Recap:
Yesterday was better than Monday, but not by much. I placed in the money with one lineup and finished out of the money with the other. One thing I am learning about the daily game is to pay for pitching and mix and match with your hitters. I scratched a few of my hitters yesterday because of the weather. I did not use Daniel Murphy and David Wright of the Mets because of the chance of Rain. They were able to play the game in Philadelphia, and Murphy had a big game going 3-5 with 1 RBI and 1 Run. Wright on the other hand went 0-5. Not using either ended up being a wash. I used Pedroia and Arenado and their stats canceled out Murphy and Wright's performance.
What killed me yesterday was Matt Cain being scratched from his start. He cut himself with a knife. Didn't anyone tell him not to play with knives on his start day?? I had to substitute him at the last minute and made the wrong gut call. I went with Kluber for the Indians against the Angles, and he did not do well. He only lasted 4.1 innings giving up 4 runs and striking out 5. This killed my second lineup and is the reason I finished outside of the money. Every one of my batters I selected yesterday had at least 2 points. Matt Holliday was the lone 2 point performer only having 1 walk. I will enter two different lineups again today in two different 50/50 tournaments. Hopefully the rain stays away and pitchers stay out of their kitchens (the rain has not stayed away, canceling 4 games on the east coast).
I made a discovery today while I was doing research. I have 10 dollars in my Fan Duel account. I will be playing in 7 50/50 daily leagues on their site today. They only use one pitcher and outs count against hitters.
Pitching:
Shelby Miller: The Brewers collectively are batting .211 against him. He also dominated them in his last start, when he pitched against them in Milwaukee striking out 7. He has 1.61 career ERA at the new Busch stadium. I used Shelby Miller a bunch today in the daily leagues. As I sit here and type this, he has given up 3 runs in the first three innings. Things are not looking too great for him. Hopefully he settles down, and pitches well the rest of the outing.
Matt Scherzer: Not too much explanation here. If you have Scherzer you are starting him in yearly leagues. I am going to start him in a daily league with some trepidation. He is super expensive on draft kings, but I am paring him with a cheap pitcher who I think will do well (Eovaldi). The worry I have is his record at US Cellular. In the last 3 years he has an ERA of 4.28 at the Cell. He did strikeout 10 White Sox the last time he faced them this year, and I am banking on this trend and not the former. As I sit here and watch the game he is looking great. He has struck out 4 in 3.1, and the Tigers have a 4-0 lead.
Nate Eovaldi: I really like Nate Eovaldi. He has been a steal in my NL only league. He is still available in many leagues. I think I am going to pick him up in the one mixed league I am struggling in. The Braves are batting .230 against him in his career and he has 33 K against them. The Braves strikeout a ton and he is a good strikeout pitcher. Hopefully the Braves bats do not wake up against him tonight.
Jordan Zimmermann: Zimmermann is strikeout pitcher and he is pitching against the Astros. His stats are skewed this year because of his second start of the year. He only lasted 1.2 innings and allowed 5 runs. He has gone at least 6 innings since this start. He has given up no more than 3 runs in each start since this outing. He has struck out 28 batters in 26 innings this year. I look for him to go deep into the game and strikeout a plethora, I really like the work plethora, of Astros batters. One word of caution, I guess it is just a word to me since not sure who is reading this, in two starts at Minute Maid park he has an ERA of 4.91.
I am using Yordano Ventura tonight in one lineup. I just really like Ventura and think the Blue Jays batters will struggle against him. The only caution I have in using him is if his control is off. If he doesn't have command it could be a short outing. This being said, even if his control is off, he should still strikeout his fair share of Blue Jays.
