KBO DFS: Ghost’s Breakdown 06/24

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KBO Matchups

• HAN @ SAM
• KIA @ LOT
• NCD @ KT
• DOO @ SK
• KIW @ LG

Kings of the Hill

Dan Staily (R), LOT – $9,200 DK / $28 FD

The obvious chalk on the KBO slate, Dan Straily is the best of a bad bunch available for us tonight. While his ownership number scares me for large field tournaments, he does have some impressive figures on the season; he’s 1-2 with a 2.10 ERA, 2.75 FIP, 1.01 WHIP, and a stellar 28.4% strikeout rate. He did get rocked versus KIA last time they faced one another, but that was over a month ago and Straily has been lights out ever since. His price tag has drastically caught up to him on DK and he’s the second highest-priced pitcher on FD, but there’s no denying that he has the most upside on the slate.

Min Woo Lee (R), KIA – $8,000 DK / $23 FD

Is Min Woo Lee an elite arm in the KBO? No disrespectto him, but no, he is not. Is he arguably the most viable option after Straily?I’m inclined to say yes. For those that pick their lineups based on game logsalone, which I highly recommend against, obviously, you’ll see that he was litup 3 consecutive starts in a row. But take a look at the teams he’s faced inthat span… NCD, KT, and DOO. Can’t really blame the guy, can you? Before that, Leeand his 3-0 record were doing just fine, and I think he gets back on track heretonight. While I don’t usually recommend playing two pitchers from the samegame, the options tonight are worrisome, to say the least. Lee still has adecent 15.4% strikeout rate in his first full season starting, but he wassitting at 18.4% before these past three starts, and I think he could reallytake advantage of a mediocre Lotte lineup.

GPP Options: Yoon Dong Heo (L), SAM

The Batter’s Box

NC Dinos

While they didn’t put up the monstrous run total I expected them to yesterday, the Dinos are not facing Odrisamer Despaigne tonight. Rather, they’ll be seeing Min Soo Kim and a ton of the worst bullpen in the KBO. Kim has struggled mightily thus far, posting a 1-2 record with a 7.97 ERA, 4.83 FIP, 2.02 WHIP, and has been prone to the longball with a 1.33 HR/9. Star catcher Eui Ji Yang was back in the lineup yesterday and provided the pop that the Dinos needed, going 2-for-3 with a HR, a double and 2 RBIs and is another crucial piece to the Dinos stack tonight.

Top options: Sung Bum Na (OF), Eui Ji Yang (C), JinSung Kang (1B/OF), Aaron Altherr (OF), Myung Gi Lee (OF), Ji Hyuk No (2B/SS)

Samsung Lions

While a lot of ownership went toward the KiwoonHeroes, who did fair well themselves, we turned to the Samsung Lions foryesterday’s secondary stack and they came through, posting the highest runtotal of all KBO teams with 11 runs on 11 hits. Tonight, they’re in anothergreat spot versus Shi Hwan Jang who has just been terrible this season, postinga 1-4 record with a 6.89 ERA, 5.80 FIP, 2.11 WHIP, 13.9% walk rate and 1.38 HR/9.I had a feeling they’d put up a big run total yesterday and they did, and tonightmight just be even better than yesterday.

Top Options: Tyler Saladino (3B/OF), Ja Wook Koo(1B/OF), Won Seok Lee (3B), Hak Ju Lee (SS), Sang Su Kim (2B/3B), Young JinChoi (1B/3B)

Honorable Mention: LG Twins

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