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MLB Grind Down: Saturday, September 10th - Page Three

by Ryan138 Last Updated 2016-09-10 19:59:30

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NY Mets at Atlanta – 7:10 PM ET

NY Mets Atlanta
Article Image Bartolo Colon Article Image John Gant
RIGHT RIGHT
Vegas Moneyline Vegas Over/Under
NYM -110 8.5
Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K% Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K%
SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.323 26 33.2% 15.9% SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.338 3 32.8% 22.8%
SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.305 18 30.3% 16.7% SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.360 2 42.0% 24.0%

Pitcher Grind Down

Bartolo Colon
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Salary: $7,700 Salary: $7,000
FPPG: 27.5 FPPG: 13.7
Pitcher Rating: 51.6 Pitcher Rank: 19
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 6 98.5 4.51 2.41 15.9% 4.5% 6.4% 39.2% 33.3% 29.6%
2016 28 88.3 4.43 3.22 15.8% 4.3% 5.4% 43.4% 33.0% 35.0%
2015 31 87.3 4.02 4.16 16.7% 2.9% 6.4% 42.3% 36.9% 29.0%

Home:—ERA: 3.62 — K%: 19.5% — wOBA Allowed: 0.302
Away:—ERA: 3.84 — K%: 13.4% — wOBA Allowed: 0.325

Colon keeps trucking along this year and has been very solid for the Mets as he sports a 3.22 ERA. But for DFS, he does not give a ton of upside due to his very low 15.8% strikeout rate. The matchup tonight makes him playable, as he takes on the Braves who continue to be ranked in the back end of the league in offense against right-handed pitching. He is in play as an SP2 tonight at a cheap price.

John Gant
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Salary: $5,300 Salary: $5,400
FPPG: 13.1 FPPG: 6.8
Pitcher Rating: 68.3 Pitcher Rank: 12
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 1 174.0 3.50 5.63 21.6% 2.7% 9.8% 40.7% 33.3% 44.4%
2016 5 142.0 3.81 4.70 23.4% 7.2% 9.7% 39.1% 36.4% 36.8%

Home:—ERA: 6.75 — K%: 31.8% — wOBA Allowed: 0.424
Away:—ERA: 4.03 — K%: 20.3% — wOBA Allowed: 0.321

Gant’s play has actually been a bit better than his ERA would suggest. His SIERA sits about a full run lower than his 4.70 ERA and has had a decent strikeout rate of 23.4% after his first five starts. He gets a decent matchup today against the Mets, who strike out a lot and are 24th in the league in team wOBA against righties. He is a boom-or-bust play today and could be used as a risky SP2 for tournaments.

Batter Grind Down

NY Mets

The Mets do have some bats that we can use against Gant today in the front of the lineup with guys like Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera (if batting second) who are cheap at FD. Other than them, it is tough to pay up for their bats on a night with some offenses in way better spots.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. RHP ISO vs. RHP HC% vs. RHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Jose Reyes SWITCH 0.296 0.107 20.7% 0.382 3B $2,900 3B/SS $4,200
2 Asdrubal Cabrera SWITCH 0.325 0.186 32.0% 0.540 SS $3,000 SS $4,400
3 Yoenis Cespedes RIGHT 0.376 0.261 36.1% 0.381 OF $4,100 OF $4,400
4 Curtis Granderson LEFT 0.362 0.230 37.5% 0.409 OF $3,700 OF $4,600
5 Wilmer Flores RIGHT 0.282 0.113 27.0% 0.410 2B $3,200 1B/3B $3,600
6 Jay Bruce LEFT 0.336 0.253 38.9% 0.317 OF $3,300 OF $4,500
7 James Loney LEFT 0.310 0.095 24.6% 0.243 1B $2,400 1B $2,800
8 Rene Rivera RIGHT 0.226 0.110 30.4% 0.267 C $2,000 C $2,400
9 Bartolo Colon RIGHT 0.135 0.066 11.1% 0.303 P $7,700 P $7,000
Team Averages — 0.294 0.158 28.7% 0.361 — — — —

