Derek Fisher

Milwaukee Brewers
Pos: OF | Hand: L
Status: Inactive
player props
FPTS 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 13 14 16 SAL $2.5K $2.9K $3.4K $3.8K $4.3K $4.8K $5.2K $5.7K $6.1K $6.6K
  • FPTS: 0
  • FPTS: 0
  • FPTS: 4
  • FPTS: 0
  • FPTS: 2
  • FPTS: 2
  • FPTS: 2
  • FPTS: 7
  • FPTS: 14
  • FPTS: 16
  • FPTS: 2
  • FPTS: 4
  • FPTS: 0
  • FPTS: 0
  • FPTS: 15
  • FPTS: 0
  • SAL: $4.4K
  • SAL: $3.1K
  • SAL: $3.9K
  • SAL: $2.3K
  • SAL: $3K
  • SAL: $2.2K
  • SAL: $2.7K
  • SAL: $2.2K
  • SAL: $2.2K
  • SAL: $3K
  • SAL: $3.2K
  • SAL: $2K
  • SAL: $2.5K
  • SAL: $2.9K
  • SAL: $6.6K
  • SAL: $2.3K
08/04 08/29 08/31 09/01 09/03 09/04 09/05 09/06 09/09 09/11 09/15 06/18 06/19 06/20 06/22
Date Opp DKSAL FDSAL DKFPTS FDFPTS sf ab slg h so hbp gidp 1b babip 2b pa 3b sb hr xbh r obp rbi iso bb ops ibb
2021-06-21 @ ARI $2.3K $2K 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021-06-20 @ COL $6.6K $2K 15 18.7 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0.5 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 0 1.5 0
2021-06-18 @ COL $2.9K $2.5K 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021-06-17 @ COL $2.5K $2.5K 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020-09-15 @ NYY $2K $2.2K 4 6.7 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2020-09-11 vs. NYM $3.2K $2.1K 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
2020-09-09 vs. NYY $3K $2.1K 16 22.2 0 3 1.33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0.33 2 1 0 1.67 0
2020-09-06 @ BOS $2.2K $2.1K 14 19.2 0 4 0.5 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.6 2 0 1 1.1 0
2020-09-05 @ BOS $2.2K $2.1K 7 9 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0
2020-09-04 vs. BOS $2.7K $2.1K 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.33 0 0 1 0.33 0
2020-09-03 @ BOS $2.2K $2.1K 2 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020-09-01 @ MIA $3K $2.1K 2 3.5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2020-08-31 vs. BAL $2.3K $2.1K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020-08-29 vs. BAL $3.9K $2.1K 4 6.7 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2020-08-04 @ ATL $3.1K $2.2K 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020-07-30 vs. WSH $4.4K $2.2K 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020-07-29 vs. WSH $4K $2.1K 7 9 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0.67 0 0.5 1 1.67 0
2020-07-27 @ WSH $3.5K $2.1K 10 12 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.33 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0.5 0 0.67 1 1.5 0
2020-07-26 @ TB $3.1K $2.2K 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020-07-24 @ TB $3.3K $2.2K 5 6 0 3 0.33 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 1 0.83 0

Derek Fisher Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Derek Fisher scratched Sunday; Brandon Drury replaces

Fisher has been scratched from the Toronto Blue Jays original confirmed lineup and will not start in Sunday’s matchup against the Houston Astros due to a presently unspecified reason. He’ll be replaced in the lineup by Brandon Drury, who will now play left field and slot into the eighth spot in the order, which slides Reese McGuire down to ninth, respectively. However, the remainder of the Blue Jays lineup will stay intact offensively as they face off against right-hander Justin Verlander at home this afternoon.

