As we enter the month of June, some of the strong starting pitchers off to iffy starts have begun to find their form. Max Scherzer is an example, who has his ERA close to three after some ugly April outings. Shane McClanahan of the Tampa Bay Rays also started somewhat slowly, at least for him, and he now has an 8-1 record with a 2.07 ERA and 82 strikeouts. He leads the American League in victories, is second in ERA and third in Ks. Spencer Strider of the Atlanta Braves has 106 strikeouts, 16 more than anyone else (Shohei Ohtani is second with 90). Strider has only needed 63 ⅔ innings to post those strikeouts, which means his K/9 ratio is 15. He could strike out 300 batters, which no pitcher has done since Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole did it in 2019. But what about those pitchers who aren’t doing so great – and whom you should avoid with your MLB betting? Here’s a list.
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Rich Hill, Pittsburgh Pirates (4-5, 4.76 ERA)
That ERA was as low as 3.80 after a pair of starts against Colorado and Detroit in which Hill permitted just three runs (one earned) over 9 ⅔ innings combined. In his last two starts, though, against Texas and San Francisco, he has gotten shelled for 11 runs on 16 hits over 11 ⅓ innings. He struck out nine against the Rangers, and he has only walked more than two batters in an outing once this season, but he’s finding way too much of the plate right now, and the Pirates’ offense, which had been helping him some in April, has withdrawn some oi its support in recent weeks.
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Miles Mikolas, St. Louis Cardinals (4-1, 3.75 ERA)
These are actually pretty good numbers, but going into his May 25 start in Cincinnati, no pitcher had given up more hits than Mikolas had this season. His last two starts have been spotless, as he has thrown 15 scoreless innings combined, but those games came against the Reds and the Royals, teams not known for their offensive prowess this season. When you give up that many hits, teams will start to stack them together, so if you see Mikolas listed in a start against someone like the Brewers, you might move on to the next matchup.
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Cal Quantrill, Cleveland Guardians (2-4, 5.61 ERA)
After his first start, Quantrill’s ERA was a mammoth 7.71. He actually got that down as low as 3.89 after a scoreless, seven-inning gem against the Twins on May 7. In his last two starts, though, he has permitted 14 runs on 12 hits over 8 ⅓ combined innings against the White Sox and the Orioles. He has been placed on the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his throwing shoulder, and while the hope is that the time off will help him rehab and find that good form that he has shown on two or three occasions this season, I wouldn’t bet on him to dominate a game anytime soon.
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Grayson Rodriguez, Baltimore Orioles (2-2, 7.35 ERA)
You don’t really know which Grayson Rodriguez will show up. In a pair of starts against Detroit on April 23 and 29, he threw 10 scoreless innings combined, allowing just seven hits while striking out 15 and walking four. Against every other team, though, he’s permitted runs – often a lot of them. In his last start, on Friday against Texas, he got lit up for nine runs (eight earned) on six hits, including three home runs, striking out six while walking three in what would turn into a 12-2 thrashing by the Rangers. So unless Rodriguez is starting against the Tigers, let’s stay away from him for now.
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