| Date | Opp | DKSAL | FDSAL | DKFPTS | FDFPTS | sf | ab | slg | h | so | hbp | gidp | 1b | babip | 2b | pa | 3b | sb | hr | xbh | r | obp | rbi | iso | bb | ops | ibb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-28 | vs. BAL | -- | -- | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 |
| 2019-09-27 | vs. BAL | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0 |
| 2019-09-26 | @ TEX | -- | -- | 5 | 6.5 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-09-25 | @ TEX | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-23 | @ TB | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-22 | @ TB | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2019-09-17 | vs. SF | -- | -- | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019-09-15 | @ PHI | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-11 | @ TOR | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-09 | vs. NYY | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-07 | vs. NYY | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-05 | vs. MIN | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-01 | @ LAA | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-31 | @ LAA | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-30 | @ LAA | -- | -- | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-08-28 | @ COL | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-25 | @ SD | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-08-24 | @ SD | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-23 | @ SD | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-21 | vs. PHI | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-08-20 | vs. PHI | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-18 | vs. BAL | -- | -- | 18 | 24.9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2019-08-16 | vs. BAL | -- | -- | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2019-08-14 | @ CLE | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-08-12 | @ CLE | -- | -- | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-08-11 | vs. LAA | -- | -- | 7 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-08-10 | vs. LAA | -- | -- | 16 | 22.2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2019-08-09 | vs. LAA | -- | -- | 6 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-08-08 | vs. LAA | -- | -- | 16 | 22.2 | 0 | 3 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 2019-08-05 | vs. KC | -- | -- | 16 | 22.2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 2 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2019-08-04 | @ NYY | -- | -- | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 |
| 2019-08-03 | @ NYY | -- | -- | 12 | 15.2 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.65 | 0 |
| 2019-08-03 | @ NYY | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-02 | @ NYY | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-08-01 | vs. TB | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-07-31 | vs. TB | -- | -- | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-07-30 | vs. TB | -- | -- | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2019-07-28 | vs. NYY | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-07-27 | vs. NYY | -- | -- | 18 | 21.7 | 0 | 4 | 0.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2019-07-26 | vs. NYY | -- | -- | 7 | 9.5 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.75 | 0 |
| 2019-07-25 | vs. NYY | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-07-24 | @ TB | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-07-22 | @ TB | -- | -- | 14 | 18.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2019-07-21 | @ BAL | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-07-20 | @ BAL | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-07-19 | @ BAL | -- | -- | 16 | 22.2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 2 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2019-07-18 | vs. TOR | -- | -- | 9 | 12.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 2019-07-16 | vs. TOR | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-30 | vs. NYY | -- | -- | 8 | 9.5 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-06-29 | vs. NYY | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-11 | vs. TEX | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-10 | vs. TEX | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-09 | vs. TB | -- | -- | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019-06-08 | vs. TB | -- | -- | 5 | 6.5 | 0 | 3 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 |
| 2019-06-06 | @ KC | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-02 | @ NYY | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-03-31 | @ SEA | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-03-29 | @ SEA | -- | -- | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 |
Sam Travis Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Jason Vargas has 5.99 xFIP and 5.5% K-BB since joining the Phillies
Jason Vargas has somehow posted a 4.31 ERA this year, but has a 5.47 xFIP, 5.31 SIERA and 8.9% K-BB with a 1.34 WHIP, 39.1% hard contact rate and 9.6% SwStr. He’s also averaging just 84.5 MPH on his fastball. Over the last 30 days, Vargas has allowed a 5.63 ERA and 5.62 xFIP with a 1.71 WHIP. Vargas gets a matchup with the Red Sox this afternoon, who could be a slightly contrarian play here as they have gone completely cold over the past 2 weeks (61 wRC+) which is likely due at least in part to a .256 BABIP over that time frame. JD Martinez (.497 xwOBA vs. LHP this year), Xander Bogaerts (.365), Andrew Benintendi (.332), Sam Travis (.325), Rafael Devers (.316) and Christian Vasquez (.297) are all in play here. Benintendi looks like a great value even without the platoon advantage, as he is leading off and costs just $2.8k on Fanduel and $4k on DK. Red Sox hitters are more affordable on Fanduel where all their bats are $2.8k or less besides Bogaerts ($3.7k), Devers ($3.6k) and Martinez ($4.3k). The Red Sox currently have a solid 5.25 implied total.
