Stephen Cardullo Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Blackmon OUT at Coors against Matt Moore, but replaced with another LHB (Tapia)
Matt Moore followed up his near no-hitter against the Dodgers with another strong performance, striking out seven of 21 Diamondbacks with just one walk. Still, he brings merely league average strikeout and walk rates into a dangerous spot in Colorado, where the Rockies are projected for the second highest run total today (5.9). Moore has very little platoon split with RHBs (.320 wOBA) just 15 points ahead of LHBs since last season with batters from both sides hitting him hard at a league average 31% of the time. However, RHBs have 23 of his 31 HRs allowed since last season. Charlie Blackmon is out today, but is unfortunately replaced with another LHB in the rookie Raimel Tapia, who players still have to strongly consider for just $3K on DraftKings. The lineup spot and park make him worth that cost in just about any spot. The top bats are Arenado (113 wRC+, .248 ISO vs LHP this season) and LeMahieu (139 wRC+, .183 ISO vs LHP this season) with Raburn (111 wRC+, .241 ISO vs LHP this season) and Cardullo (312 wRC+ last seven days) bringing the value for $3.3K or less on either site.