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Starting Pitcher Adjustments

Max Scherzer

60.6

+34.8

Tanner Roark

53.9

+3.2

Joe Ross

50.3

-13.6

Gio Gonzalez

49.6

-16.9

A.J. Cole

46.5

-31.6

Completed games

L 3-4 Oct 13

58%

vs.

42%

Scherzer

Hill

L 5-6 Oct 11

33%

@

67%

Ross

Kershaw

W 8-3 Oct 10

42%

@

58%

Gonzalez

Maeda

W 5-2 Oct 9

49%

vs.

51%

Roark

Hill

L 3-4 Oct 7

48%

vs.

52%

Scherzer

Kershaw

W 10-7 Oct 2

68%

vs.

32%

Scherzer

Koehler

W 2-1 Oct 1

62%

vs.

38%

Roark

Chen

L 4-7 Sep 30

60%

vs.

40%

Cole

Cashner

W 5-3 Sep 29

61%

vs.

39%

Ross

Ray

L 0-3 Sep 28

64%

vs.

36%

Gonzalez

Miller

W 4-2 Sep 27

70%

vs.

30%

Scherzer

Koch

L 4-14 Sep 26

67%

vs.

33%

Roark

Bradley

W 10-7 Sep 25

50%

@

50%

Cole

Glasnow

W 6-1 Sep 24

47%

@

53%

Ross

Nova

L 5-6 Sep 23

46%

@

54%

Gonzalez

Taillon

W 8-3 Sep 21

61%

@

39%

Scherzer

Koehler

L 0-1 Sep 20

49%

@

51%

Roark

Fernandez

L 3-4 Sep 19

51%

@

49%

Cole

Chen

L 2-6 Sep 18

59%

@

41%

Ross

Wisler

L 3-7 Sep 17

59%

@

41%

Gonzalez

Collmenter

W 7-2 Sep 16

65%

@

35%

Scherzer

Gant

W 1-0 Sep 14

60%

vs.

40%

Roark

Gsellman

L 3-4 Sep 13

50%

vs.

50%

Cole

Syndergaard

W 8-1 Sep 12

56%

vs.

44%

Latos

Montero

W 3-2 Sep 11

68%

vs.

32%

Gonzalez

Morgan

W 3-0 Sep 10

71%

vs.

29%

Scherzer

Eickhoff

W 5-4 Sep 9

69%

vs.

31%

Roark

Thompson

L 1-4 Sep 8

70%

vs.

30%

Cole

Asher

W 5-4 Sep 7

68%

vs.

32%

Strasburg

Foltynewicz

W 9-7 Sep 6

66%

vs.

34%

Gonzalez

Perez

W 6-4 Sep 5

71%

vs.

29%

Scherzer

Weber

L 1-5 Sep 4

45%

@

55%

Lopez

Lugo

L 1-3 Sep 3

55%

@

45%

Roark

Gsellman

W 4-1 Sep 2

44%

@

56%

Cole

Syndergaard

W 2-1 Aug 31

62%

@

38%

Gonzalez

Morgan

W 3-2 Aug 30

64%

@

36%

Scherzer

Eickhoff

W 4-0 Aug 29

66%

@

34%

Roark

Thompson

L 3-5 Aug 28

55%

vs.

45%

Giolito

Bettis

L 4-9 Aug 27

58%

vs.

42%

Cole

De La Rosa

W 8-5 Aug 26

64%

vs.

36%

Gonzalez

Hoffman

W 4-0 Aug 25

64%

vs.

36%

Scherzer

Jimenez

L 8-10 Aug 24

59%

vs.

41%

Roark

Miley

L 1-8 Aug 23

47%

@

53%

Lopez

Gausman

L 3-4 Aug 22

42%

@

58%

Cole

Bundy

L 6-7 Aug 21

62%

@

38%

Gonzalez

De Leon

W 11-9 Aug 20

69%

@

31%

Scherzer

Jenkins

W 7-6 Aug 19

57%

@

43%

Roark

Teheran

W 8-2 Aug 18

57%

@

42%

Lopez

Whalen

L 10-12 Aug 17

57%

@

43%

Strasburg

Gray

L 2-6 Aug 16

54%

@

46%

Gonzalez

Bettis

W 5-4 Aug 15

62%

@

38%

Scherzer

De La Rosa

W 9-1 Aug 14

67%

vs.

33%

Roark

Jenkins

W 7-6 Aug 13

61%

vs.

