Probable starting pitcher

[FlowFX]

This project is awesome. Thank you so much!

Is there a way to find the probable starting pitcher for today's games? They are displayed on mlb gameday.

[panzarino]

I'm not sure right now, but I will look into it and get back to you soon.

Edit: I have found the data that contains the probable pitcher, but I have not implemented it into mlbgame yet. I will add it sometime soon along with other features.

[panzarino]

After looking into it a little more, the file changes too much during the game and after the game so it can't be used in mlbgame. If you want to get this data on your own, it is available in linescore.xml for a game that has not been played yet.

Here is an example (just change the date and game id to match):
http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2016/month_06/day_30/gid_2016_06_30_lanmlb_milmlb_1/linescore.xml

Alternatively, if you find a good solution for getting this data and submit it in a PR, I would be happy to merge it.

[FlowFX]

Thanks for the info! linescore.xml looks good. Probable starting pitcher is really only useful before the game starts. No need to put it into the mlbgame data. I'll have a PR for you, eventually. But it will take a while before I get to that part of my project.

For past games the starting pitcher is always the first pitcher in the pitching stats for that game, correct?

[panzarino]

Yes, they are in order of which they appeared in the game so the starter is first.

[FlowFX]

I just saw that the probable starting pitchers are now available. Thank you!! :D