| Date | Opp | DKSAL | FDSAL | DKFPTS | FDFPTS | k | ip | ab | sho | w | hra | l | er | cg | ha | 3ba | bba | sba | ibba | whip | hbp | qstart | 1ba | k/9 | 2ba |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-07 | vs. TB | $6.8K | $7.5K | 1.6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020-09-30 | @ CLE | -- | -- | -1.8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 4 |
| 2020-09-23 | @ TOR | $7.6K | $8.7K | 6.4 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.25 | 2 |
| 2020-09-17 | vs. TOR | $7.8K | $8.3K | 19.55 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6.43 | 2 |
| 2020-09-11 | vs. BAL | -- | -- | 20.85 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020-09-06 | @ BAL | $7.6K | $8.5K | 13.8 | 25 | 5 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.44 | 0 |
| 2020-09-01 | vs. TB | $7.6K | $7.5K | 24.5 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 2020-08-26 | @ ATL | -- | -- | 17.45 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2020-08-18 | vs. TB | $7.9K | $7.8K | -1.8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2020-08-12 | vs. ATL | $7.6K | $8.3K | 6.8 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.75 | 0 |
| 2020-08-07 | @ TB | $11K | $7K | 20.65 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020-08-01 | vs. BOS | $7.5K | $8.5K | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.15 | 1 |
| 2019-10-17 | vs. HOU | -- | -- | 3.65 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2019-10-12 | @ HOU | -- | -- | 24.3 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019-10-05 | vs. MIN | -- | -- | 24.25 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 2019-09-29 | @ TEX | -- | -- | 5.15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2019-09-19 | vs. LAA | -- | -- | 27.35 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.57 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 0 |
| 2019-09-13 | @ TOR | -- | -- | 10.45 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10.8 | 2 |
| 2019-09-08 | @ BOS | -- | -- | 0.2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2019-09-02 | vs. TEX | -- | -- | 14.1 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7.5 | 1 |
| 2019-08-27 | @ SEA | -- | -- | 31.35 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 2019-08-22 | @ OAK | -- | -- | 7.5 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 2019-08-16 | vs. CLE | -- | -- | 15.85 | 29 | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.84 | 1 |
| 2019-08-11 | @ TOR | -- | -- | 28.2 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2019-08-05 | @ BAL | -- | -- | 2.8 | 13 | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 6 |
| 2019-07-31 | vs. ARI | -- | -- | 8.2 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019-07-25 | @ BOS | -- | -- | -17.5 | -14 | 4 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10.81 | 5 |
| 2019-07-20 | vs. COL | -- | -- | 8.7 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2019-07-14 | vs. TOR | -- | -- | 21.1 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2019-07-05 | @ TB | -- | -- | 11.45 | 22 | 5 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.11 | 2 |
| 2019-06-29 | @ BOS | -- | -- | -14.1 | -16 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019-06-22 | vs. HOU | -- | -- | 6.1 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2019-06-17 | vs. TB | -- | -- | 47.45 | 67 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019-06-11 | vs. NYM | -- | -- | 20.8 | 35 | 7 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.05 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9.46 | 1 |
| 2019-06-04 | @ TOR | -- | -- | 4.1 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019-05-28 | vs. SD | -- | -- | 12.3 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.83 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2019-05-23 | @ BAL | -- | -- | 17.9 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2019-05-18 | vs. TB | -- | -- | 23.7 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 2019-05-12 | @ TB | -- | -- | 28.75 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.71 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019-05-07 | vs. SEA | -- | -- | 14.05 | 29 | 4 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.69 | 1 |
| 2019-05-01 | @ ARI | -- | -- | 11.4 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.5 | 1 |
| 2019-04-25 | @ LAA | -- | -- | 1.35 | 8 | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.18 | 0 |
| 2019-04-20 | vs. KC | -- | -- | 27.55 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 2019-04-14 | vs. CWS | -- | -- | 5 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.5 | 3 |
| 2019-04-08 | @ HOU | -- | -- | 14.5 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.83 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2019-04-02 | vs. DET | -- | -- | 22.2 | 42 | 7 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9.46 | 4 |
| 2019-03-28 | vs. BAL | -- | -- | 21.15 | 35 | 5 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.95 | 1 |
Masahiro Tanaka Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Lack of power in Cleveland lineup (12.2 HR/FB vs RHP) improves the outlook for Masahiro Tanaka
Masahiro Tanaka has struck out 22.3% of batters on a 14.0 SwStr% and 23.9% over five September starts. A 3.56 ERA is about half a run below estimators that sit around four because six of his 25 runs have been unearned. Tanaka still has issues with HRs (16.4 HR/FB, 9.1% Barrels/BBE), but also only had a 4.03 xERA, which includes his contact profile. He will be taking on an offense with an 87 wRC+, 23.8 K% and 12.2 HR/FB vs RHP. The Indians also have just a 10.6 HR/FB at home this year. Five of nine batters in the projected lineup are below a .180 ISO vs RHP since last season and six of nine are below a 90 wRC+ over the last 30 days, which really helps with the wind expected to be blowing out to right field tonight. Greatly reduce the threat of power and Tanaka’s outlook strongly improves. With his workload increasing to at least 91 pitches in each of his last four starts, Tanaka could be one of the better pitching values on a board with a lot of quality pitching, but few heavy workload candidates. He costs a reasonable $8.1K on FanDuel.
