MLB Grind Down: Sunday, June 12th

by Andrew Cook (louiescards) Last Updated 2016-06-13 03:01:28

The RotoGrinders MLB Grind Down will give you an in-depth analysis into the upcoming MLB schedule. This article will break down the numbers for every single game and give you analysis on which trends you can exploit. While matchups are a major factor in daily fantasy baseball, there are plenty of other factors to consider such as injuries, weather, and salaries.

The analysis should point you in the right direction, but it is still up to you to decipher the information and make your own selections. No sport has more variance than baseball. The best choice is not always the right choice but following the trends will win you money over time.

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Baltimore at Toronto – 1:07 PM ET

Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%	Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%
Baltimore					Toronto
			Ubaldo Jimenez					Aaron Sanchez
			RIGHT					RIGHT
			Vegas Moneyline					Vegas Over/Under
			TOR -170					9.5
SP vs. Left	0.336	17	21.2%	9.7%	SP vs. Left	0.332	12	17.2%	11.8%
SP vs. Right	0.333	9	19.2%	9.2%	SP vs. Right	0.229	1	21.9%	7.7%

Pitcher Grind Down

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
Ubaldo Jimenez
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$6,300	Salary:		$4,800
					FPPG:		20.8	FPPG:		8.2
					Pitcher Rating:		45.0	Pitcher Rank:		26
L14 Days	3	82.0	5.71	6.94	12.5%	12.5%	4.9%	43.8%	27.1%	43.8%
2016	12	95.2	4.86	6.21	17.3%	11.7%	7.1%	50.7%	25.8%	33.2%
2015	32	95.6	3.93	4.11	21.2%	8.6%	8.0%	49.1%	28.8%	27.0%

Ubaldo Jimenez: He is at a point in his career where we simply do not have a ton of use for him in fantasy other than throwing a stack against him. The walks are too often and he is not striking out enough batters to make up for the runs he will give up. Even at these cheap prices, Jimenez is not a player we want to look at today.

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
Aaron Sanchez
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$9,200	Salary:		$10,500
					FPPG:		37.6	FPPG:		20.4
					Pitcher Rating:		75.9	Pitcher Rank:		8
L14 Days	3	102.3	2.37	2.11	28.6%	6.0%	9.5%	63.6%	10.9%	25.5%
2016	12	98.9	3.36	2.91	23.2%	8.0%	8.6%	59.5%	18.0%	28.1%
2015	11	131.7	4.43	3.22	16.1%	11.6%	7.0%	60.6%	21.6%	21.0%

Aaron Sanchez: We are starting to see that Sanchez is the real deal with a solid strikeout rate and the walks appear to be trending in the right direction as well. Unfortunately, he is up against one of the better offenses in the league. Combine the tough matchup with a price that is ever increasing and we do not have much more than a tournament play for Sanchez on this slate.

Batter Grind Down

Baltimore

Baltimore ranks near the top of the league in every offensive category, and while Sanchez is not a player I want to target often, it is hard to ignore what this lineup is capable of. If you want an offense that performs at a high level often and could be under owned, then look no further than this Orioles squad today.

Orioles Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. RHP — 0.344 (3 of 30)
Team ISO vs. RHP — 0.200 (2 of 30)
Team K% vs. RHP — 23.0% (22 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 4.74 (8 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 4.34 (16 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. RHP	ISO vs. RHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Adam Jones	RIGHT	0.338	0.211	0.350	OF	$3,200	OF	$3,300
2	Hyun-Soo Kim	LEFT	0.405	0.105	0.357	OF	$2,800	OF	$2,700
3	Manny Machado	RIGHT	0.390	0.255	0.370	SS	$3,700	3B/SS	$3,700
4	Chris Davis	LEFT	0.395	0.321	0.277	1B	$3,600	1B	$3,700
5	Mark Trumbo	RIGHT	0.346	0.203	0.504	OF	$3,900	OF	$4,000
6	Matt Wieters	SWITCH	0.334	0.157	0.280	C	$2,700	C	$2,600
7	Jonathan Schoop	RIGHT	0.354	0.230	0.247	2B	$3,100	2B	$2,900
8	Nolan Reimold	RIGHT	0.341	0.191	0.445	OF	$2,500	OF	$2,400
9	Ryan Flaherty	LEFT	0.277	0.139	0.344	3B	$2,400	3B	$2,200
	Team Averages	—	0.353	0.201	0.353	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – Manny Machado