Elite Plays – Jose Reyes (FD)

Secondary Plays – Asdrubal Cabrera (FD elite if batting second), Yoenis Cespedes

Stackability – ORANGE

Atlanta

If you do want to attack Colon, the left side of the plate is where to do it, as he has kept righties at bay (.269 wOBA allowed), but lefties have gotten to him for a .333 wOBA. This puts Freddie Freeman and Ender Inciarte in play tonight.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. RHP ISO vs. RHP HC% vs. RHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Ender Inciarte LEFT 0.340 0.113 27.6% 0.402 OF $3,200 OF $5,200
2 Adonis Garcia RIGHT 0.306 0.167 31.0% 0.357 3B $2,500 3B $4,600
3 Freddie Freeman LEFT 0.400 0.266 40.4% 0.445 1B $3,300 1B $5,200
4 Matt Kemp RIGHT 0.310 0.181 38.9% 0.295 OF $3,000 OF $4,100
5 Nick Markakis LEFT 0.339 0.113 29.6% 0.249 OF $2,400 OF $4,000
6 Tyler Flowers RIGHT 0.303 0.136 35.6% 0.334 C $2,600 C $3,400
7 Jace Peterson LEFT 0.313 0.114 24.7% 0.290 2B $2,300 2B $3,700
8 Dansby Swanson RIGHT 0.272 0.105 27.7% 0.319 SS $2,800 SS $2,800
9 John Gant RIGHT 0.000 P $5,300 P $5,400
Team Averages — 0.323 0.149 31.9% 0.299 — — — —

Elite Plays – Freddie Freeman

Secondary Plays – Ender Inciarte

Stackability – RED

Milwaukee at St. Louis – 7:15 PM ET

Milwaukee St. Louis
Article Image Chase Anderson Article Image Adam Wainwright
RIGHT RIGHT
Vegas Moneyline Vegas Over/Under
STL -195 8.5
Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K% Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K%
SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.313 17 26.8% 19.7% SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.340 6 32.1% 18.7%
SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.358 26 35.5% 16.6% SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.299 9 28.0% 18.8%

Pitcher Grind Down

Chase Anderson
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Salary: $6,400 Salary: $6,400
FPPG: 22.0 FPPG: 10.6
Pitcher Rating: 46.3 Pitcher Rank: 25
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 5 78.6 4.32 3.47 19.6% 5.2% 8.4% 29.6% 43.7% 37.0%
2016 26 88.0 4.65 4.73 18.8% 8.1% 8.2% 35.5% 40.9% 37.1%
2015 27 91.2 4.26 4.30 17.3% 6.3% 8.0% 42.0% 34.4% 27.2%

Home:—ERA: 4.29 — K%: 18.8% — wOBA Allowed: 0.332
Away:—ERA: 4.70 — K%: 17.3% — wOBA Allowed: 0.344

Anderson comes into this game in better form, as he has a 3.47 ERA in the last 30 days (4.32 SIERA). His season-long strikeout rate of 18.8% does not give him enough upside to warrant a play against a tough Cardinals offense ranked fourth in team wOBA and second in ISO against righties.

Adam Wainwright
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Salary: $8,500 Salary: $8,100
FPPG: 26.5 FPPG: 13.1
Pitcher Rating: 73.5 Pitcher Rank: 9
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 5 88.2 4.25 6.12 19.8% 7.2% 9.1% 44.3% 30.4% 31.3%
2016 28 96.1 4.24 4.61 18.9% 6.4% 8.3% 44.7% 30.2% 31.1%
2015 4 95.8 3.45 1.61 18.0% 3.6% 7.8% 51.2% 22.6% 21.8%

Home:—ERA: 2.99 — K%: 17.8% — wOBA Allowed: 0.285
Away:—ERA: 5.40 — K%: 19.8% — wOBA Allowed: 0.349

Waino has been pretty inconsistent this year, which has resulted in a 6.12 ERA over the last 30 days and a season long SIERA of 4.24. With that said, he has been solid against the Brewers in two starts (.64 ERA and 12 strikeouts), as they are a great play for him as they strike out often (25.6% clip), and are not a high-powered offense. He is a risky play and is a little more expensive than I would like to play, but could be used for tournaments.

