mark Buehrle	TBD
24	Roenis Elias	TBD
25	Kyle Lobstein	TBD
26	C.C. Sabathia	TBD
27	Wily Peralta	TBD
28	Jerome Williams	TBD
29	Rubby De la Rosa	TBD
30	Colby Lewis	TBD

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Winning Streaks

A quick look at which team(s) have had the longest winning streak heading into each day of the MLB season so far.

Date	Streak	Team(s)
4/6/2015	1	STL
4/7/2015	1	SEA-LAD-TOR-DET-COL-BOS-BAL-NYM-KC-CIN-ATL-HOU-OAK-SF-STL
4/8/2015	2	ATL-BAL-COL
4/9/2015	3	ATL-COL
4/10/2015	3	ATL-COL-KC-DET
4/11/2015	4	ATL-COL-KC-DET
4/12/2015	5	ATL-KC-DET
4/13/2015	6	KC-DET
4/14/2015	7	KC
4/15/2015	7	KC
4/16/2015	4	NYM-LAD
4/17/2015	5	NYM
4/18/2015	6	NYM
4/19/2015	7	NYM
4/20/2015	8	NYM
4/21/2015	8	NYM
4/22/2015	9	NYM
4/23/2015	10	NYM
4/24/2015	11	NYM
4/25/2015	4	NYY
4/26/2015	4	TB-MIA-STL
4/27/2015	5	TB-MIA-PIT
4/28/2015	4	HOU
4/29/2015	5	HOU
4/30/2015	6	HOU
5/1/2015	7	HOU

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 4/30

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Thursday 4/30/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

For those of you who like to stream starting pitchers in fantasy baseball, here is a list of the best starts of the day.

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Chris Sale	TBD
2	Tim Cooney	TBD
3	Jacob deGrom	TBD
4	Stephen Strasburg	TBD
5	Shelby Miller	TBD
6	Mike Leake	TBD
7	Daniel Norris	TBD
8	Jesse Chavez	TBD
9	Scott Feldman	TBD
10	Garret Richards	TBD
11	Danny Duffy	TBD
12	Alfredo Simon	TBD
13	T.J. House	TBD
14	James Paxton	TBD
15	Trevor May	TBD
16	Daniel Buchanan	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 4/29

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Wednesday 4/29/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

Streaming fantasy baseball pitchers

Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Zack Greinke	TBD
2	Carlos Martinez	TBD
3	Andrew Cashner	TBD
4	Felix Hernandez	TBD
5	Jordan Zimmerman	TBD
6	Danny Salazar	TBD
7	Michael Pineda	TBD
8	Gerrit Cole	TBD
9	Michael Lorenzen	TBD
10	Jesse Hahn	TBD
11	Mat Latos	TBD
12	Rick Porcello	TBD
13	Dallas Keuchel	TBD
14	Ubaldo Jimenez	TBD
15	Bartolo Colon	TBD
16	Matt Shoemaker	TBD
17	Alex Wood	TBD
18	Matt Garza	TBD
19	Jeff Samardzija	TBD
20	Kyle Hendricks	TBD
21	Yordano Ventura	TBD
22	Shane Greene	TBD
23	Josh Collmenter	TBD
24	Drew Smyly	TBD
25	Phil Hughes	TBD
26	Jordan Lyles	TBD
27	Aaron Harang	TBD
27	Ryan Vogelsong	TBD
29	R.A. Dickey	TBD
30	Wandy Rodriguez	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts 4/28

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Tuesday 4/28/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts
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Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Clayton Kershaw	TBD
2	Michael Wacha	TBD
3	Johnny Cueto	TBD
4	Tyson Ross	TBD
5	Sonny Gray	TBD
6	Trevor Bauer	TBD
7	Anibal Sanchez	TBD
8	Travis Wood	TBD
9	Julio Teheran	TBD
10	David Phelps	TBD
11	Archie Bradley	TBD
12	Clay Buchholz	TBD
13	J.A. Happ	TBD
14	A.J. Cole	TBD
15	Chase Whitley	TBD
16	Jeff Locke	TBD
17	Madison Bumgarner	TBD
18	Jake Odorizzi	TBD
19	Rafael Montero	TBD
20	Jeremy Guthrie	TBD
21	Roberto Hernandez	TBD
22	Jered Weaver	TBD
23	Drew Hutchison	TBD
24	Kyle Kendrick	TBD
25	Ross Detwiler	TBD
26	Kyle Lohse	TBD
27	Mike Pelfrey	TBD
28	Severino Gonzalez	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts

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Monday 4/27/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts
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Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Corey Kluber	TBD
2	John Lackey	TBD
3	David Price	TBD
4	James Shields	TBD
4	Brett Anderson	TBD
4	Doug Fister	TBD
7	Ubaldo Jimenez	TBD
8	Jason Hammel	TBD
9	Jarred Cosart	TBD
10	Joe Kelly	TBD
11	Adam Warren	TBD
12	Jason Marquis	TBD
13	Collin McHugh	TBD
14	Chase Anderson	TBD
15	Yovani Gallardo	TBD
16	Jimmy Nelson	TBD
17	Vance Worley	TBD
17	Dillon Gee	TBD
19	Eric Stults	TBD
20	Taijuan Walker	TBD
21	Cole Hamels	TBD
22	Tyler Matzek	TBD
23	Tim Lincecum	TBD
24	Nathan Karns	TBD
25	Jason Vargas	TBD
26	Hector Noesi	TBD
27	Aaron Sanchez	TBD
28	Tommy Milone	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts

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Sunday 4/26/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts
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Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Chris Archer	TBD
2	Drew Pomeranz	TBD
3	Lance Lynn	TBD
4	Hector Santiago	TBD
4	Roenis Elias	TBD
4	Francisco Liriano	TBD
7	Nathan Eovaldi	TBD
8	Edinson Volquez	TBD
9	Jake Arrieta	TBD
10	Brandon Morrow	TBD
11	Carlos Carrasco	TBD
12	Jerome Williams	TBD
13	Dan Haren	TBD
14	Wade Miley	TBD
15	Gio Gonzalez	TBD
16	Anthony DeSclafani	TBD
17	Scott Baker	TBD
18	Taylor Matzek	TBD
19	Trevor Cahill	TBD
20	Kyle Lobstein	TBD
21	Bud Norris	TBD
22	John Danks	TBD
23	Jonathon Niese	TBD
24	Kyle Gibson	TBD
25	Mark Buehrle	TBD
26	Jeremy Hellickson	TBD
27	Tim Lincecum	TBD
28	Nick Martinez	TBD
29	Mike Fiers	TBD
29	Alex Wojciehowski	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts

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Friday 4/25/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts
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Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Adam Wainwright	TBD
1	James Paxton	TBD
3	C.J. Wilson	TBD
4	Stephen Strasburg	TBD
5	Brandon McCarthy	TBD
6	Shelby Miller	TBD
7	Kendall Graveman	TBD
8	Jake Arrieta	TBD
9	Edinson Volquez	TBD
10	C.C. Sabathia	TBD
11	Alfredo Simon	TBD
12	A.J. Burnett	TBD
13	Matt Harvey	TBD
14	Ian Kennedy	TBD
15	Wei-Yin Chen	TBD
16	Erasmo Ramirez	TBD
17	Alex DeSclafani	TBD
18	Daniel Norris	TBD
19	David Buchanan	TBD
20	John Danks	TBD
21	Justin Masterson	TBD
22	Toby Koehler	TBD
23	Jorge de la Rosa	TBD
24	Trevor Bauer	TBD
25	Scott Feldman	TBD
26	Rubby de la Rosa	TBD
27	Tim Hudson	TBD
28	Wily Peralta	TBD
29	Trevor May	TBD
30	Colby Lewis	TBD

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Best Daily Fantasy Pitcher Starts

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Thursday 4/24/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts
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Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	F.Hernandez (SEA, vs MIN)	TBD
2	G.Richards (LAA, vs TEX)	TBD
3	Z.Greinke (LAN, @ SD)	TBD
4	G.Cole (PIT, @ ARI)	TBD
5	S.Kazmir (OAK, vs HOU)	TBD
6	M.Pineda (NYA, vs NYN)	TBD
7	S.Greene (DET, vs CLE)	TBD
8	C.Martinez (STL, @ MIL)	TBD
9	J.Zimmerman (WAS, @ MIA)	TBD
10	A.Wood (ATL, @ PHI)	TBD
11	J.Lester (CHN, @ CIN)	TBD
12	R.Dickey (TOR, @ TB)	TBD
13	A.Cashner (SD, vs LAN)	TBD
14	M.Gonzalez (BAL, vs BOS)	TBD
15	A.Harang (PHI, vs ATL)	TBD
16	D.Duffy (KC, @ CHA)	TBD
17	D.Smyly (TB, vs TOR)	TBD
18	M.Leake (CIN, vs CHN)	TBD
19	J.Quintana (CHA, vs KC)	TBD
20	M.Latos (MIA, vs WAS)	TBD
21	D.Keuchel (HOU, @ OAK)	TBD
22	J.deGrom (NYN, @ NYA)	TBD
23	E.Butler (COL, vs SF)	TBD
24	R.Porcello (BOS, @ BAL)	TBD
25	M.Garza (MIL, vs STL)	TBD
26	C.Heston (SF, @ COL)	TBD
27	D.Salazar (CLE, @ DET)	TBD
28	J.Collmenter (ARI, vs PIT)	TBD
29	P.Hughes (MIN, @ SEA)	TBD
30	W.Rodriguez (TEX, @ LAA)	TBD

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Today's Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts

This is iteration (or version) one of an algorithm I am developing to list the best pitchers to start on a given day in a standard fantasy baseball league. This algorithm will progressively get better and list more important information. What you are looking at is the first iteration of this process. The list currently takes into consideration the chances for the team to win and how many runs the pitcher is likely to give up. Not perfect, but a good start.
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Thursday 4/23/2015 Best Fantasy Pitcher Starts
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Rank	Pitcher	Result
1	Max Scherzer	LOSS, 7ip, 2er, 6h, 4k, 0bb
2	Chris Sale	ND, 7ip, 2er, 9h, 2k, 1bb
3	Bartolo Colon	WIN, 6ip, 3er, 7h, 5k, 0bb
4	Drew Hutchison	WIN, 8ip, 2er, 4h, 7k, 0bb
5	David Phelps	WIN, 7ip, 0er, 3h, 5k, 2bb
6	Homer Bailey	ND, 5.2ip, 2er, 7h, 3k, 1bb
7	Jake Odorizzi	ND, 6.2ip, 1er, 3h, 3k, 3bb
7	Jeff Locke	ND, 5ip, 4er, 7h, 7k, 3bb
9	Ryan Vogelsong	ND, 6ip, 2er, 3h, 5k, 1bb
9	Mike Bolsinger	ND, 5.2ip, 1er, 5h, 5k, 2bb
11	Anibal Sanchez	ND, 6.1ip, 1er, 1h, 8k, 4bb
12	Jesse Sanchez	LOSS, 6ip, 1er, 1h, 4k, 3bb
13	Michael Wacha	WIN, 7ip, 1er, 5h, 6k, 2bb
14	Clay Buchholz	ND, 6ip, 1er, 2h, 10k, 3bb
14	Masahiro Tanaka	ND, 6.1ip, 1er, 3h, 6k, 2bb
16	Julio Teheran	LOSS, 4.1ip, 4er, 3h, 5k, 5bb
17	Nick Tropeano	WIN, 6ip, 0er, 5h, 5k, 1bb
18	Dustin McGowan	LOSS, 3.1ip, 4er, 3h, 4k, 4bb
18	Kyle Hendricks	ND, 5.1ip, 3er, 5h, 2k, 0bb
20	Yordano Ventura	ND, 7ip, 2er, 5h, 8k, 1bb
21	Tyson Ross	LOSS, 5ip, 2er, 6h, 7k, 4bb
22	Kyle Lohse	WIN, 7ip, 2er, 3h, 4k, 1bb
23	Jordan Lyles	WIN, 6.2ip, 1er, 6h, 4k, 2bb
24	Chris Tillman	LOSS, 4.1ip, 7er, 5h, 3k, 5bb

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Early Season Look At Offense

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A quick look reveals that offense is down once again this season. Though it is still early and we are in April and we could be seeing an effect from cold early spring temperatures. Either way this is what the data looks like so far. I will check back on this a little later in the season to see what the trend looks like.