Secondary Plays – Mark Trumbo , Chris Davis , Hyun-Soo Kim , Adam Jones

Stackability – GPP

Toronto

It has been a year of under performing for this Toronto offense, but Jimenez has a way of curing those troubles. Josh Donaldson is finally starting to come on a bit and we need to keep an eye out for Bautista, who is dealing with a thigh injury. Rogers Centre is a park that has seen it’s fair share of runs over the years and this is a game that should have Toronto producing some fantasy goodness.

Blue Jays Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. RHP — 0.313 (14 of 30)
Team ISO vs. RHP — 0.174 (10 of 30)
Team K% vs. RHP — 22.8% (20 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 4.18 (19 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 5.16 (4 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. RHP	ISO vs. RHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Jose Bautista	RIGHT	0.385	0.285	0.303	OF	$4,500	OF	$4,500
2	Josh Donaldson	RIGHT	0.383	0.259	0.436	3B	$4,200	3B	$5,000
3	Edwin Encarnacion	RIGHT	0.371	0.261	0.338	1B	$3,800	1B	$4,400
4	Michael Saunders	LEFT	0.338	0.157	0.308	OF	$3,500	OF	$4,100
5	Justin Smoak	SWITCH	0.339	0.223	0.332	1B	$3,100	1B	$3,500
6	Russell Martin	RIGHT	0.300	0.176	0.326	C	$2,800	C	$3,300
7	Kevin Pillar	RIGHT	0.304	0.129	0.312	OF	$2,900	OF	$3,700
8	Devon Travis	RIGHT	0.343	0.160	0.217	2B	$2,700	2B	$3,600
9	Darwin Barney	RIGHT	0.364	0.160	0.373	SS	$2,300	2B/SS	$2,700
	Team Averages	—	0.347	0.201	0.327	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – Josh Donaldson

Secondary Plays – Edwin Encarnacion , Justin Smoak , Jose Bautista , Russell Martin

Stackability – GPP

Houston at Tampa Bay – 1:10 PM ET

Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%	Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%
Houston					Tampa Bay
			Dallas Keuchel					Matt Moore
			LEFT					LEFT
			Vegas Moneyline					Vegas Over/Under
			HOU -130					8.0
SP vs. Left	0.225	5	23.9%	4.0%	SP vs. Left	0.340	7	16.1%	6.2%
SP vs. Right	0.293	22	22.4%	6.8%	SP vs. Right	0.367	16	19.7%	8.3%

Pitcher Grind Down

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
Dallas Keuchel
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$7,700	Salary:		$8,600
					FPPG:		26.9	FPPG:		13.0
					Pitcher Rating:		85.7	Pitcher Rank:		4
L14 Days	3	106.3	2.63	3.98	24.1%	1.3%	7.5%	60.3%	25.9%	31.0%
2016	13	105.0	3.75	5.44	20.2%	7.6%	9.2%	57.4%	22.3%	30.2%
2015	33	105.8	2.84	2.48	23.7%	5.6%	10.3%	61.7%	19.6%	21.3%

Dallas Keuchel: He has finally started to look better on the mound lately, dropping the walks and increasing the strikeouts, but will be hard to trust completely. Facing a Tampa team that is sneaky good against southpaws, Keuchel is more of a tournament play for me on most sites and a possible secondary option considering the modest price point he carries across the industry.

