Tony Renda Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Jose Urena has an ERA near six with estimators only about a run lower with a 6.0 K-BB% through 98 major league innings. Batters from either side have a wOBA above .340 against him, though he allows just an average rate of hard contact around 30%. It's really walks and strikeouts that give most opposing batters an edge and that's where Joey Votto (166 wRC+, .234 ISO vs RHP since 2015) thrives, while adding a good amount of power from the left side. He's one of the top projected batters from the BAT tonight and should have a fairly decent floor here. Unfortunately, the Reds don't have another above average bat vs RHP in the lineup today, though there are several cheap ones. Tony Renda, now in the leadoff spot, costs the minimum on FanDuel, but has a -36 wRC+ through his first 14 major league PAs. Scott Schebler has just a 76 wRC+ vs RHP since last season, but adds a .203 ISO, which may give him some value as a GPP option for less than $3K on either site. Tucker Barnhart (92 wRC+ vs RHP since 2015) has a 140 wRC+ over the last week and could serve as a punt catcher on FanDuel ($2.3K).

This is a great spot at home for Jaime Garcia, who uncharacteristically struck out 11 Braves in his last start after striking out just 12 of the previous 92 batters. His 57.3 GB% is fourth best in the majors though, while his K-BB jumps to 15.3% at home since last season. The Reds have an 80 wRC+ on the road and 82 wRC+ and 16.2 K-BB% vs LHP with names like Tyler Holt and Tony Renda floating around the lineup tonight. Though they have just one LHB int he lineup, Garcia has very little actual platoon split. LHBs do have 11 of his 12 HRs surrendered this year, he's actually generating an even higher ground ball rate against them this year (60%) with an evenly split wOBA just above .280 against batters from either side since last year. Heavily favored (-163), Garcia can be considered a top play on a thin board of aggressively priced pitchers, especially for less than $8K on DraftKings, even if the strikeout upside is usually limited. As one of several offenses projected in the 3.5 run range tonight, there's no interest in the Cincinnati bats here. Despite the heavily RH lineup, Eugenio Suarez (141 wRC+, .250 ISO) is the only substantially above average bat vs LHP this season. Both Cozart and Duvall have a 100 wRC+ and .235 ISO though.