Christopher Day 
KBO Matchups
- KIA @ KIW
- KT @ HAN
- LG @ SK
- NCD @ DOO
- SAM @ LOT
Kings of the Hill
Dan Straily (R), LOT – $9,500 DK / $23 FD
For the second day in a row, Straily’s start gotrained out and he’s now back on today’s KBO slate at the same price on DK, but heis still too cheap on FD at $24. He remains the cash core play of the slate, whilereceiving a huge bump on FD because of the price reduction and the matchupversus Samsung. Here’s what I wrote for the past two days:
The obvious chalk on the KBO slate, Dan Straily is thebest of a bad bunch available for us tonight. While his ownership number scaresme for large field tournaments, he does have some impressive figures on theseason; 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. Hisprice tag has drastically caught up to him on DK and he’s the secondhighest-priced pitcher on FD, but there’s no denying that he has the most upsideon the slate.
Casey Kelly (R), LG – $9,000 DK / $25 FD
Casey Kelly is another elite option available to us on tonight’s KBO slate and has a great matchup. The LG ace is now 3-2 on the season with a 5.00 ERA, 4.11 FIP, 1.38 WHIP, and an 18.3% strikeout rate. While both his ERA and FIP are higher than I’d like for them to be, he has proven to be one of the best arms in the league when he’s on his game. Whether we get that performance tonight remains to be seen, and is he by no means a safe option at such a high price tag, but with SK struggling to put up any runs or even get on base, I like Kelly for tournament play as opposed to a chalky Drew Gagnon versus Kiwoon.
GPP Options: Tae In Won(R), SAM, Drew Gagnon (R), KIA,
The Batter’s Box
LG Twins
The Twins are one of my top targets on tonight’s KBOslate despite not being the most popular in the field at the time of writing.Before you jump the gun on the NCD versus DOO game, which, yes, can result in ashootout, LG warrants consideration at lower ownership. The main reason whythey caught my eye is because they’re facing Geon Wook Lee; while he’s arespectable 1-1 on the season with a 3.42 ERA, 4.95 FIP, 1.37 WHIP, and 17%strikeout rate, he hasn’t been able to go more than 5 innings because of his ridiculous13.4% walk rate. After SK used 4 different relievers yesterday in a combined 6innings of work in their loss to Doosan, their bullpen will be depleted andexhausted; if the Twins get to Lee early and often, they could be in for a bignight at lower ownership than other teams on the KBO slate.
Top Options: Roberto Ramos (1B), Hyun Soo Kim (OF), JiHwan Oh (SS), Kang Nam Yoo (C), Chun Woong Lee (OF)
KIA Tigers
While both the Doosan Bears and NC Dinos are viable ontonight’s KBO slate in a game that could turn to a shootout with two badpitchers on the mound for their respective teams, I’m turning to the KIA Tigershere versus Young Gun Jo and the Kiwoon Heroes. The Tigers can easily get to apitcher that has been awful this season: Jo is 1-0 with a 4.70 ERA, 6.12 FIP,1.89 WHIP, and a 12.3% walk rate. His only decent outing has been versus Hanwha,to no surprise, while being torched by KT, SAM, NCD, and SK; in each of those 4starts, he gave up 2 walks and never made it out of the third inning, to go alongwith a combined 7 earned runs on 16 hits – not too good for only 8 1/3 inningsof work. The Tigers will not only see a favorable matchup versus Jo, butbecause of it, they’ll see more of the Kiwoon bullpen – KIA explodes tonight,don’t miss out.
Top Options: Preston Tucker (OF), Hyung Woo Choi(1B/OF), Ho Ryung Kim (OF), Ji Wan Na (OF), Sun Bin Kim (SS), Min Sang Yoo (1B)
Honorable Mention: Doosan Bears, NC Dinos
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