Sean Reid-Foley Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Sean Reid-Foley has a 2.49 ERA through 21.2 innings due to impressive contact suppression (6.7 HR/FB, 4.5% Barrels/BBE, 27.7% 95+ mph EV). There’s certainly some regression due those numbers, especially the HR rate and that could be a big problem because he’s struck out just four more batters than he’s walked (18/14) through 99 batters faced with a 45.1 Z-O-Swing%. Most estimators are more than double his 2.49 ERA so far due not only to the HR rate, but also a .266 BABIP and half of his runs being unearned. The high walk rate has been a staple of his professional career, though he has generally put up above average strikeout rates throughout the minors. The projected Yankee lineup features only three or four of their projected started nine this season and has for the past couple of weeks. They are down to second or third options at many positions, yet they are currently the hottest offense in the majors after destroying Baltimore pitching this week. They lead the league with both a 175 wRC+ and 26.5 HR/FB over the last week and are fairly affordable on either site with a 5.84 implied run line that’s third best on the board. Two of the hottest bats include Giovanny Urshela (147 wRC+, .235 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) and Brett Gardner (114 wRC+, .236 ISO), who aren’t generally who come to mind when picturing Yankee sluggers, yet, they’ve each generated much more power than anyone would expect. Urhela has a 340 wRC+ over the last week, in which he’s homered five times in 25 PAs.

Sean Reid-Foley has made five starts, totaling 26 innings. He's struck out 10 in two of the last three, but has just one more strikeout (12) than walks (11) over the other three. He has been above a 27 K% in both AA and AAA this season, but batters from either side of the plate have had some success against him with Statcast (RHBs .369 xwOBA) and his actual wOBA (LHBs .381) disagreeing about which side that is. Oddsmakers believe at least one side will prevail against him, installing the Rays with a 4.74 implied run line that's sixth highest on the board. Four of the first five batters in the order are above a 110 wRC+ vs RHP this season with only Tommy Pham (114 wRC+, .179 ISO) above $4.5K on DK. Ji-Man Choi (143 wRC+, .259 ISO) is the power bat here. Joey Wendle (117 wRC+, .136 ISO) has a lineup high 261 wRC+ over the last week.

If the top priced pitchers all come with some level of concern, is there enough on the middle of the board to bypass them completely? Perhaps not in terms of upside, but there are some useful pitchers. Miles Mikolas struck out just one of 25 Marlins and does not have what we normally look for in a strikeout rate for our daily fantasy pitching (16.9%). However, in more than half of his 23 starts, he’s recorded a seventh inning out and he’s allowed more than two runs just six times this year. He has the lowest aEV on the board (85.1 mph) in a great park with a reasonable price tag around $8K. He probably won't win someone a GPP, but he probably won't lose a cash game either. Marco Gonzales has a league average strikeout rate and has recorded a seventh inning out in seven of 23 starts. Oakland isn’t as negative a run environment as Seattle, but still no the negative side and despite a predominantly right-handed lineup, the A’s tend to lean more towards an average offense against southpaws. He's struck out 11 of 42 A's faced this year and costs around $8K as well. Andrew Heaney faces a hot Padres' offense (131 wRC+, 20.9 HR/FB last seven days) that has some right-handed pop. Despite allowing at least three runs in seven of his last 10 starts, he’s also completed seven innings in six of those starts and is still missing bats at a league average rate over that span (21.1 K%). He costs a bit more than $8K on either site and the Padres have a 15.6 K-BB% vs LHP. On the lower end of the board, Sean Reid-Foley makes his major league debut. He's not a highly regarded prospect, but has been above a 27% strikeout rate over 23 AA and AAA starts this season. The Royals have just a 20 K% vs RHP, but just an 80 wRC+ at home and 82 wRC+ vs RHP. Artie Lewicki has struck out 25 of 96 AAA batters over the last month and then five of 10 Angels. The White Sox have an 18.5 K-BB% on the road, 19.2 K-BB% vs RHP, and 30.4 K-BB% over the last seven days.