MLB DFS

TGIF!  After a couple of days of split slates, we’re back to a full slate of games tonight.  The MLB scheduling gods have blessed us with a massive 12-game slate of MLB DFS.  This slate offers us a ton.  We have some solid pitching.  We have some really solid places for stacks.  Also, we have a promising pitcher making his season debut in Bryan Woo.  We also have a pitcher returning to his former home in Colorado. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Ranger Suarez ($10.3k on DK) vs. Miami Marlins

My dilemma tonight is going to be do I pay up for Suarez or Glasnow?  As it stands right now I only plan on paying up for 1 pitcher and that pitcher will be Suarez.  Suarez has been brilliant this season.  He’s been averaging nearly 27 DK PPG and I don’t see that slowing down tonight vs. the lowly Miami Marlins.  He’s pitched at least 6 innings in 6 consecutive starts and also has struck out at least 5 in 5 straight.  He continues to induce groundballs at a high rate of nearly 56%. 

The only knock on him tonight is that the Marlins don’t strike out much vs. lefties as their K rate is just 20% vs. them.  The flip side to that is with few strikeouts, we may just end up seeing a 5k/8 inning game out of him tonight.  That still equates to a high-point game for him.  Phillies are huge favorites here and that means that Suarez is almost guaranteed the win.  Let’s ride!

Jon Gray ($7.2k on DK) vs. Colorado Rockies

Since I paid up for one, I want to pay down for the other and pay down for a pitcher that has upside.  It’s always risky using a pitcher in Coors but with Jon Gray, we have someone that knows how to pitch in Coors thanks to his 7 seasons pitching there.  Gray is having arguably the finest season of his career.  His K/9 is the strongest they’ve been since back in 2018.  His ERA is at the lowest point of his career, as is his FIP.  While the stadium isn’t ideal, the matchup is. 

The Rockies have been dreadful vs. righties this season as they have a nearly 28% K rate vs. them and also just a .299 wOBA.  This is a matchup that Gray should be able to succeed in.  Look for him to continue his strong start to the year and have a close to 20 DK point outing against his former team. 

Other pitchers I like tonight will be Paul Blackburn vs. Seattle, Tyler Glasnow vs. San Diego, and Joe Ryan vs. Toronto. 

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

Boston Red Sox vs. Patrick Corbin

Over the years, Major League Baseball has seen some awful contracts.  Anthony Rendon, Stephen Strasburg, Jed Lowrie (Mets version), and Kris Bryant are a few that come to mind.  None may be worse than the contract handed to Patrick Corbin by the Washington Nationals.  In his 6 seasons with the Nats, Cobin has had only one season with an ERA under 4 and has had 4 straight seasons (Including this one) with an ERA over 5. 

He’s an awful pitcher and one that I thoroughly enjoy stacking against.  He continues to give up damage and damage often.  One his main issues this season has been his walks.  His BB/9 is the highest it’s been since all the way back in 2016.  Likewise, his WHIP is actually the highest that it has ever been at over 1.80.  He’s putting runners on consistently and that should help us tonight with our Red Sox stack.  As long as they are patient tonight, they’ll be just fine!

Core Bats: Tyler O’Neill, Connor Wong

Secondary Bats: Everyone not mentioned

Value Bats: Vaughn Grissom, Garrett Cooper

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Trevor Rogers

Baseball doesn’t appear to be too much fun right now for Trevor Rogers.  He’s given up at least 3 ER in each of his last 3 starts and he’s coming off a banger of a game that saw him give up 8 ER to a surprisingly competent Oakland A’s lineup.  On the year, Rogers ERA is up over 6.00.  Thanks to 2 quality starts early on, his xFIP is reasonable 4.21.  Take those 2 starts out, and it would be just as high as his ERA.  Hitters have a nearly 47% hard-hit rate vs. him this season and he’s given up 8 barrels over his last 3 games. 

With a nearly 80% contact rate, that’s just going to be a ton of hard-hit balls put into play.  For the majority of his career, it’s been righties that have given him the most trouble.  That’s flipped a little this season as lefties have a .559 slugging percentage vs. him and a wOBA pushing .400. 

Core Bats: Alec Bohm, JT Realmuto

Secondary Bats: Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber

Value Bats: Whitt Merrifield, Edmundo Sosa

Other stacks I like tonight will be the Braves vs. Jose Quintana (not a top stack for me because major weather concerns), White Sox vs. Carlos Carrasco, Brewers vs. Lance Lynn

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Happy Hump Day!  It’s Wednesday and that means a split-slate.  I’ll be focused on the 8-game slate of MLB DFS starting at 12:30 EST.  This slate brings us a bit of everything.  It brings us aces, it brings us duds, and it also brings us plenty of options for offense as some of the best offenses in the game have great matchups. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Dylan Cease ($10k on DK) vs. Chicago Cubs

Outside of one start against the Phillies, Dylan Cease has been tremendous this season.  He’s coming into this one off of a gem in his last outing against the reigning NL Champion Arizona Diamondbacks.  In that game, Cease went 6.2 innings and struck out 8, while only allowing 1 run to score.  That is very much in line with his season numbers.  In his 7 starts this season, he’s allowed 2 runs or fewer in 6 of them. 

His numbers are finally getting back to the pitcher we all came to love back in 2022.  Although the Cubs are a formidable offense, they also strike out at a decent pace vs. righties.  On the year, they are striking out 24% of the time vs. righties.  There’s definitely some upside today with Dylan Cease.

JP Sears ($6.8k on DK) vs. Texas Rangers

I need to preface this by saying that this pick is very risky.  Texas is a solid offense that showed their firepower yesterday.  That said, I want to load up on bats today and the only way to do that is to find a cheap pitcher that has upside.  JP Sears does that for me.  He’s the epitome of a GPP play.  He’s had multiple starts this season in the upper 20 DK point.  In 3 of his last 5 outings, he’s he had at least 25 DK points. 

Even in an outing that saw him give up 7 ER, he still managed to get 10 DK points because of his strikeout ability.  The Rangers’ numbers vs. lefties this season have not been good as they have a 25% K rate and a wOBA under .300.  Yes, this pick is risky, but I think he outperforms his salary today and allows us to pick up some really good bats. 