Hitting:
C: Kurt Suzuki had done well against Zach Greinke in his career. He is 5/16 against him, and over his last 7 games played he is batting 375/.417/.375. He has little to no extra base power, but he gets on base. Greinke has also struggled at Target Field, in 2 starts he has an ERA of 5.14. Most of the Twins hitters when he pitched these starts have moved on, but for some reason I look for Minnesota to light up Greinke tonight. Which means he will probably pitch a no-hitter. Suzuki is really expensive to own on draftkings, but he is more reasonable on fanduel. Miguel Montero has been on a tear recently. He also is 5/6 against Jordan Lyles. Very small sample size, but since he is batting .308 over his last 7 and has an OBP of .381 I will give him a try. If he is still available in yearly leagues I would pick him up. I am guessing he is not available in most leagues. I am going to use Salvador Perez tonight in a ton of leagues. He has not batted against Drew Hutchinson, but over his last seven games he is batting .381/.409/.762. You cannot ignore a hot streak I just hope he does not cool off tonight.
1B: Matt Adams has been really good in a small sample size against Matt Garza. He is 5/6 with 1 double. You can add a homer to this total after today. He cranked one while I was getting ready to write this. I have him in quite a few lineups, and in one of my yearly leagues. His power has not been present this season yet, but I'll take the average he has provided this season. I have Matt Garza in one of my yearly leagues and sat him today. I am glad I did, before today Garza has struggled in Bush with a 6.28 ERA. This will go up after his performance today, he gave up 5 runs in 3 innings. Joey Votto is another good start. He is batting .389 against Edwin Jackson with 2 HR and 2 doubles.
2B: Scooter Gennett has a good record against Shelby Miller going 5/11. He is batting .227 over his last 7, but he is batting third today for Brewers, who are the walking wounded. I started him in a few lineups and he has not let me down so far. Anthony Rendon has been solid in his last seven games batting .296. He also has killed lefties this year batting .500, and over his short career he is batting .294.
3B: Miguel Cabrera is my man at 3B today. He has started to heat up and is batting .381 over his past 7 games. He also likes hitting at US Cellular batting 302/.396/.583. Who am I kidding, Cabrera likes batting in any ballpark. I was going to use David Wright today based on his record against Kyle Kendrick, but the game is postponed. One thing to note on Fanduel, once you enter a lineup and the earliest game has started you cannot go back and edit your lineup. I have Wright and Longoria in a couple of lineups, and it is going to be hard to place in the money. You can change on Draftkings, so I changed Wright to Nolen Arenado who has been hot recently batting .360/.407/.440 over his last 7.
SS: Jhonny Peralta has starting to heat up, over the past 7 he is batting .333. He also has been a Matt Garza killer batting .464 in 28 AB with 2 doubles and 1 hr. He only has 1 walk today as I type this. He did not really pan out. One walk is still points and helps some. I am going to keep ridding the Alcides Escobar train. He is 3/3 against Drew Hutchinson. He did not get a hit last night, but did get a walk, a SB and a run scored.
OF: John Jay is another Garza killer he was 7/12 with 1 double and 1 HR coming into today, and that only improved. He was only batting .105 over his past 7, and that average will go WAY up. I rolled the dice in a couple of lineups. He has 1 single, 2 doubles, and 1 RBI and 2 runs scored as I am writing this. I am using Aoki again tonight. He has been rock solid at Kauffman, and over his last 7 batting he is .321. I am also rolling the dice with Jarrod Dyson in a few lineups. He is batting .500 over his past seven with 5 SB's. Michael Bourne is also a play I like tonight. He is batting .412 against C.J. Wilson with 2 doubles and 1 Triple in 17 at bats. He also is batting a solid .333 over his past 7. I also like Jason Werth tonight, he has been on fire over the past 7 games batting .393/.414/.571. He has been solid against lefties this year batting .333/.400/.444. Nick Swisher is another cheap option in the daily game for 1B or the OF. He is batting .344 in 32 AB's against C.J Wilson with 4 doubles, 1 Triple, and 1 HR. I am also jumping on the Billy Hamilton train in a few lineups tonight. He was 2/4 against Jackson when he faced him in at Wrigley, and if he can get on he will steal bases. He is actually starting to get on base. Over the past 7 games he is batting .333/.364/.524.
You know this is really a ton of work to get this done J, but it is fun to do.
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