David Peterson has become an anchor in the Mets rotation, and we expect the left-hander to give the Phillies fits in consecutive starts.
The MLB slate for Friday includes several pitchers whose previous starts came against the same opponents they are facing today. That has me betting on history to repeat itself with several
Since coming off the IL, Verlander has yet to pitch deeper than five innings into a game. Considering his K% has plummeted, Under 5.5 punchouts is an easy play.At some point, you just have to throw analytics out the window and go with the results. That seems to be the case forusually rake against lefties, posting an OPS of .791, but they couldn't get to Peterson last Sunday when he limited them to four hits and one run across 7 2/3 innings.
Turang has a modest batting average of .258 this season, but he's ramped that number up to .290 this month. He also has the platoon advantage against Gallen and will benefit from home-field advantage tonight.
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