Batter Grind Down

Milwaukee

Wainwright has allowed a .347 wOBA to lefties on the year, and the Brewers have a couple decent lefty bats that should be hitting high up in the order. Other than guys like Villar and Gennett, I will be looking for bats in other places.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. RHP ISO vs. RHP HC% vs. RHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Jonathan Villar SWITCH 0.346 0.142 33.3% 0.425 3B $4,100 3B/SS $4,700
2 Scooter Gennett LEFT 0.304 0.127 25.9% 0.222 2B $2,800 2B $2,800
3 Ryan Braun RIGHT 0.359 0.217 34.1% 0.297 OF $4,000 OF $4,100
4 Hernan Perez RIGHT 0.287 0.104 28.0% 0.279 OF $2,900 3B/OF $4,500
5 Chris Carter RIGHT 0.327 0.243 38.0% 0.379 1B $3,300 1B $3,700
6 Kirk Nieuwenhuis LEFT 0.322 0.191 38.8% 0.369 OF $2,500 OF $3,300
7 Orlando Arcia RIGHT 0.256 0.135 23.5% 0.407 SS $3,000 SS $3,200
8 Martin Maldonado RIGHT 0.262 0.107 29.7% 0.215 C $2,700 C $2,600
9 Chase Anderson RIGHT 0.084 0.000 21.4% 0.000 P $6,400 P $6,400
Team Averages — 0.283 0.141 30.3% 0.288 — — — —

Elite Plays – Jonathan Villar

Secondary Plays – Scooter Gennett, Ryan Braun

Stackability – ORANGE

St. Louis

Attacking Anderson should be done from the right side of the plate. He has some extreme reverse splits this year as he has allowed a .395 wOBA to righties, while keeping lefties to a .299 wOBA. The Cards have the fourth-highest projected run total tonight and are in play in all formats.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. RHP ISO vs. RHP HC% vs. RHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Matt Carpenter LEFT 0.393 0.258 43.2% 0.304 2B $4,300 2B/3B $4,800
2 Jedd Gyorko RIGHT 0.317 0.217 34.1% 0.356 3B $3,000 2B/3B $4,600
3 Stephen Piscotty RIGHT 0.338 0.168 35.0% 0.327 OF $3,700 OF $3,800
4 Yadier Molina RIGHT 0.314 0.108 28.8% 0.445 C $3,000 C $4,000
5 Brandon Moss LEFT 0.332 0.250 43.0% 0.200 1B $3,500 1B/OF $3,700
6 Randal Grichuk RIGHT 0.356 0.274 40.2% 0.386 OF $3,600 OF $4,800
7 Jhonny Peralta RIGHT 0.323 0.127 33.1% 0.266 SS $2,800 3B $3,300
8 Kolten Wong LEFT 0.327 0.146 29.7% 0.483 2B $2,800 2B $3,600
9 Adam Wainwright RIGHT 0.242 0.256 27.3% 0.353 P $8,500 P $8,100
Team Averages — 0.327 0.200 34.9% 0.347 — — — —

Elite Plays – Stephen Piscotty, Jedd Gyorko, Matt Carpenter

Secondary Plays – Yadier Molina, Brandon Moss, Randal Grichuk

Stackability – YELLOW

San Francisco at Arizona – 8:10 PM ET

San Francisco Arizona
Article Image Johnny Cueto Article Image Archie Bradley
RIGHT RIGHT
Vegas Moneyline Vegas Over/Under
SF -147 8.5
Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K% Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K%
SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.276 13 28.9% 23.2% SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.366 11 36.8% 17.6%
SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.294 22 27.5% 19.2% SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.312 8 37.7% 21.4%

