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MLB GPP Picks 8/30
In this article I will be breaking down MLB GPP Picks 8/30. I will inform you with at least one player per position that strikes my interest and If I am interested in a player on only one site, I will be site specific. I will be using DraftKings pricing for this article.
For this MLB GPP Picks 8/30 afternoon slate we will have a ten-game slate to breakdown. The Boston vs Washington game has a projected total of 11 ½ currently which will likely be the largest for this slate. Interesting pricing on pitchers for this slate as no one is priced above 10K and Kenta Maeda is your highest priced pitcher at $9,600. There doesn’t appear to be any weather that to keep an eye on but in case that changes head over to the Discord Chat rooms as myself and the rest of the WinDaily staff stays updated on all news and we solidify our top plays as lineups are confirmed.
Pitcher
Blake Snell – ($9,200)
Finally eclipsing one hundred pitches this season, Snell has shaken his restrictions and appears to have found himself recording nine strikeouts last outing. The Marlins have been awful against left-handed pitching with seven hitters above a 20% K rate and only one hitter with an ISO above .150. With a 33.3% strikeout rate and nearly a 15% swinging strike percentage allows Snell to have huge upside with this matchup.
Catcher
Jacob Nottingham – ($2,300)
Nottingham being a young player that just got called up my biggest concern would be strikeouts. Lucky for Nottingham the opposing pitcher Steven Brault fails to miss bats with a strikeout rate of just 14.1% this season, only getting swinging strikes on 6% of his pitches, and a contact rate of 83.2%. I love this spend down spot for a cheap catcher.
1st base
Mitch Moreland – ($4,700)
Moreland has mauled right-handed pitching this season with an eye-opening ISO of .509, a wOBA of .518, flyball rate of 52.5%, and a hard hit rate of 57.5%. The opposing pitcher Austin Voth has given up a 50% hard hit rate to left-handed hitters this season, while missing few bats. This is a plus matchup for Moreland today.
2nd base
Nick Madrigal – ($2,500)
I’m a big fan of the White Sox facing left-handed pitchers and Madrigal provides some salary relief and can be used with Tim Anderson. Madrigal won’t have to do much to pay off this price tag, as if he gets his first extra base hit that would about get him there. I especially like him because he will likely bat ninth and Tim Anderson bats leadoff, so you get the wrap around the lineup.
Short Stop
Tim Anderson – ($5,500)
Anderson is a tough guy to pass up based upon his success this season against left-handed pitching. Against lefties Anderson has a massive ISO of .786, a wOBA of .764, and a hard-hit percentage of 73.5%. Facing a left-handed pitcher that carries a poor hit percentage of just 1.9% and a swinging strike percentage of only 8.5%. Given this matchup Anderson should have success as much of the White Sox lineup should as they rake left-handed pitching this season.
3rd base
Rafael Devers – ($4,700)
Obviously, the same pitching matchup applies here as Moreland and the stats against left-handed hitters. 41% of baseballs hit in play for Voth have an exit velocity above 95 MPH. Devers has seen right-handed pitching better as he has a soft contact percentage of 6.3% and a hard-hit percent of 50%. This game has a high total so you want pieces from it and I will focus on some Boston lefties.
OF
Juan Soto – ($5,700)
As good of a match-up as you can get for Soto, facing Godley who has given a 44.3% hard hit rate this season. Godley also has a walk rate of above 10% so there should be plenty of scoring opportunities for Washington as this game has a high total. Soto has smashed right-handed pitching with an ISO of .391, a wOBA of .525, and a hard-hit percentage of 63.9%. Soto should have a productive game against Boston today.
That will finish my weekend and this slate of MLB GPP Picks 8/30. Ownership for pitching should be spread out today as several options at the top are viable and none are too spendy. It is a slightly bigger Sunday slate as in the past we’ve had seven or eight game slates now we have ten. With more games we have more lineups and weather to watch so be sure to join myself and the WinDaily staff in the Discord chat rooms as we lock our picks when lineups and weather news trickles in. Thanks for reading my article, enjoy your Sunday morning, and good luck I hope you take down a GPP!