Other pitchers that will be in my pool today will be Sonny Gray vs. Mets (His ceiling is lower today as the Mets don’t K too much vs. righties) and Brady Singer vs. Milwaukee. 

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

The Dodgers are going to be one of the clear-cut favorite offenses today.  You don’t need me to tell you to play them.  Ryan Weathers isn’t good and the Dodgers should score a ton of runs today.  They’re going to be chalk.  You’ll need to make the decision to eat the chalk or fade the chalk.  I’ll give you a couple of different options to help with your decision. 

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Chris Bassitt

The Philadelphia Phillies have been smoking hot of late.  They’re coming into this one with a 7 game winning streak and winners of 9 of their last 10 games.  I see few scenarios where they don’t get to Chris Bassitt today.  Bassitt has given up at least 3 ER in all but 3 of his starts this season and has given up at least 4 in 3 of his starts.  He’s just giving up too much contact to be consistently successful.  He has a nearly 85% contact rate on the season and against a powerful lineup like the Phillies, that’s not going to play well. 

He’s also fooling almost no one as hitters are swinging at just 25% of his pitches out of the zone.  Again, against a powerful lineup like the Phillies, if you aren’t fooling them at all you’re going to fail.  We’re going to want to prioritize lefties as here.  Lefties have .472 wOBA vs. him this season compared to just .283 for righties.  Bassitt has been especially brutal on the road as lefties have a .597 wOBA vs. him away from Toronto. 

Core Bats: Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, Bryson Stott

Secondary Bats: JT Realmuto, Alec Bohm, Brandon Marsh

Value Bats: Edmundo Sosa, Johan Rojas (both of these guys would make a nice part of a wrap-around stack)

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Jose Quintana

It pains me to do this, but I’m stacking against my team, the New York Mets.  Jose Quintana has not pitched well this season.  Although he’s only had 2 starts where he’s given up more than 3 ER on the year, every single one of his starts this season has come with an xFIP over 4.  It’s been a struggle and it’s going to continue to be a struggle for him today.  Of all the pitchers on the hill today, no one has a lower chase rate than Quintana.  He isn’t fooling a sole, and he will continue to not fool anyone today. 

Hitters see him well and it’s evidenced by the 36% hard-hit rate he’s given up over the last month.  That’s higher than everyone today except for Dylan Cease.  The difference between the two pitchers though is that Cease has a nearly 30% K rate while Quintana has just a 14.7% K rate.  We just need to keep an eye on the weather here as there may be storms.  If the game gets called, I’ll pivot to the Angels vs. Martin Perez

Core Bats: Francisco Lindor, Nolan Arenado, Lars Nootbar

Secondary Bats: Paul Goldschmidt

Value Bats: Jose Fermin, Ivan Herrara, Masyn Winn.

Other stacks I like tonight will be the Angels vs. Martin Perez, the A’s vs. Michael Lorenzen, and the Royals vs. Joe Ross

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It’s Tuesday and that means we should have a fairly large slate to work with.  Tonight, we’ll have 8 games of MLB DFS to navigate through.  Hopefully, at some point, the sites will adapt to the earlier start times and start to include those 6:40 games in the main slate.  Until they do, we’ll be dealing with a smaller slate.  This slate brings us some juicy matchups though.  We have some high-end aces, including the 2 aces that came over from Japan.  We also have ourselves a return of Coors, but some nice pivots from that game that should help us differentiate our lineups. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Yoshinobu Yamamoto ($10.1k on DK) vs. Miami Marlins

It was bound to happen with the way he’s been performing, but Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s price is finally above $10k.  He’s proven his worth big time after struggling in the spring and to start the year.  Yamamoto is coming off the heels of 2 masterful performances.  He’s thrown back-to-back gems against the Dbacks and Nats.  In those outings, he didn’t surrender a single run and combined to strike out 12 hitters in the 12 innings of work. 

On the year now, he’s 3-1 with an ERA of just 2.91.  He’s starting to adapt to the Majors and he’s proving that the massive contract he was given was worth it.  He gets a glorious matchup today vs. an awful Marlins team.  He’s a huge favorite tonight and should easily get the W here. 

Seth Lugo ($7.2k on DK) vs. Milwaukee Brewers

After 2 consecutive games having at least 30 DK points, all DraftKings could do was lower Seth Lugo’s price to a season-low.  Due to the price, I do expect Lugo to be chalky but it may be chalk that we’ll need to eat.  Even though the Brewers started out the year strong, their offense has been average at best over the last few weeks.  Over the last week, the offense has been below average as they’ve scored just 25 runs and have struck out 27% of the time. 

We saw Cole Ragans carve them up and even though Lugo throws from the other side, he too should be able to take advantage of this sputtering offense.  He’s been red hot over to start the season and I don’t see him slowing down tonight.  Let’s take advantage of his low price tonight. 

Other pitchers that will be in my pool today will be Shota Imanaga vs. the Padres, Justin Verlander vs. the Yankees, and Reynaldo Lopez vs. the Red Sox. 

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

San Francisco Giants vs. Dakota Hudson

I often try to stay away from going right to a Coors game when recommending stacks, but this matchup is pristine.  Hudson has very clear home/away splits on the season.  The former Cardinals’ pitcher has not adjusted well to his new home in Colorado.  Through 6 starts, Hudson’s splits could not be any more drastic.  At home, hitters have a .561 slugging percentage vs. him.  Away, it’s just .292.  At home, hitters have a .442 wOBA vs. him.  Away, it’s just .276. 

When at home, he’s a pitcher that we’re going to want to target and we’re going to want to target him often.  I’m not going to be overly concerned with hitter-handedness as both sides of the plate have slugging %’s over .500 vs. him in Coors.

Core Bats: Lamont Wade Jr, Thairo Estrada, Michael Conforto

Secondary Bats: Wilmer Flores, Jung Ho Lee

Value Bats: Mike Yastrzemski, Blake Sabo

New York Mets vs. Miles MIkolas

I’ve been picking and choosing my spots with my New York Mets and this is a spot that I really like tonight.  I think that Miles Mikolas is an awful pitcher.  He had a couple of good years when he came back from pitching overseas, but in the last couple of seasons, he has regressed back to the point that made him look to pitching elsewhere besides MLB. 