Season	PA	HR	R	BB%	K%	BABIP	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA
2000	183867	5659	24638	9.80%	15.90%	0.302	0.275	0.35	0.445	0.346
2001	180826	5431	22863	8.60%	16.80%	0.298	0.268	0.337	0.435	0.332
2002	180559	5032	22103	8.90%	16.30%	0.294	0.265	0.336	0.424	0.331
2003	181293	5173	22659	8.70%	15.90%	0.296	0.268	0.337	0.43	0.333
2004	182392	5425	23082	8.80%	16.30%	0.299	0.270	0.340	0.436	0.335
2005	180167	4996	22036	8.30%	16.00%	0.297	0.268	0.335	0.427	0.331
2006	182023	5354	23293	8.60%	16.30%	0.304	0.274	0.342	0.44	0.337
2007	182671	4930	22997	8.70%	16.60%	0.305	0.272	0.34	0.43	0.336
2008	181655	4859	22301	8.90%	17.00%	0.302	0.268	0.338	0.424	0.333
2009	181051	5015	22123	9.10%	17.50%	0.301	0.266	0.338	0.425	0.334
2010	179495	4597	21022	8.70%	18.00%	0.299	0.261	0.330	0.410	0.326
2011	179285	4524	20536	8.30%	18.10%	0.297	0.259	0.325	0.406	0.321
2012	178266	4910	20743	8.10%	19.20%	0.299	0.259	0.324	0.413	0.320
2013	179361	4640	20018	8.10%	19.30%	0.299	0.257	0.322	0.403	0.318
2014	178409	4171	19520	7.80%	19.90%	0.301	0.255	0.318	0.393	0.315
2015	12393	320	1374	8.10%	19.90%	0.288	0.247	0.315	0.394	0.310

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Exportable 2015 MLB Schedule

Something that is difficult to find on the internet is an excel download file of the 2015 MLB Schedule.  I have taken the time to write a script that takes the 2015 MLB Schedule and converts it to an easy to use CSV file and uploaded it to google docs.  The file is free to download and can be found at the following link.

Here is the format that the file is in

Game ID,Year,Month,Day,Time,Away,Home

1,2015,4,5,8:05 PM,Cardinals,Cubs
2,2015,4,6,1:05 PM,Blue Jays,Yankees
3,2015,4,6,1:08 PM,Twins,Tigers
4,2015,4,6,2:10 PM,Rockies,Brewers
5,2015,4,6,3:05 PM,Red Sox,Phillies
6,2015,4,6,3:10 PM,Orioles,Rays
7,2015,4,6,4:05 PM,Mets,Nationals
8,2015,4,6,4:10 PM,Braves,Marlins
9,2015,4,6,4:10 PM,White Sox,Royals
10,2015,4,6,4:10 PM,Angels,Mariners
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2426,2015,10,4,3:10 PM,Athletics,Mariners
2427,2015,10,4,3:10 PM,Padres,Dodgers
2428,2015,10,4,3:10 PM,Blue Jays,Rays
2429,2015,10,4,3:10 PM,Nationals,Mets
2430,2015,10,4,4:10 PM,Astros,D-backs

Please keep in mind that game times and dates will be changing due to rain and I will not be maintaining these changes.

Oakland Athletics - 2015 Most Optimal Lineups

There are many ways people attempt to determine the best batting order.  Some people try to arrange high on base percentage people at the top of the lineup followed by sluggers and then the rest of the crew and slap on a pitcher batting 9th (NL Team) and you are good to go.  Others try calculators where you enter in player stats and out pops the best lineups.  These are all fun and probably get you part of the way there but they are in NO WAY scientific enough to make much of a claim to what the top lineups might be.

The best way (in my opinion) to determine which lineup is the best is to actually trot out every single lineup and see which one wins the most games.  Of course you would have to hold the opponent constant, using the same starters, lineup and starting pitcher.  How hard could that be to do?  Let's see, with nine batters in a lineup you would only have 362,880 lineups to go through.  How long could that take to play over 350,000 baseball games.  You could probably filter those permutations down to 25,000 or so by limiting left handed batters from hitting back to back, limiting the pitcher (NL) to batting either 8th or 9th, plus a few other obvious things.  Even if you could narrow things down to just two lineups, you would still need to play more than one game to determine which one was better.  So how many samples/games would you need?  10? 20? or maybe an entire season (162) of games?  No.  You would need a lot more than that.  Try tens of thousands just to separate the bad lineups from the good and then try a million or two to compare the best lineups.

Well, I think it is pretty impossible to play thousands of games one time or a couple of games a million times.  Hypothetically, if one were able to play games with thousands of different lineups, thousands or millions of times against the exact same opponent then you would get a very good idea as to which lineups were the best.  This is where simulation comes in handy.  A simulator that could play actual baseball games, by actual baseball rules, taking into consideration the important facets of a real baseball game like speed, defense, pitchers getting tired the more pitches they throw, splits, hitter vs pitcher matchups and outcomes and throw in some good player projections like the ones available for free at Fangraphs and then maybe through the power of the computer you could plow through tens of thousands of likely lineups to determine the best ones.

Now, you would be able to test the synergy of batting certain groups of players next to each other.  You would be able to experiment with various types of hitters hitting in different spots.  In fact, you could just let the computer run through each lineup and let you know what the top ones were, even tabulating how many times each player showed up at each spot in the top lineups.  Now you would have a good list of top lineups and be able to measure how many wins a manager might be leaving on the table by using the lineup(s) that he used.  Wouldn't it be very worthwhile for a team to know what its best lineups might be?  Of course it would, especially considering that on the free agent market one win (or WAR) is typically worth around $7M.  For managers that might not want to hit certain batters in certain lineup spots for whatever reason, he could use the filtering option to only measure lineups that fit his parameters.

