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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