| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-09 | vs. CIN | $2.9K | $2.2K | 8 | 12.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2020-08-08 | vs. CIN | $3K | $2.1K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-08-07 | vs. CIN | $2.6K | $2.1K | 16 | 21.7 | 0 | 3 | 1.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.83 | 0 |
| 2020-08-06 | @ CWS | $2.8K | $2.1K | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-08-04 | vs. CWS | $3.1K | $2.1K | 7 | 9.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2020-08-03 | vs. CWS | $3K | $2.1K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-07-29 | @ PIT | $2.8K | $2.1K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-07-27 | @ PIT | $2.8K | $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 |
| 2020-07-26 | @ CHC | $3.4K | $2.1K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-29 | vs. MIA | $3.5K | $2K | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-09-27 | vs. MIA | $3.6K | $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 |
| 2019-09-26 | @ WSH | $3.3K | $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 |
| 2019-09-25 | @ WSH | $3.7K | $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 |
| 2019-09-24 | @ WSH | -- | -- | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 |
| 2019-09-24 | @ WSH | $3.4K | $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 |
| 2019-09-23 | @ WSH | $3.5K | $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 |
| 2019-09-22 | @ CLE | $11.7K | $4K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-19 | @ ATL | $3.7K | $2K | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-09-15 | vs. BOS | $3.8K | $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 |
| 2019-09-14 | vs. BOS | $3.7K | $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 |
| 2019-09-11 | vs. ATL | $3.6K | $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 |
| 2019-09-06 | @ NYM | $3.7K | $2.3K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-05 | @ CIN | $3.8K | $2.1K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-04 | @ CIN | $3.7K | $2.1K | 16 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019-09-03 | @ CIN | $3.7K | $2.2K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-02 | @ CIN | $3.9K | $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 |
| 2019-08-31 | vs. NYM | $10.2K | $2.2K | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-30 | vs. NYM | $3.7K | $2.2K | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-08-28 | vs. PIT | $9.6K | $2K | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-08-27 | vs. PIT | $3.8K | $2K | 14 | 18.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019-08-26 | vs. PIT | $3.8K | $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 |
| 2019-08-24 | @ MIA | $11.1K | $4K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-21 | @ BOS | $4K | $2.1K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-18 | vs. SD | $3.6K | $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 |
| 2019-08-17 | vs. SD | $3.5K | $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 |
| 2019-08-16 | vs. SD | $3.5K | $2K | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2019-08-15 | vs. CHC | $3.5K | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-08-14 | vs. CHC | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Logan Morrison Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
I Keep Wanting To Call Him Logano
Logan Morrison is back in our lives, and while he's $4,100 on DraftKings, he's only $2,100 on FanDuel. We can play multiple first basemen on FanDuel, so he's really interesting as a value option on this slate. Since the start of 2018, he has a .204 ISO with a 49.7% fly ball rate and a 40.8% hard-hit rate. Porcello has a .202 ISO with a 47% fly ball rate and a 33.5% hard-hit rate against lefties this season. We have the opportunity to have hard hit fly balls at a cheap price tag.
Mispriced Team
Apparently FanDuel is expecting 2014 Jordan Zimmermann to show up on Friday night because all of the Twins players are priced about $500 too cheap on FanDuel. To Zimmermann's credit, he has actually rebounded nicely from a awful 2017 season to put up some solid 2018 metrics (22.5 K%, 3.95 SIERA) but that doesn't take away from the fact that the Twins are just simply mis-priced. DraftKings did a better job pricing the Minnesota bats but they are still cheap enough to use as one-off's, whereas on FanDuel you're likely looking at rostering 2-3 of them in your cash game lineups.
Bad Starter, Terrible Bullpen
We have a full 14-game slate Friday with plenty of bats but one thing is certain - I want *some* Twins exposure versus Heath Fillmyer and the Royals' league worst bullpen (4.53 SIERA). Fillmyer has posted a 3.29 ERA over 27.1 IP this season but his advanced run prevention metrics are ugly - 4.92 FIP, 4.89 xFIP, 5.02 SIERA. Fillmyer can't generate any swings and misses (6.6 SwStr%) and has been outperforming his Minor League ground ball rates by about 15%. Once opposing teams start hitting fly balls things could get ugly for the Royals righty who hasn't been able to generate a lot of soft contact. Logan Morrison is cheap on both sites, whereas Sano's price tag sticks out big time on FanDuel.
