Bryce Brentz Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Martin Perez has a 3.39 ERA well than a run and a half below his estimators due to a high (79.3%) strand rate. He's a top 10 ground ball generator (54.3%), but with just an 11.8 K%. He's dominated LHBs with more ground balls (58.2%) and weak contact (13.8 Hard%), while RHBs still have a 53.5 GB%, but a much higher 35.6 Hard% and .339 wOBA this season with all 10 of his HRs going to righties. He's the rare pitcher who probably takes Ortiz off the board at such a high cost, but with tonight's top run projection (5.84), all RHBs are in play. Hanley Ramirez (179 wRC+, .254 vs LHP this season) is smoking hot (296 wRC+, 53.9 Hard% last seven days) and a top overall bat along with Mookie Betts (113 wRC+, .194 ISO vs LHP since 2015). Xander Bogaerts (136 wRC+, .143 ISO vs LHP this season) and Dustin Pedroia (114 wRC+, .151 ISO vs LHP since 2015) are top bats at middle infield positions. Bryce Brentz and Ryan Hanigan cost the minimum (or $100 above) on FanDuel.

Blake Snell is a talented prospect, but has a SwStr below 7% in each of his three major league starts with a first strike rate below 45% in each of his last two starts. Though his contact allowed has been about average so far, he may not be entirely ready for a spot in the major leagues yet. David Ortiz has improved vs LHP this year (119 wRC+, .200 ISO) and my be the top bat tonight (as he usually is), but the Boston offense has cooled off a bit the last couple of weeks and still carry high price tags. Hanley Ramirez (170 wRC+, .269 ISO vs LHP this season) may be the hot bat here (140 wRC+, .47.4 Hard% last seven days) and also one of the more affordable for nearly $4K on either site. Bryce Brentz is a marginal minor league bat, but may have some value at the minimum cost. With the Red Sox projected for just 3.96 runs tonight, this might be a decent spot to consider fading high priced bats altogether though.