Ryan Borucki Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

The Red Sox sit high atop the board at 5.97 implied runs against Ryan Borucki and the Blue Jays. No other team comes within half a run. In two previous starts for Borucki against the Sox, 11 runs have been score in eight innings with seven walks. Boston will send seven RHBs against him and batters from that side have a 334 wOBA with a 40.1 GB% against Borucki this season. Mookie Betts (211 wRC+, .375 ISO vs LHP this season) is probably the top bat on the board. He has a 249 wRC+ over the last week and is enormously expensive. Xander Bogearts (113 wRC+, .137 ISO) has been even hotter (358 wRC+ last seven days). J.D. Martinez (159 wRC+, .218 ISO) is in the first slump of his career (54 wRC+ last seven days). Steve Pearce (173 wRC+, .244 ISO) is the resident value play against southpaws.

Ryan Borucki broke out of a three game slide (14 ER - 9.2 IP - 9 BB - 3 K) with 6.2 innings of two run ball against the Phillies (five strikeouts). He has just a 14.5 K% on the season and RHBs have a .337 wOBA against him. The problem is that the Baltimore lineup has just one batter above a 90 wRC+ vs LHP this season. That's Jonathan Villar (111 wRC+. .210). Craig Gentry (76 wRC+, .105 ISO) may have some value at a low price near the top of the lineup if salary savings is a necessity. This Baltimore lineup has a 4.57 run line that's currently top six on this board, but it's difficult to decipher where all this offense is going to originate from.

As they generally are at home, against all expect the best pitchers, the Red Sox are one of the top projected offenses on the board (5.56), behind just two teams at Coors. Ryan Borucki hasn't been bad for the Blue Jays, but has an 80 LOB% without allowing a HR along with a 12.3 K-BB% in a few starts. He had just a 9.5 K-BB% in 13 AAA starts this season. Though the Red Sox have improved against LHP, they are missing two top half of the lineup bats in Benintendi and Pearce tonight. While the former is left-handed, he's being replaced by Brock Holt in the second spot, who has a .268 xwOBA and .038 ISO vs LHP over the last calendar year. Mookie Betts (187 wRC+, .304 ISO) and J.D. Martinez (161 wRC+, .315 ISO) are obvious top bats at home against the lefty. Xander Bogaerts (107 wRC+, .139 ISO) joins those two above a 185 wRC+ over the last week.

Ryan Borucki has been summoned to the majors to make his debut and the Blue Jays are easing him in with the most negative run environment in play. There's just one problem. He'll have to face the Astros (122 wRC+ vs LHP, 3.9 K-BB% last seven days). Borucki has had an injury filled journey through the minors with just a 9.5 K-BB% at AAA this season. Previously, he's been around or above a 20 K-BB%, but with only eight starts above A ball prior to this season. Vegas is siding very heavily with the Astros (5.34 runs is second highest on the board) and while they've omitted Carlos Correa from today's lineup, players will probably want some exposure to the heavy hitters in this lineup: George Springer (149 wRC+, .199 ISO vs LHP last calendar year), Alex Bregman (154 wRC+, .251 ISO), Jose Altuve (136 wRC+, .146 ISO) and perhaps Yulieski Gurriel (128 wRC+, .146 ISO) and Evan Gattis (112 wRC+, .232 ISO) too. While Gurriel has essentially provided the same offense as Altuve against southpaws over the last year for $1K less, there is a 24 point difference in xwOBA in favor of the reigning MVP with more of a positional need at Second Base.