Arizona Diamondbacks @ San Francisco Giants Matchup Preview - August 15th, 2022

Madison Bumgarner (281st ranked SP via THE BAT) is projected to take the mound for D-Backs as they battle the Giants and Alex Cobb (23rd ranked SP) at Oracle Park. The quick scouting report on Bumgarner: his main fastball is a cut-fastball, which he uses 38.4% of the time. His primary out-pitch is a curveball (18.1%). Meanwhile, Cobb primarily throws a sinker (43.2%) and his most-used secondary offering is his changeup (43.6%). THE BAT X projects Bumgarner for 3.2 earned runs and 4.9 strikeouts in this matchup. On the other side, Cobb is forecasted for 2.0 earned runs and 6.5 strikeouts.

Arizona Diamondbacks Insights

• The San Francisco Giants have 6 hitters in the projected batting order that will have the handedness advantage over Madison Bumgarner in this matchup.

• Extreme groundball bats like Jake McCarthy generally hit worse against extreme groundball pitchers like Alex Cobb.

• Daulton Varsho has a high pull rate on his flyballs (38.7% — 98th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB's 2nd-shallowest RF fences today.

San Francisco Giants Insights

• Alex Cobb's fastball velocity has risen 1.9 mph this season (94 mph) over where it was last season (92.1 mph).

• J.D. Davis has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (70% of the time), but he is projected to bat 4th on the lineup card today.

• The San Francisco Giants (24.2 K%, via THE BAT X) project to have the 5th-most strikeout-heavy lineup today.

Betting Trends

• The San Francisco Giants have hit the 1st Five Innings (F5) Total Over in 33 of their last 56 games at home (+15.60 Units / 25% ROI)

• The Arizona Diamondbacks have hit the Run Line in 63 of their last 107 games (+16.65 Units / 12% ROI)

• Austin Slater has hit the Hits Under in 9 of his last 14 games (+7.65 Units / 44% ROI)