This well projected offense could fly under the radar tonight
The Twins aren't a top offense and the park in Minnesota may be deceptively run positive, which could run them under the radar tonight despite a 5.26 implied run line that's fifth on the board. Should they be able to able to handle Ian Kennedy, who has five games with multiple HRs allowed this season, they'll get into a bullpen with just a 0.3 K-BB% over the last month. Batters from either side of the plate have hit Kennedy well (above a .340 wOBA and .360 xwOBA since last year) with left-handed batters owning a 45 Hard% and 30.3 GB%. Eddie Rosario (153 wRC+, .298 ISO) is one of the top bats in the league against RHP over the last calendar year. Brian Dozier (115 wRC+, .216 ISO), Logan Morrison (98 wRC+, .216 ISO) and Eduardo Escobar (136 wRC+, .299 ISO) each have two career HRs against Kennedy. Joe Mauer (103 wRC+, .388 xwOBA, .096 ISO) is one of the cheapest bats in the lineup in the leadoff spot.
Good BvP in a Home Run-Friendly Matchup
The current roster of the Twins has faced Ian Kennedy 148 times. They have ten home runs against him. In total, they have a .438 wOBA and an ISO above .300. So, not only do they have a great matchup on paper, but they have a good track record against Kennedy as well. This sets up as a great opportunity to stack the Twins and much like the Rangers, they are considerably cheaper than some of the other stacks that we are looking to target. Logan Morrison is 7-for-17 with five extra-base hits against Kennedy in his career.
Power Hunting
I'm going to stick with cheaper options among the Core Plays tonight, as it should be no trouble to find some high end bats worth paying for to go along with an ace pitcher. Sticking in the $3,500 range on DK and $7k range on FDRFT, Logan Morrison gives us power upside against the fly balls and hard hits of Ian Kennedy. This is the second straight season Kennedy is allowing over 40% hard hits to left-handed batters along with his usual fly ball lean. Morrison has improved his plate skills this season, striking out just 19% against righties to go with 40% hard hits and 49% fly balls. There are enough good first baseman that I wouldn't go all-in here, but this is a lot of upside for the salary.
Cheap Power From A Top Offense
Alex Cobb is one of the worst pitchers on the slate. Cobb is giving up a .378 wOBA and .235 ISO against rightes and a .389 wOBA and .223 ISO against lefties. The Twins are one of the top offenses to target on today's slate and targeting a cheap power bat like Morrison will allow you to get the spend up options that you want.
One Ship Is Sinking Here
Logan Morrison is not having the best season, but he's someone I really like in this spot tonight. It's hard not to love anyone facing Andrew Cashner, but I'm starting to learn you need to target hitters that hit sinkers well. Since the start of 2016, Morrison has a .422 wOBA with a .500 CXwOBA and a .332 ISO against sinkers. He also has a 43.59% hard-hit rate and a 91.8 average exit velocity. Cashner throws his sinker 37% of the time and it's the pitch he's been able to generate a lot of groundballs with. With Morrison profiling well in this spot, he's one of the top value plays on the slate for me.
Twins set to tee off against the worst xwOBA and aEV on the board this afternoon
Only the Mariners (5.49) have a higher implied run line that Twins (5.11) this afternoon against Lucas Giolito, who owns the highest xwOBA on the board (.387) for the entire day and is tied for the high mark with a 90.3 mph aEV. Robbie Grossman (89 wRC+, .124 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) is a cheap leadoff bat against a pitcher who has surrendered a .362 wOBA and .390 xwOBA to LHBs since last season. Eddie Rosario (157 wRC+, .293 ISO) and Eduardo Escobar (139 wRC+, .291 ISO) are great bats behind him. Brian Dozier (110 wRC+, .205 ISO) and Logan Morrison (100 wRC+, .213 ISO) certainly have value as well.
Twins have two of the best hitters in baseball against RHP over the last calendar year
Reynaldo Lopez has just a 16.9 K% this season and LHBs have a .358 xwOBA against him with just a 29.1 GB% since alst season. The Minnesota Twins have a number of left-handed hitters at the top of the lineup who have had great success against RHP, which explains their 4.71 implied run line tonight that's a top seven mark on the board. Eddies' Rosario (160 wRC+, .296 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) and Escobar (140 wRC+, .294 ISO) have been the heavy hitters. Either Joe Mauer (111 wRC+, .390 xwOBA, .103 ISO) or Logan Morrison (101 wRC+, .213 ISO) can be a value type at a much lower cost at First Base. Players are certainly going to want to look for Kevin's updated forecast as he had some significant concerns about this game this morning.