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Single Stat Strikeout Totals

John Means Over 3.5 strikeouts. Means was given plenty of run this spring as the Orioles allowed him to throw 19 innings. While he only managed to strike out 14 batters across those nine innings, he will be facing a Red Sox lineup that struggled a bit vs. left-handed pitchers in 2020. The Sox posted a K rate of 25.4%, which ranked them seventh-worst in the league. They also only posted a walk rate of 7.4%, which ranked them 24th overall in MLB, so Means may not find himself in trouble early. With these stats behind the Red Sox and Means only needing to hit four strikeouts, the over appears to be the best play here.

Nathan Eovaldi Under 5.5 strikeouts. Eovaldi has not looked sharp this spring as he has allowed nine earned runs across his 13 2/3 innings pitched. He has also failed to strike out more than five in any of those spring appearances. While the spring stats may not be significant, it should be noted that he also will be facing an Orioles lineup that only posted a K rate of 22.8% vs. right-handed pitching in 2020. They also posted a 105 wRC+, which could get Eovaldi into trouble early.

Ryan Yarbrough Over 4.5 strikeouts. Yarbrough is nice and warm after throwing 5 1/3 innings in his most recent spring start. While he is not typically a high strikeout pitcher, he should be able to get to five against this Marlins squad that struck out at a clip of 25.1% vs. right-handed pitching in 2020, which ranked 10th-worst in the league. The Marlins also posted just an 89 wRC+, which ranked them seventh-worst in the league in 2020. Yarbrough should be able to cruise in this one and get to five strikeouts before he is pulled sometime after the fifth inning.

Pablo Lopez Under 5.5 strikeouts. Pablo is a bit of a tough nut to crack today, so I would recommend using him in a flex play. He has the stuff to strike out six Rays as they posted a K rate near the top of the league vs. righties in 2020 with a rate of 26.3%, but he has yet to pitch past the fifth inning in spring camp. He has also failed to strike out more than three batters in any of his spring starts. The Rays also posted a solid 105 wRC+ vs. right-handers in 2020 and also only have a combined 16% K rate vs. Lopez, albeit in very limited action.

Jesus Luzardo Under 5.5 strikeouts. Luzardo draws a tough matchup in this one as the Astros posted the second-best K rate vs. left-handed pitching in 2020 with a rate of just 19.7%. Luzardo also only threw 10 2/3 innings this spring and never made it to the five innings pitched threshold in any game. This makes me think the A's could go a bit lighter on him in the early going and be a likely candidate to get the early yank. In 2020, he only managed to go over 5.5 strikeouts four times, and none of them came until the middle of August after he had several innings under his belt.

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