Lucas Sims Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

The Rays are not one of the five teams projected above five runs tonight, but they're closest to it among those that are not (4.94 implied runs). While players don't necessarily need to stack Tampa Bay bats Ian Kennedy is someone players might want a lot of exposure against tonight outside of Coors. He's allowed multiple HRs in three straight starts, the last two at home. His 89.8 mph aEV is second highest on the board. Jose Urena is a pitcher that can just about never be used, but is not always someone to attack with just an 85.4 mph aEV. He's had a hard hit rate above 35% and a below average GB% in three of his last four starts though. Lucas Sims has an 83.9 mph aEV that's lowest on the board through five starts. While there's also a tremendously small sample size caveat, note just a small difference in wOBA allowed (.358 vs RHBs, .346 vs LHBs) despite a large gap in contact quality (38.6 Hard% vs RHBs, 20% vs LHBs). The three lowest rates of exit velocity above 95 mph tonight are Mike Montgomery (27.8%), Jhoulys Chacin (28.3%) and Trevor Williams (28.8%), none among the top pitchers on tonight's slate. While Chacin is facing the Giants, he has a 12.9 BB% and 30.9 Hard% over his last six starts. Another pitcher that players should be all over though, is Chris Tillman, who has allowed 18 HRs over his last 54 innings and has the highest average exit velocity on the board (89.9 mph). For more on which batters are making the hardest contact and which pitchers are allowing it, premium subscribers should check out the daily Trendspotting article.