Well, now on to what my game simulator using Steamer hitting projections lists as the top fifty lineups for the 2015 Oakland Athletics.  I only looked at lineups against a right handed starting pitcher and took the nine most likely starters from the list at the Roster Resource website and I have of course used their most common lineup as one of the many (10,000+) lineups that I am looking at.  Along with the top fifty lineups, there is a table showing how many times each player shows up in each lineup spot and what the most common back to back slottings are as well as back to back to back slottings (think synergy here).

Summary:
The batting order frequency table tells a lot here.  If you were to piece together a lineup from only the frequency table you would likely come up with what is the second ranked optimal lineup.  The lineup listed from the Roster Resource website came in listed 34th.  I've ran a few of these now for various teams and the Athletics seem to have a very balanced lineup with no one player way better than the others not causing much of a spread between the top lineups.  I also purposely added a bad lineup to the bottom of the top 50 list just to see what the maximum spread for the team looks like.  According to the simulator, there are not a lot of wins for the Athletics manager to leave on the table vs RHP compared to some of the other teams.

                                          Top 50 Lineups (vs RHP)

Rank	Lineup	Wins/162 Games Behind
1	Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Crisp-Semien-Vogt-Butler-Fuld	0
2	Crisp-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Zobrist-Vogt-Semien-Butler-Fuld	0.001
3	Reddick-Crisp-Lawrie-Davis-Zobrist-Vogt-Semien-Fuld-Butler	0.016
4	Crisp-Vogt-Lawrie-Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Semien-Butler-Fuld	0.042
5	Zobrist-Fuld-Lawrie-Reddick-Crisp-Vogt-Semien-Butler-Davis	0.067
6	Crisp-Vogt-Lawrie-Davis-Zobrist-Semien-Fuld-Butler-Reddick	0.093
7	Fuld-Crisp-Butler-Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Vogt-Semien	0.094
8	Davis-Zobrist-Lawrie-Reddick-Crisp-Vogt-Semien-Fuld-Butler	0.103
9	Reddick-Semien-Lawrie-Davis-Crisp-Fuld-Zobrist-Vogt-Butler	0.107
10	Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Semien-Crisp-Vogt-Butler-Fuld	0.108
11	Lawrie-Crisp-Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Semien-Vogt-Butler-Fuld	0.108
12	Semien-Davis-Lawrie-Reddick-Crisp-Fuld-Zobrist-Vogt-Butler	0.109
13	Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Crisp-Fuld-Butler-Vogt-Semien	0.117
14	Crisp-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Semien-Zobrist-Fuld-Butler-Vogt	0.123
15	Zobrist-Crisp-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Semien-Fuld-Butler-Vogt	0.14
16	Semien-Davis-Lawrie-Reddick-Zobrist-Crisp-Vogt-Butler-Fuld	0.141
17	Semien-Fuld-Butler-Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Crisp-Vogt	0.146
18	Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Crisp-Vogt-Semien-Fuld-Butler	0.146
19	Reddick-Crisp-Davis-Zobrist-Lawrie-Vogt-Semien-Fuld-Butler	0.152
20	Fuld-Crisp-Butler-Davis-Semien-Reddick-Lawrie-Vogt-Zobrist	0.156
21	Zobrist-Fuld-Lawrie-Davis-Crisp-Vogt-Semien-Butler-Reddick	0.156
22	Reddick-Zobrist-Davis-Lawrie-Crisp-Vogt-Semien-Fuld-Butler	0.159
23	Crisp-Butler-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Semien-Vogt-Zobrist-Fuld	0.175
24	Reddick-Crisp-Davis-Lawrie-Zobrist-Vogt-Semien-Fuld-Butler	0.181
25	Fuld-Crisp-Lawrie-Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Semien-Vogt-Butler	0.191
26	Reddick-Zobrist-Lawrie-Davis-Semien-Fuld-Crisp-Vogt-Butler	0.192
27	Crisp-Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Semien-Fuld-Butler-Vogt	0.192
28	Crisp-Davis-Lawrie-Reddick-Zobrist-Vogt-Semien-Butler-Fuld	0.195
29	Crisp-Fuld-Lawrie-Reddick-Zobrist-Semien-Vogt-Butler-Davis	0.204
30	Crisp-Semien-Davis-Lawrie-Reddick-Zobrist-Fuld-Butler-Vogt	0.209
31	Crisp-Fuld-Lawrie-Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Butler-Semien-Vogt	0.210
32	Crisp-Zobrist-Davis-Lawrie-Fuld-Semien-Vogt-Butler-Reddick	0.213
33	Semien-Fuld-Lawrie-Reddick-Zobrist-Crisp-Vogt-Butler-Davis	0.214
34	Reddick-Crisp-Davis-Zobrist-Vogt-Lawrie-Semien-Fuld-Butler	0.218
35	Crisp-Zobrist-Reddick-Butler-Davis-Lawrie-Vogt-Semien-Fuld	0.221
36	Reddick-Zobrist-Davis-Lawrie-Fuld-Semien-Crisp-Vogt-Butler	0.222
37	Crisp-Davis-Butler-Reddick-Zobrist-Lawrie-Vogt-Semien-Fuld	0.236
38	Semien-Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Crisp-Vogt-Lawrie-Fuld-Butler	0.238
39	Crisp-Vogt-Lawrie-Davis-Semien-Butler-Reddick-Zobrist-Fuld	0.242
40	Crisp-Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Vogt-Semien-Fuld-Butler-Davis	0.244
41	Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Crisp-Fuld-Butler-Semien-Vogt	0.248
42	Crisp-Butler-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Zobrist-Vogt-Semien-Fuld	0.257
43	Lawrie-Fuld-Butler-Davis-Crisp-Zobrist-Vogt-Semien-Reddick	0.258
44	Crisp-Reddick-Lawrie-Davis-Semien-Fuld-Butler-Zobrist-Vogt	0.260
45	Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie-Fuld-Crisp-Vogt-Semien-Butler	0.263
46	Crisp-Fuld-Butler-Davis-Lawrie-Reddick-Semien-Vogt-Zobrist	0.267
47	Crisp-Reddick-Butler-Davis-Semien-Zobrist-Fuld-Lawrie-Vogt	0.283
48	Fuld-Semien-Lawrie-Davis-Crisp-Reddick-Zobrist-Vogt-Butler	0.284
49	Crisp-Vogt-Zobrist-Davis-Lawrie-Reddick-Semien-Butler-Fuld	0.294
50	Crisp-Reddick-Butler-Davis-Zobrist-Lawrie-Vogt-Semien-Fuld	0.294
BAD	Vogt-Butler-Fuld-Crisp-Semien-Davis-Zobrist-Reddick-Lawrie	1.419