Jose Suarez has worst 30-day SIERA (5.65) and HR/9 (2.57) of all SP on the main slate (min. 20 IP)
21 year old Jose Suarez has had a rough time so far in his first MLB season, posting a 6.67 ERA, 5.34 xFIP and 4.93 SIERA with a 44.4% hard contact rate, 11.8% K-BB and 11.2% SwStr. He hasn’t shown any signs of improvement and has actually looked worse over the past month, posting a 9 ERA, 5.65 SIERA and 3.8% K-BB with an ugly 2.57 HR/9. Suarez faces the Red Sox tonight, who have a 117 wRC+ over the past 30 days. JD Martinez (.504 xwOBA vs. LHP this year), Sam Travis (.373), Mookie Betts (.356), Xander Bogaerts (.352), Rafael Devers (.331), Andrew Benintendi (.327), Christian Vasquez (.319) and Jackie Bradley Jr. (.295) are all good options in the Red Sox projected order. Jackie Bradley Jr. has actually been Boston’s hottest hitter over the past 2 weeks with a .462 xwOBA, followed closely by JD Martinez with a .457 mark. JBJ projects to hit at the bottom of the order but is a cheap $3.9k on Draftkings and $2.6k on Fanduel. Travis and Vasquez are also nice value options on both major sites. You’ll have to pay up for Betts, Devers, Bogaerts and Martinez as they are all $5k+ on Draftkings and $3.7k+ on Fanduel. The Red Sox currently have a 5.50 implied line that I wouldn’t be surprised to see increase as we get closer to lock. They make for a solid GPP stack on tonight's 14 game slate.
Looking A Lot Better At The Plate
Sam Travis struggled when first getting called up, but he's starting to look a lot better at the plate. He has a .196 ISO with a 42.5% hard-hit rate against left-handed pitching this season. Peters has a .384 wOBA with a .238 ISO and a 34.7% hard-hit rate against right-handed hitters. In his short career, he has a .345 wOBA with a 1.48 WHIP and a 1.47 HR/9 against righties.
Chalk Stack
Oh boy has Mike Montgomery been bad this season. The now Kansas City Royals starter has pitched 11.1 innings for his new club and has given up 18 hits and 10 runs over that span. Montgomery’s season long numbers are still subject to an extremely small sample (38.1 IP) but the story they tell isn’t good. The once respectable southpaw has been incapable of missing bats (13.2% strikeout rate) and is allowing a ton of hard contact (43 Hard%). Those numbers foreshadow a beating for Montgomery at hitter friendly Boston as the Red Sox attempt to stay in the playoff hunt.
As a team, Boston’s numbers against left-handed pitching has been underwhelming this season but they still have multiple bats that can tee-off on southpaws. The Red Sox have four hitters that have posted ISO’s north of .200 against LHP over the last two seasons led by J.D. Martinez and his ridiculous .356 ISO and .477 ISO. While Mookie hasn’t shown nearly as much power as J.D. with a .255 ISO he’s still been tremendous with a .414 ISO.
I fully expect J.D. and Mookie to be two of the highest owned players on the slate and the Red Sox to be the highest owned stack. I am still fine with having some exposure to Red Sox stacks in tournaments but think it’s smart to look for ways to differentiate your stack. For example, stacking the bottom of the Red Sox order, using multiple left-handed hitters in your stack, or simply getting a little frisky with it at the SP position.
Team Context Plus Salary
Sam Travis is nowhere near the top of the list of Red Sox bats tonight, but his salary is so far down that he allows you easy access to the best offense of the night in any format on any site. We haven't seen enough from Travis to know where he's going to land, but being in the middle of this lineup surrounded by runners on base all around gives him underpriced upside. In his limited sample size against lefties this season he has a solid 40% hard hit rate and his solid plate skills and .362 OBP from Triple-A should carry over while he's facing a Royals staff that is essentially Triple-A level.
Hasn't been good, But that shouldn't last long
Look, Sam Travis hasn't been good this year, looking back to his minor league numbers, but this kid is talented.Travis owned an average .350+ wOBA on average in the minors throughout his entire career and so far in the majors he owns a .383 wOBA vs. LHP in just 47 AB's. The Red Sox owns a 5.5 implied team total at the time of this writing and so we know that Travis should get 5 AB's in a hitters ball park in this game. At a 2.7k price tag on DK this spot is just way too juicy to pass up.