The Best Cheap Option
This is not a slate with great pitching value, which is made even more critical based on Bieber being close to a must play and Coors being on the slate. All that being said, Tanaka really is the best of the cheaper pitchers. He comes in to this game with a 4.44 xFIP to go along with a 23.1% K rate and 3.4% walk rate. while hes been fairly limited earlier on in the season, he has pitched over 90 pitches in both the last two starts and has averaged close to 20 points over the last 3 games. He draws a matchup against the Blue Jays who do have some power in their lineup, but they are really an average lineup with a slightly above average K rate. If Tanaka can get out of this one without giving up a home run or 2, then he could be in line for a very solid outing for his price.
Astros-Yankees ALCS Game 4 postponed Wednesday
The ALCS Game 4 matchup between the Houston Astors and New York Yankees on Wednesday evening has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather throughout the remainder of the day and evening hours. The teams have already announced that today’s postponed contest will be made up on Thursday, October 17 at 8:08 pm ET as was previously scheduled. Players from this matchup will not accrue fantasy points on Wednesday’s daily fantasy slates across the industry, so be sure to remove them from lineups as soon as possible.
Yankees @ Astros features O/U of 9
Zack Greinke gets the ball for the Astros tonight coming off a disappointing outing vs. the Rays on 10/7 that saw him allow 6 earned on 3 and 2/3 innings, with 3 home runs allowed. Greinke has a 4.58 ERA / 4.29 FIP in the postseason with a 1.53 HR/9 over 70 and 2/3 innings. He had a 3.02 ERA / 3.28 FIP, 17.3 % K-BB and .276 xwOBA allowed over 68 and 2/3 regular season innings after being traded to Houston. His home/away and lefty/righty splits are very even over the past 5 years, so no advantage or disadvantage to be had there. He’ll face a Yankees lineup tonight that posted a 3rd best 114 wRC+ during the regular season with a 23.1% K rate.
The Yankees come into this game with a postseason-best .363 xwOBA as a team, but only have an implied total of 4.01 vs. Greinke tonight. Their projected lineup: 1. DJ LeMahieu (.364 xwOBA vs. RHP this year), 2. Aaron Judge (.383), 3. Brett Gardner (.312), 4. Edwin Encarnacion (.339), 5. Giancarlo Stanton (.370), 6. Gleyber Torres (.330), 7. Gary Sanchez (.379), 8. Didi Gregorius (.291), 9. Gio Urshela (.363). Not much of a sample size here, but Aaron Judge has swung it well with a .528 xwOBA over 14 PA in the playoffs thus far. Gleyber Torres is right behind him with a .472 mark in 13 PA. Once Greinke is chased from the game, The Yankees will face a tough Astros ‘pen that has allowed just a .288 xwOBA over the past 30 days.
Masahiro Tanaka gets the nod for the Yankees and has his work cut out for him as his opposition has the highest implied total (4.99) on the slate by about a full run. Tanaka last pitched on 10/5, so he’ll be pitching on full rest. Tanaka posted a decent 4.45 ERA / 4.29 xFIP over 182 regular season innings but saw his K% shrink to a career-low 19.6%. He does have a 1.54 ERA / 3.61 xFIP in the postseason, but in a small sample of 35 innings. In terms of xwOBA allowed, Tanaka has been a bit better at home (.279 allowed at home, .317 away since 2015) but nothing too crazy. The Astros led all of baseball with a 123 wRC+ vs. RHP and also had the lowest K rate in the league vs. RHP at 18.4%
The Astros come into this game with just a .291 xwOBA over 177 plate appearances in the postseason, though we have a much larger sample of regular season stats to tell us that this is probably the most dangerous offense in baseball. Their projected lineup for tonight: 1. Springer (.389 xwOBA v. RHP this year), 2. Brantley (.377), 3. Altuve (.325), 4. Bregman (.370), 5. Alvarez (.414), 6. Gurriel (.318), 7. Correa (.363), 8. Chirinos (.284), 9. Reddick (.309). Though the Astros have mostly been cold so far in the postseason, Jose Altuve and Robinson Chirinos both have xwOBAs over .425, and Michael Brantley has a decent .385 mark as well. The coldest Astro has been Correa with a .186 xwOBA, which isn’t too much of a surprise given that he played just 3 regular season games over the final 6 weeks of the regular season. Once Tanaka is chased, the Astros will face a Yanks’ bullpen that has allowed a .312 xwOBA over the past month.