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
Matt Moore
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$6,800	Salary:		$6,900
					FPPG:		24.4	FPPG:		11.8
					Pitcher Rating:		59.2	Pitcher Rank:		20
L14 Days	3	98.7	4.89	5.79	17.3%	7.4%	7.8%	32.2%	52.5%	39.3%
2016	12	97.8	4.17	5.56	20.7%	7.2%	10.1%	40.3%	39.4%	36.2%
2015	12	88.0	4.67	5.43	16.6%	8.3%	9.9%	39.2%	38.7%	31.7%

Matt Moore: At times Moore has looked like he might regain the promising form we once saw from the Rays lefty, but those days appear to be over. Not only does he strikeout too few batters, but his hard hit rate is up as well as the fly ball rate, making him someone that we can look to target. Houston will strikeout with the best of them, but also has the lineup that can put up runs in bunches and I do not have much interest in Moore on this slate.

Batter Grind Down

Houston

Houston is starting to put it together at the plate lately and the majority of the work is being done by the core players that we use in DFS. The problem with these bats is that none of them are cheap and it will be hard to pair them together and still have the pitching we want. The good side of that is we should see an ownership that has tournament stack written all over them here.

Astros Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. LHP — 0.322 (11 of 30)
Team ISO vs. LHP — 0.165 (11 of 30)
Team K% vs. LHP — 25.6% (29 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 4.30 (16 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 4.18 (20 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. LHP	ISO vs. LHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	George Springer	RIGHT	0.413	0.239	0.428	OF	$4,300	OF	$4,800
2	Jose Altuve	RIGHT	0.427	0.191	0.441	2B	$4,300	2B	$5,600
3	Carlos Correa	RIGHT	0.355	0.219	0.358	SS	$3,900	SS	$4,300
4	Evan Gattis	RIGHT	0.314	0.213	0.291	C	$3,300	C	$3,700
5	Marwin Gonzalez	SWITCH	0.355	0.204	0.277	1B	$3,000	1B/3B	$3,000
6	Luis Valbuena	LEFT	0.260	0.136	0.408	3B	$3,100	3B	$2,900
7	Carlos Gomez	RIGHT	0.314	0.143	0.351	OF	$2,700	OF	$3,500
8	Tyler White	RIGHT	0.271	0.240	0.231	1B	$2,600	1B	$3,500
9	Jake Marisnick	RIGHT	0.284	0.201	0.306	OF	$2,100	OF	$3,000
	Team Averages	—	0.333	0.198	0.343	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – Jose Altuve , George Springer

Secondary Plays – Carlos Correa , Evan Gattis , Carlos Gomez

Stackability – GPP

Tampa Bay

Ranking second in both wOBA and ISO against left-handed pitching on the season, this is a Rays team that can get it done for us. With pretty decent salaries outside of Evan Longoria, we should be able to fit in a number of these guys as a tournament stack in case we see bad Keuchel today, which is not out of the question.

Rays Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. LHP — 0.350 (2 of 30)
Team ISO vs. LHP — 0.208 (2 of 30)
Team K% vs. LHP — 23.8% (23 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 4.19 (18 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 3.82 (28 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. LHP	ISO vs. LHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Logan Forsythe	RIGHT	0.412	0.299		2B	$2,600	2B	$4,200
2	Taylor Motter	RIGHT	0.466	0.250	0.179	SS	$2,400	3B/SS	$2,100
3	Evan Longoria	RIGHT	0.392	0.224	0.491	3B	$3,800	3B	$5,500
4	Steve Pearce	RIGHT	0.346	0.234	0.408	OF	$3,100	1B/2B	$3,400
5	Steven Souza	RIGHT	0.328	0.195	0.266	OF	$2,900	OF	$3,700
6	Logan Morrison	LEFT	0.245	0.072	0.381	1B	$3,100	1B	$3,000
7	Desmond Jennings	RIGHT	0.260	0.054	0.359	OF	$2,800	OF	$3,000
8	Mikie Mahtook	RIGHT	0.414	0.329	0.192	OF	$2,100	OF	$2,800
9	Curt Casali	RIGHT	0.340	0.264	0.372	C	$2,500	C	$2,800
	Team Averages	—	0.356	0.213	0.331	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – Evan Longoria