39%

Lopez

Whalen

L 5-8 Aug 12

73%

vs.

27%

Strasburg

Foltynewicz

W 7-4 Aug 10

54%

vs.

46%

Gonzalez

Tomlin

L 1-3 Aug 9

63%

vs.

37%

Scherzer

Bauer

W 1-0 Aug 7

50%

vs.

50%

Roark

Bumgarner

L 1-7 Aug 6

66%

vs.

34%

Strasburg

Cain

W 5-1 Aug 5

57%

vs.

43%

Gonzalez

Samardzija

W 8-3 Aug 3

66%

@

34%

Scherzer

Godley

W 10-4 Aug 2

58%

@

42%

Roark

Ray

W 14-1 Aug 1

62%

@

38%

Strasburg

Bradley

L 1-3 Jul 31

51%

@

49%

Gonzalez

Cain

L 3-5 Jul 30

45%

@

55%

Lopez

Peavy

W 4-1 Jul 29

57%

@

43%

Scherzer

Samardzija

W 4-2 Jul 28

43%

@

57%

Roark

Cueto

W 4-1 Jul 27

47%

@

53%

Strasburg

Carrasco

L 6-7 Jul 26

42%

@

58%

Gonzalez

Salazar

L 6-10 Jul 24

59%

vs.

41%

Giolito

Friedrich

W 3-2 Jul 23

72%

vs.

28%

Scherzer

Jackson

L 3-5 Jul 22

66%

vs.

34%

Roark

Perdomo

L 3-6 Jul 21

61%

vs.

39%

Strasburg

Urias

W 8-1 Jul 20

52%

vs.

48%

Gonzalez

Norris

L 4-8 Jul 19

52%

vs.

48%

Lopez

Kazmir

L 1-2 Jul 17

64%

vs.

36%

Scherzer

Kuhl

W 6-0 Jul 16

51%

vs.

49%

Roark

Cole

W 5-1 Jul 15

60%

vs.

40%

Strasburg

Liriano

W 3-2 Jul 10

47%

@

53%

Gonzalez

Matz

W 6-1 Jul 9

58%

@

42%

Scherzer

Verrett

W 3-1 Jul 8

50%

@

50%

Strasburg

Syndergaard

L 7-9 Jul 7

47%

@

53%

Giolito

Colon

W 7-4 Jul 6

66%

vs.

34%

Roark

Garza

L 2-5 Jul 5

61%

vs.

39%

Gonzalez

Davies

L 0-1 Jul 4

65%

vs.

35%

Scherzer

Guerra

W 12-1 Jul 3

71%

vs.

29%

Strasburg

Lamb

L 4-9 Jul 2

66%

vs.

34%

Ross

Straily

W 3-2 Jul 1

66%

vs.

34%

Roark

DeSclafani

W 13-4 Jun 30

64%

vs.

36%

Gonzalez

Finnegan

W 4-2 Jun 29

66%

vs.

34%

Scherzer

Verrett

W 5-0 Jun 28

53%

vs.

47%

Giolito

Harvey

W 11-4 Jun 27

52%

vs.

48%

Ross

Syndergaard

W 3-2 Jun 26

55%

@

45%

Roark

Nelson

L 5-6 Jun 25

57%

@

43%

Gonzalez

Garza

L 3-5 Jun 24

60%

@

40%

Scherzer

Davies

L 3-4 Jun 22

47%

@

53%

Ross

Urias

L 2-3 Jun 21

47%

@

53%

Roark

Kazmir

L 1-4 Jun 20

32%

@

68%

Petit

Kershaw

L 3-6 Jun 19

55%

@

45%

Gonzalez

Pomeranz

L 3-7 Jun 18

65%

@

35%

Scherzer

Rea

W 7-5 Jun 17

59%

@

41%

Ross

Friedrich

W 8-5 Jun 16

59%

@

41%

Roark

Johnson

W 5-4 Jun 15

54%

vs.

46%

Strasburg

Hammel

L 3-4 Jun 14

45%

vs.

55%

Gonzalez

Lackey

W 4-1 Jun 13

52%

vs.

48%

Scherzer

Hendricks

W 5-4 Jun 12

69%

vs.

31%

Ross

Morgan

W 8-0 Jun 11

63%

vs.

37%

Roark

Nola

W 9-6 Jun 10

69%

vs.