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             Batting Order Frequency Table

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Crisp	21	9	0	0	13	4	2	1	0
Reddick	8	10	7	9	2	9	1	0	4
Lawrie	2	0	25	11	3	4	4	1	0
Davis	2	5	8	26	5	0	0	0	4
Zobrist	8	9	2	3	15	5	3	3	2
Vogt	0	4	0	0	2	11	14	10	9
Semien	5	3	0	0	7	10	15	8	2
Butler	0	2	8	1	0	1	4	19	15
Fuld	4	8	0	0	3	6	7	8	14

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                    Synergy

   Back to Back Frequency Leaders

Rank	Occurrences	Player 1	Player 2
1	22	Lawrie	Davis
2	20	Vogt	Semien
3	20	Semien	Fuld
4	20	Fuld	Butler
5	18	Reddick	Lawrie
6	17	Crisp	Vogt
7	17	Davis	Zobrist
8	16	Zobrist	Reddick
9	15	Butler	Reddick
10	15	Fuld	Crisp
11	14	Butler	Davis
12	13	Vogt	Butler
13	12	Reddick	Zobrist
14	11	Davis	Lawrie
15	11	Davis	Semien
16	11	Zobrist	Vogt
17	10	Reddick	Crisp
18	10	Lawrie	Reddick
19	10	Davis	Crisp
20	10	Butler	Fuld

     Back To Back to Back Frequency Leaders

Rank	Occurrences	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
1	13	Vogt	Semien	Fuld
2	13	Semien	Fuld	Butler
3	12	Reddick	Lawrie	Davis
4	10	Zobrist	Reddick	Lawrie
5	8	Lawrie	Davis	Semien
6	8	Davis	Zobrist	Reddick
7	7	Crisp	Vogt	Semien
8	7	Lawrie	Davis	Crisp
9	7	Lawrie	Davis	Zobrist
10	6	Lawrie	Vogt	Semien
11	6	Davis	Lawrie	Reddick
12	6	Zobrist	Vogt	Semien
13	6	Vogt	Butler	Fuld
14	6	Semien	Fuld	Crisp
15	6	Butler	Reddick	Crisp
16	6	Butler	Reddick	Zobrist
17	6	Butler	Davis	Zobrist
18	6	Fuld	Butler	Reddick
19	5	Crisp	Vogt	Butler
20	5	Lawrie	Reddick	Zobrist

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LA Dodgers 2015 Preview

As the 2015 Major League Baseball season approaches, signs point to this year as a good season to be a LA Dodgers fan. The organization made the move to bring in former Oakland Athletics’ GM, Farhan Zaidi back in November, and are primed for another run this coming season.

The new general manager, along with the new president of baseball operations, Andrew Friedman have had a very active off season thus far for their new club. After letting disgruntled shortstop Hanley Ramirez leave in free agency, they also agreed to pay $30 million of Matt Kemp’s salary in order to send the temperamental outfielder south to the San Diego Padres. In addition to those moves, they also traded for shortstop Jimmy Rollins and second baseman Howie Kendrick, two solid veterans with high character qualities that will pay dividends in the locker room. They also made a couple moves that many considered questionable, like the signing of Brandon McCarthy and Brett Anderson, who are both talented pitchers but who have struggled with injuries throughout most their careers. Regardless, both should help bolster the back end of the Dodgers rotation this season.

Besides the new additions, LA is also returning some of the biggest star players in the game, Clayton Kershaw and Yasiel Puig. Kershaw is well on his way to becoming a living legend as he became only the third starting pitcher in the history of the game to lead their league in ERA for four straight seasons, and there’s little reason to doubt that he can make this season his fifth straight in leading the league in ERA.

Backing up Kershaw in the outfield is arguably the most dynamic player in the game today, Yasiel Puig. The exciting and explosive Cuban-born player continues to be one of the most entertaining players in the league. With his rocket arm that can throw runners out at home from the warning track, his blazing speed which makes any gap single into a potential double, and his acrobatic catches he makes on a routine basis, Puig is quickly becoming one of the best all-around players in the game.

With some new faces running the show this season for the Dodgers, and some solid additions to their club, the Dodgers are once again expected to be right in the thick of things come playoff time of the 2015 baseball season. Plenty of story lines to look forward to this year, especially Kershaw’s attempt to go for his fifth straight season leading the league in ERA. It’s a great year to be a fan of LA Dodgers baseball, and we look forward to another successful campaign for the upcoming season.

This article was brought you by the handicapping experts at Sports Information Traders. For 2015 MLB Picks and predictions as well as sports betting tips to help you get through this years Major League Baseball season.