Secondary Plays – Steve Pearce , Steven Souza , Taylor Motter , Logan Forsythe

Stackability – GPP

Oakland at Cincinnati – 1:10 PM ET

Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%	Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%
Oakland					Cincinnati
			Kendall Graveman					John Lamb
			RIGHT					LEFT
			Vegas Moneyline					Vegas Over/Under
			CIN -115					9.5
SP vs. Left	0.338	8	16.4%	10.4%	SP vs. Left	0.427	4	18.5%	13.0%
SP vs. Right	0.359	18	14.9%	5.3%	SP vs. Right	0.338	9	21.0%	7.4%

Pitcher Grind Down

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
Kendall Graveman
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$4,800	Salary:		$4,600
					FPPG:		19.7	FPPG:		8.5
					Pitcher Rating:		45.4	Pitcher Rank:		25
L14 Days	2	79.5	5.27	6.10	13.0%	8.7%	8.8%	37.1%	31.4%	31.4%
2016	11	88.0	4.66	5.49	16.3%	8.9%	9.0%	49.5%	28.7%	31.2%
2015	21	90.4	4.43	4.05	15.3%	7.6%	7.6%	50.0%	28.6%	28.3%

Kendall Graveman: With this total and in this ballpark, there is not much to like from a pitching standpoint today. Graveman is not striking guys out, and even against the Reds is just not a player worthy of our fantasy lineups here. He is giving up big numbers to both lefties and righties, making him an easy mark with hitters.

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
John Lamb
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$5,700	Salary:		$6,300
					FPPG:		18.4	FPPG:		8.2
					Pitcher Rating:		64.2	Pitcher Rank:		16
L14 Days	3	92.3	5.11	4.00	13.2%	7.9%	5.1%	44.6%	35.7%	35.6%
2016	7	90.1	5.34	4.74	12.5%	8.9%	6.8%	44.8%	36.8%	36.6%
2015	10	91.2	3.56	5.80	26.4%	8.6%	10.6%	37.7%	40.6%	23.4%

John Lamb: Much like Graveman, the strikeout numbers are not even close to where we need them to be in order to consider him for DFS today. While Oakland is also not that great of an offense, they do have some bats that can hit left-handed pitching hard.

Batter Grind Down

Oakland

Not an offense we are typically looking for multiple guys from, but this is a case where we should see a bunch of runs and Danny Valenica should be square on your radar here. I would not go too crazy with their bats, but you can make a case for a few.

Athletics Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. LHP — 0.299 (25 of 30)
Team ISO vs. LHP — 0.166 (9 of 30)
Team K% vs. LHP — 20.8% (14 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 3.92 (24 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 4.66 (11 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. LHP	ISO vs. LHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Coco Crisp	SWITCH	0.260	0.096	0.157	OF	$3,000	OF	$3,000
2	Jed Lowrie	SWITCH	0.343	0.168	0.364	2B	$2,900	2B	$4,000
3	Danny Valencia	RIGHT	0.402	0.231	0.574	3B	$3,400	3B	$4,500
4	Billy Butler	RIGHT	0.317	0.158	0.439	1B	$2,700	1B	$3,600
5	Josh Phegley	RIGHT	0.329	0.170	0.353	C	$2,400	C	$3,400
6	Marcus Semien	RIGHT	0.377	0.201	0.312	SS	$3,100	SS	$4,100
7	Jake Smolinski	RIGHT	0.367	0.245	0.430	OF	$2,100	OF	$3,200
8	Billy Burns	SWITCH	0.320	0.096	0.172	OF	$2,900	OF	$3,400
9	Kendall Graveman	RIGHT				P	$4,800	P	$4,600
	Team Averages	—	0.339	0.171	0.350	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – Danny Valencia

