Diamond Trends – Monday

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SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Indians are 20-0 SU as a home 130-plus favorite off a home game when they lost by one run in their starter's last start and it is post All-Star break. Cleveland has outscored their opponent by an average of 4.75 runs per game in this spot.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Orioles are 0-19 SU when their opponent's starter has a strike-per-ball ratio greater than two on the season. Note that all nineteen games are from this season.

Hitter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The White Sox are 0-12 SU in franchise history when they are off a game as a dog in which Daniel Palka hit a home run.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Mariners are 0-9 OU in franchise history with Erasmo Ramirez when he had a WHIP of higher than 1.80 in his last start. The average final score in these nine games has been 2.11 to 2.56 runs, with an average OU line of 7.8 runs.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)