1. Pitchers Current Form
-recent starts - what happened?
-road/home splits
-vs. current oppents lineup
-recent stats: ERA, K/BB, SLG against, WHIP, GB/FB, BABIP
2. Batters Current Form
-road/home splits
-vs. righty and vs. lefty: batting avg, slugging, runs scored
-vs. current pitcher
3. Bullpen Current Form
-recent amount of innings pitched
-recent ERA, WHIP, K/BB, GB/FB, HR's allowed
-availability of those in the bullpen
4. Reading, Research, and Analysis of Current Form and Potential
Motivating Factors
-covers matchup page write ups
-espn and yahoo write ups
- mlb.com write ups and articles
-local paper team pages
-write ups and tid bits in posting forums