Buy ‘Em

  • Anthony Rizzo is 9-for-20 (.450) with a pair of doubles against Kyle Lohse.

  • Assuming Coco Crisp can avoid injury between now and the game’s first pitch, he’ll be a good bet against Jason Vargas. Crisp is 14-for-43 (.326) with two homers and two doubles against the lefty.

  • Billy Butler is 10-for-29 (.345) against Scott Kazmir.

  • Daniel Murphy is 16-for-44 (.364) with three homers and five doubles against Jordan Zimmermann.

Sell ‘Em

  • Starlin Castro is 7-for-36 (.194) against Lohse.

  • Brett Gardner is 5-for-21 (.238) against Chris Tillman. However, he does have a .385 OBP.

  • Jason Heyward and Justin Upton are a combined 2-for-13 (.154) with four Ks against Hyun-jin Ryu.

  • Josh Donaldson has a homer against Vargas, but that’s his only hit in 20 at-bats against him.