Apr 16, 2018

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Below are our hitter matchup ratings, which provide a look at every game for each team to help you spot the best opportunities for your batters in the scoring period to come.

Hitter matchup ratings for Week 3

TEAM	DATE	OPP	OVERALL	LHB	RHB	SB
TOTAL: 6 HOME: 6 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 3	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	OFF SF SF SF SD SD SD	8 6 7 8 8 6 7	6 6 7 5 1 6 8	8 5 7 9 10 6 6	6 4 4 4 7 9 8

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 7 vs. LHP: 0 vs. RHP: 7	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	PHI PHI PHI NYM NYM NYM NYM	5 3 5 5 7 1 2 5	6 5 4 6 9 2 2 5	4 1 6 4 5 1 2 6	6 2 1 1 7 10 7 8

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 2 vs. RHP: 4	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	PPD @DET @DET @DET CLE CLE CLE	7 8 8 10 4 3 5	6 6 6 9 4 4 4	7 9 8 10 3 3 5	2 4 3 4 1 1 1

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 0 vs. LHP: 2 vs. RHP: 4	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	PPD @LAA @LAA @LAA @OAK @OAK @OAK	5 2 4 4 7 5 6	4 2 3 5 7 1 5	5 2 4 4 7 7 7	8 6 10 8 8 8 7

TOTAL: 5 HOME: 2 vs. LHP: 1 vs. RHP: 4	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	PPD STL STL OFF @COL @COL @COL	6 6 6 7 8 10	6 7 5 5 5 8	7 5 6 8 9 10	4 2 4 6 6 5

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 1 vs. RHP: 5	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@OAK @OAK @OAK OFF HOU HOU HOU	4 6 5 4 2 3 5	2 5 5 4 1 1 3	5 7 5 4 3 5 7	6 7 10 10 5 4 4

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 0 vs. LHP: 1 vs. RHP: 5	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@MIL @MIL @MIL OFF @STL @STL @STL	5 6 6 6 3 5 3	6 6 7 7 3 6 5	3 5 5 5 3 4 1	4 7 8 8 1 1 3

TOTAL: 5 HOME: 0 vs. LHP: 0 vs. RHP: 5	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	OFF @MIN @MIN OFF @BAL @BAL @BAL	4 5 5 6 4 7	5 3 5 6 6 8	4 7 4 5 2 6	5 2 2 10 10 10

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 2 vs. RHP: 4	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@PIT @PIT @PIT OFF CHC CHC CHC	6 7 6 7 5 5 6	6 5 6 8 5 5 3	6 8 5 6 4 5 7	8 10 8 9 7 9 6

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 7 vs. LHP: 2 vs. RHP: 5	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	OFF BAL BAL BAL KC (Gm. 1) KC (Gm. 2) KC KC	9 7 6 9 7 5 8 5	8 8 6 10 8 5 9 1	9 6 6 8 5 6 8 6	6 10 9 8 5 2 5 1

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 0 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 4	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@SEA @SEA @SEA @SEA @CWS @CWS @CWS	7 2 4 4 5 9 7 6	7 2 4 4 4 9 7 7	7 2 5 4 5 9 8 6	8 8 7 9 9 6 6 4

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 0 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 3 vs. TBD: 1	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@TOR @TOR @TOR OFF @DET (Gm. 1) @DET (Gm. 2) @DET @DET	8 6 4 6 5 7 8 8	7 3 1 5 6 7 7 6	10 8 6 6 5 7 9 9	4 6 3 4 2 3 5 4

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 6 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 2 vs. TBD: 1	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	OFF BOS BOS BOS SF SF SF	4 2 2 3 7 7 4	3 1 2 3 4 7 4	4 3 3 3 8 7 3	3 1 1 1 5 5 4

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 1 vs. RHP: 5	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@SD @SD @SD OFF WSH WSH WSH	3 4 5 5 1 1 5	4 4 6 5 2 1 6	3 4 5 5 1 1 4	6 8 8 10 3 3 4

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 0 vs. LHP: 1 vs. RHP: 5	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@NYY @NYY OFF @MIL @MIL @MIL @MIL	4 2 2 6 6 6 6	5 2 1 4 9 6 7	4 2 3 6 4 5 5	6 2 3 9 7 7 8

