Dillon Gee Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Dillon Gee (11.2 K-BB%) works fine as a fifth starter in a big park with a great defense behind him and is even in a nice run prevention spot tonight but a lowered strikeout one against the A’s at home, while he’s up to almost $6K on DraftKings. LHBs have a .375 wOBA and 32.2 Hard% against him since last season and the entire Oakland lineup is very cheap across both sites. While Kansas City dims power potential, it's not an unfavorable run environment overall. Players could consider investing in some Oakland bats here without a single one priced above $3.5K on either site. Perhaps the best option is Yonder Alonso (101 wRC+ vs RHP), who is a league average bat with no power, but costs around $2.5K on either site and also new leadoff man Joey Wendle for about the same cost. Stephen Vogt (112 wRC+, .180 ISO vs RHP since 2015) is having a down year and -3 wRC+ with a 17.7 Hard% over the last week, but costs less than $3K batting third tonight. Danny Valencia (119 wRC+, .202 ISO vs RHP since 2015) has the highest cost on DraftKings, but his RHP decently and should be in the middle of any offense this lineup is able to generate.

Brian Dozier (132 wRC+, .372 wOBA, .276 ISO vs RHP) has eight home runs in his last seven games, and that seems pretty decent for daily fantasy purposes. Hot streaks are always difficult to quantify and typically aren't a reliable source for predictive outcomes, but Dozier has proven himself to be a legit power hitter at the major league level over an extended period of time in the past. Even if he weren’t red hot right now, it would be more than viable to use him in tournaments against Dillon Gee (4.36 SIERA) who is nothing more than an average pitcher and is surrendering 1.82 HR/9 to right-handed batters this season. Be sure to check the RotoGrinders Projected Ownership page to ensure that the expected Dozier ownership doesn't creep towards fade-worthy levels in tournaments. We also shouldn't mind using Max Kepler (122 wRC+, .357 wOBA, .257 ISO vs RHP) tonight, as he has the power upside to pay dividends in tournaments as a one off.

If we start with the elephant in the lineup, Gary "Babe" Sanchez has a 309 wRC+ and .559 ISO vs RHP this year now and a 390 wRC+ with a 47.6 Hard% over the last week. He's not this good, of course, and gets a significant downgrade in Kansas City, at least in terms of power, but it's not a negative run environment at all and RHBs have hit Dillon Gee reasonably well (.327 wOBA since last season). If you are going to consider a bat from this lineup, he's probably it, though our Projected Ownership page sees him with upwards of 30% popularity on either site tonight and there are some reasonable pivots elsewhere that players might want to consider. Otherwise, this is a team that doesn't hit RHP very well. Aaron Judge, in a small sample, is the only other bat with an ISO above .182 and now they enter a much less power friendly environment. Dillon Gee has a serviceable 11.7 K-BB% since the break with a great defense behind him in a big park. Five of his eight HRs since the break have been surrendered on the road and the Yankees have a below average 11.0 HR/FB on the road. He could cover a minimum priced punt on DraftKings against an offense with just an 84 wRC+ on the road this season.

The Marlins have two hitters with a wRC+ above 100 vs RHP this season and also just two with an ISO above .107 in the lineup tonight. Christian Yelich (150 wRC+, .224 ISO) is the only player that fits both categories and is by far the only playable Marlin bat against a pitcher LHBs have a .389 wOBA and 33.9 Hard% against since last season, especially for $3.4K on FanDuel. The rest of these numbers might make Dillon Gee look slightly interesting in your second pitcher spot on DraftKings tonight. He hasn't been good (19 HRs in 93.2 innings in a good park), but has been a perfectly serviceable fifth starter with an 11.3 K-BB% and 30.8 Hard%, while probably not having to worry about power as much tonight. The Marins (mostly w/ Stanton) have just a 10.4 HR/FB vs RHP and at home. He costs just $5.1K and may come in handy if rostering a $12K pitcher on DK tonight.

