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Los Angeles southpaw Tarik Skubal toes the rubber with a 2.93 ERA, 2.99 xERA, 2.80 FIP, and 3.0 WAR, together with elite 10.7 K/9 and 1.5/BB/9 rates. Skubal’s counterpart, Logan Henderson, is coming off an outing against the Padres in which he allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven batters over 6.1 innings. The talented right-hander owns impressive numbers across the board: 2.88 ERA, 2.68 xERA, 3.35 FIP, and 3.00 xFIP, together with a 31.9% K%, a 5.1% BB%, and a 26.9% K-BB%. The key in this game is compelling technical trends supporting the Dodgers:
• Since 2004, MLB home favorites of -130 or greater in afternoon affairs with totals of less than 8 runs are 1089-616 (63.9%; +2% ROI) versus league opponents;
• Since 2003, large home favorites with immediate revenge are 864-363 (70.4%; +4.2% ROI) in afternoon games;
• Since 2003, MLB home favorites with starting pitchers whose WHIP is 1.30 or better are 1288-688 (65.2%; +2.9% ROI) versus opposing starters whose ERA is 3.50 or better in May-August affairs; and
• Los Angeles is 264-178 (59.7%; +2.9% ROI) following a game in which they scored one run or less, including 76-43 (63.9%) since 2021;
Milwaukee also falls into my very negative 3061-5392 (36.2%; -3.7% ROI) and 2599-4623 (36%; -4.2% ROI) systems that date to 2005 and invest against certain road underdogs versus .551 or greater opponents. These situations have lost by an average margin of 1.1 and 1.2 runs per game, respectively. Take the Los Angeles Dodgers as Jeff Keim’s Free Pick Winner for Sunday, August 16.