Brett Kennedy Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Brett Kennedy will go overlooked but I think there's a chance he's the best starting pitcher taking the mound in this game. Kennedy has extremely unimpressive numbers through his four Major League starts but he's surely not as bad as his 7.58 ERA would indicate. Friday's home matchup against the Rockies is by far the best matchup he's had as a Big League pitcher as the Rockies rank dead last in wRC+ versus right handed pitchers. I'm not expecting an extravagant strikeout performance out of Kennedy, even though the Rockies do have the ninth highest strikeout rate (23.5%) in the league versus RHP but this shapes up as a spot where Kennedy can return value on the slate's cheapest price tag.

I tend to take chances more than most on these young pitchers, and I think Brett Kennedy is an interesting tournament play tonight. No one is going to play him after how bad his Major League debut was in Milwaukee. He averaged 93mph in that first start, but the thing that stood out to me was the 38% usage on the slider. With Trout out and Ohtani not likely to play the field in the NL park, this is going to be a pretty right-handed heavy lineup, and that slider could be very effective tonight. Justin Upton hits sliders well, but the rest of the projected starters have struggled with sliders.

Kennedy was 10-0 with a 2.72 ERA in AAA this season, and he posted a 22.1% strikeout rate with a 1.12 WHIP and a .60 HR/9 in 16 starts. He's extremely cheap and he will allow you to get a top stack and a good second pitcher to go along with him.