Cliff Pennington Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Yunel Escobar scratched Saturday; Cliff Pennington replaces and will bat ninth
Escobar has officially been scratched from the Los Angeles Angels lineup for tonight's game against the Boston Red Sox due to an unspecified reason. He'll be replaced in the lineup by Cliff Pennington, who will take over the third base duties and bat ninth. This lineup change will slide Andrelton Simmons, Martin Maldonado, Danny Espinosa, Luis Valbuena, and Eric Young each up one spot in the batting order to fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively.
Andrelton Simmons scratched from Angels lineup Monday
Simmons has been scratched from the tonight due to a left-hand injury he sustained in yesterday's ballgame. Cliff Pennington will replace him at shortstop and bat eighth.
Andrelton Simmons scratched from the Angels lineup
Simmons has been scratched from the Angels lineup Tuesday night with sore ribs. Cliff Pennington replaces him at shortstop and will bat seventh.
Anibal Sanchez has allowed 40 HRs in 210.2 innings since last year
Anibal Sanchez has been a human launching pad with a 40 HRs allowed in 210.2 innings since the start of last season. His strikeout rate has now dipped below average for the season (19.8%) and he faces a team with just a 15.7 K% vs RHP tonight. Despite a decent park, this is not a great spot for him. Looking for batters with power, just Trout (171 wRC+, .286 ISO vs RHP since 2015) and Pujols (115 wRC+, .217 ISO vs RHP since 2015) have shown real power against RHP, though both are priced highly (Trout over $5K, Pujols over $4K). Counting just this year, Cliff Pennington has the next best ISO vs RHP (.146) in tonight's lineup. As is often the case with this lineup, it seems like a Trout or nothing spot.