Today marks the end of the 2019 regular season, so the 9/29 DFS Hitting Picks is dedicated to those teams who will spend Monday cleaning out lockers. The focus definitely needs to be on making the long green on the last time with all 30 teams involved.
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9/29 DFS Hitting Picks — Catcher
Tucker Barnhart, CIN at PIT
DK ($3,300), FD ($2,400)
Barnhart won’t end the season quietly, evidenced by his homer on Saturday, his second of the week. He’s got a 1.311 OPS this week and put up decent numbers against the Pirates this season, hitting .256 in 43 at-bats. He draws walks at a 12.1% rate and continues to be focused on pulling the ball frequently (43.6%). Barnhart’s 14.7% HR/FB rate is the best of his career, so the bet here is that Barnhart can pad that total off of Pirates hurler Trevor Williams.
9/29 DFS Hitting Picks — First Baseman
J.D. Davis, NYM vs. ATL
DK ($4,000), FD ($2,800)
Mets fans can spend the winter wondering what could have been had Davis received the bulk of at-bats over Todd Frazier the first two months of the season. His .354 BABIP and .214 Isolated Power has been amplified during the second half with a .909 OPS. He’s banging the ball with a 41% hard contact rate and a 22.6% HR/FB rate despite hitting fly balls just 29.8% of the time. Davis has established himself as a line drive hitter (23.1%) with a reasonable 21.4% strikeout rate who also has a .900 OPS against Braves pitching this season.
9/29 DFS Hitting Picks — Second Baseman
Ian Happ, CHC at STL
DK ($4,000), FD ($2,700)
One of the few Cubs bats that showed life this month, Happ comes into today’s finale with a 1.460 OPS over the past two weeks. His power has been on display with six homers and 10 extra base hits during the month, with much of it coming from a drastic emphasis on hitting the ball in the air (41.6%). He’s owned the Cards this season, going .417/.462/1.000 with four homers and nine RBI.
9/29 DFS Hitting Picks — Third Baseman
Renato Nunez, BAL at BOS
DK ($3,900), FD ($3,000)
Nunez’s all-or-nothing mindset has played pretty well at Fenway Park, where Nunez has homered four times this season. He’s put together a solid .289/.317/.632 slash line in 38 at-bats in Boston, doing his part to assure the Red Sox will sit at home. Though Nunez has 31 homers, his 36.8% hard contact rate is just above league-average, but he’s also produced a 46.3% fly ball rate and a 21.3% line drive rate. Regardless, Nunez makes for a good 9/29 DFS Hitting selection.
9/29 DFS Hitting Picks — Shortstop
Xander Bogaerts, BOS vs. BAL
DK ($5,400), FD ($3,900)
He’ll be one of the few Red Sox who won’t wonder to about changing addresses over the winter. Today is a final opportunity for Bogaerts to torch Orioles pitching, something he’s done to the tune of .324/.392/.544 this season with three homers, 15 RBI and 12 runs scored. Bogearts’ steady rise of hard contact is at 38.8%, mixing well with his 40% fly ball rate. A boost of his walk rate (10.8%) and a 21-point in BABIP (.338) have also contributed to his impressive total.
9/29 DFS Hitting Picks — Outfielder
Jorge Soler, KC vs. MIN
DK ($4,800), FD ($2,700)
Long shot, yes, but Soler does have a chance to reach 50 homers. Sitting on 47 entering today’s finale, Soler has nine homers, 19 RBI, 20 runs scored and 14 extra base hits in September. That explains why he’s bringing an 1.130 OPS this month and a 1.073 OPS post All-Star Break. Soler’s .265 batting average and .354 OBP are exactly the same as last season’s total, but his slugging percentage climbed 100 points along with a 99-point hike in Isolated Power. Those numbers are possible when getting a 46.7% hard contact rate.
9/29 DFS Hitting Picks — Outfielder
Bryce Harper, PHI vs. MIA
DK ($4,900), FD ($4,100)
Harper’s .929 OPS this month obviously wasn’t enough for the Phillies, but makes him a good opportunity to make the 9/29 DFS Hitting Picks proud. He comes into today with a .972 OPS against the Marlins with four homers, 17 RBI and 12 runs scored this season. Harper has been helped by a .311 BABIP along with a career-best 47.8% hard contact rate and a solid 23.6% HR/FB rate.
9/29 DFS Hitting Picks — Outfielder
Willie Calhoun, TEX vs. NYY
DK ($4,600), FD ($3,200)
Happy Sunday to Calhoun, who gets to end the season facing a right-hander. Calhoun has an .886 OPS versus righties and have hit 14 of his 21 homers this season against them. September was rough, but Calhoun has recovered with an 1.137 OPS with three homers over the past week. You get what you get with Calhoun, who pulls the ball at a 52.5% clip with a nifty hard contact rate of 41.2%.
9/29 DFS Hitting Stacks
Kings of the 9/29 Hitting Stack of the Day: Texas Rangers: Go with Calhoun and look at Nick Solak ($3100 FD), Danny Santana ($3400) and Ronald Guzman ($2400), who has a homer against Yankees opener Chad Green.
The Pretty 9/29 Hitting Stack Runner-Up: Chicago White Sox: American League batting champ Tim Anderson ($4600 DK), Eloy Jimenez ($4500) and Yoan Moncada ($4800) makes for a good quartet against 3-16 Tigers starter Spencer Turnbull.
And the Final 9/29 Hitting Stack to Consider: Boston Red Sox: It’s the end of this lineup as we knew it. Load up on Bogaerts, Rafael Devers ($3900) and J.D. Martinez ($4400 FD) along with an affordable option like Mitch Moreland ($2800).
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