Astros have highest total on the afternoon slate in matchup with Cashner

Andrew Cashner has had a rough year with a 5.04 ERA , 4.91 xFIP, and 5.02 SIERA with a 8.2% K-BB and 1.54 HR/9. His Statcast numbers are even worse as he has a .372 xwOBA allowed, .521 xSLG allowed, 10.6% barrels/BBE and 91 MPH aEV. The Astros are missing three of their stars (Correa, Altuve, Springer) but still have plenty of good options today vs. Cashner. Alex Bregman (.391 xwOBA vs. RHP this year), Michael Brantley (.364), Josh Reddick (.336), Derek Fisher (.321), and Yuli Gurriel (.293) are all good options. Josh Reddick has been the ‘Stros hottest hitter with a .386 xwOBA allowed over the past 10 days, followed closely by Derek Fisher with a .374 mark. Fisher looks to be arguably the best value in the lineup, projected to leadoff at just $4.1k on Draftkings. Jack Mayfield (123 wRC+ in AAA this year) is also an intriguing play at just $2.7k on Draftkings. The Astros have a healthy 5.62 implied line vs. Cashner and the Orioles this afternoon.

Potent Offense Takes On Mystery Pitcher Tonight

Looking at things in the early afternoon, there are high projected run totals across the board tonight, but not for the Astros playing in Seattle. It’s not that Vegas is down on Houston tonight, it’s that Seattle hasn’t even been able to confirm a starting pitcher for tonight’s game. It’s looking likely that the Mariners will roll out Andrew Moore, who hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2017, carries a career 5.34 ERA, and has given up 25 earned runs in only 17.1 innings at the AAA level this year. Despite having no line, I’ll have a large amount of interest in the Astros hitters tonight, particularly left-handers such as Michael Brantley, Josh Reddick, and Derek Fisher (if he is hitting leadoff again), as well as righty Alex Bregman.

Astros priced down in O.co despite great matchup vs. Fiers

Astros bats are usually expensive but have been priced down due to their environment in O.co tonight despite a matchup with Mike Fiers. They will be without Carlos Correa, George Springer and Jose Altuve but have some interesting value options in their lineup. Fiers has been awful this year with a 5 ERA / 5.39 xFIP / 5.08 SIERA with a 9.5% K-BB, 44% FB rate and just a 7% SwStr. Fiers hasn’t shown any signs of improvement either, with a 5.24 xFIP, 5.45 SIERA and 8% K-BB over the past 30 days. Alex Bregman (.400 xwOBA vs. RHP this year), Michael Brantley (.376), Josh Reddick (.323) and Yuli Gurriel (.297) are decent options vs. Fiers Friday night. Derek Fisher (128 wRC+ in AAA this year) projects to lead off at just $3.4k on Draftkings. Gurriel projects to bat 4th and is just $3.1k, while Reddick projects to bat 5th at just $3.2k. Bregman and Brantley are both under $4.4k despite their continued success against RHP. The Astros have a 4.43 implied line vs. Fiers and the A’s.

Bottom of the Order Lefties

Lynn's struggles versus left handed hitters (.344 wOBA, 12.7 BB%, 5.02 xFIP) will always be brought up when he toes the rubber. But the Astros don't have many left handed hitters you actually want to roster!? No problem! In the Rockies stack blurb I mentioned that a good way to differentiate your stacks from other stacks of the same team is to roster players toward the bottom of the order. Turns out that works perfectly when targeting Lynn with the Astros because the Astros tend to stack their lefties at the bottom of the order anyway. The Astros may flip some things around on Monday night but in a perfect world we'll have the chance to stack Astros 5-9 which includes four lefties (Reddick, Marwin, McCann, Fisher). Outside of Reddick, this stack should be relatively low-owned and is cheap enough to allow you to take a couple of different approaches at starting pitcher.

