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Kevin Luchansky analyzes some MLB DFS lineup picks & sleepers for 7/20/15 on FanDuel fantasy baseball daily leagues. His DFS advice and value picks help you win on FanDuel.
It's an 11-game slate on Monday, July 20th with the Angels and Red Sox kicking things off at 5:05 EDT in game one of their doubleheader in Los Angeles. Eight of the 11 games have an over/under set in Vegas of at least eight runs, with the Rangers at Rockies holding the highest expected total at 11. In other words, there should be a few good options to target for stacking opportunities, and reliable arms could be scarce to come by.
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Offenses to Target for FanDuel Stacking
Dodgers LHB versus Matt Wisler
Wisler is pretty talented, but he's still unexperienced and fairly untested at the major league level. Tonight he faces a very potent Dodgers lineup that I expect to do some damage. Some of this inclination comes from the Vegas moneyline, which pits the Dodgers as -146 favorites while on the road and throwing a mediocre pitcher of their own. The hitters on the Dodgers I'm targeting all own greater than .500 slugging percentages this season against right-handed pitching. They are: Justin Turner, Yasmani Grandal, Adrian Gonzalez and Andre Ethier.
Tigers versus J.A. Happ
The Tigers have proven they're one of the most dangerous teams at home this season, averaging just a hair under 4.5 runs per game. Tonight they face off with Happ, who hasn't been bad, but right-handed hitters have produced well against him, slashing a .279/.329/.423 line in 2015. I'm hoping this will be one of the more under-used stacks of the day, as the Tigers don't have anyone with eye-popping stats against southpaws. They do, however, have this trio who all own slugging percentages north of .480 against LHP this season: Jose Iglesias, Rajai Davis and J.D. Martinez.
DFS Starting Pitchers to Consider for FanDuel Cash Games
Gio Gonzalez (SP, WAS) - $9,400
Gio has been pretty reliable this season, and all things considered tonight, I think this is a pretty reasonable price point for someone who should have their way with the anemic Mets offense. Gonzalez owns a 3.99 ERA through 16 starts and is averaging nearly eight strikeouts per nine frames of work. His walks are up a little, but he shouldn't run into too much trouble against this lineup. Run support may be a little hard to come by with Matt Harvey opposing, but I do like Gio and the Nats at home tonight.
Honorable mention: AJ Burnett (SP, PIT) - $8,900
DFS Starting Pitchers to Consider for FanDuel Tournaments
For tournament options tonight, it's really a toss up for me between Matt Moore and Tim Hudson. What I do like about both is that they're capable of a handful of strikeouts, fake weak offenses and should get run support. What I don't like is that both have had injuries this season, and I'm not sure they can be relied on to go more than five innings, especially if they run into trouble or their pitch counts run high. That said, I think they offer the most upside and I'll probably roll the dice once with each of them atop a tournament roster of my own.
Tim Hudson (SP, SFG) - $6,300
Matt Moore (SP, TB) - $6,400
DFS Infielders to Consider for FanDuel
As always, I’ll try to give you a few guys that I project to be some of the highest point accumulators and a few guys that I think have an opportunity to return a lot of value due to their low price/high ceiling combination.
Victor Martinez (C, DET) - $3,600
V-Mart has been on an absolute tear, and he also plays nicely as the fourth piece if you're looking to stack some Tigers. Martinez has a lifetime .541 slugging percentage against southpaws.
John Jaso (C, TAM) - $2,900
If you're not looking to go over three grand on catchers, Jaso if the perfect cheaper option tonight. He faces a weak opposing starter, gets a lift from park factors and is often being slotted in the lead off spot. He's a real nice value play.
Anthony Rizzo (1B, CHC) - $3,900
You'll pay up for Rizzo tonight because he's going to be worth it. He gets a major bump in park factors playing in Cincinnati tonight, and he's got a .265 ISO against right-handed pitching this season.
DJ LeMahieu (2B, COL) - $3,100
DJ has been one of the hottest hitters in July, batting over .450, and tonight he's playing in what Vegas projects to be the highest run-scoring affair of the evening. At just over three grand, he's a steal, especially if he ends up in the top or middle of the lineup.
Matt Duffy (3B, SFG) - $3,400
Of all the third baseman priced over three grand and not named Nolan Arenado, I think Duffy has the best chance to put up some difference-making points. He faces a shaky Ian Kennedy, is hitting over .340 over the past two weeks and owns a .456 slugging percentage against righties.
Eugenio Suarez (SS, CIN) - $2,600
Here's another great value play in a pool of underwhelming options (Iglesias is a nice option, too) at shortstop. Suarez has the best chance to go deep, is playing in his hitter-friendly home park and faces a young, inexperienced pitcher in Clayton Richard. The facts that he's gone deep three times and is hitting over .600 in the month of July aren't bad things either.
DFS Outfielders to Consider for FanDuel
Strong power options tonight (guys slugging over .500 in their careers against pitcher arm side they face tonight):
David Peralta (OF, ARI) - $4,400
Carlos Gonzalez (OF, COL) - $4,500
Michael Cuddyer (OF, NYM) - $2,400
Outfielders who get a boost tonight due to hot bat, facing weak opposing starter and positive park factors:
Cole Gillespie (OF, MIA) - $2,800
Christian Yelich (OF, MIA) - $3,000
David DeJesus (OF, TAM) - $2,200
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