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Starting pitchers for the Miami Marlins have been hesitant to start games in the early stages of the season.
Ryan Weathers is looking for a case to solidify his place in a rotation riddled with questions, but he hasn’t pitched into any deep frames.
He possesses a concerningly high exit velocity for opposition bats, with a 19.2 percent barrel rate through nine total innings and a lowly ranked.381 xwOBA.
Weathers hits the mound against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, looking to improve his favorite fastball, which is only 8 percent effective and has resulted in a.429 batting average against.
Marcus Stroman of the Yankees has a 3.09 xERA in two competitive starts, with a brilliant 0.83 WHIP.
I’m not sure the Marlins present the same issues for Stroman: they swing at everything, leading MLB in swing percentage but failing to reach base consistently (.270 OBP).
Miami has the highest groundball rate in the league.
Stroman has 57.4 percent ground-ball out percentage.
The experienced righty has a positive pitching run value of seven, compared to Weathers’ minus-17.
The Fish are simply too unpredictable to trust, with an MLB-worst runline record of 1-11 as of Tuesday.
THE PLAY: Yankees -1.5 runs (-107 at BetRivers Sportsbook).
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