Secondary Plays – Marucs Semien , Jake Smolinski

Stackability – None

Cincinnati

Cincinnati has been pretty bad on the season, but has looked much better at the plate recently. Pretty much the entire lineup is hitting well, and with Kendall Graveman on the mound for Oakland we should have some fantasy goodness from this side of things. Obviously, Joey Votto and Jay Bruce are the big name bats here, but Zack Cozart remains one of my favorite players that go under owned in fantasy land.

Reds Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. RHP — 0.304 (23 of 30)
Team ISO vs. RHP — 0.184 (6 of 30)
Team K% vs. RHP — 23.0% (22 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 4.47 (12 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 4.84 (7 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. RHP	ISO vs. RHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Zack Cozart	RIGHT	0.333	0.204	0.414	SS	$3,300	SS	$4,500
2	Joey Votto	LEFT	0.404	0.238	0.465	1B	$3,500	1B	$5,100
3	Brandon Phillips	RIGHT	0.315	0.122	0.336	2B	$3,400	2B	$4,100
4	Jay Bruce	LEFT	0.333	0.254	0.490	OF	$3,500	OF	$5,200
5	Adam Duvall	RIGHT	0.384	0.362	0.472	OF	$3,700	OF	$5,300
6	Eugenio Suarez	RIGHT	0.308	0.169	0.388	3B	$2,800	3B	$4,600
7	Tyler Holt	RIGHT	0.271	0.056	0.462	OF	$2,000	OF	$3,100
8	Tucker Barnhart	SWITCH	0.291	0.086	0.410	C	$2,300	C	$2,900
9	John Lamb	LEFT	0.141	0.053	0.000	P	$5,700	P	$6,300
	Team Averages	—	0.309	0.172	0.382	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – Joey Votto , Jay Bruce

Secondary Plays – Zack Cozart , Adam Duvall , Brandon Phillips

Stackability – GPP

Chicago Cubs at Atlanta – 1:35 PM ET

Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%	Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%
Chicago Cubs					Atlanta
			Jon Lester					John Gant
			LEFT					RIGHT
			Vegas Moneyline					Vegas Over/Under
			CHC -275					8.0
SP vs. Left	0.280	5	28.8%	5.1%	SP vs. Left	0.511	1	24.0%	8.0%
SP vs. Right	0.278	18	24.1%	5.8%	SP vs. Right	0.324	1	27.6%	10.3%

Pitcher Grind Down

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
Jon Lester
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$11,400	Salary:		$13,400
					FPPG:		41.7	FPPG:		23.4
					Pitcher Rating:		96.1	Pitcher Rank:		1
L14 Days	3	104.3	2.44	0.77	30.6%	2.4%	12.8%	53.7%	33.3%	24.6%
2016	12	100.4	3.33	2.06	25.7%	5.6%	10.0%	46.2%	34.2%	28.5%
2015	32	99.5	3.19	3.34	25.0%	5.7%	10.4%	48.9%	29.3%	29.0%

Jon Lester: He has to be considered the top pitcher on the day considering both his recent form and the fantastic matchup with a poor Braves squad. We have everything we want from a starter here with the high strikeout rate and ground ball percentage, while yielding a solid hard hit percentage. Atlanta is home to a spacious ballpark and Lester is primed and ready for a big outing here.

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
John Gant
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$3,000	Salary:		$4,000
					FPPG:		7.6	FPPG:		3.7
					Pitcher Rating:		46.4	Pitcher Rank:		23
L14 Days	0	#DIV/0!	4.44	3.38	16.7%	8.3%	4.2%	44.4%	44.4%	22.2%
2016	0	#DIV/0!	3.46	6.17	25.9%	9.3%	8.4%	38.2%	41.2%	41.2%
2015		#VALUE!

