Justin Ruggiano Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Eduardo Nunez (hamstring) scratched Thursday, Christian Arroyo now batting eighth
Nunez was scratched due to a hamstring issue. Arroyo was originally going to rest on Thursday, but he'll be back in the lineup due to Nunez's injury. He's not a strong target; in May, Arroyo has posted a .236 wOBA, .084 ISO, 56.5% GB%, and 29.0% Hard%. San Francisco will move Justin Ruggiano to sixth from seventh and Mac Williamson to seventh from eighth.
Flores (173 wRC+, .311 ISO) and Ruggiano (175 wRC+, .303 ISO) affordable lefty mashers vs Morgan
The normally predominantly LH Mets are a little bit healthier and now a little bit more RH coming into a matchup against a pitcher that RHBs have a .373 wOBA and 35.7 Hard% against in his career. There are several reasonably priced Mets bets in a great spot here with Yoenis Cespedes (190 wRC+, .319 ISO vs LHP this season) not being one of them, but projecting as one of the top overall bats. Wilmer Flores (173 wRC+, .311 ISO vs LHP since 2015) is a $2.5K lefty masher on FanDuel, while Justin Ruggiano (175 wRC+, .303 ISO vs LHP since 2015) plays that role on DraftKings for $2.9K. Asdrubal Cabrera (121 wRC+, .121 ISO vs LHP) has not hit for much power against southpaws, but is a top value SS in the second spot of potentially potent lineup tonight with a 146 wRC+ and 47.4 Hard% since returning from the DL.
Ruggiano bats second tonight against CC Sabathia, owns a career 134 wRC+, .367 wOBA, .246 ISO versus LHP
This is a tough matchup to gauge since Sabathia has pitched semi-decent this season outside of a couple rough stretches. Sabathia has excelled at limiting hard contact this season, only allowing a 22.2% Hard% to left-handed batters and a hard-hit rate of 24.6% to right-handed batters. If tonight were a full slate, neither Sabathia nor the Mets offense would be seriously in consideration given the marginal matchup on both sides. You can definitely make a case for using Sabathia in this spot with the Mets lineup still missing Yoenis Cespedes and others. The Mets bats to target outside of Ruggiano are Wilmer Flores (180 wRC+, .433 wOBA, .318 ISO vs LHP) and Neil Walker (147 wRC+, .384 wOBA, .269 ISO vs LHP) if going that route.