Mikolas faced the Mets a couple of weeks ago and although the box score was in his favor, it was mostly due to luck.  The Mets had multiple barrels in that game and a ton of hard-hit balls.  The near 90% LOB percentage that Mikolas had in that game just isn’t sustainable.  A couple more clutch hits for the Mets in that game, and the story would have been very different.  I’m looking for the Mets to take full advantage of this second opportunity to get to him tonight. 

Core Bats: Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo, Pete Alonso

Secondary Bats: JD Martinez, Starling Marte

Value Bats: Brett Baty, Harrison Bader,

Other stacks I like tonight will be the Rockies vs. Kyle Harrison, Cubs vs. Randy Vasquez, and the Royals vs. Colin Rea.

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We made it to the weekend!  And oh what a weekend of baseball it will be.  While there are 2 slates of MLB DFS today, I’ll be focused on the main slate starting at 6:40 pm EST.  This is a tricky-looking slate at first glance with one of the top arms in all of baseball facing off against one of the best lineups in the game.  We also have a couple of guys making their season and major league debuts. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Tyler Glasnow ($10.4k on DK) vs. Atlanta Braves

The former Tampa Bay Rays start has been absolutely dealing to start the season.  Through 7 starts, Glasnow has just a 2.72 ERA with an xFIP that is nearly identical at 2.63.  Outside of 1 dud vs. the Nationals, he’s been filthy all year.  He has 19 K’s over his last 2 outings and has reached double-digit strikeouts twice so far this year.  His K/9 is well over 11 and his control has also been strong as his BB/9 is just 2.51. 

Glasnow has also reached 30 DK in each of his last 2 outings and has been over 20 DK in all but 2 starts this season.  Even though the Braves have a strong lineup, he can dominate in this matchup as the Braves have been susceptible to righties this season.  They have a 23% K rate vs. them this season so there will definitely be strikeouts to be had. 

Framber Valdez ($7.8k on DK) vs. Seattle Mariners

Framber Valdez below $8k?  Sign me up, every day.  Valdez is making just his second start since coming back from the IL.  If it’s anything like his last start, we should be perfectly ok with the end result.  Even though he pitched in Coors, Valdez still threw a gem.  He went 5 strong innings in that one, allowing just 2 ER and striking out 6.  He’ll get the luxury tonight of facing off against one of the most underperforming lineups in all of baseball.  I

highlighted yesterday the Mariners’ struggles vs. righties.  They’ve also been struggling vs. lefties as well.  They have a nearly 27% K rate and have a sub .300 wOBA.  Their power has also been missing as well.  This is another matchup that Valdez should do well in.    

Other pitchers that will be in my pool today will be Logan Gilbert vs. Houston and Christian Scott (only if they add him obviously) vs. Tampa.   

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

Baltimore Orioles vs. Andrew Abbott

The Baltimore Orioles have been one of the best teams in baseball against lefties this season.  Through the first month of the season, they have a .361 wOBA, a .824 OPS, and an ISO of .208.  In terms of handedness, they have the best matchup on paper today.  It also helps that the pitcher they are facing today has been pitching “just ok”.  Abbott really only has 1 clunker this season and that was a 4 run performance against the Rangers in his last outing.  His xFIP however is nearly 1.5 runs higher than his xFIP. 

There’s going to be some more regression from him and that’s going to continue today vs. the Orioles.  Abbott has been giving up just way too much contact at nearly 85%.  Against a really good lineup like the Orioles, that’s too much and is going to cause him some struggles.  We want the righties here as Abbott has struggled vs. them and has been really good vs. lefties.

The 2 righties here that I’m going to lean on the most are going to be Ryan Mountcastle and Jordan Westburg.  They are both rather pricey tonight at over $5k on DK, but both guys are raking and should be able to take full advantage of this matchup.  So far this season, Mountcastle has a .605 slugging % vs. lefties and a .434 wOBA.  He should smash tonight. 

Should he make the lineup tonight (he should), I’m going to also plug in Jorge Matteo and his ..621 slugging % vs. lefties.  He’s also very cheap tonight at $3.2k and will make paying for Mountcastle and Westburg a little easier.  We also can’t forget about Adley Rutschman.  He leads the team in slugging vs. lefties this season with an insane .694 %.  This lineup is in a great spot to put up a large amount of runs. 

Kansas City Royals vs. Dane Dunning

After putting up 7 runs last night, they get another matchup that should lead to another outburst of runs.  Outside of 2 starts, Dunning has looked very pedestrian this season.  He’s given up at least 3 ER in all but 2 of his 6 starts this season.  In terms of giving up hard contact, Dunning is having a career-worst start to his season.  Hitters have a 50% hard-hit rate vs. him and a nearly 17% barrel rate. 

Those are just eye-popping numbers and if that continues against a very good Royals lineup, we could be talking about a slate-leading performance for the Royals tonight. With Dunning, we mostly want to prioritize getting any lefties into our stack.  They have far and away better numbers than righties.  That said, righties are still very much in play here

Knowing that lefties crush Dunning, I’m going to make sure to rock Vinnie Pasquantino into this stack.  His numbers haven’t looked that great of late, but he’s consistently putting solid contact into play as he leads the team in barrels over the last week.  He’s due for some positive regression and that should come against Dunning. 

Another lefty I like here will be Michael Massey.  He’s been great of late, with 2 homers and 7 hits over the last week.  He’s also a very strong value play at just $2.8k on DK tonight.  MJ Melendez is also very much in play.  While I favor the lefties here, the stars of the team are Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt.  These 2 are always in play and tonight is no different. 

Other stacks I like tonight will be the Dbacks vs. Michael King, Dodgers vs. Bryce Elder, and Reds vs. John Means. 

