Yolmer Sanchez Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Generally a pitcher with a reverse platoon split, Josh Tomlin has still allowed a .346 wOBA to RHBs with an xwOBA 35 points higher, but LHBs are above a .460 xwOBA and xwOBA. We can't exactly call it a small sample anymore either at 59.2 innings. The White Sox are just in the middle of the board at 4.15 implied runs, but players have to seriously look at all four LHBs in their lineup, all above average hitters against RHP this year: Yoan Moncada (105 wRC+, .189 ISO), Yolmer Sanchez (104 wRC+, .159 ISO), Daniel Palka (125 wRC+, .289 ISO) and Omar Narvaez (133 wRC+, .172 ISO).

Carlos Rodon only has a league average strikeout rate with estimators two runs above his ERA due to a .210 BABIP, 79.4 LOB% and 8.3 HR/FB, none of which seem remotely sustainable. However, those numbers have allowed him to record eighth inning out sin five of his last six starts and he is generating an 86.9 mph aEV with just 4.5% Barrels/BBE. He might be a bit over-priced in this spot, but the Twins have an 85 or less wRC+ and sub-10 HR/FB on the road and vs LHP. Tyler Austin (163 wRC+, .348 ISO) is the only batter in the opposing lineup above a 100 wRC+ vs LHP over the last calendar year. The other side of this matchup features Kyle Gibson facing an Abreu-less White Sox lineup. His strikeout rate is down (18.5%) with an increased SIERA (4.45) over the last month as well, but he's been a quality arm this season with a 22.7 K% and 86.8 mph aEV. The White Sox have a 19+ K-BB% at home and vs RHP. Gibson has completed seven innings in nine of his last 15 starts. Only Omar Narvaez (132 wRC+, .157 ISO) is above a 110 wRC+ and only Daniel Palka (104 wRC+, .256 ISO) is above a .200 ISO against RHP over the last calendar year. Yolmer Sanchez (110 wRC+, .178 ISO) is cheap in the leadoff spot however, but at a slightly lower price, Gibson can give you the same workload as Rodon with an ERA more closely matching slightly better peripherals than his left-handed counterpart.

The White Sox have enough strikeouts in their lineup and overall poor plate discipline to make Artie Lewicki useful potentially useful in a daily fantasy setting if pairing him with a higher priced pitcher tonight, but there's no denying he's allowed far too much hard contact. His .395 xwOBA, 91.2 mph aEV, 9.1% Barrels/BBE and 45.5% 95+ mph aEV are all worst on the board. Adding his 10 innings from last year to 34 this year, batters from either side of the plate are above a .400 xwOBA against him for his career. The White Sox do have a few competent bats against RHP, but more importantly, they have a couple of very cheap ones atop the order in Nick Delmonico (98 wRC+, .176 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) and Yolmer Sanchez (107 wRC+, .179 ISO). Jose Abreu (124 wRC+, .255 ISO), Daniel Palka (107 wRC+, .277 ISO) and Avisail Garcia (110 wRC+, .191 ISO) could be useful here as well. One note is that players should realize that Lewicki does not pitch deep into games and the Detroit bullpen has been quite capable themselves over the last month (3.68 FIP, 13.9 K-BB%). The White Sox still find themselves in unfamiliar territory, behind only four teams with a 4.57 run line.

Shane Bieber has tremendous issues with LHBs (.397 wOBA, 35.2 GB%, 48.9 Hard%), but has been much more effective against RHBs (.288 wOBA) with a 19 K-BB% overall. With the White Sox dropping the ice cold Yoan Moncada (-28 wRC+, 18.2 Hard% last seven days) down to eighth tonight, the White Sox have just one LHB above a .200 ISO vs RHP over the last calendar year among the first eight batters. That's Daniel Palka (111 wRC+, .277 ISO). While both Nick Delmonico (104 wRC+, .179 ISO) and Yolmer Sanchez (104 wRC+, .174 ISO) have value around $3.5K on DK and almost minimally priced on FD at the top of the lineup, Bieber's outlook would seem improved with the dangerous Moncada's drop in the lineup, though it could also take a strikeout away from him as well.

Mike Clevinger has pitched into the seventh inning in eight of 13 starts and has failed to pitch into the sixth just once this year. After that, the results are have been variable. His ERA and estimators are all well above four over the last month with just a 7.6 K-BB%, but a league average .315 xwOBA over that span that's right in line with his season .309 rate. Despite the peripherals, he does seem to be managing contact well. While he has a fairly sizable standard platoon split since last season (RHBs .275 wOBA, LHBs .320), over this four start span, RHBs have a .358 wOBA with three HRs and a 41.5 Hard%. Jose Abreu (139 wRC+, .255 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) may be interesting here. Yolmer Sanchez (108 wRC+, .176 ISO) is in the leadoff spot with Moncada out today.

