Times Facing Opponent in Game for 2018 pitchers 3rd PA in G, as SP.

Starting pitchers (SP)

For 2018, 3rd PA in G, as SP (within Times Facing Opponent in Game), (requiring GS >= 18), sorted by OPS  https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/UDApK

91 pitchers met the criteria as of August 12, 2018. Here are the ten best and ten worst:

Rk	I	Player	Split	Year	G	OPS ▲	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	ROE	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1		James Paxton	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	21	.472				1.99	21					40.2	25	11	9	3	7	0	0	49	0	0	0	148	0.787	10.8	7.00	148	141	11	25	2	0	3	0	0	7	49	.177	.216	.255	36	6	0	0	0	0	0	.247	47	21
2		Matt Boyd	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	22	.509				2.35	22					30.2	17	11	8	3	9	0	1	25	1	0	0	118	0.848	7.3	2.78	118	107	11	17	4	0	3	0	0	9	25	.159	.229	.280	30	2	1	0	1	0	1	.175	56	30
3		Corey Kluber	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	23	.529				2.40	23					45.0	33	15	12	5	3	0	3	42	0	0	0	172	0.800	8.4	14.00	172	169	15	33	4	1	5	0	0	3	42	.195	.209	.320	54	2	0	0	0	0	3	.230	75	33
4		Aaron Nola	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	24	.543				2.25	24					40.0	32	9	10	2	9	0	3	35	0	0	0	161	1.025	7.9	3.89	161	150	9	32	5	0	2	0	0	9	35	.213	.256	.287	43	3	0	1	1	0	3	.263	97	39
5		Tyler Anderson	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	22	.576				2.27	22					35.2	25	7	9	2	15	0	0	28	1	0	0	144	1.121	7.1	1.87	144	127	7	25	4	1	2	0	0	15	28	.197	.285	.291	37	3	1	0	1	0	0	.235	68	49
6		Alex Wood	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	21	.588				2.40	21					30.0	24	12	8	3	3	0	4	22	3	0	0	118	0.900	6.6	7.33	118	111	12	24	4	0	3	0	0	3	22	.216	.254	.333	37	4	3	0	1	0	4	.241	78	49
7		Chris Sale	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	21	.594				2.52	21					35.2	24	12	10	5	7	0	0	46	2	0	0	139	0.869	11.6	6.57	139	129	12	24	5	1	5	0	0	7	46	.186	.237	.357	46	1	2	0	1	0	0	.241	127	49
8		Gerrit Cole	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	24	.598				2.34	24					42.1	31	15	11	3	12	0	1	52	1	0	0	166	1.016	11.1	4.33	166	153	15	31	11	0	3	0	0	12	52	.203	.265	.333	51	4	1	0	0	0	1	.286	106	52
9		David Price	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	22	.601				3.15	22					34.1	26	8	12	3	8	0	1	32	5	0	0	139	0.990	8.4	4.00	139	125	8	26	5	0	3	0	0	8	32	.208	.281	.320	40	4	5	0	1	0	1	.253	71	54
10		Sean Manaea	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	23	.606				2.54	23					39.0	32	16	11	4	3	0	1	20	1	0	0	150	0.897	4.6	6.67	150	145	16	32	7	1	4	0	0	3	20	.221	.240	.366	53	1	1	0	1	0	1	.230	85	52

Rk	I	Player	Split	Year	G	OPS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	ROE	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1		Jake Odorizzi	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	21	1.299				8.24	21					19.2	32	24	18	12	12	3	1	19	2	0	0	103	2.237	8.7	1.58	103	88	24	32	7	0	12	1	1	12	19	.364	.447	.852	75	2	2	0	1	3	1	.345	219	220
2		Tyler Mahle	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	18	1.122				7.36	18					22.0	33	23	18	8	12	3	1	17	0	0	0	108	2.045	7.0	1.42	108	95	23	33	8	1	8	0	0	12	17	.347	.417	.705	67	2	0	0	1	3	1	.352	163	179
3		Marco Estrada	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	18	1.094				7.29	18					21.0	32	18	17	7	5	0	0	11	0	0	0	99	1.762	4.7	2.20	99	93	18	32	12	1	7	0	0	5	11	.344	.374	.720	67	0	0	0	1	0	0	.329	169	170
4		Jakob Junis	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	21	1.037				9.10	21					28.2	47	31	29	9	15	1	2	22	0	0	0	148	2.163	6.9	1.47	148	131	31	47	7	0	9	0	0	15	22	.359	.419	.618	81	1	0	0	2	1	2	.373	160	161
5		Luke Weaver	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	21	1.029				9.00	21					23.0	36	22	23	7	12	1	2	17	0	0	0	116	2.087	6.7	1.42	116	104	22	36	5	1	7	0	0	12	17	.346	.414	.615	64	2	0	0	0	1	2	.363	171	159
6		Masahiro Tanaka	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	18	1.027				8.86	18					21.1	25	19	21	9	8	0	1	13	2	0	0	96	1.547	5.5	1.63	96	86	19	25	5	0	9	0	0	8	13	.291	.365	.663	57	4	2	0	0	0	1	.250	183	154
7		Jose Quintana	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	20	1.011				8.22	20					23.0	34	17	21	5	15	2	1	20	1	0	0	116	2.130	7.8	1.33	116	100	17	34	9	0	5	0	0	15	20	.340	.431	.580	58	3	1	0	0	2	1	.387	171	156
8		Andrew Cashner	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	20	1.007				5.46	20					28.0	40	18	17	3	20	3	1	17	1	0	0	138	2.143	5.5	0.85	138	115	18	40	12	2	3	0	1	20	17	.348	.442	.565	65	3	1	0	2	3	1	.381	145	156
9		CC Sabathia	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	20	.987				6.08	20					23.2	36	18	16	6	6	0	2	27	3	0	0	115	1.775	10.3	4.50	115	104	18	36	6	1	6	0	0	6	27	.346	.391	.596	62	3	3	0	2	0	2	.411	174	148
10		Alex Cobb	3rd PA in G, as SP	2018	22	.970				6.75	22					32.0	44	28	24	5	11	2	0	16	0	0	0	146	1.719	4.5	1.45	146	132	28	44	15	2	5	0	0	11	16	.333	.379	.591	78	5	0	1	2	2	0	.345	129	143

Among the ten best are Red Sox starters (7) Sale and (9) Price. The other two Red Sox starters: (28) Eduardo Rodriguez and (38) Rick Porcello.

Among the ten worst are Yankees starters (84) Sabathia and (87) Tanaka. The other two Yankees starters: (37) Sonny Gray and (71) Luis Severino.

That suggests that the Red Sox do not need depth in the bullpen nearly as much as the Yankees. More on this in the next post.

Other notables between the top and bottom ten:

16		Max Scherzer

35		Jacob deGrom

39		Justin Verlander

44		Jake Arrieta

64		Dallas Keuchel

67		Zack Greinke

72		Jon Lester

73		Cole Hamels

78		Felix Hernandez

80		Bartolo Colon