Our difficult week continued last night’s FanDuel MLB DFS Picks, although there was some progress within each night’s collection.
Our starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz surrendered just two earned runs, but he also allowed eight hits and a pair of walks and lasted only 4.2 innings because of this, falling one out shy of qualifying because of what was finally a Braves win. Just three struck out in the process to give a lackluster foundation in the lineup to us.
Our Twins stack left a lot to be desired regardless of the team scoring eight runs against the White Sox bullpen and Ross Detwiler. Mitch Garver was by far the bat of the group since he homered with two RBI and 2 runs as part of a night also. Nelson Cruz gave us two walks, Miguel Sano knocked in a hurry and C.J. Cron delivered just one on this particular evening.
Just 1 bat — Jason Kipnis carryed our three-man Indians stack. The Indians’ second baseman homered twice of the Tigers bullpen that was inferior and after off off of Jordan Zimmermann. Franmil Reyes singled and walked while Yasiel Puig delivered a goose egg.
Ultimately, our one-off shortstop — the Willi Castro of Detroit — clutching at a run via a sacrifice fly.
We are still looking to get the bats going and which will be the target on the six-game main slate of tonight!
P — Jacob deGrom (NYM) — $11,300 vs. CHC
I did some study on each pitcher however in the end of the afternoon I could not justify not reaching for the ceiling of deGrom because he takes on the Cubs tonight. The Cubs can certainly hit right-handed pitching and present Cubs players have combined to hit .299 with a rock-solid .777 OPS from himhowever the Cubs are a small strikeout prone as well and deGrom boasts double strikeout upside regardless of who he faces in any given outing. Entering this 1 tonight, deGrom sports a 2.56 ERA, 2.67 FIP and a 3.20 xFIP on the summer season to go together with a bit-time 11.50 K/9 clip, figures which have actually seen him climb back to the Cy Young race after a rough beginning to the season. In his latest outing, deGrom faced a Braves offense, but all deGrom didn’t Atlanta was hurl seven innings of all one-run ball to go alongside a 13 punchouts. DeGrom has allowed just two earned runs over his final 3 starts united, exposing 19 innings of work. He has not allowed more than two earned runs June 28th and hasn’t allowed more than three earned runs in a start. Eight of the 26 starts this year have led to double-digit strikeouts and with all the Cubs sporting the league’s 10th-highest K-rate versus righties in 23.6%, his ninth might not be far away.
C/1B — Pete Alonso (NYM) — $4,100 vs. CHC
Pete Alonso is playing with a record-setting time in 2019 with the Mets he has set the record for most home runs and is the all-time home run leader for a single-season at Mets history as. Next on the chopping block would be the MLB rookie home run record, and there’s a good chance he has that done tonight against left-hander Jon Lester. After a lights-out beginning to the summer, Lester has scuffled of late and has been blowup prone too. The veteran lefty allowed six earned runs in his last outing from the Nationals and let a nine earned runs four starts ago 1 beginning, against the A’s after allowing five earned runs. Not just is Lester blowup prone, but Alonso is awkward left handed pitching at home this year to the song of the unworldly .520 ISO, 1.173 OPS, .453 wOBa along with 187 wRC+. Is that great? The man has homered seven times in only 50 this season. He is also cruising right along at the moment as Alonso has submitted a big-time .319 ISO, .980 OPS, .395 wOBA along with 150 wRC+ thus much from the month of August. I think Irun with the man and’ll take this kind of manufacturing.