Pitcher Grind Down

Johnny Cueto
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Salary: $9,500 Salary: $11,000
FPPG: 37.9 FPPG: 20.8
Pitcher Rating: 78.1 Pitcher Rank: 7
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 5 97.6 4.21 2.87 17.3% 5.5% 7.2% 50.0% 28.7% 30.9%
2016 28 103.9 3.69 2.92 21.9% 5.1% 8.9% 50.0% 29.9% 27.5%
2015 32 102.1 3.81 3.44 20.3% 5.3% 9.9% 42.4% 35.6% 28.7%

Home:—ERA: 2.92 — K%: 21.0% — wOBA Allowed: 0.268
Away:—ERA: 3.42 — K%: 21.1% — wOBA Allowed: 0.300

Cueto takes the mound tonight and has had a solid season for the Giants. He holds a 3.69 SIERA (2.92 ERA) to go along with a decent 21.9% strikeout rate. He pitches tonight in a hitter’s park against a Diamondbacks offense ranked in the bottom third against righties. He makes a decent play, but I would rather pay up for Scherzer or take Hill at a similar price.

Archie Bradley
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Salary: $6,400 Salary: $6,600
FPPG: 26.9 FPPG: 13.0
Pitcher Rating: 46.9 Pitcher Rank: 23
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 5 99.0 4.33 5.00 18.2% 8.3% 8.3% 53.4% 26.1% 33.0%
2016 21 101.4 4.52 4.85 21.1% 10.7% 7.8% 47.6% 29.6% 36.8%
2015 8 80.5 5.28 5.80 14.3% 13.7% 5.9% 58.0% 27.7% 38.6%

Home:—ERA: 5.23 — K%: 20.6% — wOBA Allowed: 0.344
Away:—ERA: 4.92 — K%: 18.4% — wOBA Allowed: 0.335

Bradley’s numbers look pretty bad as we see a lot of red boxes in his summary above. He holds a ERA and SIERA closing in on five runs and his strikeout rate of 21.1% isn’t high enough to give us enough upside to ignore his struggles. His command has been an issue this year (10.7% BB) and now faces a team that strikes out at a very low 17.5% clip. Avoid Bradley tonight.

Batter Grind Down

San Francisco

Lefties are in play tonight, as Bradley has struggled mightily to them on the season as he has allowed a wOBA of .397. The Giants don’t have a huge run total, but they make solid plays tonight for cash games with guys like Span and Pagan not being priced too high but both likely to get on base tonight.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. RHP ISO vs. RHP HC% vs. RHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Denard Span LEFT 0.348 0.140 25.6% 0.242 OF $3,200 OF $4,200
2 Angel Pagan SWITCH 0.297 0.108 22.4% 0.184 OF $3,300 OF $3,600
3 Buster Posey RIGHT 0.350 0.141 34.0% 0.301 C $3,800 C $3,700
4 Brandon Crawford LEFT 0.337 0.207 33.1% 0.321 SS $3,200 SS $4,400
5 Hunter Pence RIGHT 0.341 0.153 31.9% 0.368 OF $3,600 OF $3,800
6 Brandon Belt LEFT 0.360 0.194 39.0% 0.322 1B $3,800 1B $3,800
7 Joe Panik LEFT 0.346 0.166 29.6% 0.376 2B $2,700 2B $4,600
8 Eduardo Nunez RIGHT 0.329 0.134 25.8% 0.276 3B $3,300 3B/SS $4,400
9 Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.122 0.000 6.7% 0.000 P $9,500 P $11,000
Team Averages — 0.314 0.138 27.6% 0.266 — — — —