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TGIF!  It’s Friday folks, we almost made it to the weekend!  Tonight, we have ourselves a nice sized 9-game slate of MLB DFS.  What a wild ride we’ve been on so far through the first month of the season.  We’ve seen a little bit of everything and tonight will continue that trend.  We have an ace with a strong matchup and we also have some really solid spots for bats. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Sonny Gray ($10.1k on DK) vs. Chicago White Sox

While the White Sox offense has shown some more punch lately with Tommy Pham (see what I did there) in the lineup, they are still an average-at-best lineup that lacks serious firepower.  They are also a lineup that has really struggled this season vs. righties.  They have just a .280 wOBA and .119 ISO vs. righties this season.  Those are the types of numbers we want to target, even when just an average pitcher is on the hill. 

The White Sox will be facing off against a pitcher that is way better than average in Sonny Gray.  Gray has been spectacular this season as his K/9 is well above his career average as is his BB/9.  Through 4 starts, Gray has 36% K rate and just a 4.5 BB rate.  He’s been superb and there’s nothing about this matchup with the White Sox today that makes me think he’ll regress. 

Ronel Blanco ($8.2k on DK) vs. Seattle Mariners

I’ve been picking on the Marines all season with righties and more often than not it’s been successful.  I’m going to attack them again tonight with Ronel Blanco.  Blanco has been a model of consistency this season  He’s pitched at least 5 innings in every start and has had at least 4 K’s in each as well.  Over his last 3 starts, he’s started to strike out more hitters as he’s combined for 19 across the 3. 

He’ll be facing off against a team in the Mariners that has struck out 29% of the time vs. righties this season.  Over the last week, the Mariners have continued to strike out a ton as they have a 37% strike-out rate across 182 AB.  That’s just terrible and we’ll get to attack with a pitcher that’s just $8.2k tonight.  That salary will thankfully balance out Gray’s price tag. 

Other pitchers that will be in my pool tonight will be Tanner Bibee vs. Los Angeles, Marcus Stroman vs. Detroit, and Tanner Houck vs. Minnesota.

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

Boston Red Sox vs. Chris Paddack

Chris Paddack will always hold a special place in my heart.  It was 2019 and Pete Alonso had just won the NL ROY.  All Paddack did was whine that he didn’t win and his career has suffered because of it.  Paddack is off to a career-worst start to the season.  2 of his 5 starts this season have been clunkers and I think that happens again tonight vs. a solid Red Sox lineup. 

Paddack is coming off one of those clunkers, a start that saw him give up 4 runs vs. an awful Angels lineup.  He’s already given up 5 homers on the year and his HR/9 continues to be high.  Both sides of the plate have given him troubles this season so I won’t be overly particular about splits. 

Boston has a bunch of guys seeing the ball well right now.  Granted, some of these numbers may be inflated thanks to their 2 touchdown performance the other day, but Tyler O’Neill, Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran, and Wilyer Abreu all have OPS’s over .900 over the last week and they all have 6 or more hits.  They should all continue their strong play in this solid matchup tonight.  Abreu is probably my favorite of that group as he’s by far the cheapest and also will get the platoon advantage tonight.  This entire lineup for me is in play tonight.   

Oakland Athletics vs. Ryan Weathers

Don’t look now, but the Athletics are playing some good baseball right now.  Over their last 10 games, they’re 7-3 and have also won 4 consecutive games.  They should be able to add to that streak tonight as they face off against Ryan Weathers and the last-place Miami Marlins.  Weathers is coming off his worst start of the young season. 

In that outing vs. the Nationals, he gave up a season-high 6 ER in just 4 innings of work.  Throughout his young career, control has always been an issue for him and this season is no different.  His BB/9 is a very high 4.5.  That’s terrible and that has led to a WHIP of 1.48.  He’s allowing way too many runners on to have any level of success.  We want all the righties here as righties are his Achilles heel. 

That means I’m going to look at guys like Tyler Nevin, Esteury Ruiz, Brent Rooker, and Shea Langeliers.  My favorite of this group has to be Tyler Nevin as he has been a hits machine of late.  Over his last 24 AB, Nevin has amassed 10 hits and 3 homers.  He’s just $2.6k on DK tonight and will be a free square in my opinion.  He should continue to smash in this matchup. 

I also really like Langeliers here.  He’s fairly priced for a catch at $3.7k and he too has been crushing the ball.  He has 5 barrels over the last week.  His only knock is that he’s been extremely unlucky.  His BABIP over the last week is .133.  I’m looking forward to some positive regression for him tonight.  A’s are risky, but they are cheap and should do well here. 

Other stacks I like tonight will be the Cardinals vs. Brad Keller, Braves vs. Gavin Stone, and Royals vs. Michael Lorenzen. 

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Happy Hump Day!  Today we have a split slate of games.  I’ll be focused on the main slate of MLB DFS starting at 6:35 pm EST.  This is a 7-game slate that brings us some really solid starting pitching.  The darling of the winter, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is on the hill in a good matchup, as well as his countrymate Shota Imanga.  Both guys have good matchups and will be in my player pool.  We also have some solid spots for bats.

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Yoshinobu Yamamoto ($9.6k on DK) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

After starting out his MLB career with a clunker vs. San Diego, Yamamoto has started to settle down.  He’s coming off the best outing of his career against the Washington Nationals that saw him go 6 innings without giving up a run and striking out 7.  That outing lowered his ERA to 3.54 and his xFIP to 2.63.  I was originally avoiding him as I was worried about his transition to the Majors.  Now that he’s throwing gems, I’m going to start using him. 

He gets a decent matchup today vs. a Diamondbacks team that hasn’t been great vs. righties.  Against righties this season, the Dbacks have just a .289 wOBA and an ISO of .123.  While they have some potent bats, this lineup is really struggling right now and one that we can take advantage of.

Roddery Munoz ($6.5k on DK) vs. Colorado Rockies

The Miami Marlins may have a hidden gem in Roddery Munoz.  After being called up as an extra for a doubleheader, Munoz went on to throw a gem in his major league debut vs. Chicago.  He went on to throw 5 innings of work while striking out 7.  In that outing, he allowed just 2 runners to score against a very formidable opponent in the Cubbies.  Munoz also did a great job of limiting hard contact and flyballs. 