2B — Nick Solak (TEX) — $2,900 vs. SEA
The Texas Rangers face a familiar foe tonight because they accept right-hander Felix Hernandez in the veteran’s second start back from a span IL stint. Even though Hernandez posted a pleasant 3.38 ERA across five rehabilitation begins and allowed only two earned runs over 5.2 innings in his return to the big leagues, he still owns a 6.09 ERA and a 5.80 FIP over the year after pitching into a 5.55 ERA and also 5.18 FIP final season. As a result, I believe some vulnerability is in order as I’ll kick a mini-stack with here using Nick Solak. The former Rays and Yankees farmhand has been red-hot at the plate as debuting in the big leagues with the Rangers this year as Solak possesses a .357/.486/.536 slash line across the first nine games and 35 plate looks of his career, great for a 166 wRC+. Clearly, this type of output is not likely to be sustainable, but I like the upside from a pitcher that is largely struggled throughout the last couple of seasons. Solak has hit 27 home runs between Rays Triple-A affiliates and the Rangers this season and he has murdered five bases. He is homered and has to sneak from the big leagues, but the potential is there. I like Solak in this spot as opposed which fellow Rangers player Rougned Odor brings to the table.
3B — Starlin Castro (MIA) — $2,400 vs. CIN
Given the sky-high price we’re paying for deGrom and the simple lack of choices on a small six-game slate, I’m likely to lineup a Marlins stack within this lineup as well as they shoot on left-hander Alex Wood and the Cincinnati Reds tonight. While Wood has mainly been a dependable MLB arm with a 3.39 ERA around 833 major league innings for his career, he is actually fighting big-time this year after spending the year on the IL with a rear issue. Across six starts this year, Wood has been knocked around for a 6.07 ERAand also a few really much endorsed by his almost-identical 6.04 FIP. He’s also allowed home runs in a alarming 2.43 HR/9 speed, so I want to target Wood until he gets things straightened out. Castro, despite having a down year, is really having a nice season against left-handed pitching using a .321 average, .172 ISO, .833 OPS, .347 wOBA and a 118 wRC+ from left handed pitching. To put it differently, with park variables included, Castro was 18% better than league average vs southpaws this season. He also possesses a .217 ISO at home versus lefties this season. Finally, he’s had plenty of success against Wood in the past as he has gone for 10 against the veteran lefty with a double. I will take each the above in a bargain price versus a fighting Wood tonight.
SS — Amed Rosario (NYM) — $2,800 vs. CHC
Rosario brings fine tools into the table from Lester in this 1 tonight and also the fact he is extremely likely to strike at the leadoff spot simply offers him all the more value at this reasonable cost considering his figures versus lefties and his profession numbers versus Lester. Over the season against left-handed pitching, Rosario has published a eye-popping stat line of a .322 average, .235 ISO, .930 OPS, .385 wOBA and enormous 143 wRC+. No wonder why he strikes lefties with leadoff ? Rosario also brings some fine stolen base upside down to the desk together with 15 steals on the year to go together with his 12 home runs against lefties — however only two of the own 15 steals come come against a southpaw. Having said that, Rosario will have 2 thirds from Lester in his career as he’s also gone for 9 from him, albeit with those five strikes coming in single form. Lester has quieted the running game this season after years of an inability to throw over to first base as he once allowed a whopping 44 steals in a season. He’s allowed just seven to this stage in the year, but Rosario really much remains a danger in this field. His big-time figures versus lefties, his spot as the leadoff hitter, his figures against Lester and his power/speed blend all give me plenty of optimism for Rosario to present nice worth tonight.
OF — J.D. Davis (NYM) — $2,900 vs. CHC
I will finish my three-man Mets stack right here with Davis, a stack I wanted to go one further with but we can simply roll three Mets bats because of utilizing deGrom as our pitcher. Nonetheless, it’s turned into a productive time for Davis in his first full big league campaign as he has hit both lefties and righties for power that is notable. Against lefties, Davis is hitting on .310 with a .195 ISO, .885 OPS, .369 wOBA along with 133 wRC+. Those amounts are in fact almost equal to his numbers against right-wing pitching also, which is good as it leaves him rather matchup-proof for when the Cubs’ bullpen enters this match. The something which I am loving about Davis tonight is that his home/road splits. On the street, Davis possesses a very small .118 ISO, .692 OPS, .297 wOBA along with 80 wRC+. But in the home, his bat simply explodes into the song of a .318 ISO, 1.100 OPS, .446 wOBA plus a 189 wRC+. I mean, with park factors included, Davis’ bat was a whopping 89 percent (!!!) Above league average in home this season. The house numbers prefer left-handers as well, which will be another tidbit of good news in this matchup from the southpaw Lester. Ultimately, Davis has homered in back-to-back matches and is 5 for 12 at the time as well, so let us ensure we do this lights-out bat in home in to this lineup tonight.
