Christin Stewart Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Over 13.2 innings as both a starter and reliever with the Jays thus far, Waguespack has a 5.93 ERA, 4.15 xFIP and 4.04 SIERA with a 15.3% K-BB. In 52.2 innings in AAA this year, Waguespack had a 5.30 ERA with a 4.96 xFIP and 11.4% K-BB. Projection systems have Waguespack as a roughly 5 ERA pitcher going forward and is someone we can target. The Tigers certainly don’t have a good offense as they actually have a league-worst 74 wRC+ vs. RHP on the year. But the fact is they are incredibly cheap on both major sites this afternoon, especially on Draftkings where every one of their hitters besides Niko Goodrum will be available under $4k. Harold Castro (.328 xwOBA vs. RHP this year), JaCoby Jones (.327), Miguel Cabrera (.327), Nick Castellanos (.322), Christin Stewart (.317), Jeimer Candelario (.303) and Niko Goodrum (.297) are all options. Jordy Mercer (.347) actually has their highest xwOBA vs. RHP but is projected to bat last, tanking his value. Jacoby Jones ($3.6k on DK), Castro ($3.6k) and Miggy ($3k) are projected to bat 1-2-3 and are all great value options. Candelario ($3.7k) has been their hottest hitter since the break with a .360 xwOBA, followed by Castro with a .348 mark. The Tigers currently have a health 5.10 implied line vs. Waguespack and the Blue Jays.

Pineda has been largely the same pitcher this year that we’re used to seeing: he limits walks and gets a decent amount of Ks, but gives up lots of loud contact and seemingly always has an ERA much higher than his estimators. This year, Pineda is giving up more loud contact than ever with a 45.9% hard contact rate, a 1.85 HR/9 and just a 36.7% GB rate, all career worsts. He also has a 90.9 aEV and .357 xwOBA allowed, also career worsts. Pineda has actually been worse vs. RHB this year with a .381 xwOBA allowed so far. Nick Castellanos (.365 xwOBA vs. RHP since 2018), Miguel Cabrera (.354), Gordon Beckham (.345, 83 PA), Ronny Rodriguez (.291) and John Hicks (.287) are right-handed options in the Tigers projected order. Christin Stewart (.365) and Jeimer Candelario (.281) project to hit in the top third of the order and are also in play. Ronny Rodriguez has been the Tigers hottest hitter over the past 10 days with a .398 xwOBA. Tigers bats should be pretty contrarian given just a 3.75 implied line Saturday afternoon in Minnesota.

The Tigers are sitting at 4.58 implied runs, which a mark that reaches the top third of the ball tonight because batters from either side of the plate are above a .325 wOBA and xwOBA against Ian Kennedy, an extreme fly ball pitcher. The Tigers have just one legitimate bat in Nick Castellanos (116 wRC+, .202 ISO vs RHP this season), but Christin Stewart (145 wRC+, .212 ISO) has done some damage in a small sample and both he and leadoff man Jacoby Jones (76 wRC+, .172 ISO) are extremely cheap, perhaps affording the opportunity to pay up for pitching tonight.