Miami Marlins - 2015 Most Optimal Lineups

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I am using my simulator that plays actual baseball games to find what it believes are the most optimal lineups for the 2015 Miami Marlins (vs RHP).  I started out with 15,000 almost random lineups and I slowly widdled it down to the top 50 lineups.  Almost random, because I filtered out some obvious things like batting Stanton 8th or 9th or Dee Gordon cleanup etc...  For the starting nine players, I used the projected starting lineup from MLB Depth Charts The top 50 lineups all came within 0.85 wins per 162 games which is a pretty wide range for a top 50 lineup list.  When you start nearing a full win differential with the top lineup then you definitely have problems and the projected lineup from MLB Depth Charts finished 1.65 wins/162 games behind (not good).  You will see a few lineups that may seem strange in a most optimal list but keep in mind the simulator does not take into account psychological factors, such as rookies not being allowed to hit near the top of the lineup.  The simulator just takes the Steamer projection inputs along with a speed rating for base running and gives you the best lineups.  The simulator is a program that I wrote in C/C++ and I have back tested it against Vegas odds in the past to make sure it is good.  The program plays actual games, with actual baseball rules and takes pretty much everything you can think of into consideration.  This exercise is NOT trying to project what lineups the Marlins manager might or will actually use it is just outputting what it thinks are the best lineups.  Once down to the top fifty lineups, I simulated each lineup 2 million times which eliminated a large portion of the random noise and I did so only against a right handed pitcher.  Below are a list of the top 50 lineups and a batting order spot frequency table, where you can see how many times each player appeared in each of the top 50 lineups.

                                                             Top 50 Lineups

Rank	Lineup	Wins/162 Games Behind
1	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0
2	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Stanton-Morse-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.232
3	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Morse-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.250
4	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Hechavarria-Morse-Salta-Pitcher	0.308
5	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Ozuna-Stanton-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.359
6	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Morse-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher	0.374
7	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher-Morse	0.384
8	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Ozuna-Stanton-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.386
9	Gordon-Yelich-Stanton-Prado-Ozuna-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.392
10	Yelich-Gordon-Stanton-Prado-Ozuna-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.438
11	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Morse-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher	0.443
12	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher-Morse	0.448
13	Ozuna-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Hechavarria-Morse-Salta-Pitcher	0.491
14	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Morse-Stanton-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.498
15	Gordon-Prado-Yelich-Stanton-Ozuna-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.525
16	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Morse-Stanton-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.541
17	Yelich-Gordon-Stanton-Prado-Morse-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.543
18	Gordon-Hechavarria-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Ozuna-Morse-Salta-Pitcher	0.546
19	Yelich-Gordon-Stanton-Prado-Ozuna-Hechavarria-Morse-Salta-Pitcher	0.553
20	Yelich-Gordon-Stanton-Prado-Ozuna-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher-Morse	0.574
21	Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Ozuna-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.584
22	Gordon-Ozuna-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.584
23	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Morse-Hechavarria-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher	0.594
24	Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Yelich-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.605
25	Gordon-Yelich-Ozuna-Prado-Stanton-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.613
26	Gordon-Prado-Ozuna-Stanton-Yelich-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.633
27	Gordon-Yelich-Stanton-Prado-Ozuna-Hechavarria-Morse-Salta-Pitcher	0.641
28	Gordon-Yelich-Morse-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.642
29	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Stanton-Morse-Ozuna-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher	0.648
30	Gordon-Prado-Yelich-Stanton-Morse-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.652
31	Ozuna-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Morse-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher	0.653
32	Prado-Gordon-Yelich-Stanton-Ozuna-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.659
33	Gordon-Hechavarria-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Morse	0.674
34	Yelich-Gordon-Stanton-Prado-Ozuna-Morse-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher	0.678
35	Yelich-Gordon-Ozuna-Prado-Stanton-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.685
36	Gordon-Morse-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Ozuna-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher	0.688
37	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Stanton-Morse-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher-Ozuna	0.704
38	Ozuna-Gordon-Prado-Yelich-Stanton-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.723
39	Ozuna-Hechavarria-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Gordon-Morse-Salta-Pitcher	0.725
40	Gordon-Morse-Prado-Stanton-Yelich-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.727
41	Gordon-Yelich-Stanton-Prado-Ozuna-Morse-Hechavarria-Salta-Pitcher	0.735
42	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Morse-Hechavarria-Pitcher-Salta	0.741
43	Gordon-Prado-Morse-Stanton-Yelich-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.758
44	Gordon-Yelich-Stanton-Ozuna-Prado-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.770
45	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Ozuna-Morse-Stanton-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.771
46	Prado-Gordon-Stanton-Ozuna-Yelich-Morse-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.775
47	Yelich-Gordon-Morse-Stanton-Prado-Ozuna-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.775
48	Yelich-Gordon-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Salta-Morse-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.799
49	Gordon-Yelich-Prado-Morse-Ozuna-Stanton-Salta-Pitcher-Hechavarria	0.810
50	Gordon-Hechavarria-Prado-Stanton-Ozuna-Yelich-Morse-Salta-Pitcher	0.855
MLBDC	Gordon-Yelich-Stanton-Morse-Prado-Ozuna-Salta-Hechavarria-pitcher	1.648
BAD	Salta-Hechavarria-Morse-Gordon-Ozuna-Prado-Yelich-Stanton-Pitcher	4.400

                  Batting Order Frequency Table

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Gordon	27	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Yelich	17	15	3	2	12	1	0	0	0
Prado	2	6	29	11	2	0	0	0	0
Stanton	0	0	12	28	8	2	0	0	0
Ozuna	4	1	3	6	20	14	1	0	1
Morse	0	2	3	3	8	22	8	0	4
Salta	0	0	0	0	0	1	33	15	1
Hechavarria	0	4	0	0	0	9	8	0	29
Pitcher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	15

                    Synergy

20 Most Common Back to Back Occurrences

Rank	Occurrences	Player 1	Player 2
1	48	Salta	Pitcher
2	29	Pitcher	Hechavarria
3	27	Prado	Stanton
4	23	Morse	Salta
5	19	Gordon	Prado
6	18	Yelich	Gordon
7	17	Stanton	Ozuna
8	16	Gordon	Yelich
9	16	Hechavarria	Gordon
10	13	Ozuna	Morse
11	13	Ozuna	Salta
12	12	Prado	Ozuna
13	11	Stanton	Yelich
14	11	Stanton	Morse
15	11	Hechavarria	Salta
16	10	Hechavarria	Yelich
17	9	Yelich	Prado
18	9	Stanton	Prado
19	9	Ozuna	Hechavarria
20	8	Yelich	Stanton
20	8	Morse	Hechavarria
20	8	Pitcher	Gordon