The Cubs only had a 20% hard-hit rate in that game, as well as a 50% groundball rate.  If Munoz can keep up with those percentages vs. the Rockies today, he’ll have another strong outing.  Thankfully, this game is in the more pitcher-friendly LoanDepot Park.  Munoz is a solid value play today.

Other pitchers that will be in my pool today will be Shota Imanaga vs. the Mets, Justin Verlander vs. the Guardians, and Corbin Burnes vs. the Yankees. 

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

Houston Astros vs. Triston McKenzie

It seems like all the Astros needed to wake their bats up was a trip to Mexico City.  After putting up 20 runs in the 2-game set vs. the Rockies, the Astros returned home yesterday and still up another 20 runs.  They should continue with the offensive onslaught today vs. Triston McKenzie.  Although McKenzie has pitched better in his last 2 outings, he’s still someone who gives up way too much contact and way too many fly balls. 

Over the last month, he’s given up a 53% flyball rate and a nearly 80% contact rate.  Against a team that all of a sudden is hitting the ball well, that could lead to a lot of trouble for McKenzie.  Against McKenzie, we want to focus on the lefties.  They have a significantly higher slugging % and wOBA vs. him.

That will lead me automatically to guys like Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker.  Both guys are starting to hit the ball a bit better than early on as they each have multiple homers over the last week.  Tuckers leads the way with a 1.076 OPS over the last week and should be primed to continue to roll in this matchup vs. McKenzie today. 

He’s not a lefty, but Jose Altuve is also starting to hit the ball well.  Over the last week, he has 2 homers and 3 barrels and has also scored 5 runs.  Other guys I’ll look to add in this stack today will be Yainer Diaz, Jeremy Pena, and Jon Singleton.  At just $2.6k, Singleton will be a great value play for a team expected to score close to 5 runs today.

Miami Marlins vs. Dakota Hudson

Dakota Hudson is not off to a good start in his new home.  After really struggling with the Cardinals last year, it’s more of the same this season for Hudson.  Through 5 starts, Hudson has a 6.57 ERA and an xFIP of 5.06.  He’s now given up 15 ER over his last 3 starts and has allowed a homer in each. 

Over those 3 starts, he’s allowed 12 walks compared to just 10 K’s.  You know you’re struggling when you have more walks allowed than strikeouts.  Hitters have been teeing off on him all season as they have a combined 90% medium-hard hit rate.  I’m not going to be overly worried about splits here as both sides of the plate have been hitting him about the same. 

There are a handful of bats that I’m interested in here.  First, I’ll look to Luis Arraez.  He appears to have his mojo back as he has 8 hits in his last 20 AB.  He’s not someone that we can really chase power with, but he gets on base quite a bit and that’s something that is extremely important as well.  After him, I’ll look to Jazz Chisholm.  The former MLB the Show cover boy is hitting the ball well right now too.  He has 2 homers over the last week and 6 RBI.  He’s someone who has sky-high potential and can easily put up a big number vs. Hudson today. 

After those 2, I’ll look to the Marlins for value.  Someone like Vidal Brujan is only $2.5k tonight but is hitting .500 over the last week.  Jesus Sanchez is also cheap and has some pop in his bat.  The Marlins are risky, but they can put up some runs today vs. Hudson.

Other stacks I like tonight will be the Rangers vs. Trevor Williams, Cubs vs. Jose Butto, and Nats vs. Andrew Heaney. 

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It’s Tuesday and that typically would mean that we have a large slate of games.  Tonight is not different as we are blessed with a 12-game slate of MLB DFS.  With this being such a large slate, it brings us many options both on the mound and for stacks.  We have an ace pitching against a disappointing team today and we also have some pitchers on the mound that have been straight-up struggling.  This should be a very fun slate to play. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Freddy Peralta ($10k on DK) vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Freddy Peralta is coming off his lone poor start on the year.  Out of his 5 starts this season, 4 have been really good.  Through his 5 starts, Peralta has a 12.07 K/9 and a 2.86 BB/9.  Those walks are the lowest it has ever been as he’s shown great command of the strike zone this season.  His K’s are also at the highest level in a few years.  Peralta has been doing a great job of inducing swings and misses as well.  His 13.8 swinging strike rate is the highest of anyone pitching tonight. 

The matchup is pretty good for him too.  The Rays haven’t been playing as the Rays of the past.  Yes, they’ve had some injuries that have slowed them down, but their starts are also struggling.  Their star player Randy Arozarena is hitting just .148 on the year.  Peralta should get back into form tonight against a weak-hitting Rays lineup. 

Reynaldo Lopez ($9.5k on DK) vs. Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners continue to strike out in large numbers.  Over the last week, the Mariners have a 37% strikeout rate.  Against righties this season, they have a strike-out rate of nearly 30%.  Until they figure out how to not miss the ball when swinging, they’re a team that we should continue to target competent starters.  We have that in Reynaldo Lopez tonight.  While he’s not typically a pitcher who has the strikeout pedigree of a Peralta, he is someone who can hold his own. 

He hasn’t had less than 5 strikeouts in any start this season and over his last 3 starts, he has 19 K’s.  Against a team like the Mariners who have been striking out a ton, those games where he typically gets 6-7 K’s could turn into 8-9 K’s very quickly.  Look for Lopez to continue his solid pitching tonight in a plus matchup.

Other pitchers that will be in my pool night: Mitch Keller vs. Oakland, Spencer Turnbull vs. the Angels, and Simeon Woods Richardson vs. Chicago.

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Minnesota Twins vs. Mike Soroka

I’m going to go ahead and say the quiet part out loud.  Mike Soroka is cooked.  After missing a couple of years with his Achilles injury, Soroka just isn’t the same pitcher that he was when he broke into the league back in 2018.  This year has been an extreme struggle for him.  The xFIP of 5.86 is extremely concerning, as concerning as all of his outings have been.  While he pitched a little better in his last outing, he still gave up 2 homer to this same Twins team.  That makes it 7 homers allowed through his 6 starts. 

