MLB Daily Rankings August 4
Key Takeaways
- Diamondbacks are hot right now but face a hungry Paul Skenes who is without a win over his last two starts.
- The Royals/Tigers series has gone into double digits in six of the last eight meetings and we now know that reliever Alex Faedo (3.81 ERA) will be starting Sunday.
How do the MLB teams rank right now? Let's take a look. This is a current hotness ranking.
- Cleveland Guardians
- Minnesota Twins
- Kansas City Royals
- San Diego Padres
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- New York Mets
- Atlanta Braves
- Baltimore Orioles
- New York Yankees
- Boston Red Sox
- San Francisco Giants
- Seattle Mariners
- Houston Astros
- Milwaukee Brewers
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Tampa Bay Rays
The Philadelphia Phillies and LA Dodgers both have solid winning records at the moment but are each in a funk at the moment.
Diamondbacks @ Pirates
We lost with our Diamondbacks pick Saturday night as Arizona is one of the hotter teams right now but couldn't get the job done in Pittsburgh following a win Friday night.
They'll take on Paul Skenes as a +125 dog.
Paul Skenes struck out six over six two-run innings — one of those runs earned — in a no-decision versus the Astros on Monday. He suffered his first loss the start prior to that one, thus we anticipate Skenes to have his A-Game coming into Sunday.
Arizona is still 7-3 over the last ten games in this series.
Orioles @ Guardians
The Guardians are among the hottest teams right now.
Cleveland Guardians career statistics vs. Corbin Burnes are just .211 in a relatively small sampling of 38 at bats.
Burnes is more than capable of pitching through the 6th inning.
Gavin Williams limited the Tigers to two hits over five innings and struck out eight in the Guardians’ 5-0 shutout on Tuesday. He allowed three runs in a loss his prior start.
Royals @ Tigers
Alex Faedo, a Tigers reliever, is starting for the Tigers Sunday. We already knew that Detroit's career statistics vs. Michael Wacha in 68 tries are .338.
Six of eight in this series have gone into double digit scoring.
Detroit has permitted five or more runs in seven of their last eight games and the Royals can score runs. Six of their last ten we've seen five or more runs scored.
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