Adam Rosales Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

James Paxton hasn’t allowed a run this year on a .163 BABIP, but the stuff has been amazing as well. Sustain a 24 K-BB% and 6.1 Hard-Soft% with a 15% popup rate and you might not give up many runs. An 83.2 mph aEV without a single barrel met so far are beyond elite and he transitions from one pitcher's park to another in Oakland tonight. While his price is increasing (at least $9K on either site), he's certainly a viable arm on either site. He's the third best overall projected arm and second best value (via RotoGrinders Player Projections) on FanDuel, where he's less expensive. Strangely, the A's have stacked the deck with RHBs because Paxton has a pronounced reverse split (.356 wOBA, 34.5 Hard% vs RHBs - .279 wOBA, 30.5 Hard% vs LHBs since 2015). Adam Rosales (131 wRC+, .239 ISO vs LHP since last season) can't be entirely overlooked in the two spot for just $2.4K on either site and Khris Davis does have the eighth highest ISO on the slate (.258) vs the handed type pitcher faced tonight since 2015. With Oakland projected for the third lowest run total tonight (3.5) and cool conditions in Oakland tonight, pitching is where players should side in this one.

Braden Shipley has not been good for the Diamondbacks this season, to put it mildly. He carries an ugly 5.56 ERA, a 5.33 SIERA, and a 38.4% hard hit rate allowed through 55 major league innings. He obviously isn’t quite ready to face major league hitters yet. His strikeout rate is just 13.0%. We clearly can’t consider him as an option, even against a Padres team that has been striking out with reckless abandon in recent weeks. In fact, this is probably going to be the best spot for the Padres offense for the rest of the season. Shipley is relatively splits-neutral, allowing a higher wOBA (.415) and more hard contact to right-handed batters (40.6%) despite having a much better ground ball rate versus right-handed batters (52.1%) Feel free to fire up any of the Padres bats tonight, though Ryan Schimpf (139 wRC+, .376 wOBA, .333 ISO vs RHP), Wil Myers (.193 ISO vs RHP), Adam Rosales (.269 ISO vs RHP), and Alex Dickerson (.207 ISO vs RHP) provide the most upside versus right-handed pitching. This might be the last chance to consider the Padres as a viable tournament stack for the rest of the year. Use them well.

Cody Reed is the third of three arms in the Johnny Cueto trade (Finnegan, Lamb), all of whom have now made their way to the Cincinnati rotation. He struck out nine of 28 Astros in his debut and is said to have made major improvements this season, especially against RHBs, but still struggles with control and command occasionally. He does appear to have some upside (Padres 23.8 K% vs LHP), though may be a very risky start for $6.5K or more against one of the best offenses in the league vs LHP (116 wRC+, 17.2 HR/FB) in a power friendly park. It starts with Matt Kemp, who has destroyed LHP this season (196 wRC+, .400 ISO). Wil Myers has been strong as well (142 wRC+, .228 ISO vs LHP), but may be a bit over-priced. Upton (125 wRC+, .232 ISO vs LHP) and Solarte (189 wRC+, .281 ISO vs LHP) might be stronger value plays for $3.6K or less on either site. Adam Rosales (113 wRC+, .196 ISO vs LHP) can serve as a total punt in the Outfield (if paying up for Scherzer for example) batting 8th for less than $3K.

John Lamb (5.29 SIERA, 14.3% K%, 10.0%), simply put, is not a good pitcher. The Padres typically aren't a team we go out of our way to target but they currently have a 4.8 implied run total. The Padres are actually a sneaky, above average offense against LHP (117 wRC+, .341 wOBA, .176 ISO) and are heading to Cincinnati to play in the Great American "Smallpark" which is extremely conducive to RH power. If there's one thing the Padres have, it's a plethora of right handed batters. The primary target for the Padres is Yangervis Solarte (199 wRC+, .460 wOBA, .310 ISO vs LHP) batting clean-up and reasonably priced on all sites. Other more expensive Padres to target are Matt Kemp (190 wRC+, .447 wOBA, .373 ISO vs LHP), Wil Myers (146 wRC+, .383 wOBA, .234 ISO vs LHP), and Melvin Upton Jr. (123 wRC+, .348 wOBA, .239 ISO vs LHP). We can perhaps even look to Adam Rosales (113 wRC+, .333 wOBA, .200 ISO vs LHP) as a low cost, low owned tournament punt.