RHBs have a .344 wOBA, but career 66.5 GB% against Luis Perdomo; Houston's 5.51 run line tops the board

The Houston Astros are a conundrum tonight. With a board best 5.51 implied run line, the expensive, top half of their lineup runs entirely right-handed until Josh Reddick (134 wRC+, .192 ISO vs RHP since 2017) in the fifth spot. Though RHBs have a .344 career wOBA against him, Luis Perdomo has grounded them on 66.5% of batted balls. The only RHB in the lineup for the Astros to have exceeded a 40% fly ball rate against same handed pitchers since last season is Evan Gattis (109 wRC+, .187 ISO). Considering that players are likely to be paying up for either (or both) of Lance McCullers and/or Kyle Hendricks tonight, perhaps it's the back half of the Houston lineup the deserves stacking consideration. Marwin Gonzalez (152 wRC+, .231 ISO) merits strong consideration below $4K on either site. Brian McCann (106 wRC+, .192 ISO) and Derek Fisher (81 wRC+, .164 ISO, 46.8 hard%) are the cheapest bats in the lineup, the latter costing $3.1K or less on either site. It's not that the top half of the order are poor choices should they be affordable, but lineup construction would seem difficult and even then, a choice between Astros and Yankees, who are more likely to generate air contact in a more hitter friendly environment would seem an obvious choice (depending on weather and projected ownership rates of course).

Carlos Correa (146 wRC+, .244 ISO vs RHP since last season) in lineup after leaving last night's game with an injury

Carlos Correa (146 wRC+, .244 ISO vs RHP since last season) is back in the lineup after leaving with an injury last night. In fact, the Astros employ the exact same lineup they used to assault Chris Tillman last night and it should be much the same result against Mike Wright, who has some similarly horrible contact rates last season via Statcast (88.8 mph aEV, 8.5% Barrels/BBE, 39.4% 95+ mph EV) in 25 innings, all out of the bullpen. While LHBs have a career .402 wOBA against him, RHBs have hit him well too (.335 wOBA) with batters from either side hitting 13 HRs with a ground ball rate around 40%. Every bat in this lineup is a viable choice, with at least a 107 wRC+ and .170 ISO against RHP since the start of last season. The only exception is Derek Fisher (86 wRC+), who has a 46.8 Hard% against RHP since last year. The top six, aside from Alex Bregman (108 wRC+, .172 ISO) all boast a 130+ wRC+ and .180+ ISO against RHP. The chalk paid off last night and Houston is again likely to meet their 5.14 implied run line.

Adam Eaton has a slate leading 387 wRC+ (10 PA min.) and faces a pitcher with major platoon issues

Among batters with at least 10 PAs this season, Adam Eaton (387 wRC+, 66.7 Hard%) and Matt Davidson (364 wRC+, 66.7 Hard%) are off to the hottest starts. The latter faces yet another LHP (J.A. Happ), but is just one for eight since his Opening Day three home run assault on Danny Duffy. He now has a 114 wRC+ and .246 ISO vs LHP since last season, but Happ has been competent with the platoon disadvantage (RHBs .317 wOBA, 28.5 Hard% last year). Eaton is in a stronger spot against Julio Teheran, a pitcher with notable career splits. Last year, LHBs had a .338 wOBA (.356 xwOBA) against him with a 35.8 Hard%. Derek Fisher has a 181 wRC+ and MLB leading 71.4 Hard% (10 PA min.). While he'll likely bat at the bottom of the order, he offers low priced exposure to one of the top projected offenses tonight against Mike Wright (88.8 mph aEV, 8.5% Barrels/BBE). He stands a good chance of batting with runners on base and scoring if he reaches. He turns into a must play if he finds himself near the top of the order with Carlos Correa potentially out. Charlie Blackmon (310 wRC+, 53.9 Hard%) leads the majors with four HRs and hasn't even played a game at Coors yet. Tyson Ross makes his return to the Padres after missing most of the last two seasons and looking terrible when he did pitch for the Rangers last year. Even at his best, he struggled to throw strikes to LHBs consistently (11.3 career BB%).

