Jesus Sanchez of the Miami Marlins will be facing Merrill Kelly of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Sanchez is slugging .500 in 64 at-bats this season, while current Marlins hitters have struck out 17.6% of the time against pitchers similar to Kelly over the last two years (League Avg: 20%).
Esteury Ruiz of the Oakland Athletics will be facing Jhony Brito of the New York Yankees. Matchup data is limited, but it favors Ruiz.
Chris Taylor of the Los Angeles Dodgers will be facing Wade Miley of the Milwaukee Brewers. Taylor is slugging .750 in his last 18 plate appearances against left-handers who rely heavily on the cutter like Miley over the last two seasons. Additionally, left-handed starters with above-average groundball rates like Miley have an ERA of 4.97 against the Dodgers since last year.
Lastly, Ty France of the Seattle Mariners will be facing Dane Dunning of the Texas Rangers. France has an OPS of 1.294 in 18 plate appearances over the last five days. Although Dunning has struck out 25.8% of the Mariners hitters he has faced in 62 plate appearances over the last two years, other matchup data favors the Mariners.
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