The White Sox do not offer an imposing lineup, including three guys with limited or no major league experience beyond the first four in the lineup (28 year-old Matt Skole makes his major league debut batting fifth). They have just a 3.98 implied run line against Adam Plutko, but some competent bats in the top half of the lineup. Plutko has allowed just three runs in 13.1 innings, but six extra-base hits in his first start and four walks in his second without much in his minor league numbers to suggest a breakout at age 26. In his two starts, 22 left-handed batters have a .415 wOBA (.443 xwOBA) with a 52.9 Hard%. He hasn't had a ground ball rate above 35% since his days in the low minors in 2014. A top four Chicago stack of Yoan Moncada (135 wRC+, .237 ISO vs RHP last calendar year), Yolmer Sanchez (115 wRC+, .175 ISO), Jose Abreu (139 wRC+, .242 ISO) and Daniel Palka (112 wRC+, .288 ISO) could pay dividends.

Dylan Bundy has the top strikeout rate on the afternoon slate (26.8% with a 14.9 SwStr%) and is at least striking out batters again (15 of his last 51 BF) with a velocity spike back up towards early April rates, even if he has allowed multiple HRs in four of his last five starts now (12 total over that span). He's the highest priced pitcher on the board, but still below $8.5K on either site, despite his 13.2% Barrels/BBE being highest for the entire day. The White Sox have just recently moved into the bottom spot on the board (4.11 implied runs) in the last few minutes and the lineup reflects that beyond the first few batters. The first four may actually make an interesting stack due to Bundy's troubles against LHBs (.349 wOBA, .359 xwOBA, 38.7 Hard% since last season) and Jose Abreu (145 wRC+, .387 xwOBA, .249 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) being just all-around good. Yoan Moncada (138 wRC+, .241 ISO), Yolmer Sanchez (114 wRC+, .174 ISO) and Daniel Palka (126 wRC+, .306 ISO) all have upside for $4K or less. The rest of the lineup is incredibly weak and should boost Bundy's line considerably. The White Sox start Lucas Giolito, who has struck out more than four just once this season, while walking at least that many in four of nine starts. He has a -3.2 K-BB%, but a traditional platoon split that has seen him perform at league average (.310 wOBA, 2.7 K-BB%, 27.3 Hard%) against right-handed batters, almost entirely due to contact management. This may present some problems for Orioles, at least as far as rostering a predominantly right-handed lineup. Chris Davis (72 wRC+, .174 ISO vs RHP last calendar year), Pedro Alvarez (96 wRC+, .211 ISO), Chance Sisco (117 wRC+, .187 ISO, .305 xwOBA) and Jace Peterson (72 wRC+, .100 ISO) are your choices from that side, all batting lower in the order.

The Pirates and White Sox both have implied run lines above four and a half, though neither is near the top of the board for the afternoon slate on either site. Reynaldo Lopez has gone at least six innings in five of his six starts, but since striking out 10 A's, he's totaled just four over his last three starts (none in his last) with a swinging strike rate below 5% in two of them. The good news is that he's walked a total of two in his last two starts (11 BB% for the season). Quite honestly, who knows what he'll do? His estimators remain several runs above his ERA due to a .224 BABIP. His .375 xwOBA is highest on the afternoon slate (either site). Left-handed batters have a .343 wOBA, .379 xwOBA (34.4 Hard%) well above what same-handed batters have done against him since last season. Corey Dickerson (120 wRC+, .224 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) has been on fire (196 wRC+, 47.8 Hard% last seven days). While nobody else in the lineup is above a .190 ISO vs RHP over the last calendar year, each of the first five in the lineup are above a 125 wRC+ overall for the last seven days. On the other side, Trevor Williams has been an effective contact manager, allowing three runs in a start for the first time this season last time out, failing to complete six innings for just the second time in seven starts. His 16.1 K% is not impressive and his estimators are also nearly double his actual ERA due to a .209 BABIP, though he does have a board low 84.9 mph aEV. He has some odd splits with LHBs having just a 23 Hard% against him since last season, while RHBs have an xwOBA 53 points higher than actual and a 34.4 Hard%. Jose Abreu (130 wRC+, .242 ISO vs RHP last calendar year) would seem the obvious play here, if any. Leury Garcia (101 wRC+, .169 ISO) and Yolmer Sanchez (116 wRC+, .172 ISO) are low cost top of the lineup options.

Though Jakob Junis has estimators that double his 2.11 ERA, due to a .169 BABIP and 90.4 LOB%, they still paint the picture of an average arm. Junis has joined the Slider Revolution, throwing it a third of the time and can occasionally get in trouble with it (10.8% Barrels/BBE). The White Sox have shown more competence than expected against RHP (101 wRC+), but with a high strikeout rate (24.6%) and are resting one of their biggest bats tonight (Jose Abreu). Yoan Moncada (137 wRC+, .257 ISO vs RHP career) has shown an ability to punish mistakes and now carries the highest price tag in the lineup, while league average bats in Yolmer Sanchez (105 wRC+, .158 ISO vs RHP since 2017), Nick Delmonico (124 wRC+, .176 ISO, but .317 xwOBA) and Welington Castillo (105 wRC+, .199 ISO) could provide salary relief at the top of the lineup.