Recap from last night:
Well my daily fantasy baseball career is coming to a crashing halt before it really gets started. I have spent, to date, 30 dollars, and I am down to 2.20 in my draft kings account. I put an extra 15 in my account yesterday and did not place in the money, in any contest. My idea of the Angles being tired may have been a day early. They pounded Masterson last night, and Madison Baumgartner was not Madison Baumgartner. My offense was also putrid. I had three guys with zero points, and you cannot win in the daily leagues having players with zeroes on your roster. The rest of my team was acceptable, but I did not have any breakout performers. I should have trusted some of those White Sox hitters. They crushed Odorizzi. I will play in two 50/50 leagues today and the draft kings free-roll and hope that I can build up my bankroll. If not I will keep writing my blog and play the free game every day until I can justify putting more money in the account.
Pitchers:
I am just going to list the guys who I like instead of listing every starter like I did yesterday. There were only 7 games yesterday so it made some since to list them all. You be the judge if it made some since ok?
Simon for the Reds: Same things apply today as they did yesterday. Read the previous blog post. I will use him and hope he continues his hot streak, and the Cubs keep being the Cubs.
Cain for the Giants: I have Cain in two of my Fantasy leagues. My NL only and one of my mixed leagues. He did not do well his last time out in Colorado, but it was in COLORADO, this alone should be reason enough as to why he did not perform well. He is starting against the Padres, even though they have scored runs in their last two games, I look for that to come to a crashing halt tonight. Cain is really good against the Padres. In the past three years the current Padres hitters are batting .211 against him and he has an ERA of 2.11. In 55 innings he has 58 strikeouts. I love him tonight in my fantasy leagues and in the daily games. I hope he comes through for me, unlike his teammate…
Gonzales for the Nationals: He is facing the Astros and he strikes out batters, the Astros strikeout out a ton. Any questions? Thought not. He has not pitched a ton against current Astros hitters, which is even more of an advantage to him. The experts always tote this, so I guess I will too. The only hesitation I have is he had some shoulder soreness at the end of his last start. It is probably nothing since he is pitching tonight, but something to keep an eye on and possibly not start in the daily game. I am going with him in one of my lineups, so based on last night, use him at your own risk J.
Jose Fernandez for the Marlins. Do I need to spell anything out on this one? I didn't think so. He is pricey for the daily game, but I am starting him in one of my lineups and going with some value hitters.
Hitters:
C: Dioner Navarro has been solid all year, and he mashes lefties to the tune of a .284 average of the last three years, with 9 home runs. Even though Jason Vargas of the Royals has been great all year I look for Navarro to have a solid game tonight. In 9 AB's against Vargas, Navarro has 4 hits and one walk. A.J. Pierzynski is another good play tonight. He is batting 9/21 against Eric Bedard in his career with 2 HR. I will take those numbers. For those who have him in yearly leagues, I wish I did for the night. Another good play tonight would be Carlos Santana of the Indians. He is slumping currently, but had a big night last night. He is strong against Weaver of the Angles, batting .500 in 14 AB's and 2 HR. I would say Suzuki of the Twins would be good plays as well, but we will have to wait for tomorrow since the Dodgers vs Twins game has been postponed.
1B: Hosmer, he is the only guy I am playing tonight at 1B in the daily game. I also own him in two leagues, and right now am extremely happy I own him. I know he is not hitting for power, but I'll take his average, doubles and RBI. He has only 1 AB against McGowan tonight, but is batting .346 over the last 7 games and is mashing the ball. I watch a ton of Royals baseball since I live in KC, and since the Cubs stink. I would definitely start him against a struggling pitcher in McGowan.
2B: I love me some Daniel Murphy of the Mets. In 34 AB against Hamels he has 12 hits for a .343 batting average. He also likes batting at Citizen Bank Ballpark, over the past three years he is batting .300 in 94 AB's. I am sure there are other plays out there, but this is who I am going with tonight. As long as the weather holds in Philadelphia.
3B: David Wright likes batting against Cole Hamels as well. He is batting .349 with 5 HR in 63 AB's. Love that sample size. He also murders the ball at Citizen Bank, batting .383.0
I need Pablo Sandoval to get going. I have him in 1 league where I am struggling in almost every category. He could get hot tonight. He is batting 12 for 24, a cool .500 (I can even do the math on that one) with 1K against Eric Stults.
SS: I really don't like anyone at the SS position tonight. I am playing Alcides Escobar and Yunel Escobar tonight. Alcides has been on fire over the past two weeks. A little cooler over the past 7 games, batting just .273. He is batting .343 at Kauffman stadium this year. Hopefully he heats back up with some home cooking.
Yunel kills John Lackey, in 15 AB's he has 8 hits for a .533 average with 2 doubles and 2 K's. He is batting just .124 over the past 7 days so this one is a roll of the dice, but I will take my chances with him tonight. I just didn't find any other plays I like for the value.
OF: Melky Cabrera is batting .300 against Vargas in 10 AB's with 1 HR. For the year he is batting .310 against left handers with 2 HR's. Melky also likes batting at his former home stadium with an average of .288. Dexter Fowler is 3/6 against Gio Gonzales, and is also batting .298 against all lefties over the past three years. Fowler had a rough patch earlier this year and is a streaky player, but I'll take my chances tonight. He is available in one of my yearly leagues, and I am thinking about picking him up to help my struggling OF. Matt Joyce has been a steady play all year in the daily game. He is mashing righties, and is 6/18 against Lackey with 2HR. As an aside he is only batting .214 at Fenway the past three years. Matt Holliday has been hot recently batting .407/.469/.630 over the past 7 days. He is also 8/20 against David Loshe with 1 2B and 1 HR. Nick Markakis is been swinging a hot bat recently batting .375/.464/.417 over the past 7 days. He is 2 for 2 against Charlie Morton, for what that is worth. Morton has struggled in his starts this year, look for Markakis hot streak to continue. Norichika Aoki for Royals is my last OF I am playing tonight. He has struggled on the road this year but is batting .441 at Kauffman. Over the last 7 days he is batting .296 with an OBP of 345. Look for some slap doubles tonight against right hander Dustin McGowan.
Source Info:
I should have listed this yesterday but all of my data and stats are being pulled from ESPN player profile websites. I will include links to each player page in each blog after this.
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