He’s also been allowing way too many runners on base.  His WHIP of 1.69 is the highest of his career and by a decent margin.  You just can’t be successful allowing almost 2 runners on base each inning.  I’m not overly concerned with splits here as both sides have a .500 slugging percentage vs. him this season  That said, I give a slight lean to the lefties here as they have an OBP of .408 vs. him. 

That will lead me to go to guys like Carlos Santana, Eduoard Julien, and even the struggling  Alex Kirilloff.  My favorite of the trio is going to be Carlos Santana.  He’s been red hot at the plate with 4 homers over the last week and 11 RBI.  If we can continue to get that level of production out of him in this matchup, he’s going to end up being one of the top value plays on the slate as he’s just $3.1k on DK. 

Julien has also been hitting the ball well, with 6 hits in his last 19 AB and 2 homers.  Should Trevor Larnarch make the lineup, he too should be a nice value play at $3.8k.  His 1.269 OPS over the last week ranks second on the team.  This whole lineup should be in play tonight. 

Washington Nationals vs. Jon Gray

I only play GPP’s so the stacks I play are often a little on the risky side.  I rarely play stacks like the Dodgers or Braves, especially when they are chalky.  If you want to go get the top, you need to be different.  Tonight, I’m going to be different and I’m going to play the Washington Nationals.  If we look at what they have done over the last week, it’s pretty remarkable.  Only 3 teams have scored more runs than them over the last week.  

Yes, they played the Marlins a bunch, but as hitters, they still need to execute and put up solid AB’s.  They are doing, and they are doing that more often than not.  The matchup tonight isn’t a bad one as Gray has been giving up some pretty hard contact of late.  Even though the numbers aren’t bad for him, he’s someone we can attack due to the amount of hard contact he typically gives up. 

One of my favorite bats on this slate is going to be CJ Abrams.  I can’t tell you how many trade offers I received for him in my fantasy keeper league this year, but I stayed strong and didn’t bite.  He has a ton of upside and he’s been showing this season.  The third-year SS for the Nats is already up to 7 homers on the young season.  This is after setting a career-high of last 18 last season. 

Another bat I like here is going to be Nick Senzel.  Senzel has been hitting with some power recently as he has 4 bombs over his last 20 AB.  He’s always risky, but at $2.5k on DK he’s someone that has upside at an extremely low price.  Other bats I like here are Jesse Winker, LaVictor Lipscomb, and Jacob Young.  This is a cheap stack that has some high upside.  It’s a high-risk/high-reward stack. 

Other stacks I like tonight will be the Reds vs. Yu Darvish, Phillies vs. Tyler Anderson, Brewers vs. Tyler Alexander, and Astros vs. Carlos Carrasco. 

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It’s Saturday and that means we have a split slate of games.  I’ll be focused on the 7-game slate of MLB DFS starting at 7 pm est.  This is a tricky slate at first glance.  The top pitcher on the slate faces one of the best offenses in the game and it’s going to be really tough to use him tonight.  We do though have some mid-priced arms in good spots that should succeed last night.  Offense is also looking a little tough as we don’t really have our traditional gas cans on the mount. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Aaron Civale ($9.1k on DK) vs. Chicago White Sox

The price is a little more than I normally pay for Aaron Civale, but you have to like how he’s pitched of late and you have to really love the matchup here.  Cinvale has had a very respectable 27% strikeout rate over the last month.  He’s also done a decent job of limiting hard contact as hitters only have a 27% hard-hit rate vs. him this season.  Couple that with the fact that the White Sox, even though they put up a 9 spot last night, have a terrible offense, we should see a solid game out of Civale. 

The White Sox have the lowest implied run total on the board right now at just 3.1.  When we talk tomorrow, we’ll say they scored the fewest runs on the slate because Civale should dominate them tonight. 

Jose Siriano ($7k on DK) vs. Minnesota Twins

I said pitching was tough today and I meant it.  Although even it wasn’t, I’d probably still go with this matchup.  Since joining the rotation, Siriano has pitched formidably.  He’s allowed 5 ER over the 3 starts and has struck out 19.  He’s coming off a monster performance vs. the Reds that saw him not give up an ER and strike out 7.  Being able to silence the Reds like that is not a small feat.  He should continue to pitch well in what I consider a soft matchup.  

This Twins lineup just isn’t very good right now.  They’ve especially struggled vs. righties this season as they have a nearly 27% K rate and a .296 wOBA.  At just $7k tonight, Siriano is going to be not only a great value pitcher but also one of the top-scoring pitches on this slate. 

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

Los Angeles Angels vs. Chris Paddack

Ever since complaining about losing out on the ROY award to Pete Alonso back in 2019, Chris Paddack’s career has kind of spiraled out of control.  He’s had multiple seasons with an ERA over 4.5.  This season so far has been the worst start of his career.  While it’s early, his ERA of 5.5 is the highest of his career and his xFIP is also at the highest it’s been in quite some time. 

He’s coming off a really solid performance that saw him strike out 10 and not give up a run, but that was against the White Sox.  A team that only has 4 wins on the season and has a -80 run differential.  I don’t see Paddack having the same luck today against a much better Angels lineup. 

With this stack, I’m going to lean on Mike Trout.  Trout’s average so far this season has left quite a bit to be desired.  That said, his power numbers are there right now as he leads the league in homers with 10.  He only has 3 hits over the last week, 2 of which have left the park.  Trout has been mostly unlucky though as he had a BABIP of just .091.  That’s going to regress at some point and I think it happens vs. Paddack tonight. 

I’m also going to lean on guys like Jo Adell, Miguel Sano, and Luis Rengifo.  These 3 are the guys hitting the ball the best right now on the Angels.  Outside of Trout, this lineup is filled with value and it’s going to help us get to a more expensive stack. 

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Jonathan Cannon

Can the Tampa Bay Rays return to the glory days of years past?  That’s what I’m hoping for in this matchup.  Jonathan Cannon now has 2 starts under his belt in the Majors.  He opened up his career with a masterful performance vs. Kansas City which saw him give up just 1 ER across 5 innings of work.  He came crashing back down to earth in his second outing, an outing that saw him give up 6 in just 3+ innings of work.  The metrics aren’t great for Cannon. 

