Starting Rotation 7.8

Starting Rotation 7.8

It's Thursday and we have another split slate of MLB action, although today is a bit more unbalanced. We get just a three-game slate in the afternoon and then a seven-game slate in the evening that includes one of the most puzzling pitcher salaries I can recall this year. We've got plenty of work to do and good results to replicate from yesterday so let's dig into the Starting Rotation 7.8! 

Starting Rotation 7.8 Early 

Jordan Montgomery - To my eyes, there will likely be only two pitchers that I'm looking at pending lineups. Lefties against the Mariners has been a target all year and they are fourth in K rate at 27.2%. Not only that, they sit 25th or lower in wOBA, wRC+, OPS, and OBP. Montgomery has a K rate over 23% himself and his primary two pitches are a curve/change combo. They both have a wOBA under .255 and whiff rates over 37% on the season and the Mariners are 23rd or worse against each pitch. The Mariners lineup could be exactly...