Raisel Iglesias Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Raisel Iglesias eased some concerns by hitting his 2015 velocity for the first time in his last start after sitting nearly two mph below in his previous three starts. He also struck out eight with his 2nd highest SwStr% (9.4) of the season. While not considering him completely reliable against a powerful offense, he has limited hard contact (23.9 Hard%) and HRs (7.7 HR/FB) so far and gets an upgrade in run environment tonight at Citi Field. He's quite expensive on DraftKings, but more affordable on FanDuel ($7.9K) although you need to take his opponent (Syndergaard) into consideration more there with the value of a Win going up. The Mets have struck out 23.8% vs RHP. You could still look to some of the Mets power bats for offense if not using Iglesias, as the team has a 12.3 HR/FB vs RHP this year and 20.0 HR/FB overall this past week. Of particular appeal is Michael Conforto (144 wRC+, .256 ISO, 45.1 Hard% vs RHP), who can continue to be had for just $3.1K on DraftKings. He is occasionally removed for defensive purpose later in games, but won't be tonight with Cespedes still out, further increasing his value. Of course, this increases the pitcher's value as well.

Two lackluster pitchers take the mound today against underwhelming offenses (especially when the Rockies are on the road) and Joey Votto is the top option of the two teams in regards to match ups. Chad Bettis takes the mound for the Rockies and while he allowed a .345 wOBA to RH bats last season that's skewed by pitching at Coors as his road wOBA against RH bats was just .263. He's much more vulnerable to lefties allowing a .321 wOBA in 2015 on the road. Joey Votto brings a .400+ wOBA against RHP and is joined by Eugenio Suarez (.350 wOBA at home vs RHP) and Jay Bruce (.230 ISO at home vs RHP) as players to target from the Reds. Raisel Iglesias (.285 wOBA allowed to RH bats) is somewhat of a sneaky SP option as the Rockies right-handed dominated lineup struggles on the road. Nolan Arenado and his .386 wOBA on the road against RHP is the Rockies top bat and if you're looking for a contrarian stack, Carlos Gonzalez (.348 wOBA vs RHP on road), Gerardo Parra (.345 vs RHP), and Trevor Story (.358 wOBA vs RHP on road this season) would make a playable one.

Tommy LaStella will bat 6th, moving Jorge Soler out of the lineup against Raisel Iglesias, who was a DFS darling late last year due to a 26.3 K% despite a 4.15 ERA, but there may be some red flags in this one. He's struck out 12 of his first 49 batters, but his velocity is significantly down (92.1 to 89.6 according to fangraphs). A drop that big might lead to concern about an undisclosed injury. Additionally, the Cubs have been very strong against some very good RHPs early on. The sampe size is still very small, but they have a 15.4 BB%, 33.6 Hard%, and 14.3 HR/FB, leading to a 137 wRC+. Those numbers will regress, but make Iglesias a very risky start with perhaps not as much upside as originally expected. Additionally, he has a 1.37 GB/FB with a 12.9 HR/FB in 107 innings, so don't sleep on your Chicago power options: Rizzo (146 wRC+, .257 ISO, 34.0 Hard% vs RHP since last season) and Heyward (128 wRC+, .163 ISO, 31.1 Hard% vs RHP) from the left side. Tommy LaStella (120 wRC+ vs RHP) has been formidable as well. Iglesias fares better against RHP (,271 wOBA allowed), but Kris Bryant is a beast (141 wRC+, .216 ISO) vs RHP and a 180 career wRC+ at Wrigley.

Jaso is leading off and facing Raisel Iglesias today. Jaso had an above average ISO of 0.180 in 2015 and serves as a cheap source of power with a high floor against a pitcher who walked 3.12 lefties per 9 innings last year.