Jacob Nix Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Contact prone offense against a pitcher struggling to miss bats and induce weak contact
Jacob Nix has struck out just seven of 55 major league batters faced so far and has allowed 8.8% Barrels/BBE. The Mariners contact prone team sending four batters above a 120 wRC+ against RHP against him, including Denard Span (123 wRC+, .174 ISO) and Robinson Cano (123 wRC+, .154 ISO). Mitch Haniger (139 wRC+, .232 ISO) and Nelson Cruz (141 wRC+, .254 ISO) add quite a bit of pop and both have a wRC+ above 220 over the last week. San Diego is quite the negative run environment, but the Mariners have a chance to score some runs here.
Top LHB at Coors may not be Blackmon (but still use him anyway)
Jacob Nix has never been above a 21 K% at any level of the minors and had just six innings above AA when the Padres called him up. He pitched well against the Phillies without allowing a run in six innings, but lasted just 10 batters against the Diamondbacks last time out. His third start will be at Coors and the Rockies are a full run above the only other team above five implied runs tonight at 6.5. Believe it or not, Carlos Gonzalez (135 wRC+, .244 ISO) has better numbers than Charlie Blackmon (113 wRC+, .233 ISO) against RHP over the last calendar year, but play all your Rockies...except maybe Tony Wolters (32 wRC+, .090 ISO). Remember that the Padres have the top bullpen in baseball over the last 30 days though (2.91 FIP, 23.3 K-BB%)