Randal Grichuk Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

The Blue Jays trio of right-handed outfielders all come with big power and an ideal matchup against the low strikeouts of Martin Perez. Since the start of 2019, we're looking at ISO's of .252, .287 and .324 against lefties with hard hits rates of 40%, 52% and 42%. Meanwhile, Perez is allowing a .209 ISO to righties with 17% strikeouts this season.

One of my favorite plays tonight is to stack up all the Toronto bats. I love picking on Martin Perez, and the Blue Jays have power up and down their lineup. Martin Perez owns a 16% strikeout rate, a 10% walk rate, and a SIERA and xFIP over 5.00 this season. Fire up those Toronto stacks and watch the cash flow in!! Hernandez, Grichuk, and Gurriel are my favorite RHBs with some pop, but don't be afraid to sneak in a lefty or two at lower ownership as well.

I didn’t expect myself to like the Blue Jays as much as I did at first glance, but they will be facing rookie Josh Fleming, who is a low strikeout pitcher. There should be plenty of contact here against Fleming. What really appeals to me are their price tags. Ignoring Cavan Biggio, who is going to lose the platoon advantage against Fleming anyway, nobody in the expected starting lineup is more than $3,900 on DraftKings or $3,200 on FanDuel. Brandon Drury is essentially free across the industry, while Danny Jansen is dirt cheap and could hit in the 3-hole. Randal Grichuk has also been on fire with six homers in his last nine games, and remains cheap atop this Blue Jays lineup. Aside from Grichuk and Jansen, Teoscar Hernandez (.246 ISO vs lefties) and Lourdes Gurriel (.364 ISO vs lefties) would be targets of mine in a Blue Jays stack. I do worry how much of a groundball pitcher Fleming was in the Minors as that could kill rallies, but the Blue Jays are just so cheap I love them all in GPPs.

One of my favorite GPP plays tonight will be to stack the Toronto/Boston game. Despite the fact that this game has a 10 1/2 run Vegas total, it will likely go a bit under-owned in GPP formats because of the hit or miss nature of these two teams. People will flock to the safety of the Twins and Dodgers. Both those teams are fine stacks, but I love differentiating with the game at Fenway here. The Blue Jays face off against Ryan Weber and an underwhelming Boston pitching staff, and there is power throughout this lineup. Biggio, Bichette, and Guerrero are obviously your high upside plays, but I will look to bank on some lower-owned power as well. Rowdy Tellez is a nice value if he cracks the lineup tonight, while Grichuk is also an intriguing add as part of a stack.

Toronto travels to Baltimore tonight to face right-hander Chandler Shepherd, who will be making his first major league start. Shepherd had a poor season at AAA, putting up a 6.18 ERA and 1.64 WHIP, and as we know by this point in the season, the Orioles bullpen behind Shepherd is the worst in the league. Given Shepherd’s propensity to allow home runs in AAA (19 HRs allowed in 102 innings) I’ll be targeting the Blue Jays power hitters, namely Bo Bichette, Rowdy Tellez, Randal Grichuk, and Teoscar Hernandez.

Welcome back, Felix Hernandez! Over the past two seasons, he's sporting a monstrous .269 ISO and 41.8% HH with only 19.7% Ks to lefties. Cavan Biggio at $3600 on DraftKings at a scare 2B position is a solid cheap option. The Jays are projected to have 6 lefties in the order, so I consider them all to be in play tonight for 5-man stacks in large-field GPPs. Felix is not all that much better to righties, so don't forget out Randal Grichuk at under $4k and although he's priced up, Bo Bichette is likely to be quite lower owned to due his $4700 salary.