Elite Plays – Denard Span, Angel Pagan, Brandon Crawford

Secondary Plays – Brandon Belt, Buster Posey, Joe Panik

Stackability – YELLOW

Arizona

It is hard to love much of the Diamonbacks offense tonight against a righty pitcher, as they have struggled against them for most of the year. The one guy always in play is Paul Goldschmidt who continues to mash everything.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. RHP ISO vs. RHP HC% vs. RHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Jean Segura RIGHT 0.316 0.115 24.5% 0.290 2B $3,000 2B $4,400
2 Chris Owings RIGHT 0.282 0.099 30.7% 0.367 SS $2,400 OF/SS $3,500
3 Paul Goldschmidt RIGHT 0.388 0.215 37.5% 0.251 1B $3,700 1B $4,200
4 Jake Lamb LEFT 0.355 0.220 40.7% 0.234 3B $2,900 3B $4,000
5 Welington Castillo RIGHT 0.308 0.166 35.5% 0.311 C $2,500 C $3,400
6 Yasmany Tomas RIGHT 0.300 0.159 35.5% 0.241 OF $2,500 OF $2,900
7 Brandon Drury RIGHT 0.300 0.139 30.3% 0.328 OF $2,700 3B/OF $3,500
8 Socrates Brito LEFT 0.293 0.207 33.3% 0.303 OF $2,400 OF $2,600
9 Archie Bradley RIGHT 0.046 0.000 6.3% 0.000 P $6,400 P $6,600
Team Averages — 0.288 0.147 30.5% 0.258 — — — —

Elite Plays – None

Secondary Plays – Paul Goldschmidt

Stackability – RED

Colorado at San Diego – 8:40 PM ET

Colorado San Diego
Article Image Jon Gray Article Image Christian Friedrich
RIGHT LEFT
Vegas Moneyline Vegas Over/Under
COL -125 8.0
Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K% Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K%
SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.310 9 36.8% 24.8% SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.297 6 29.9% 19.5%
SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.325 11 28.2% 23.7% SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.358 12 31.0% 15.0%

Pitcher Grind Down

Jon Gray
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Salary: $8,200 Salary: $10,600
FPPG: 31.3 FPPG: 16.4
Pitcher Rating: 84.4 Pitcher Rank: 5
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 5 102.2 4.01 5.60 24.6% 9.8% 12.9% 44.2% 26.0% 33.3%
2016 25 96.0 3.80 4.51 25.0% 8.2% 11.9% 44.6% 31.2% 30.9%
2015 9 75.8 3.89 5.53 21.6% 7.6% 10.1% 42.4% 32.8% 36.4%

Home:—ERA: 5.57 — K%: 22.3% — wOBA Allowed: 0.338
Away:—ERA: 3.86 — K%: 26.4% — wOBA Allowed: 0.295

Gray has seen some bad luck lately, as his SIERA sits a full run and a half lower than his ERA over the last month of play. He is always someone to consider, as his strikeout rate has sat around 25% for the season, and that rings true again tonight. He gets a great matchup, as he gets to pitch in a pitcher’s park today in San Diego and against a very poor pitcher who he should see some run support against. He is prices quite high at DK, but is just right at FD tonight.

Christian Friedrich
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Salary: $5,400 Salary: $4,500
FPPG: 20.8 FPPG: 9.6
Pitcher Rating: 46.8 Pitcher Rank: 24
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 4 97.3 5.48 5.79 12.3% 9.4% 7.7% 46.9% 35.8% 32.5%
2016 19 93.5 5.04 4.99 16.2% 9.6% 8.3% 44.8% 35.9% 32.2%
2015 0 0.0 4.20 5.25 16.7% 9.3% 11.2% 47.4% 29.4% 28.1%

Home:—ERA: 5.51 — K%: 15.1% — wOBA Allowed: 0.360
Away:—ERA: 4.68 — K%: 17.6% — wOBA Allowed: 0.320

Friedrich is someone who you never want to use in fantasy. His SIERA is too high (5.04) and his strikeout rate is way to low (16.2%). There is no need to give him a thought tonight.