Should Hit Fifth Or Sixth
If you're paying up for Cole, you're going to need some value tonight. I talked about Sam Travis yesterday, and I'm going right back to the well tonight. He had a .408 wOBA with a 18.8% strikeout rate and 10.4% walk rate in 48 PAs against lefties last season. Travis also hit over .370 in that span. Matt Boyd is a fly ball pitcher, which presents solid upside for the Red Sox tonight in this ballpark. The lefty is allowing 36.1% hard contact to right-handed hitters this season.
Blaine Hardy hasn't embarrassed himself in four starts, but has a tough task ahead of him at Fenway
The Red Sox have one of the top Vegas run lines on the board (5.33) at home against Blaine Hardy, who hasn't lit the world on fire, but hasn't embarrassed himself in his four starts (no more than two ERs in any). In 59.1 innings, mostly out of the bullpen since last season, RHBs have a .355 wOBA, LHBs a .323 wOBA, but xwOBA reverses that to .337 and .367. Same handed batters actually have a hard hit rate 10 points higher against him too (42.4% to 32.8%). Regardless, J.D. Martinez (166 wRC+, .425 xwOBA, .307 ISO, 53.4 Hard% vs LHP last calendar year) remains an elite bat tonight and a potential bargain, even at $5K. Eduardo Nunez (71 wRC+, .127 ISO) costs around $3K on either site, but has a lineup leading 210 wRC+ over the last week if players are looking for cheaper exposure to this lineup. Sam Travis makes an appearance for less than $3K as well, but his 123 wRC+ in limited appearances against LHP over the last calendar year at the major league level is not supported well by .318 xwOBA andn .125 ISO. He had just an 84 wRC+ and 32.6 K% overall at AAA this season as well.
Power Upside With A Cheap Price Tag
I don't love paying down at first base, but I really like this price tag for Sam Travis tonight. We saw Travis towards the end of last season when he got some starts against left-handed pitching. With him being called back up, the number five prospect in the Red Sox organization should draw a start tonight. He had a .408 wOBA with a 18.8% strikeout rate and 10.4% walk rate in 48 PAs against lefties last season. Hardy really struggled against righties last season, but he's been a lot better against them this season. Still, his xFIP and SIERA suggest some regression, so I think the Red Sox could perform well tonight.
Mike Trout and Mookie Betts are top projected batters tonight
Mookie Betts and Mike Trout are the top projected batters by the RotoGrinders Player Projections tonight. While the order may be reversed no either site, they're clearly the top two bats by more than a quarter of a point on both sites tonight. Trout faces Josh Tomlin, who's normally pronounced reverse split is absent this year, but RHBs still have a .337 wOBA and 34.1 Hard% against him this year. Trout (193 wRC+, .361 ISO) has just a 63 wRC+ over the last week. Someone had to teach him what the word slump meant. Betts is facing Wade Miley (RHBs .372 wOBA, 49.4 GB%, 31.5 Hard%), who lasted just seven batters in his last start due to a rare condition that produces an inability to record outs. He’d generated a 50% or better ground ball rate with a hard hit rate below 27% in five of his six previous starts with a league average strikeout rate over that span. While there’s certainly room for some exposure against him, he hasn’t been the traditional whipping boy as often since the start of August. Houston and Washington are the only two teams with multiple top 10 projected batters on both sites tonight. The Houston contingent of George Springer, Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa is obvious against James Shields (26 HRs in 19 starts this year), while the appearance of Daniel Murphy (along with Trea Turner) against Lucas Sims might be more curious due to his current hamstring issues. He is in the lineup tonight, but has just a 17 wRC+ over the last week (12 PAs, four strikeouts), but has made hard contact on 71.4% of batted balls (seven) over that span. Sam Travis (4.06 Pt/$/K), Yonder Alonso (3.93 Pt/$/K) and Corey Seager (3.74 Pt/$/K) are all projected as great, cheap value plays on FanDuel. Whit Merrifield (2.42 Pt/$/K) is a top DraftKings value against Brett Anderson for just $3.3K.