He’s giving up a 31% line drive % and also a nearly 35% hard-hit rate.  With a contact rate of nearly 88%, that’s just way too many hard-hit balls in play.  This may be the matchup that finally gets the Rays lineup going.  We’ll want to prioritize lefties here.  So far in his young career, he’s allowed a slugging % of .619 to lefties and a .469 wOBA.  Until he can prove he can get lefties out, we’ll want to stack them against him. 

There’s a very good chance that Josh Lowe gets activated off the IL for tonight’s game.  If he does, that makes me like this stack even more and will be an infusion of productivity for this lineup.  After Lowe, I’d look to guys like Richie Palacios and Austin Shelton if they make the lineup.  Both guys hit from the left side and should be able to get to Cannon. 

Next, we’ll look to the guys in this lineup that are hitting the ball the best.  That will lead me to guys like Isaac Paredes and Amed Rosario.  Both guys are hitting the ball well right now, especially Rosario who has 7 hits in his last 19 AB.  This lineup isn’t as sexy as it used to be, but they’re in a great spot tonight to put up some runs.

A stack I also like well tonight that fits with the 2 above-mentioned teams is the Atlanta Braves.  The Braves are expensive but they are in a great spot.  Both the Rays and Angels are cheap and will allow us to play the Braves with relative ease.  If you go with the Braves, guys like Michael Harris and Acuna would be my main targets. 

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TGIF!  We made it y’all!  It’s Friday and that means we ourselves a massive slate.  Tonight we’ll have a 13-game slate of MLB DFS to play with.  This slate looks to be a fun one too!  We have one of the best pitchers in the league facing off against one of the worst offenses in the league.  We’ll also have some really great spots to look for offense.

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Corbin Burnes ($9.8k on DK) vs. Oakland Athletics

I honestly would have paid $11k for Burnes tonight.  Seeing that his price is below $10k on DK tonight has me all over Corbin Burnes.  Are the strikeouts down for Burnes so far this season?  Yes, his K/9 is at the lowest number of his career since he broke into the big leagues with the Brewers back in 2018.  I’m not overly concerned with the strikeouts because he’s faced some tough opponents to start the year. 

We’ve seen him dial it back this season at least once with an 11k performance vs. the Angels to start the season.  Against a team like the A’s, who have a 28% K rate vs. righties this season, I can see Burnes have a typical Burnes-like performance we’ve come to know from him.  I can see an 8 K, 1 ER, 7-inning game from him tonight.  Burnes will be a lock for me tonight, he should be for you as well.

Shota Imanaga ($9.6k on DK) vs. Boston Red Sox

Of the 2 big-name pitchers that came over from Japan this offseason, Shota Imanaga has so far been the more impressive pitcher.  Through 4 starts, Imanaga is 3-0 with just a .84 ERA and an xFIP of 3.33.  More importantly for us though, he’s been striking batters out at a nearly 26% clip.  He’ll get to take on a Boston Red Sox team that so far hasn’t been all that great vs. lefties.  On the year, the Red Sox are striking out at a 30% clip vs. lefties. 

While the rest of their numbers vs. lefties are a little bit better, they still aren’t great and this is a matchup they should struggle in.  Imanaga has done a really great job of limiting hard contact.  Hitters have just a 22% hard-hit rate vs. him and he’s only allowed 4 barrels in the 21 innings he’s thrown.  He should continue his dominance tonight vs. a suspect Red Sox lineup. 

Other pitchers I like tonight are going to be Zac Gallen vs. Seattle, Zach Eflin vs. Chicago, and Jose Butto vs. St. Louis.  Butto has pitched well and is a nice value play if you don’t want to live in the expensive tier of pitching. 

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

New York Mets vs. Miles  Mikolas

You may say I’m a homer for picking the Mets as my top stack tonight and I’m ok with that.  I’ve been picking and choosing my spots with the Mets this season and tonight is a spot that I like for them.  Miles Mikolas is not a good pitcher in my mind and his performance is backing that up.  He’s now made 5 starts on the season and has given up 5 ER in 3 of them.  He’ll make it 4 out of 6 after tonight.  For a pitcher to be successful these days, they need swing and miss stuff. 

Hitters are just too good and when they face a pitcher that can’t get K’s, they’ll be successful.  Mikolas has just a 5.9% swinging strike rate and has allowed a nearly 88% contact rate.  Against a competent Mets lineup, he’s going to struggle.  Both sides of the plate have slugging %’s over .530 this season against Mikolas.  I’m not worried about splits here.

The Mets are going to get an infusion of talent tonight as JD Martinez is expected to make his Mets debut.  While I may not end up playing him as there may be some rust on his part, he’s going to give some much-needed protection to the Polar Bear.  Because of that, I really like this spot for Pete Alonso.  This protection in the lineup should lead to seeing better pitches and thus, better results.  I would not be shocked to see Alonso take Mikolas deep tonight. 

Another Mets hitter I like here is Francisco Lindor.  Lindor is heating up right now, with 9 hits in his last 24 AB.  That includes a 2 homer performance on Wednesday afternoon in the bay.  It won’t be long before his salary is back above $5k so we should be taking full advantage right now.  Other hitters I like here are going to be Starling Marte, Brett Baty (nice value play), and Jeff McNeil (also strong value play). 

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Joe Musgrove

I haven’t played the Phillies much in DFS to start to the season, but that changes tonight.  Joe Musgrove is not the same pitcher he was the last few years.  At 31, he’s no longer the young buck he once was.  This season has been a struggle for him so far.  Strikeouts are down, walks are up, home runs are up.  Just about every metric for him is worse than it has in the past.  Through his first 6 starts, he’s already allowed 5 homers and has allowed at least 3 ER in all but 1 start. 

Tonight he’ll face arguably his toughest opponent since game 1 when he started against the Dodgers.  I don’t see a scenario where he returns to form any time soon, and definitely not tonight.  So far it’s been the righties that have given him the most angst this season as they have all 5 homers and a .542 slugging % against him.