John Grant: Grant will be making his first major league start today and unfortunately for him it comes against a Cubs lineup that is stacked top to bottom with players who can hurt you. He has a very respectable strikeout rate out of the pen but the problem is he has also given up too many hits and walks. If anything we want to load up on Chicago bats here as they are likely to get to the young right hander.

Batter Grind Down

Chicago Cubs

It is funny how even when this team “struggles” at the plate they still find a way to push across runs on a consistent basis. Chicago is hands down one of the best teams in the league and while the pitching is fantastic so is the hitting which is lead by the duo of Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo in the middle of the order. I expect them to be somewhat popular and a good way to be different is snagging guys at the bottom of the order today.

Cubs Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. RHP — 0.333 (7 of 30)
Team ISO vs. RHP — 0.167 (14 of 30)
Team K% vs. RHP — 21.8% (19 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 5.40 (3 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 5.01 (6 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. RHP	ISO vs. RHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Dexter Fowler	SWITCH	0.341	0.178	0.329	OF	$4,000	OF	$4,200
2	Jason Heyward	LEFT	0.335	0.143	0.338	OF	$3,100	OF	$3,800
3	Kris Bryant	RIGHT	0.382	0.219	0.397	3B	$4,000	3B/OF	$4,900
4	Anthony Rizzo	LEFT	0.391	0.264	0.459	1B	$4,200	1B	$5,000
5	Ben Zobrist	SWITCH	0.352	0.172	0.338	2B	$3,400	2B	$4,200
6	Addison Russell	RIGHT	0.320	0.143	0.188	SS	$2,600	SS	$2,800
7	David Ross	RIGHT	0.238	0.110	0.190	C	$2,000	C	$2,600
8	Chris Coghlan	LEFT	0.323	0.193	0.151	3B	$2,100	2B/OF	$2,600
9	Jon Lester	LEFT	0.090	0.014	0.125	P	$11,400	P	$13,400
	Team Averages	—	0.308	0.160	0.279	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – Kris Bryant , Anthony Rizzo

Secondary Plays – Dexter Fowler , Ben Zobrist , Addison Russell

Stackability – Cash /GPP

Atlanta

Braves: There is not a ton of positives coming from the Atlanta side of things and this is a situation where I am completely avoiding them today. Ranking last or near last in every offensive category we look at for fantasy purposes there is no reason to get cute here.

Braves Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. LHP — 0.259 (29 of 30)
Team ISO vs. LHP — 0.079 (30 of 30)
Team K% vs. LHP — 23.2% (22 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 3.10 (30 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 2.99 (30 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. LHP	ISO vs. LHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Ender Inciarte	LEFT	0.240	0.053	0.273	OF	$2,500	OF	$2,200
2	Chase d’Arnaud	RIGHT	0.347	0.143	0.313	2B	$2,900	3B/SS	$2,500
3	Freddie Freeman	LEFT	0.322	0.136	0.306	1B	$3,100	1B	$3,100
4	Jeff Francoeur	RIGHT	0.310	0.123	0.379	OF	$2,400	OF	$2,000
5	Nick Markakis	LEFT	0.277	0.051	0.296	OF	$2,200	OF	$2,100
6	Tyler Flowers	RIGHT	0.320	0.103	0.344	C	$2,400	C	$2,300
7	Adonis Garcia	RIGHT	0.314	0.178	0.148	3B	$2,400	3B	$2,500
8	Daniel Castro	RIGHT	0.260	0.105	0.116	2B	$2,100	3B/SS	$2,000
9	John Gant	RIGHT				P	$3,000	P	$4,000
	Team Averages	—	0.299	0.112	0.272	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – None