20 Most Common Back to Back to Back Occurrences

Rank	Occurrences	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
1	28	Salta	Pitcher	Hechavarria
2	23	Morse	Salta	Pitcher
3	16	Pitcher	Hechavarria	Gordon
4	12	Ozuna	Salta	Pitcher
5	11	Gordon	Prado	Stanton
6	11	Prado	Stanton	Ozuna
7	11	Hechavarria	Salta	Pitcher
8	10	Yelich	Gordon	Prado
9	10	Hechavarria	Yelich	Gordon
10	10	Pitcher	Hechavarria	Yelich
11	9	Gordon	Yelich	Prado
12	9	Prado	Stanton	Yelich
13	8	Stanton	Prado	Ozuna
14	8	Salta	Pitcher	Gordon
15	8	Hechavarria	Gordon	Yelich
16	7	Prado	Stanton	Morse
17	7	Ozuna	Morse	Salta
18	6	Yelich	Prado	Stanton
19	6	Stanton	Yelich	Ozuna
20	6	Stanton	Ozuna	Morse
20	6	Morse	Hechavarria	Salta
20	6	Hechavarria	Gordon	Prado

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Dodgers Fantasy Outlook 2015

Author: Matt Smith

With one of the highest payrolls in the game, the Los Angeles Dodgers should be pretty competitive for the foreseeable future. However, for a franchise that has not won a World Series in over 25 years, being competitive is not enough. They have made some changes heading into the 2015 season to their roster, and the hope is that it is enough for regular and postseason success.

Even though they have a lot of fantasy baseball talent last season, nothing seemed to really click with the franchise consistently. They would play well in spurts, but then they would go on a cold streak. About the only dependable player on the roster was Clayton Kershaw, and ironically he became inconsistent as soon as the postseason began.

Andrew Feldman was brought in to help make better decisions in the front office for the Los Angeles Dodgers. With seemingly unlimited funds compared to what he was working with in Tampa Bay, it will be interesting to see what type of deals he pulls off in the future. Right away, he decided to go after veteran players who have championship pedigrees. Jimmy Rollins and Howie Kendrick can still provide value in fantasy baseball, but they will be just as important in the locker room.

Joc Pederson might not be new to the franchise, but he will now take over as the new everyday center fielder for the franchise. Many look at him as one of the top youngsters in the game, so he will need to hit the ground running in 2015. The franchise specifically made room for him by trading away some pretty decent talent, so it will be interesting to see what he does with a little bit more pressure on him.

Not only has losing been tough for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason, but watching the San Francisco Giants win 3 World Series in the last 5 seasons stings. Hopefully, with some subtle moves, this team will be a bit better when the games matter most.

Minnesota Twins - 2015 Most Optimal Lineups

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I am using my simulator that plays actual baseball games to find what it believes are the most optimal lineups for the 2015 Minnesota Twins.  I started out with 25,000 almost random lineups and I slowly widdled it down to the top 50 lineups.  Almost random, because I filtered out some obvious things like batting Joe Mauer 8th or 9th etc...  For the starting nine players, I used the projected starting lineup from MLB Depth Charts The top 50 lineups all came within 0.35 wins per 162 games so really anything in that range is pretty good.  When you start nearing a full win differential with the top lineup then you definitely have problems and the projected lineup from MLB Depth Charts finished 0.59 wins/162 games behind (not bad).  You will see a few lineups that may seem strange in a most optimal list but keep in mind the simulator does not take into account psychological factors, such as rookies not being allowed to hit near the top of the lineup.  The simulator just takes the Steamer projection inputs along with a speed rating for base running and gives you the best lineups. This exercise is NOT trying to project what lineups the Twins manager might or will actually use it is just outputting what it thinks are the best lineups.  I typically simulated each lineup over 1 million times which eliminated a large portion of the random noise and I did so only against a right handed pitcher.  Below are a list of the top 50 lineups and a batting order spot frequency table, where you can see how many times each player appeared in each of the top 50 lineups.  The Twins have two left handed batters in the starting nine that I used.  For this exercise, I assumed that there was no restriction on batting the two left handed batters (Mauer, Arcia) back to back.  Obviously, if you add that restriction then 33 of these 50 lineups would be different.

                                               Top 50 Lineups (vs RHP)