That means we’ll look to guys like Alec Bohm, Trea Turner, and JT Realmuto.  Of the bunch, Bohm is my favorite as he’s the cheapest and he’s also the one hitting the ball the best out of the 3.  He’s 15 for his last 28 and has 10 RBI in those AB.  He’s quietly becoming a force in this lineup and his early career struggles are well past him. 

Don’t get me wrong though with favoring the righties, I still love the lefties here as well.  Harper is elite and he’s in a great spot to continue to hit the ball well.  Now that he has another little one in the house, he’ll enjoy the quiet time on the road.  Look for him to be the first lefty to take Musgrove deep this season.

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Guess what day it is?  Hump Day!  In contrast to most Wednesdays, we actually have a main slate that happens at night tonight.  MLB has blessed us with a 7-game slate of MLB DFS tonight.  At first glance, this slate is kinda blah in my opinion.  This slate really lacks top-end pitching tonight, but it also lacks what we normally consider a true gas can.  We’ll have to make do with some mid-tier pitching, but with the way things have gone this season, that’s ok. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Garrett Crochet ($8.6k on DK) vs. Minnesota Twins

After taking the world by storm in his first 3 outings this season by throwing 3 straight gems, Garrett Crochet came crashing down to earth in his last 2 outings.  While his outings were pretty rough, I’m going to give him somewhat of a pass in those games.  Those 2 outings came against 2 very strong offenses in the Phillies and the Reds.  Tonight he’ll get a much easier task against a weak-hitting Twins lineup.  The Twins have really struggled vs. lefties this season.  They have a 25% K rate vs. them and just a .624 OPS.  The Twins also have a very low .277 wOBA vs. lefties this season. 

Crochet has a ton of strikeout upside in this one.  Even though he struggled in his last 2 outings, he still had a combined 13 K’s in those 2 games.  Against a team striking out at a 25% clip against his handedness, I really like this spot for Crochet to return to his glory of his first 3 outings. 

Clarke Schmidt ($8.9k on DK) vs. Oakland Athletics

The Oakland Athletics are bad.  I repeat, the Oakland Athletics are bad.  Although they were able to tag Marcus Stroman for 3 runs yesterday, Stroman was also able to whiff 9 A’s last night.  I personally think that Clarke Schmidt has better stuff than Stroman. I don’t see any reason why Schmidt can’t replicate the type of outing Stroman had last night.  He’s coming off back-to-back appearances that saw him rack up 7 K’s in each. 

Those games were against far superior offenses in the Rays and Guardians.  He hasn’t had a single start this season here he’s allowed more than 3 ER and that was in his initial outing this season.  The last 3 outings were gems and he should be able to get another this evening.  The only drawback I see with Schmidt tonight is that he isn’t going deep into games.  He’s yet to make it out of the fifth inning this season.  Will that trend end tonight?  I certainly hope so. 

I also like Joe Ryan tonight.  I’m going to strategically fade him though as I think his ownership will be huge tonight.  Being that he’s the only high-priced pitcher tonight, if we fade him and he does poorly it will put us ahead of the curve.  He’s still very much in play though

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Houston Astros vs. Jameson Taillon

Jameson Taillon will be making just his second start of the season today.  If you look at the box score of his first outing against the Marlins, you’d think he pitched well.  He gave up just 3 hits, 1 ER, and struck out 4.  Not bad you say, right?  In digging in, it was atrocious.  He gave up a 57% fly ball rate and a nearly 43% hard-hit rate.  Against a team like the Marlins, that may fly.  But against a team like the Astros, it won’t.  That’s way too many fly balls and that’s way too many hard-hit balls. 

Yes, these aren’t the Astros of old and yes they are just 7-17 on the season.  They are 2 games back of the A’s for last place but they have scored 30 more runs than the A’s.  Pitching has been what has done them in, not their offense.  Against a pitcher like Taillon, they should smash.  I’m going to give the lefties a bit of a nod here as Taillon has been slightly worse against lefties throughout his career.

You know what that means!  Insert Yordan Alvarez into all my lineups tonight.  He is far and away my top hitter tonight.  Alvarez has yet to really break out this season.  While we’ve yet to really see the breakout, he still does have some really solid numbers.  He’s up to 5 homers on the year with 16 runs scored and 13 RBI.  This is a spot where he should add to those numbers tonight.  I also like his teammate Kyle Tucker.  Tucker has had a strong week, with 5 hits in his last 15 AB and a team-leading .911 OPS over that stretch.  He should also continue to smash tonight.  Other guys I’ll look to here are going to be Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve, and Mauricio Dubon for some value.  I expect the Astros to have a monster game tonight. 

Atlanta Braves vs. Sixto Sanchez and the Marlins bullpen

The Marlins will be turning the ball over to Sixto Sanchez today, one of the centerpieces of the JT Realmuto trade from years back.  To say this trade was a huge success for the Marlins would be an outright lie.  It’s been one of the most lopsided trades in baseball history.  Sanchez will be making his first start of the season after making 7 relief appearances. 

While hasn’t given up a run in 2 weeks, he also hasn’t pitched much.  I can’t imagine him going too long in this game and then we’ll get the Marlins bullpen.  The Marlins bullpen has an ERA and xFIP in the mid 4’s.  They are bad and they’ll be used heavily today.  Between Sanchez and the bullpen, we should see plenty of scoring for the Braves today. 

There may not be a hotter hitter in the game right now than Travis d’Arnaud.  TDA has been red hot at the plate and that continued last night with another 2 hits and an extra-base hit.  Over the last week, TDA has hit 5 bombs and has 10 RBI.  While I normally reserve him for use against lefties, he has a respectable .171 ISO vs. righties this season.  At $4.4k, he’s still reasonably priced, even for a catcher.  After TDA, I’ll also look to Michael Harris at $4.6k.  He too is smoking the ball right now. Over his last 21 AB, he has 8 hits and has crossed the plate 5 times. 

Marcell Ozuna, Ronald Acuna, and Orlando Arcia are also in play here.  If you want to play it risky, a guy like Jarred Kelenic is worth a look at $3.2k.  He’s struggling as usual, but he’s also been getting very unlucky with a BABIP of just .125.  He’s getting a lot of medium-hit contact and could finally get some luck in this easy matchup today. 

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