Secondary Plays – None

Stackability – None

Detroit at NY Yankees – 2:05 PM ET

Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%	Stats	wOBA	HR All.	K%	BB%
Detroit					NY Yankees
			Michael Fulmer					Michael Pineda
			RIGHT					RIGHT
			Vegas Moneyline					Vegas Over/Under
			NYY -115					9.0
SP vs. Left	0.245	0	16.3%	7.5%	SP vs. Left	0.342	13	22.9%	4.8%
SP vs. Right	0.310	5	31.3%	8.7%	SP vs. Right	0.338	20	24.1%	3.2%

Pitcher Grind Down

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
Michael Fulmer
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$8,200	Salary:		$9,000
					FPPG:		39.6	FPPG:		20.6
					Pitcher Rating:		69.5	Pitcher Rank:		11
L14 Days	3	97.7	3.95	0.00	20.8%	7.8%	10.9%	53.7%	29.6%	22.2%
2016	8	97.3	3.61	2.83	25.1%	8.2%	11.3%	50.4%	31.0%	29.5%
2015		#VALUE!

Michael Fulmer: It might have been an iffy start to his career but the highly touted prospect has turned things around in a major way with four straight wins and only one run allowed during that span. With a decent strikeout rate and groundball percentage Fulmer should be in play as a secondary pitcher today on multiple pitcher sites.

Statistics	Starts	PitchPS	SIERA	ERA	K%	BB%	SS%	GB%	FB%	HH%
Michael Pineda
					FanDuel			DraftKings
					Salary:		$7,800	Salary:		$6,700
					FPPG:		26.0	FPPG:		12.5
					Pitcher Rating:		73.4	Pitcher Rank:		10
L14 Days	3	87.0	3.62	5.51	21.1%	2.8%	14.9%	37.7%	32.1%	32.1%
2016	12	96.5	3.56	6.14	23.8%	5.7%	14.2%	43.4%	33.2%	30.6%
2015	27	94.4	3.09	4.37	23.4%	3.1%	11.9%	48.2%	29.9%	30.1%

Michael Pineda: Pineda has looked better after the Yankees made some minor changes to his mechanics but is still not a pitcher I would trust in cash games even at his current salary. The potential is there and Detroit does strikeout a lot so putting him down as a tournament play on teams where you are trying to fit in some of the big bats makes sense to me here.

Batter Grind Down

Detroit

Detroit is a very capable offense but unfortunately for them the struggle has been getting multiple players to hit at the same time. We have seen stretches where each of the big bats get hot but that is not enough to sustain the type of production we are looking for on consistent basis.

Tigers Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. RHP — 0.331 (8 of 30)
Team ISO vs. RHP — 0.172 (11 of 30)
Team K% vs. RHP — 23.1% (25 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 4.66 (10 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 4.41 (14 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. RHP	ISO vs. RHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Ian Kinsler	RIGHT	0.338	0.144	0.395	2B	$3,800	2B	$5,100
2	Cameron Maybin	RIGHT	0.310	0.083	0.347	OF	$2,800	OF	$3,700
3	Miguel Cabrera	RIGHT	0.412	0.212	0.288	1B	$3,500	1B	$4,400
4	Victor Martinez	SWITCH	0.304	0.148	0.410	C	$3,000	1B	$3,900
5	J.D. Martinez	RIGHT	0.363	0.243	0.340	OF	$4,000	OF	$4,700
6	Nick Castellanos	RIGHT	0.316	0.170	0.301	3B	$3,200	3B	$3,700
7	Justin Upton	RIGHT	0.336	0.197	0.309	OF	$2,900	OF	$4,000
8	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	SWITCH	0.319	0.222	0.270	C	$2,000	C	$3,200
9	Jose Iglesias	RIGHT	0.282	0.056	0.360	SS	$2,400	SS	$2,900
	Team Averages	—	0.331	0.164	0.336	—	—	—	—

Elite Plays – Miguel Cabrera

Secondary Plays – Victor Martinez , Cameron Maybin , J.D. Martinez

Stackability – None

NY Yankees

The top of the order is doing all of the work for New York right now and the pricing is indicative of that across the industry. With this many left handed bats in the lineup and the short porch in right they are always a team to think about for tournaments, but this is not an easy matchup and it is hard to trust anyone past Arod in this lineup.

