| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-13 | vs. CWS | -- | -- | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-04-12 | vs. CWS | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-04-10 | @ HOU | -- | -- | 9 | 12.2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2019-04-08 | @ HOU | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-04-06 | @ BAL | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-04-04 | @ BAL | -- | -- | 9 | 12.2 | 0 | 3 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.93 | 0 |
| 2019-04-03 | vs. DET | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-04-01 | vs. DET | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-03-31 | vs. BAL | -- | -- | 8 | 12.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2019-03-28 | vs. BAL | -- | -- | 14 | 18.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 |
Greg Bird Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Offense Looks to Continue Hitting Despite Injuries
The Yankees continue to get hit by injury with Gary Sanchez hitting the Disabled List, but the team still has several hitters that could spell trouble for Chicago right-hander Lucas Giolito tonight. Aaron Judge has shown his typical power numbers early in the year, with 3 HRs over his first 56 plate appearances, and has a career slugging percentage almost 100 points higher against right-handed pitching. Greg Bird and Brett Gardner are two left-handed hitters to consider hitting high in the batting order as part of a team stack.
Bird is the Word
The Yankees injury luck just got even worse with the announcement that Gary Sanchez will be placed on the 10-day IL. Injury woes mean Bird will bat in the middle of the order for New York who still has a monster implied run total of 6-runs in a home matchup against Lucas Giolito. Bird hasn't shown a ton of power yet this season but is the owner of a career .209 ISO against right handed pitching and will have the benefit of home cooking in the shape of the short porch in right field.
A 13.9 K% and 92.8 mph aEV through three starts
Rookie Ariel Jurado has only allowed seven runs in 15.2 innings, but has struck out just seven of 64 batters (13.9 K% at AA). His .382 xwOBA, 92.8 mph aEV and 50% 95+ mph EV are all easily the worst on the board. While he gets out of Texas tonight, he'll be tasked with facing the Yankees (board high 5.64 run line), who have looked a bit mortal without their top bat (71 wRC+, 24.4 K% last seven days). A contact prone and hard contact prone pitcher at that, is still not an enviable entity in this park. Also, while Juredo has held batters from either side of the plate within six points of a .300 wOBA through three starts, the xwOBA brings everyone up to between .380 and .385. The top half of the lineup looks strong: Brett Gardner (106 wRC+, .144 ISO vs RHP last calendar year), Giancarlo Stanton (115 wRC+, .237 ISO), Didi Gregorius (113 wRC+, .228 ISO) and Aaron Hicks (111 wRC+, .197 ISO). Miguel Andujar (122 wRC+, .191 ISO) has the highest wRC+ in the lineup against RHP over the last 365 days. Gregory Bird (89 wRC+, .219 ISO) is more affordable exposure to this lineup, but he has a -54 wRC+ in 26 PAs over the last week.
A Spot To Load Up
This slate is heavily skewed towards a few teams, the Yankees, Red Sox and the Dodgers-Rockies in Coors Field. Most positions come down to which of those teams to go to. At first base, Greg Bird gets the salary discount to bring him to the top of the list. His main issue is strikeouts, and that is a non-factor tonight facing Ariel Jurado who has just a 10.9% K rate so far in the majors after being just a 13.9% K arm at Double-A. The contact will allow Bird to take advantage of his 51% fly balls and 43% hard hits against righties.
Lineup bump for an affordable bat in a strong spot
The Yankees are the number two team on the board with a 5.4 run line. They are facing the pitcher with the highest xwOBA on the board (.379), along with an 89 mph aEV. Lucas Giolito does actually have a higher strikeout rate (20.8%) than Luis Severino (16.5%) over the last month, but that's about where the positives end. While he also has a 3.42 ERA over the last month, his SIERA is 1.2 runs higher. Since last season, LHBs have a .351 wOBA against him and the xwOBA is even worse (.393). The Yankees have a LHB in the cleanup spot, but instead of Gregorius, it's a more affordable Gregory Bird (92 wRC+, .223 ISO vs RHP last calendar year), who has a -36 wRC+ in 26 PAs over the last week despite a reasonable 23.1 K% and 38.9 Hard%. There are no standout bats in an otherwise high priced top half of the lineup, but Giancarlo Stanton (114 wRC+, .237 ISO) and Gleyber Torres (122 wRC+, .245 ISO) have shown the most power against RHP. Giolito has been essentially league average (.312 wOBA, 32.9 Hard%, 45.3 GB%) against RHBs since last year.
