Series Preview: Pirates vs. Rockies

Probable Pitchers

Tuesday, July 27th – 8:40 PM: LHP Zach Duke vs LHP Jorge de la Rosa
Wednesday, July 28th – 8:40 PM: RHP Ross Ohlendorf vs. RHP Aaron Cook
Thursday, July 29th – 3:10 PM: LHP Paul Maholm vs. RHP Ubaldo Jimenez

PITTSBURGH PIRATES			COLORADO ROCKIES
Offense	PIT	MLB Rank	Offense	COL	MLB Rank
wOBA	0.299	28	wOBA	0.331	9
BB%	8.0%	23	BB%	9.3	7
K%	22.0%	26	K%	23.3	28
ISO	0.125	26	ISO	0.158	8
O-Swing%	29.0%	14 (t)	O-Swing%	29.0%	14 (t)
Contact%	79.4%	24	Contact%	78.5	29

Starting Pitching	PIT	MLB Rank	Starting Pitching	COL	MLB Rank
FIP	5.17	30	FIP	4.01	12
xFIP	4.89	29	xFIP	4.13	8
K/9	5.22	30	K/9	7.04	10
BB/9	3.21	15	BB/9	3.58	27
HR/9	1.39	30	HR/9	0.81	4
GB%	43.3%	16	GB%	49.9	4
Whiff%	15.1%	29	Whiff%	19.2	8

Bullpen	PIT	MLB Rank	Bullpen	COL	MLB Rank
FIP	4.10	18	FIP	3.6	4
xFIP	4.27	13	xFIP	4.1	5
K/9	8.11	8	K/9	7.84	13
BB/9	4.07	22	BB/9	2.88	4
HR/9	0.89	20	HR/9	0.80	11
GB%	44.9%	11	GB%	39.9%	28
Whiff%	22.1%	9	Whiff%	21.0%	14

Defense	PIT	MLB Rank	Defense	COL	MLB Rank
UZR	-27.8	26	UZR	-19.1	23
UZR/150	-6.0	25	UZR/150	-4.9	23
+/-	-29	28	+/-	+34	11

Top Players			Top Players
Offense	PA	wOBA	Offense	PA	wOBA
Andrew McCutchen	387	0.356	Troy Tulowitzki	265	0.385
Pedro Alvarez	136	0.336	Miguel Olivo	277	0.375
Starting Rotation	IP	FIP	Starting Rotation	IP	FIP
Paul Maholm	120.0	4.25	Ubaldo Jimenez	134.1	3.31
Zach Duke	91.1	4.74	Jhoulys Chacin	82.1	3.72
Bullpen	IP	FIP	Bullpen	IP	FIP
Evan Meek	55.1	2.91	Matt Belisle	60.1	2.38
Joel Hanrahan	42.2	2.75	Esmil Rogers	29.2	2.87
Defense	Pos	UZR	Defense	Pos	UZR
Ronny Cedeno	SS	+6.1	Troy Tulowitzki	SS	+3.2
Jose Tabata	OF	+2.5	Seth Smith	OF	+1.7