Trayce Thompson Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

The Dodgers are setting up as a top stack on the main slate thanks to a bevy of right-handed bats with positive platoon splits, not to mention an otherwise unappealing group of offenses on the eight game schedule (seven if you're on DK, as they've removed the 10:07 game from the slate). Carlos Rodon wasn't a sieve against right-handed bats last season, as he held them to a respectable 1.44 HR/9 over 131.2 innings and still racks up strikeouts at a high rate. Rodon is still working his way back into form after missing the first half of the season, and a home draw with the Dodgers - who rank 2nd in ISO and 3rd in wRC+ against LHP - isn't a good way to ease into major league hitting. Justin Turner is the top bat on the LAD side, as he carries a .405 ISO and 249 wRC+ (100 is league average for comparison) against lefties into tonight's game, not to mention an extremely impressive 42.9 Hd-Sft%. Turner is right there with Jake Lamb as the top 3B target (with Manny Machado a few inches behind), so if you can roster Turner for cheaper, go ahead and do it. Chris Taylor (182 wRC+, .227 ISO) and Logan Forsythe (193 wRC+, .217 ISO) are also viable across the board targets, with Austin Barnes (140 wRC+, .281 ISO) setting up as one of the best punt plays at the catcher spot. Enrique Hernandez, Yasiel Puig and Trayce Thompson also make for potential punt plays as part of a Dodgers stack.

Drew Pomeranz has struck out at least six in six straight starts and just as importantly, he’s walked only two over his last three starts, nearly dropping his walk rate to single digits (10.1%). He has the sixth best strikeout rate (28.3%) in baseball. The Dodgers have just a 79 wRC+ vs LHP this season. The risk you run is that control issues will run up his pitch count, as he’s gone five or fewer innings in six of 16 starts, but that’s been less frequent lately. Pomeranz is a top arm maybe a bit behind Rich Hill tonight. With a wOBA below .290 allowed to batters from either side and a hard hit rate below 28%, Dodger bats are not on our radar tonight with the possible exception of Trayce Thompson (131 wRC+, .257 ISO vs LHP since 2015) for salary relief for $3K on a night without many usable cheap bats.

Gallardo is coming off one of his best starts of the season against the Padres. While the Dodgers present a tougher challenge in some regards, they have not exactly mashed RHP (93 wRC+, .308 wOBA, .151 ISO). Gallardo has actually been slightly unlucky thus far this season (.315 BABIP, 66.1% LOB%), hinting that he may be do for some improvement to his numbers soon. This is a matchup that we don't want to target the pitcher, and we don't want to necessarily load up on Dodgers bats. If wanting to roster hitters from this game, the best options to consider in the Dodgers lineups are Corey Seager (153 wRC+, .396 wOBA, .237 ISO vs RHP) and Trayce Thompson (124 wRC+, .353 wOBA, .242 ISO vs RHP).

There's not much to say about Guerra other than he's pretty much an average major league SP. Average major league pitchers will have good games and they'll have bad games, hence their mediocrity. If Guerra has had one glaring weakness this season, it's the amount of hard contact he is allowing his opponents (37.7% Hard%). Hard contact and fly balls definitely aren't a recipe for success in most ballparks, let alone Miller Park. The Dodgers don't hit RHP particularly well (92 wRC+, .305 wOBA, .149 ISO), but do receive a massive park boost leaving Dodger Stadium. Corey Seager (150 wRC+, .391 wOBA, .236 ISO vs RHP) is the clear option in the Dodgers lineup if targeting this game but is also the most expensive. We can also consider Trayce Thompson (117 wRC+, .343 wOBA, .219 ISO vs RHP) and Justin Turner (114 wRC+, .337 wOBA, .202 ISO vs RHP) for some salary relief and potential HR upside. Adrian Gonzalez (104 wRC+, .323 wOBA, .123 ISO vs RHP) is just too cheap for a clean up hitter in a decent matchup so he could be worth a look as well.

Joe Ross is typically a SP we want to roster against right-handed heavy lineups as he has extreme platoon splits. The Los Angeles Dodgers (92 wRC+, .305 wOBA) are pretty average versus RHP but have been come more alive lately (110 wRC+, .334 wOBA, .200 ISO the last 7 days). This means we can look to pretty much every lefty in the Dodgers lineup as a legit option but Corey Seager (137 wRC+, .371 wOBA, .218 ISO vs RHP), Joc Pederson (132 wRC+, .363 wOBA, .270 ISO vs RHP), and Chase Utley (117 wRC+, .341 wOBA) are clear targets. A lower owned Dodgers right handed batter that could pay off in tournaments would be Trayce Thompson (130 wRC+, .359 wOBA, .242 ISO vs RHP).