Bird Flew
So, umm, here's the thing. Lucas Giolito is #bad. Giolito's 5.97 ERA is reflective of his true talent - he's the owner of a 5.78 SIERA, 14.3 K%, 12.6 BB%, and a poor batted ball profile. The absence of Gardner from the Yankees lineup led to Greg Bird hitting fifth on Tuesday and there's a shot he could see top five in the order again on Wednesday. Bird has struggled offensively this season but has shown a lot of power against RHP (.230 ISO) throughout his career and should find himself with a lot of run producing opportunities with the Yankees expected to score 5+ runs against Giolito and the Sox.
Power Stack
Despite the continued absence of Judge, the Yankees remain one of the most powerful offenses in baseball. Tuesday night they'll square off against Yefry Ramirez who gave up three HRs to the Red Sox his last time out. Ramirez has been solid for the O's this season but will be outmatched by the Yankees and will eventually turn the game over to one of the worst bullpens in the Majors (4.25 SIERA - third worst this season). The typically expensive Yankees stack will actually be affordable tonight as the absence of Gary Sanchez and Aaron Judge moves more affordable hitters up the order.
More Opportunities, Same Price
The absence of Aaron Judge from the Yankees lineup has resulted in Bird getting a better spot in the order which should lead to some more ABs and RBI opportunities in the long run. The Yankees enter Sunday's slate with the highest non-Coors impled run total and you'll want to grab exposure to this offense where you can. Bird allows you to do that without breaking your bank and he provides you with some real nice power upside (career .247 ISO vs RHP).
Massive platoon split in a highly positive run environment
Shane Bieber has a 19.2 K-BB% through seven starts and a dominance of RHBs (.267 wOBA, 53.4 GB%) should really help him in a really difficult matchup against the Yankees, who are implied for just 4.57 runs despite the favorable setting in Cleveland. However, LHBs have raked for a .422 wOBA, 55.6 Hard% and 37 GB%, which is impressive even after a downward adjustment to .378 by xwOBA. While the dominance of the Yankee lineup lies on the right-hand side, there are some quality left-handed bats, who certainly can be played here. Didi Gregorius is out of the lineup today, but Brett Gardner (116 wRC+, .167 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) leads off, Aaron Hicks (108 wRC+, .208 ISO) bats third and Gregory Bird (113 wRC+, .276 ISO) bumps up to fifth. Omitting RH Yankee bats is an unorthodox approach on a night when creative diversity is probably not necessary, but it might even be the optimal approach, though Aaron Judge (164 wRC+, .325 ISO) is rarely a bad play.
Dylan Bundy hasn't been as homer prone recently, but has been missing fewer bats too
Dylan Bundy has just a 21.6 K% over his last six starts and has allowed 19 HRs over 17 starts this season. Oddly, 15 of those came over a short seven game stretch. He's allowed just three of them over his last six starts despite the lack of strikeouts and a 35.5 GB% over that span. Perhaps because he's faced four of the five offenses in the NL East in that period, but now gets back to business with the Yankees tonight. If he's not missing bats, some damage is likely to be done in a significantly power friendly park. While LHBs have a .346 to .286 wOBA advantage on RHBs since last season, RHBs have out-homered LHBs 25 to 20 over that span (similar number of PAs). For a Yankee offense that's one of six teams above five implied runs (5.25), that means Brett Gardner (115 wRC+, .163 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) and then six straight batters behind him with a .200 ISO or better vs RHP over the last calendar year have a chance to do damage. Aaron Judge (165 wRC+, .329 ISO) is always the top bat in the lineup, while Gregory Bird (110 wRC+, .263 ISO) and Miguel Andujar (121 wRC+, .200 ISO) may be too expensive for bottom half of the order lineup spots on a night with so much expensive pitching. High end Yankee bats in the top half of the order are even more expensive, but this is the decision players will have to make tonight.