OF — Willie Calhoun (TEX) — $3,700 vs. SEA
Calhoun was brought over from the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in the trade that shipped Yu Darvish into the Dodgers at 2017. Later, while Calhoun has always done damage in the minors, he fought in his first taste of major league action at 2017 and once more scuffled when given a chance in 2018 too. However, 2019 was another story. Calhoun has made great on the hype surrounding him at the right time of the trade since he is smacked 15 home runs and also possesses a .275 ISO across 56 games at the major league level this season. Interestingly, the lefty-swinging outfielder owns reverse splits and has hit left-handed pitching to get a whole lot of power this year, something we have observed in the minors as well, however he enters tonight wearing a .215 ISO, .813 OPS, .339 wOBA along with 104 wRC+ on the year versus right-handed casting. Again, because he strikes both lefties and righties to get electricity, I’d like his chances from the matchup game in the future in this . Calhoun has been feeling it in the plate at the month of August as well with some .301 ISO, .904 OPS, .370 wOBA and a 125 wRC+ so much for the month while he’s homered four occasions over his final nine matches and went 2 for 4 with a double and a walk his last time out. He completes our Rangers mini-stack against Hernandez tonight.
OF — Harold Ramirez (MIA) — $2,200 vs. CIN
I did a little research to find out if I wanted Ramirez or Austin Dean involved with this pile, also Ramirez got the advantage in my view as Dean has yet to place it together at the big league level despite a few big-time little league figures against both lefties and righties. The Ramirez, although not exactly tearing the cover off the baseball in the big league level, does possess a solid .741 OPS, .310 wOBA along with 94 wRC+ on the season against left handed pitching. Before receiving the call to the big leagues at 2019, Ramirez submitted a huge 1.154 OPS using two homers and six doubles across 30 at-bats against left handed pitching in the Triple-A degree. Like most young bats in this group, Ramirez is addressing consistency issues, and awarded his cost, that’s obvious. However, he has a few games over the previous 11 days and a game. While I definitely think there’s possibility in his own bat, especially against lefties, that has something to do with the simple fact that Wood is allowing an .896 OPS to correct hitters this year as well as a 2.28 HR/9 speed. He also possesses a 6.17 FIP versus right-handed hitters this season. Some production from the low-owned Ramirez would give a shot in the arm yelling to this lineup.
UTIL — Garrett Cooper (MIA) — $2,500 vs. CIN
Completing our lineup and also three-man Marlins pile is Cooper who will lead this stack tonight from the projected three-hole off. Because of this, if the FantasyLabs lineup projection shows true, we will have a 3-4-5 heap with the trio of both Castro Cooper along with Ramirez, a perfect stack to be sure. Cooper is a small amount of a late bloomer at 28-year-old and with just 120 massive league games under his beltbut he has shown some pop up this season with 12 home runs and also owns a 108 wRC+ that demonstrates his bat has really been more effective than league average with park factors considered. His breaks are inverse in the feeling that his bat has been productive on a general basis compared to right-handed pitching, but the electricity has been raised versus lefties as he possesses a .183 ISO versus lefties when compared with a .143 mark against righties. Despite seeing them much less than right-handed 17, five of the 12 homers have come against lefties. The great news is that Cooper owns a .211 ISO, .815 OPS, .338 wOBA along with 111 wRC+ at homer versus pitching this season. He has scuffled in August, but is riding a small three-game hit run into tonight’s actions and pitched in the night’s game, his first extra-base hit at a week and a half. Let us see this evening whether this Marlins pile can deliver some value from the Wood.
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