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 7 vs. LHP: 2 vs. RHP: 5	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	CIN CIN CIN MIA MIA MIA MIA	10 5 8 8 8 8 8 8	10 7 10 10 8 7 10 7	10 4 7 6 9 9 6 8	7 8 10 8 3 7 4 5

TOTAL: 5 HOME: 2 vs. LHP: 1 vs. RHP: 3 vs. TBD: 1	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	OFF CLE CLE OFF @TB @TB @TB	1 1 2 2 3 7	1 1 2 3 1 7	1 1 1 1 3 7	1 1 1 2 2 1

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 2 vs. RHP: 5	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	WSH WSH WSH @ATL @ATL @ATL @ATL	6 5 3 2 6 6 5 6	7 5 1 3 6 8 8 8	5 4 4 1 7 5 3 4	7 4 5 5 10 5 9 6

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 6 vs. LHP: 4 vs. RHP: 2	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	MIA MIA OFF TOR TOR TOR TOR	6 8 6 5 5 6 4	3 7 6 2 4 3 1	8 8 6 7 6 7 6	4 5 5 4 4 6 3

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 6 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 3	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	CWS CWS CWS OFF BOS BOS BOS	4 6 8 7 2 1 3	5 6 8 8 3 1 1	4 6 7 7 2 1 3	2 4 5 4 1 1 1

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 4 vs. LHP: 1 vs. RHP: 6	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@ATL @ATL @ATL PIT PIT PIT PIT	8 5 6 5 5 7 8 7	8 8 8 5 6 8 6 7	7 3 4 5 5 6 9 6	10 9 6 9 10 9 10 8

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 1 vs. RHP: 6	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	COL COL COL @PHI @PHI @PHI @PHI	7 6 5 6 4 7 3 6	6 4 3 3 5 9 5 5	7 8 8 7 2 5 1 6	3 5 5 6 2 1 2 1

TOTAL: 5 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 2 vs. RHP: 3	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	PPD @CHC @CHC OFF CIN CIN CIN	5 6 3 7 9 4	5 6 1 6 10 5	4 6 5 7 7 2	7 6 10 10 10 8

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 2 vs. TBD: 1	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	LAD LAD LAD OFF @ARI @ARI @ARI	4 5 1 2 7 5 7	4 5 1 3 7 5 3	4 5 1 1 7 5 9	4 4 5 5 6 3 4

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 0 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 2 vs. TBD: 1	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	OFF @ARI @ARI @ARI @LAA @LAA @LAA	5 7 5 4 4 3 7	3 3 2 3 4 2 7	6 9 6 5 4 4 7	6 4 6 4 6 8 10

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 4 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 4	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	HOU HOU HOU HOU @TEX @TEX @TEX	7 3 4 4 3 7 8 9	6 1 2 4 1 8 9 4	8 4 6 3 5 7 7 10	5 4 4 8 5 5 4 3

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 6 vs. LHP: 3 vs. RHP: 3	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	TEX TEX TEX OFF MIN MIN MIN	6 8 7 5 4 6 4	4 2 8 1 6 5 1	6 9 6 6 2 6 6	3 3 4 6 2 2 2

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 2 vs. RHP: 2 vs. TBD: 2	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@TB @TB @TB OFF SEA SEA SEA	5 3 7 4 6 3 7	6 1 7 4 6 3 7	5 3 7 5 6 3 7	5 2 1 2 10 8 10

TOTAL: 7 HOME: 3 vs. LHP: 4 vs. RHP: 3	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	KC KC KC @NYY @NYY @NYY @NYY	6 9 6 7 3 4 3 2	5 9 1 7 2 3 2 2	6 9 7 7 4 5 3 2	3 5 1 3 2 4 2 2

TOTAL: 6 HOME: 0 vs. LHP: 4 vs. RHP: 2	TOTAL Mon, 4/16 Tue, 4/17 Wed, 4/18 Thu, 4/19 Fri, 4/20 Sat, 4/21 Sun, 4/22	@NYM @NYM @NYM OFF @LAD @LAD @LAD	2 1 5 3 1 1 5	2 1 4 4 3 1 5	2 2 5 3 1 1 5	6 7 8 10 7 4 4

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