Doug Fister gained two miles per hour in velocity last year, but still struggled against LHBs (.365 wOBA)

Doug Fister returned to the major leagues 2017 with a fastball two miles per hour faster than when he left, which helped him to a career revival with a 15 K-BB% and 55 GB% over his last 11 starts. LHBs had a .365 wOBA and 39.6 Hard% against him overall last season. That decreased to a .335 wOBA in those last 11 starts, but with an increase in hard hit rate to 42.7%. RHBs had a 53.4 GB% and 0.8 Hard-Soft% against him last season. While that may help him against a high-powered Houston offense that is predominantly right-handed, it still doesn't make him a pitcher players want to use, especially in a park that enhances offense so much. While Brian McCann is unfortunately absent from the lineup, Josh Reddick (131 wRC+, .190 ISO) is a reasonably priced bat in the second spot. According to Brooks Baseball, Fister attacked LHBs with a variety of pitches last season (Sinker, Cutter, Curve, Splitter). Reddick has a .360+ wOBA against sinkers and cutters since 2016 via PlateIQ. Derek Fisher struggled in his major league look last year (82 wRC+), but has had a 120+ wRC+ at every level of the minors he's ever played at. He bats eighth, but costs the minimum on FanDuel, one of just three LHBs in the lineup. The Astros own the highest implied run line on the board (5.22). Dallas Keuchel takes the mound on the other side of this one. It was revealed over the winter that a foot injury may have led to a decline in the second half. At his best, Keuchel excels at generating weak ground balls (66.8 GB%, .279 xwOBA, -0.7 Hard-Soft% in 2017) with an above average strikeout rate (21.4%), taking some of the sting out of a difficult park in Texas. He has the largest price differential on the board ($9.2K on FD, $11.8K on DK), but the Texas offense had just a 93 wRC+ and 24.8 K% vs LHP last year.

Andrew Cashner has a 6.14 xFIP and -0.4% K-BB% versus LHB this season

Cashner comes into tonight's game against the Houston Astros in search of his seventh quality start in his last nine outings, which is absurd to think about given his horrific 5.56 SIERA on the season. With that said, he has been far from immune from a blow-up start from time to time and has certainly shown some cracks in the armor at times this season. The main attributes to the high SIERA are a low 12.0% strikeout rate and high 9.3% walk rate, which should combine to make a terrible formula for him to be able to maintain anywhere near his current 3.44 ERA that is mostly driven by his ability to limit hard contact to just 28.9% of the time. It's frustratingly obvious that Cashner's luck is due to run out at any time now, but after looking deeper at his splits, we can at least bank on his struggles against left-handed hitters to continue down the stretch run. Against lefties, he still has the low strikeouts (11.9% K%) with a high line drive (20.6% LD%) and fly ball rates (42.2% FB%) to go along with just an insane .233 BABIP that has still somehow failed to correct itself. All of these aforementioned statistics do not equate to long-term success for any pitcher, let alone one of Cashner's caliber. Considering his tremendous amount of luck, this is an extremely tough matchup to feel supremely confident about, but we need to continue trusting in the numbers which make Marwin Gonzalez (157 wRC+, .452 wOBA, .248 ISO vs RHP) and Josh Reddick (124 wRC+, .353 wOBA, .194 ISO vs RHP) the main Astros hitters to focus exposure and are elite plays on Wednesday's slate. Meanwhile, Carlos Beltran (.190 ISO RHP) and Derek Fisher (45.5% HH%, .175 ISO vs RHP) lack some elite skill sets but can definitely be considered as part of any Houston stack given Cashner's major deficiencies to left-handed bats. The trickier side of this matchup is the Astros right-handed bats since Cashner owns a 58.7% groundball rate and a below-average 28.3% hard hit rate, which are skills he's consistently exhibited in the past and likely are sustainable for him going forward. Clearly, with Cashner's overall track record he's prone to a blow up at any time, but with the likelihood of his success against righties continuing, it seems optimal to limit exposure to Astros righties like Jose Altuve. (168 wRC+, .418 wOBA, .205 ISO vs RHP), George Springer (137 wRC+, .372 wOBA, .247 ISO vs RHP), and Yulieski Gurriel (121 wRC+, .349 wOBA, .194 ISO vs RHP) to just large-field tournaments, if at all, on tonight's main slate.