Yankees Offense (2016)
Team wOBA vs. RHP — 0.303 (24 of 30)
Team ISO vs. RHP — 0.156 (17 of 30)
Team K% vs. RHP — 19.0% (7 of 30)
Runs Per Game — 3.98 (23 of 30)
Projected Run Total — 4.59 (12 of 30)

Projected Lineup

#	Player	Bats	wOBA vs. RHP	ISO vs. RHP	wOBA L14	FD Position	FD Salary	DK Position	DK Salary
1	Jacoby Ellsbury	LEFT	0.317	0.116	0.383	OF	$3,500	OF	$4,100
2	Brett Gardner	LEFT	0.334	0.153	0.351	OF	$3,900	OF	$4,200
3	Carlos Beltran	SWITCH	0.359	0.220	0.461	OF	$4,000	OF	$4,500
4	Alex Rodriguez	RIGHT	0.336	0.212	0.282	3B	$3,500	1B/3B	$3,300
5	Brian McCann	LEFT	0.326	0.205	0.213	C	$3,300	C	$3,300
6	Starlin Castro	RIGHT	0.292	0.135	0.319	2B	$2,600	2B	$3,400
7	Didi Gregorius	LEFT	0.297	0.120	0.248	SS	$2,600	SS	$2,700
8	Chase Headley	SWITCH	0.299	0.101	0.297	3B	$2,700	3B	$2,700
9	Rob Refsnyder	RIGHT	0.379	0.348	0.261	1B	$2,000	1B/OF	$2,600
	Team Averages	—	0.327	0.179	0.313	—	—	—	—

MLB Grind Down: Sunday, June 12th

Baltimore at Toronto – 1:07 PM ET

Pitcher Grind Down

Batter Grind Down

Baltimore

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Manny Machado

Secondary Plays – Mark Trumbo , Chris Davis , Hyun-Soo Kim , Adam Jones

Stackability – GPP

Toronto

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Josh Donaldson

Secondary Plays – Edwin Encarnacion , Justin Smoak , Jose Bautista , Russell Martin

Stackability – GPP

Houston at Tampa Bay – 1:10 PM ET

Pitcher Grind Down

Batter Grind Down

Houston

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Jose Altuve , George Springer

Secondary Plays – Carlos Correa , Evan Gattis , Carlos Gomez

Stackability – GPP

Tampa Bay

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Evan Longoria

Secondary Plays – Steve Pearce , Steven Souza , Taylor Motter , Logan Forsythe

Stackability – GPP

Oakland at Cincinnati – 1:10 PM ET

Pitcher Grind Down

Batter Grind Down

Oakland

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Danny Valencia

Secondary Plays – Marucs Semien , Jake Smolinski

Stackability – None

Cincinnati

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Joey Votto , Jay Bruce

Secondary Plays – Zack Cozart , Adam Duvall , Brandon Phillips

Stackability – GPP

Chicago Cubs at Atlanta – 1:35 PM ET

Pitcher Grind Down

Batter Grind Down

Chicago Cubs

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Kris Bryant , Anthony Rizzo

Secondary Plays – Dexter Fowler , Ben Zobrist , Addison Russell

Stackability – Cash /GPP

Atlanta

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – None

Secondary Plays – None

Stackability – None

Detroit at NY Yankees – 2:05 PM ET

Pitcher Grind Down

Batter Grind Down

Detroit

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Miguel Cabrera

Secondary Plays – Victor Martinez , Cameron Maybin , J.D. Martinez

Stackability – None

NY Yankees

Projected Lineup

Elite Plays – Carlos Beltran

Secondary Plays – Jacoby Ellsbury , Brett Gardner

Stackability – None

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