Stephen Strasburg is having the best season of his career with at least six innings in 13 of 14 starts this year and seven strikeouts or more in 12 of 13 since his first start. While his opponent is the clear top pitcher overall anytime he's on the mound, Strasburg could stake a claim for tonight's top value spot for $2.2K less on FanDuel. Over on DraftKings, where he's just $1K less than Kershaw, players are better off paying up if they can find a way, but shouldn't avoid him at that higher price as he's still the 2nd best pitcher tonight and one of the more dominant pitchers in the league this year. The interest in Dodger bats are low, though you'll rarely see Corey Seager (146 wRC+, .224 ISO vs RHP career) at less than $3.5K and Strasburg does have a reverse platoon split (.303 wOBA vs RHBs since 2015), which fits with a couple of RH Dodger bats in Justin Turner (134 wR+, .197 ISO vs RHP since 2015), who is suddenly red hot (283 wRC+, 54.2 Hard% last seven days) and Trayce Thompson (133 wRC+, .225 ISO vs RHP since 2015) for around $2.5K batting 5th. Strasburg has allowed 10 HRs this season.

Junior Guerra has walked and struck out a total of five each over his last two starts with three HRs against the limping Mets and terrible Phillies. Perhaps there's a reason he's a 31 year old rookie. While batters from both side have an average wOBA against him, he's allowed hard contact above 33% to batters from each side. The Dodgers have been an under-achieving offense, but a few bats might be useful here. Corey Seager (144 wRC+, .230 ISO vs RHP career) may be a top SS bat, but costs more than $5K on DK. Joc Pederson (124 wRC+, .228 ISO vs RHP career) has a 238 wRC+ over the last week. Trayce Thompson (136 wRC+, .245 ISO vs RHP this year) bats third tonight.

While other pitchers might "appear" to have higher upside, no pitcher in MLB is more consistent or reliable than Clayton Kershaw. He has a sub two ERA and a SIERA that is just slightly above two. He has a K rate of well over 30% at 33.9% and a BB rate that comes in at a paltry 1.7%. He's the best pitcher in baseball and it's not even close. If there is any reason to not use him it's simply his price - it's to the point that rostering him makes it hard to target high run total games like the Yankees-Rockies game today but if there is a way to fit him in, it's definitely a strong play. Trayce Thompson and Justin Turner are your top options for the Dodgers who face southpaw Patrick Corbin. Despite letting down the DFS community the other day when priced at just $220, Kike Hernandez is also a strong play as he leads off at or near minimum price.Those three bat from the right side of the plate where Corbin is most vulnerable (.342 wOBA allowed). The only Diamondback hitter worth mentioning because of the Kershaw match up is Paul Goldschmidt who comes in at a reduced price (just $3K on FanDuel) and might be the one hitter capable of doing damage to Kershaw (.445 wOBA vs LHP).

Jake Peavy is striking out less than 20% of the batters he faces over the last couple of weeks and is yielding a fly ball percentage over 50%. Peavy's xFIP at home is a below average 6.00 against LHBs, so perhaps the Dodgers can prove Vegas wrong tonight. Corey Seager and Trayce Thompson both bring significant power against RHP, each possessing ISOs of 0.217 and 0.271, respectively. If you are on a late swap site and in need of big individual performances, look to these two Dodgers bats to potentially save the day.

Chris Rusin does not miss many bats (17.3 K%), but keeps the ball on the ground 58.8% of the time this season and has not been bad on the road (3.09 ERA, 3.01 FIP, 3.39 xFIP). If players are looking for a viable punt in their SP2 spot on DraftKings, this might be your guy for $5K. In just 35 innings, batters from either side have a wOBA below .300 against him on the road this season, though it was above .370 from either side last season in 65 innings, so we don't have to avoid Dodger bats if we're not looking to skim on our 2nd pitcher. The Dodgers have two lefty mashers in the top four spots tonight. Trayce Thompson has a 158 wRC+ and .299 ISO vs LHP since last season and Kike Hernandez has 192 wRC+ and .301 ISO. Both are well below $4K on either site. In fact just Thompson on FD ($3.7K) and Adrian Gonzalez are above $3.6 anywhere tonight. Low cost Dodger bats, including Justin Turner (114 wRC+, .163 ISO vs LHP since 2015) for under $3K could be your gateway to expensive pitching.