Batter Grind Down

Colorado

Friedrich is someone we can attack from either side of the plate, as he has allowed a wOBA of .304+ to both righties and lefties. This game does not have a huge total, but it is tough to ignore Nolan Arenado against a poor lefty.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. LHP ISO vs. LHP HC% vs. LHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Charlie Blackmon LEFT 0.343 0.117 27.7% 0.396 OF $4,000 OF $4,700
2 DJ LeMahieu RIGHT 0.370 0.112 33.6% 0.347 2B $3,600 2B $4,300
3 Nolan Arenado RIGHT 0.338 0.210 36.0% 0.475 3B $3,800 3B $5,300
4 Carlos Gonzalez LEFT 0.284 0.182 34.8% 0.252 OF $3,600 OF $3,900
5 Nick Hundley RIGHT 0.347 0.175 35.7% 0.495 C $2,900 C $4,100
6 David Dahl LEFT 0.333 0.069 8.7% 0.402 OF $3,400 OF $4,500
7 Stephen Cardullo RIGHT 0.277 0.000 22.2% 0.414 OF $3,000 1B/OF $2,400
8 Cristhian Adames SWITCH 0.293 0.105 22.4% 0.505 SS $2,800 SS $2,600
9 Jon Gray RIGHT 0.053 0.000 28.6% 0.000 P $8,200 P $10,600
Team Averages — 0.293 0.108 27.7% 0.365 — — — —

Elite Plays – Nolan Arenado, Charlie Blackmon

Secondary Plays – Carlos Gonzalez, DJ LeMahieu

Stackability – ORANGE

San Diego

The Padres have the fifth lowest total of the day at just 3.85 against Gray, who I like to shut down this Padres offense. There is not much too use here.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. RHP ISO vs. RHP HC% vs. RHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Travis Jankowski LEFT 0.314 0.095 23.2% 0.179 OF $3,300 OF $3,000
2 Jon Jay LEFT 0.284 0.092 28.4% 0.176 OF $2,800 OF $2,800
3 Wil Myers RIGHT 0.326 0.188 33.3% 0.189 1B $3,900 1B $3,500
4 Yangervis Solarte SWITCH 0.341 0.179 33.2% 0.337 3B $3,300 3B $3,400
5 Alex Dickerson LEFT 0.334 0.206 32.1% 0.317 OF $3,200 OF $3,200
6 Ryan Schimpf LEFT 0.398 0.378 41.0% 0.402 2B $3,000 2B $3,800
7 Derek Norris RIGHT 0.275 0.154 29.2% 0.116 C $2,600 C $2,200
8 Luis Sardinas SWITCH 0.214 0.014 20.2% 0.344 SS $2,400 SS $2,200
9 Christian Friedrich LEFT 0.060 0.000 23.1% 0.000 P $5,400 P $4,500
Team Averages — 0.283 0.145 29.3% 0.229 — — — —

Elite Plays – None

Secondary Plays – Travis Jankowski, Wil Myers

Stackability – RED

Texas at LA Angels – 9:05 PM ET

Texas LA Angels
Article Image Cole Hamels Article Image Daniel Wright
LEFT RIGHT
Vegas Moneyline Vegas Over/Under
TEX -165 8.5
Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K% Stats wOBA HR All. HC% K%
SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.284 6 28.0% 21.3% SP vs. Left (2015-16) 0.461 1 55.6% 7.3%
SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.303 37 28.9% 24.8% SP vs. Right (2015-16) 0.420 1 30.0% 13.0%

Pitcher Grind Down

Cole Hamels
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Salary: $9,400 Salary: $9,500
FPPG: 36.7 FPPG: 19.0
Pitcher Rating: 78.6 Pitcher Rank: 6
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
L30 Days 5 93.2 3.92 5.08 24.6% 9.5% 10.5% 51.2% 29.3% 41.0%
2016 28 101.1 4.02 3.25 23.6% 9.2% 12.2% 49.4% 30.7% 30.8%
2015 32 104.5 3.45 3.65 24.4% 7.1% 13.3% 47.7% 31.4% 27.0%

Home:—ERA: 3.64 — K%: 24.8% — wOBA Allowed: 0.309
Away:—ERA: 3.30 — K%: 23.4% — wOBA Allowed: 0.290

Hamels has struggled a bit lately, but his SIERA has stayed low at just 3.92 over the last 30. His strikeout rate of 23.6% puts him in play in the majority of matchups and tonight’s is a decent one to use him in. He takes on the Angels who are a middle-of-the-road offense and have a projected run total of under four runs tonight. While I like Hill and Scherzer a bit better, there is not problem with Hamels tonight.

