The White Sox and Blue Jays start the day off on a good note with Mike Pelfrey battling Marcus Stroman. Pelfrey’s strength lies in his walk rate, but in June he issued eight free passes in just 10 innings. Stroman already has two complete games under his belt in 2017. His low walk and strikeout rates means he doesn’t go deep into counts, so he can stay in the game longer. He threw 100 and 99 pitches in his complete games, striking out nine and walking three in the 18 innings.

Two evenly matched starters take the mound in Detroit as Tampa Bay send Chris Archer against Michael Fulmer. Archer’s 3.80 ERA is out of whack with his excellent three true outcomes. FanGraphs has him with a much lower FIP and xFIP. He does allow higher offensive averages with runners in scoring position. Fulmer’s ERA lies right between his FIP and xFIP. He appears to be benefiting from his fly balls allowed not carrying out of the park.

Washington tries to make it three for three in their series against the Mets as Stephen Strasburg faces Seth Lugo. Strasburg comes off his worst start of 2017 in which he allowed six runs to the Braves. He walked one and struck out 10 in five innings, but allowed three home runs. Strasburg pitched very well as a guest of the Mets, 6-1 in eight games with a 1.97 ERA and 12.5 K per 9 IP. Lugo has now pitched 71 career innings, owning a 2.54 ERA. He walked just 23 batters in those 71 innings.

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