Rank	Lineup	Wins/162 Games Behind
1	Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Hunter-Plouffe-Hicks-Suzuki-Dozier	0
2	Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Hunter-Plouffe-Hicks-Suzuki-Dozier	0.013
3	Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Hunter-Dozier-Plouffe-Suzuki-Hicks	0.018
4	Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Dozier-Suzuki-Plouffe-Hicks-Hunter	0.027
5	Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Plouffe-Hunter-Hicks-Suzuki-Dozier	0.033
6	Dozier-Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Hicks-Suzuki-Plouffe-Hunter	0.048
7	Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Dozier-Hunter-Plouffe-Hicks-Suzuki	0.055
8	Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Plouffe-Hicks-Hunter-Dozier-Suzuki	0.061
9	Hunter-Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Dozier-Plouffe-Suzuki-Hicks	0.087
10	Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Hunter-Hicks-Plouffe-Suzuki-Dozier	0.097
11	Dozier-Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Hunter-Hicks-Suzuki-Plouffe	0.101
12	Hicks-Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Hunter-Plouffe-Dozier-Suzuki	0.105
13	Dozier-Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Hicks-Hunter-Plouffe-Suzuki	0.106
14	Dozier-Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Plouffe-Hunter-Suzuki-Hicks	0.109
15	Dozier-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Hicks-Santana-Suzuki-Hunter-Plouffe	0.113
16	Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Plouffe-Dozier-Suzuki-Hicks-Hunter	0.117
17	Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Hicks-Suzuki-Plouffe-Dozier-Hunter	0.119
18	Santana-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Hicks-Plouffe-Dozier-Suzuki-Hunter	0.120
19	Santana-Hunter-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Dozier-Plouffe-Suzuki-Hicks	0.123
20	Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Hunter-Dozier-Suzuki-Plouffe-Hicks	0.136
21	Santana-Suzuki-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Plouffe-Hunter-Dozier-Hicks	0.143
22	Hunter-Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Plouffe-Hicks-Dozier-Suzuki	0.147
23	Santana-Hunter-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Dozier-Plouffe-Hicks-Suzuki	0.151
24	Hunter-Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Plouffe-Hicks-Suzuki-Dozier	0.155
25	Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Hicks-Suzuki-Hunter-Plouffe-Dozier	0.160
26	Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Hicks-Dozier-Suzuki-Plouffe-Hunter	0.161
27	Santana-Hunter-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Plouffe-Dozier-Suzuki-Hicks	0.183
28	Hicks-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Dozier-Santana-Suzuki-Plouffe-Hunter	0.186
29	Hunter-Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Plouffe-Suzuki-Hicks-Dozier	0.193
30	Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Dozier-Suzuki-Hicks-Plouffe-Hunter	0.197
31	Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Dozier-Hicks-Hunter-Plouffe-Suzuki	0.200
32	Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Dozier-Hunter-Suzuki-Hicks-Plouffe	0.209
33	Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Hunter-Arcia-Plouffe-Dozier-Suzuki-Hicks	0.211
34	Hicks-Santana-Hunter-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Dozier-Suzuki-Plouffe	0.222
35	Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Hicks-Plouffe-Hunter-Dozier-Suzuki	0.226
36	Dozier-Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Plouffe-Suzuki-Hunter-Hicks	0.229
37	Santana-Vargas-Hunter-Mauer-Arcia-Hicks-Plouffe-Dozier-Suzuki	0.230
38	Arcia-Santana-Vargas-Mauer-Dozier-Hunter-Hicks-Suzuki-Plouffe	0.231
39	Santana-Hunter-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Hicks-Plouffe-Dozier-Suzuki	0.236
40	Santana-Mauer-Vargas-Dozier-Arcia-Hunter-Plouffe-Suzuki-Hicks	0.242
41	Santana-Hunter-Mauer-Arcia-Dozier-Vargas-Hicks-Plouffe-Suzuki	0.242
42	Santana-Suzuki-Mauer-Arcia-Plouffe-Vargas-Hunter-Dozier-Hicks	0.247
43	Santana-Hunter-Arcia-Mauer-Vargas-Plouffe-Dozier-Hicks-Suzuki	0.254
44	Santana-Dozier-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Hunter-Plouffe-Hicks-Suzuki	0.263
45	Hunter-Dozier-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Santana-Suzuki-Plouffe-Hicks	0.272
46	Dozier-Mauer-Arcia-Vargas-Santana-Hunter-Suzuki-Plouffe-Hicks	0.277
47	Santana-Suzuki-Mauer-Vargas-Hicks-Arcia-Plouffe-Dozier-Hunter	0.282
48	Dozier-Hicks-Mauer-Vargas-Arcia-Santana-Hunter-Suzuki-Plouffe	0.290
49	Hicks-Dozier-Vargas-Mauer-Arcia-Santana-Hunter-Plouffe-Suzuki	0.299
50	Santana-Hunter-Mauer-Arcia-Dozier-Vargas-Suzuki-Hicks-Plouffe	0.345
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MLB	Santana-Dozier-Mauer-Vargas-Hunter-Plouffe-Arcia-Suzuki-Hicks	0.587
BAD	Suzuki-Plouffe-Hicks-Dozier-Santana-Arcia-Vargas-Hunter-Mauer	1.714

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           Batting Order Frequency Table

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Santana	32	12	0	0	1	5	0	0	0
Mauer	0	18	20	12	0	0	0	0	0
Arcia	1	0	9	23	16	1	0	0	0
Vargas	0	6	19	13	8	4	0	0	0
Hunter	5	7	2	1	5	9	10	2	9
Plouffe	0	0	0	0	4	13	14	12	7
Hicks	4	1	0	0	7	7	9	9	13
Suzuki	0	3	0	0	0	4	12	17	14
Dozier	8	3	0	1	9	7	5	10	7

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Synergy

20 Most Common Back to Back Occurrences

Rank	Occurrences	Player 1	Player 2
1	33	Mauer	Arcia
2	22	Santana	Mauer
3	16	Mauer	Vargas
4	16	Arcia	Vargas
5	15	Dozier	Suzuki
6	14	Vargas	Mauer
7	14	Plouffe	Dozier
8	14	Suzuki	Hicks
9	13	Plouffe	Hicks
10	13	Hicks	Suzuki
11	12	Vargas	Arcia
12	12	Suzuki	Plouffe
13	11	Santana	Hunter
14	11	Hunter	Santana
15	11	Hunter	Plouffe
16	11	Plouffe	Suzuki
17	11	Hicks	Santana
18	11	Dozier	Santana
19	10	Santana	Vargas
20	10	Arcia	Plouffe
20	10	Suzuki	Santana

20 Most Common Back to Back to Back Occurrences

Rank	Occurrences	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
1	16	Mauer	Arcia	Vargas
2	13	Vargas	Mauer	Arcia
3	12	Mauer	Vargas	Arcia
4	11	Santana	Mauer	Arcia
5	11	Santana	Mauer	Vargas
6	9	Santana	Vargas	Mauer
7	8	Hunter	Santana	Mauer
8	8	Dozier	Santana	Mauer
9	7	Plouffe	Dozier	Suzuki
10	6	Mauer	Arcia	Dozier
11	6	Plouffe	Hicks	Suzuki
12	6	Plouffe	Suzuki	Hicks
13	6	Suzuki	Hicks	Santana
14	5	Mauer	Arcia	Plouffe
15	5	Hunter	Mauer	Arcia
16	5	Suzuki	Plouffe	Hicks
17	5	Suzuki	Dozier	Santana
18	5	Dozier	Suzuki	Hicks
19	4	Santana	Hunter	Mauer
20	4	Arcia	Vargas	Hunter

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