At Bat, On-Deck and In the Hole: Wednesday Top 3 by Position
Happy Wednesday. We’re going to try a new lineup piece: At Bat, On-Deck and In the Hole, ranking your Top Three players for the day at each position, along with their salaries. We are already one month into the MLB season, so we’re starting to gather accurate numbers, which should prove to create less variance with the lineups. Today we have a full-slate, 16 game day with the first game starting at 12:35 EST with Houston at Cincinnati. Let’s take a look at the weather situations to watch, then get straight to the rankings!
Weather Watch
Here’s your games to monitor today (report as of: 7:00 AM EST)
- Mild Downgrade: 30% Chance of Rain – Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds – 12:35 PM EDT – Great American Ball Park
- Medium Downgrade: 20% Chance of Rain at Gametime, 60% throughout day – San Francisco Giants at New York Mets – 7:10 PM EDT – Citi Field
- Avoid: Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox – 7:10 PM EDT – Fenway Park
- Weatherproof Games: Blue Jays-Rays, Rockies-Diamondbacks and Rangers-Mariners
As always, make sure to check the weather updates of these games closer to start time.
At Bat, On-Deck and In the Circle
For today’s pricing, we will take a look at FanDuel’s scoring system and pick the best three at each spot based on performace-to-date, Batter vs. Pitcher, and other projection metrics:
| Position | At Bat | On-Deck | In the Circle | Max Cost at Position (DS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | Tim Lincecum | Chris Carpenter | Tim Hudson | $8700 |
| Catcher | A.J. Pierzynski | Buster Posey | Victor Martinez | $3400 |
| First Base | Albert Pujols | Miguel Cabrera | Michael Cuddyer | $4100 |
| Second Base | Robinson Cano | Dustin Pedroia | Gordon Beckham | $3900 |
| Third Base | Kevin Youkilis | Alex Rodriguez | Johnny Peralta | $3800 |
| Shortstop | Troy Tulowitzki | Alexi Ramirez | Miguel Tejada | $3900 |
| Outfield | Ryan Braun | Carlos Gonzalez | Carl Crawford | $4200 |
Check back later for updates as we get closer to gametime!
Cameron MacMillan
RotoGrinders.com Fantasy Content Manager