Daniel Wright
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Salary: $5,500 Salary: $4,100
FPPG: 6.0 FPPG: 0.8
Pitcher Rating: 20.8 Pitcher Rank: 30
Statistics Starts PitchPS SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% FB% HC%
2016 2 115.0 5.15 7.62 9.4% 3.1% 7.0% 38.2% 36.4% 46.4%

Home:—ERA: 6.75 — K%: 0.0% — wOBA Allowed: 0.390
Away:—ERA: 7.71 — K%: 10.9% — wOBA Allowed: 0.456

Wright has made four appearances and two starts this year, which all happened in early June/late May. He was awful in that short span, as he put up an ERA over seven runs. He is an easy avoid tonight against a solid Rangers offense.

Batter Grind Down

Texas

This Rangers offense will be licking their chops to get at the young pitcher early, as he has never pitched more than six innings in any big league ball game. His minor league numbers were nothing great either, which puts all the top guys in play today against the righty.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. RHP ISO vs. RHP HC% vs. RHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Nomar Mazara LEFT 0.344 0.182 30.7% 0.298 OF $3,100 OF $3,800
2 Ian Desmond RIGHT 0.312 0.162 29.6% 0.320 OF $3,800 OF $4,400
3 Carlos Beltran SWITCH 0.350 0.204 33.5% 0.440 OF $3,800 OF $4,600
4 Adrian Beltre RIGHT 0.324 0.156 33.3% 0.468 3B $3,200 3B $4,400
5 Rougned Odor LEFT 0.343 0.235 33.1% 0.485 2B $3,700 2B $4,900
6 Jonathan Lucroy RIGHT 0.353 0.171 33.0% 0.445 C $3,600 C $4,700
7 Mitch Moreland LEFT 0.351 0.225 35.4% 0.282 1B $2,900 1B $3,400
8 Carlos Gomez RIGHT 0.302 0.147 29.7% 0.339 OF $2,600 OF $3,300
9 Elvis Andrus RIGHT 0.294 0.093 25.4% 0.361 SS $2,900 SS $3,800
Team Averages — 0.330 0.175 31.5% 0.382 — — — —

Elite Plays – Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Ian Desmon, Nomar Mazara

Secondary Plays – Rougned Odor, Jonathan Lucroy

Stackability – YELLOW

LA Angels

The Angels have the sixth-lowest projected run total of the 30 teams playing tonight at just 3.87 runs. The Angels only play in a solid one in Mike Trout, but not much else there.

Projected Lineup

# Player Bats wOBA vs. LHP ISO vs. LHP HC% vs. LHP wOBA L14 FD Position FD Salary DK Position DK Salary
1 Yunel Escobar RIGHT 0.361 0.114 27.7% 0.497 3B $3,000 3B $3,400
2 Kole Calhoun LEFT 0.318 0.156 28.9% 0.345 OF $3,300 OF $4,200
3 Mike Trout RIGHT 0.418 0.245 41.5% 0.566 OF $4,200 OF $5,300
4 Albert Pujols RIGHT 0.341 0.255 34.6% 0.483 1B $3,200 1B $5,000
5 C.J. Cron RIGHT 0.296 0.143 26.9% 0.440 1B $3,200 1B $4,300
6 Jefry Marte RIGHT 0.378 0.292 37.5% 0.484 3B $3,100 1B/3B $3,400
7 Andrelton Simmons RIGHT 0.276 0.072 20.4% 0.347 SS $2,500 SS $3,300
8 Jett Bandy RIGHT 0.377 0.319 30.0% 0.181 C $2,600 C $2,400
9 Kaleb Cowart SWITCH 0.248 0.061 13.0% 0.264 3B $2,000 2B/3B $2,300
Team Averages — 0.335 0.184 28.9% 0.401 — — — —

Elite Plays – None

Secondary Plays – Mike Trout

Stackability – RED

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Ryan (Ryan138) is from Chicago and has been playing fantasy sports for over 10 years. He has been playing daily fantasy sports for over 2 years since he was introduced to Daily Joust in late 2010. In the last year, Ryan has risen into the Top 100 of the RotoGrinders leaderboards by playing at DraftDay, DraftKings and FanDuel in all the major sports.