31%

Strasburg

Hellickson

L 1-3 Jun 9

52%

@

48%

Gonzalez

Gonzalez

W 11-4 Jun 8

57%

@

43%

Scherzer

Shields

W 10-5 Jun 7

52%

@

48%

Ross

Latos

W 10-9 Jun 5

63%

@

37%

Roark

Moscot

L 3-6 Jun 4

61%

@

39%

Strasburg

Straily

L 2-7 Jun 3

59%

@

41%

Gonzalez

Finnegan

W 7-2 Jun 1

66%

@

34%

Scherzer

Morgan

W 5-1 May 31

56%

@

44%

Ross

Nola

W 4-3 May 30

59%

@

41%

Roark

Hellickson

W 10-2 May 29

61%

vs.

39%

Strasburg

Wacha

L 4-9 May 28

53%

vs.

47%

Gonzalez

Wainwright

L 2-6 May 27

57%

vs.

43%

Scherzer

Garcia

W 2-1 May 26

54%

vs.

46%

Ross

Leake

L 0-2 May 25

52%

vs.

48%

Roark

Matz

W 7-4 May 24

58%

vs.

42%

Strasburg

Harvey

L 1-7 May 23

57%

vs.

43%

Gonzalez

Colon

W 8-2 May 22

55%

@

45%

Scherzer

Conley

L 2-3 May 21

47%

@

53%

Ross

Fernandez

W 4-1 May 20

53%

@

47%

Roark

Nicolino

W 9-1 May 19

49%

@

51%

Strasburg

Harvey

W 7-1 May 18

48%

@

52%

Gonzalez

Colon

L 0-2 May 17

47%

@

53%

Scherzer

Syndergaard

L 1-5 May 15

54%

vs.

46%

Ross

Fernandez

L 1-7 May 14

61%

vs.

39%

Roark

Flores

W 6-4 May 14

65%

vs.

35%

Strasburg

Nicolino

W 5-3 May 13

63%

vs.

37%

Gonzalez

Koehler

W 3-2 May 11

56%

vs.

43%

Scherzer

Zimmermann

L 4-5 May 10

62%

vs.

38%

Ross

Fulmer

W 5-4 May 9

63%

vs.

37%

Strasburg

Sanchez

L 3-4 May 8

31%

@

69%

Roark

Arrieta

L 5-8 May 7

43%

@

57%

Gonzalez

Hammel

L 6-8 May 6

44%

@

56%

Scherzer

Lackey

L 2-5 May 5

42%

@

58%

Ross

Hendricks

W 13-2 May 4

55%

@

45%

Strasburg

Medlen

L 6-7 May 3

50%

@

50%

Roark

Young

W 2-0 May 2

50%

@

50%

Gonzalez

Volquez

W 6-1 May 1

48%

@

52%

Scherzer

Martinez

W 6-1 Apr 30

44%

@

56%

Ross

Garcia

W 5-4 Apr 29

51%

@

49%

Strasburg

Leake

L 0-3 Apr 28

62%

vs.

38%

Roark

Nola

L 0-3 Apr 27

68%

vs.

32%

Gonzalez

Hellickson

L 3-4 Apr 26

67%

vs.

33%

Scherzer

Velasquez

W 6-5 Apr 24

64%

vs.

36%

Strasburg

Duffey

W 2-0 Apr 23

57%

vs.

43%

Roark

Hughes

W 8-4 Apr 22

60%

vs.

40%

Gonzalez

Gibson

L 1-5 Apr 21

62%

@

38%

Scherzer

Koehler

W 3-1 Apr 20

52%

@

48%

Ross

Chen

W 7-0 Apr 19

57%

@

43%

Strasburg

Conley

L 1-6 Apr 18

45%

@

55%

Roark

Fernandez

L 2-3 Apr 17

62%

@

38%

Gonzalez

Morton

W 8-1 Apr 16

63%

@

37%

Scherzer

Nola

W 9-1 Apr 15

58%

@

42%

Ross

Hellickson

W 6-2 Apr 14

68%

vs.

32%

Strasburg

Teheran

W 3-0 Apr 13

64%

vs.

36%

Roark

Wisler

W 2-1 Apr 12

64%

vs.

36%

Gonzalez

Chacin

W 6-4 Apr 11

70%

vs.

30%

Scherzer

Norris

W 4-2 Apr 10

60%

vs.

40%

Ross

Koehler

L 4-6 Apr 7

58%

vs.

42%

Roark

Conley

W 3-1 Apr 6

62%

@

38%

Strasburg

Norris

W 4-3 Apr 4

60%

@

40%

Scherzer

Teheran

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