Travis Wood Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Players who are looking to pay up for Coors bats and afford one of the better pitchers on the board have to be thrilled that the Dodgers are facing a poor left-handed pitcher. Travis Wood has allowed 14 HRs in 10 starts for the Padres, having really only pitched once in an extremely power friendly environment (Cincinnati). RHBs have a .385 wOBA with 13 of those HRs (32.4 Hard%). Wood's opposition to the Dodgers generally means that players can lock in Austin Barnes (130 wRC+, .248 ISO vs LHP) and Kike Hernandez (143 wRC+, .317 ISO vs LHP) into their lineups at Catcher and Shortstop. While Barnes is up to $3.6K on DraftKings, Hernandez still costs less than $3K and both players are within $300 of the minimum on FanDuel. If looking for additional savings, Logan Forsythe (134 wRC+, .138 ISO vs LHP) can be had for $3K or less on either site as well. DraftKings players can also find incredible value in many Seattle bats in Oakland. While they are facing Daniel Gossett (5.38 ERA/4.65 SIERA/5.96 DRA), Mariner bats are priced like they're facing Corey Kluber. Mitch Haniger (129 wRC+, 192 ISO vs RHP) is the most expensive Mariner on DK at just $3.4K.

Six of 28 teams have an implied run line between 5.41 and 5.96 on Tuesday with nobody else above 4.8 runs. There's not much on the high end behind Kershaw and Kluber, but the slate is filled with marginal arms that probably don't excite players one way or the other. The Rangers are on the top of the board, hosting Marco Gonzales, who has somehow turned an 11.1 SwStr% into just a 15.6 K%. He also has allowed the highest rate of contact above a 95 mph exit velocity on the slate (43%). RHBs have a .423 wOBA and 32.5 Hard% against him this year. If Robinson Chirinos (206 wRC+, .339 ISO, 39.1 Hard%, 47.8 FB%) remains in the middle of the lineup, he'll be a great value on DraftKings, where he's the same price as FanDuel ($3.5K). The second best hitter against LHP for the Rangers has been...Joey Gallo (133 wRC+, .303 ISO), followed by Elvis Andrus (124 wRC+, .233 ISO). Nobody else has a wRC+ above 100, but Mike Napoli has a .274 ISO to go with his 86 wRC+ against southpaws. The Twins fall about a quarter of a run behind the Rangers (5.72). Since Travis Wood was traded to the Padres, RHBs have a .374 wOBA with nine HRs (28.4 GB%), which is actually an improvement on his .381 wOBA against RHBs for the season. Brian Dozier (163 wRC+, .275 ISO vs LHP) should mash, but among active batters, Byron Buxton has been the next best hitter against LHP (125 wRC+, .170 ISO) with Miguel Sano DL'ed. Nobody else on the roster combines a wRC+ and ISO above 100 against LHP this year.