Eric Fryer Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Eric Fryer scratched Sunday; Yadier Molina replaces and will bat fifth
Fryer has officially been scratched from the St. Louis Cardinals lineup for today's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates due to a manager's decision. He'll be replaced in the lineup by Yadier Molina, who will take over the catching duties and bat fifth in his return to the lineup.
Yadier Molina scratched Friday; Eric Fryer replaces and will bat eighth
Molina has officially been scratched from the St. Louis Cardinals lineup for tonight's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates due to knee soreness. He'll be replaced in the lineup by Eric Fryer, who will take over the catching duties and bat eighth. This lineup change will slide Jose Martinez, Aledymys Diaz, and Paul DeJong each up one spot in the batting order to fifth, sixth, and seventh respectively.
Yadier Molina scratched from Cardinals lineup Saturday; Eric Fryer replaces and will bat eighth
Shortly after appearing in the St. Louis Cardinals' original lineup for today's game against the Philadelphia Phillies, the team has officially announced that Yadier Molina has been scratched from the lineup due to a back injury that has now forced him to miss two consecutive games. He'll be replaced at catcher by Eric Fryer, who will bat eighth. This means that Aledmys Diaz, Tommy Pham, and Kolten Wong all slide up one spot in the order and will now hit fifth, sixth, and seventh respectively.
Kang OUT against Thompson, but still two great low priced options at the top of Pirates order (Frazier, Bell)
Starling Marte, Francisco Cervelli, and Jung-Ho Kang are all now missing from today's lineup, which includes Sean Rodriguez, Eric Fryer and David Freese against a RHP instead of names like Joyce or Jaso, who might often get those spots against RHP. It's even more confusing considering that LHBs have a .388 wOBA against Jake Thompson so far in his young career. RHBs have hit the ball hard 37.1% of the time though, so they can really justify playing nearly anybody they want in this spot, but the most interesting bats are the cheap ones at the top of the lineup. Adam Frazier (118 wRC+, .174 ISO vs RHP) and Josh Bell (148 wRC+, .177 ISO vs RHP) will help you get to Jose Fernandez today and are more likely to help than hurt your lineup in a great spot while doing it. Especially on FanDuel, where each are $2.6K or less, at least one of these names if not both is a near necessity in your lineup if paying up for the most expensive pitcher.