Starting Rotation 5.12

Starting Rotation 5.12

We have another 10 games on the slate for Wednesday night, and some big-name aces take the mound tonight. The middle and lower tiers of salary don't represent nearly the same options as they did yesterday, so I would expect the heavy chalk continues. Let's get into the ace candidates and see what else we can find in the Starting Rotation 5.12 to lay the foundation for our green screens! 

Starting Rotation 5.12 - Main Targets 

Gerrit Cole 

Rays Ranks vs Pitch Types - FB - 7th SL - 29th CB - 14th CH - 19th

The last start from Cole may not have been dazzling, but it's tough to strike out the Astros in general and it only gets tougher when the strike zone is the size of a postage stamp. Tampa is 10th in K rate at 25% and even with just four strikeouts in the last game, Cole is still over 40% for his K rate. Only Jacob deGrom has a higher rate among qualified pitchers, and Cole has his walk down to 1.8% so far. If you want ...