Start of TEX-NYY will be delayed due to rain Monday
The start of the matchup between the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees on Monday afternoon will be delayed due to rain currently in the area. There’s yet to be any confirmation of an official start time, and the Yankees have not yet committed to a specific timeline for providing further updates. The definitive late start is potentially better news for the prospects of starting pitchers like Masahiro Tanaka not being pulled from the game early because of a mid-game stoppage, and as Kevin Roth detailed in the latest update to his MLB weather forecast, he believes this game is more likely to play than not following the initial weather delay.
Viable Arm In a Favorable Matchup
I am going to try to get a deGrom/Tanaka pairing on the multi-pitcher sites today, as things start to get uncomfortable once you get below Tanaka. While Tanaka doesn't offer the most strikeout upside on the board, he is a steady, experienced starter going against an offense that is full of younger players. I'll side with the veteran today, despite the talent that exists on Toronto's squad. Tanaka has been knocked around a bit over his last two starts, but we can forgive the start in the bandbox London park against the Red Sox, and the second one came against a good Rays squad. Expect him to get back on track today.
Pitcher Looks for Continued Success in Fourth Start Against Same Team
Masahiro Tanaka got demolished in his last start against Boston, but tonight he’ll be taking on an easier Tampa Bay offense, and his price has even dipped on some sites. Tanaka has already faced the Rays offense three times this season, and has racked up 23 Ks with only one run allowed over 22 innings. The Rays rank 10th in the league in K% against righties this season which should give Tanaka some strikeout upside, and priced below the top pitchers on the slate he should be a lower-owned high-upside play for GPPs.
NYM-NYY postponed due to rain Monday
The game between the New York Mets and New York Yankees on Monday evening has been postponed due to forecasted rain throughout the remainder of the day and evening hours. The teams have already announced that today’s previously scheduled game will be made up on Tuesday, June 11 at 1:05 pm EST as part of a day-night, split-admission doubleheader. Players from this matchup will not accrue fantasy points on Monday’s daily fantasy slates across the industry, so be sure to remove them from lineups as soon as possible.
Mets have a team 129 wRC+ and 25 HR/FB over the last week
Masahiro Tanaka has his swinging strike rate up to 13.4% over the last month, though hasn’t improved on a 21.4 K% at all over that span. The good news is that his 14.7 HR/FB is league average this year (16.2 career). The estimators are all a bit above his 3.42 ERA due to disbelief in a career high 78.6 LOB% with a reduced strikeout rate. However, if the strikeouts regress closer back towards his career level, there may not be much issue with sustaining this performance. What might be interesting here are at least a couple of Mets bats with a significant park upgrade and Tanaka’s lack of a substantial platoon split. The first being Pete Alonso (131 wRC+, .298 ISO vs RHP) against a potentially HR prone pitcher in Yankee Stadium. Another is a fairly cheap Jeff McNeil (144 wRC+ vs RHP last calendar year), who costs just $3.6K on DK ($3K on FD). The Mets do have a board high 129 team wRC+ and 25 HR/FB over the last week.
Great pitchers, but HR prone
While Masahiro Tanaka has not allowed a HR this season, he’s faced the Tigers and Orioles. Over the last two calendar years, Tanaka has an 18.5 HR/FB and while Houston is a negative run environment, it does treat right-handed power pretty well. Having evenly split his HRs throughout his career, it doesn’t bode extremely well for him that the Houston lineup contains many RHBs that hit RHP well, although it’s only Alex Bregman (.249) and Tyler White (.237) who exceed a .200 ISO against them over the last year. Bregman is a great one off here. On the other side, while Justin Verlander may be the top pitcher on the board, he’s an extreme fly-baller and has allowed a HR in starts in Tampa Bay and Texas this season. While Verlander has a 15.3 SwStr% through two starts, his .347 xwOBA is third highest on the board. He’s not a pitcher you’d recommend stacking against, but the two through four hitters in the Yankee order (Aaron Judge, Luke Voit, and Gary Sanchez) all exceed a .200 ISO vs RHP over the last year and are unlikely to be popular at all.