Gee has been a fairly splits neutral pitcher this season, albeit those splits aren't necessarily good. Gee is a fly ball pitcher (38.4%) that relies a lot on batted ball outcomes as he has a below average 18.0% strikeout rate. Gee is allowing basically league average hard contact to right-handed batters but has been hit much harder by left-handed batters (33.8% Hard %) and he is definitely susceptible to the home run ball (16.7% HR/FB). The downside here is that this game is being played in Kansas City which really limits the power upside of the Twins hitters as Kaufmann Stadium is a notorious pitcher's park when it comes to home runs. Max Kepler (141 wRC+, .382 wOBA, .291 ISO vs RHP) is the top option here and provides the most upside in the Twins lineup. Robbie Grossman (.153 ISO vs RHP) is a nice value but he finds himself batting at the bottom of the order, limiting his viability to solely tournaments. Jorge Polanco (113 wRC+, .341 WOBA vs RHP), Miguel Sano (.236 ISO vs RHP), and Brian Dozier (.225 ISO vs RHP) round out our targets for Twins stacks in tournaments.

The Blue Jays project well against Dillon Gee in Kansas City (4.9 runs). RHBs have a .341 wOBA against him since last season, but just a 28.1 Hard% and the power may not play up as much in this big park. They should still score some runs, but Devon Travis (133 wRC+, .186 ISO vs RHP career) appears to be the only real bargain here out of the leadoff spot for $2.7K on FanDuel. The rest of the top six are all above $4.5K on DraftKings or $3.4K on FanDuel.

Dillon Gee allowed three HRs in Minnesota in his last start and would not be considered a good pitcher, but has respectably struck out 16 of 66 batters through four starts and does have a 9.4 SwStr% in May. The Rays have a 25.9 K% vs RHP and Gee costs just $4.8K on DraftKings if you're in need of a punt in your 2nd pitcher slot. LHBs have pounded him for a .418 wOBA and 35.8 Hard% though, so we're going to want to look at the three Tampa Bay is playing tonight. Corey Dickerson (113 wRC+, .294 ISO vs RHP this season) still bats 7th, but costs less than $4K and might still be their best LHB against RHP. Brad Miller (102 wRC+, .183 ISO vs RHP this season) is slightly more expensive, but gets the two hole and plays a more difficult position to roster in daily fantasy. Logan Morrison (71 wRC+, .079 ISO vs RHP this year) costs about the same and would be the hottest bat in the lineup (197 wRC+ over the last seven days).

Robin Ventura may have finally figured out batting your worst hitter 2nd is a bad idea as tonight, Jose Abreu hits 2nd with the rest of the train moving up a spot and Tyler Saladino in the 9th slot. It's not a big deal, but will probably get one batter an extra opportunity with the worst hitter one less. The two hot bats in the lineup (Frazier and Eaton) each cost $5K on DK tonight (over $4K on FanDuel) limiting their value, but Abreu (135 wRC+, .223 ISO vs RHP since 2015) comes for $500 less ($4.1K on FD though), though that's still not a great price. Dillon Gee has allowed LHBs a .415 wOBA (.275 vs RHBs) since last season, perhaps making Melky Cabrera (106 wRC+ vs RHP), the unlikely cleanup hitter, worth a look for $3.4K or less. Then again, considering the lack of strong LH bats and just 96 wRC+ vs RHP overall for the White Sox, maybe Dillon Gee will be worth his $4.2K punt price on DraftKings.

Dillon Gee finished the 2015 season with an xFIP of 5.14 against left-handed batters. The Braves send four lefties to the plate to begin their lineup, lead by Nick Markakis and Freddie Freeman. Since the beginning of last year, Markakis has a wRC+ of 119 and last year demonstrated better numbers away from Atlanta, finishing the year with a wRC+ of 120 away, comared to a wRC+ of 95 at home. Today, Markakis faces Dillon Gee in Kansas City.