Mike Hauschild Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Twenty-eight year old gets his first major league start against the top offense in baseball
Mike Hauschild was the 999th pick in the 2012 draft and gets his first major league start at the age of 28. He did throw six innings of shutout baseball in relief recently, striking out five of 23 Mariners with just one walk, but allowed a 50% hard hit rate in that game with a 0 Soft%. He allowed five HRs in eight innings out of the Texas pen last year and had a marginal 12.7 K-BB% in 19 AAA starts this season. Theoretically, the Red Sox should have their way with him. Their 5.12 implied run is a function of a park downgrade, as Toronto plays much closer to neutral than Fenway. The top four are the obviously the key bats. J.D. Martinez (184 wRC+, ..387 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) almost makes Mookie Betts (147 wRC+, .248 ISO) and Andrew Benintendi (143 wRC+, .201 ISO) look weak in comparison. Mitch Moreland (119 wRC+, .244 ISO) and Xander Bogaerts (116 wRC+, .214) offer more affordable exposure. Even cheaper exposure comes from Jackie Bradley Jr. (85 wRC+, .176 ISO) moved up to the sixth spot.