Chad Kuhl Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Last night was a real letdown when they postponed the game in Pittsburgh. Sometimes the weather turns and there’s nothing we can do about it. Kuhl was scheduled to pitch last night, but will take the mound tonight instead. He’s been more than serviceable this season, posting a 4.22 SIERA with a strikeout rate of 22%. He’s pitching at home in a good ballpark and he’s a slight favorite against the Diamondbacks, whose projected lineup has a 29% strikeout rate against right-handed pitching this season.

Kuhl doesn’t get much credit in DFS, but he’s had a respectable season for the Pirates. In his 14 starts, he has a 4.22 SIERA with a strikeout rate of 22%. While he has a high fly-ball rate, that’s not exactly a negative in this big ballpark. He draws a decent matchup against the Brewers, who have five batters in their projected lineup with a strikeout rate of at least 22% against right-handed pitching. Kuhl is far from a core target, but he’s viable as an SP2 if you are building multiple tournament lineups.

We know the story with Chad Kuhl by now: he's really good against righties but struggles with lefties. We don't have a lot of value options on this 7-game main slate, and that's why I'm looking at Kuhl. You HAVE to look at the Brewers lineup when it comes out, but if Shaw is still out with the wrist injury, we should have five righties and the pitcher's spot. Yelich is a good hitter, but not too much of a home run threat with his massive ground ball rate. Thames is the one guy I really worry about, and I hope this ballpark helps Kuhl out. There is a favorable pitcher's ump in this game, which helps both of these cheap pitchers. Kuhl has enough strikeout upside to make up for a couple of runs in this spot.

Kuhl is strictly a situational play worth a long shot in GPPs if you're making multiple lineups. This is a tough travel spot for the Cubs as they travel to Pittsburgh to play a 1:35 PM EST game versus the Pirates after finishing up with their Sunday night baseball game around 11:45 PM EST. Kuhl has been largely mediocre for the Pirates so far this year (4.20 ERA, 4.09 SIERA, 22.5K%) but will likely get a bit of a watered down Cubs lineup (perhaps we see Chris Gimenez in for Willson Contreras, which is a massive downgrade offensively) in an otherwise tough matchup. Kuhl will also have the benefit of home-field advantage with this game taking place at pitcher friendly PNC Park.

Kuhl is strictly a situational play worth a long shot in GPPs if you're making multiple lineups. This is a tough travel spot for the Cubs as they travel to Pittsburgh to play a 1:35 PM EST game versus the Pirates after finishing up with their Sunday night baseball game around 11:45 PM EST. Kuhl has been largely mediocre for the Pirates so far this year (4.20 ERA, 4.09 SIERA, 22.5K%) but will likely get a bit of a watered down Cubs lineup (perhaps we see Chris Gimenez in for Willson Contreras, which is a massive downgrade offensively) in an otherwise tough matchup. Kuhl will also have the benefit of home-field advantage with this game taking place at pitcher friendly PNC Park.