The Dongers Club – Fri, 6/28
MLB DFS breakdown going through Weather, Pitchers, Stacks, Individual hitters, Lineup Construction, you name it, it’s here. Every day and always on point.
MLB DFS: The Daily Diamond – 6/28
*All pricing references are based on DraftKings unless otherwise noted This article is designed to give you a head start/a brief look at the top pitchers and hitters on the slate from a cash game and single entry contest point
The Dongers Club – Thu, 6/27
MLB DFS breakdown going through Weather, Pitchers, Stacks, Individual hitters, Lineup Construction, you name it, it’s here. Every day and always on point.
MLB DFS Early Slate 6/27
This article is for the early 6 game slate. Listed below are my favorite pitchers along with a few teams and my favorite bats. Paying down for pitching on this slate. Anderson and Jurado are in solid spots and should do well. These 2 should both pick up the win today as well. ** Contest selection is key. Single entries and 3 entry Max are excellent choices. Preferably contests with under 1k players. DK has recently added these contest and they are nice options. Also, if you wait until about 1-hour before lock DK releases more SE and 3 entry max contests with a smaller player pool. Usually 300-500 entries. These have been my targets as of late. *Some weather concerns in Minnesota late start expected, but looks like it will clear up a bit for a few hours. PITCHERS Chase Anderson Anderson has been up and down most of this year with a few good starts. He gets a good matchup tonight vs the left handed heavy Mariners (they have been running out 6 lefties). This year Anderson has limited lefties to a .168 average, under 1 HR/9 to them and has yet to allowed a HR at home to a lefty. He has been getting hit by RHHs, but the Mariners usually only run 2-3 out (Santana, Beckham would be the main 2 and I could see Santana going yard today). The Mariners have struggled vs RHP as of late and the current lineup has a 27% K rate and Anderson has struck out batters at a 24% clip this year . Looking at 6 innings 7Ks and 1 ER. VALUE ARM Ariel Jurado Jurado has gone at least 6 innings in 5 of his last 6 starts and has a solid GB rate of 50% vs both sides of the plate. Going against the Tigers who have not hit well against RHP this year and over the last 30 days (.234 average with a 26% K rate). Looking at 5 innings 6 Ks and 2 ER. Enough to pay off his salary and get some expensive bats in. TEAM/S Texas Rangers LHHs Turnbull @ Home vs LHHs- .341 average and 1.5 HRs/9. *Exposure to Milwaukee Brewers vs Mike Leake & Atlanta Braves vs Chatwood. Sneaky TB Rays Martin Perez is not the same pitcher as he was to start the year. Over the past 24 innings he has allowed 29 hits and 20 runs. Also the Twins bullpen has allowed a 4.99 ERA , .272 average and 1.5 HRs/9 over the past 30 days. The Rays have hit well vs LHP over the last 30 days with a .290 average with Garcia, D’arnaud, Pham (.429) and Robertson all hitting over .300 in that time-frame. Yandy Diaz is scheduled to return tonight and helps this team vs LHP. CORE: Pham, Garcia and Zunino or d’Arnaud. Other: Adames– nice value. Diaz is back in the lineup. 1-6 in play but Core my favorites. CATCHER Mike Zunino– hits in 4 straight games. Perez has allowed 4 runs in 3 straight games. 6-15 with 3 HRs off Perez. Travis d’Arnaud in a good spot as well if Zunino sits. Robinson Chirinos FIRST BASE Dominic Smith– HRs in 3 straight at Citizens Bank Park. Nola getting hit this year, especially by lefties. Josh Bell- Peacock struggles at home vs lefties .280 average and 2 HRs/9. Freddie Freeman SECOND BASE Ozzie Albies Mike Moustakas Value– Adam Frazier, Brad Miller THIRD BASE Josh Donaldson- matches up well vs Chatwood. Mike Brosseau Value– Travis Shaw, Yuri Gurriel SHORTSTOP Alex Bregman Value– Orlando Arcia OUTFIELD Joey Gallo/Nomar Mazara Ronald Acuna- matches up very well vs Chatwood. Christian Yelich/Ryan Braun Michael Conforto- hits well in Citizens Bank Park and Nola struggles vs LHHs. Tommy Pham/Avisal Garcia VALUE OF Corey Dickerson- big game last night and another one tonight. Peacock struggles vs lefties and Dickerson hits sliders and sinkers very well. HR today. Jacoby Jones- hits RHP well and Jurado has struggle vs righties. Nick Castellanos is in play as well.
The Cycle
The Staff Pitching is a train wreck tonight. I don’t see anyone going for over 50 fantasy points. Boyd – Usually like taking lefties against Texas especially when their away from Home. Boyd has struck out at least 6 in all but 2 starts this year, and should see a small uptick in those tonight as well. Mengden – I’m not super excited about him tonight, because we’ll it’s Daniel Mengden BUT St. Louis has struggled recently and what does Mengden throw 13% of the time off his fastball?? CHANGEUP Gallen – I’m not as high on him as I was in his first start, but the kid does have good stuff. The lineup is tough to navigate through, but Gallen did a great job of first pitch strikes last time out. The Bats Philly – chalk – Boom or bust. Better play Kingery and Segura. Franco homers again. Houston – They’re getting healthy again, but love 2-3-4 the most tonight. Milwaukee – Leblanc will see the bulk of the innings tonight. Great spot for Braun, Aguilar and Arcia.
The Dongers Club – Wed, 6/26
MLB DFS breakdown going through Weather, Pitchers, Stacks, Individual hitters, Lineup Construction, you name it, it’s here. Every day and always on point.
MLB DFS: The Daily Diamond – 6/26
*All pricing references are based on DraftKings unless otherwise noted This article is designed to give you a head start/a brief look at the top pitchers and hitters on the slate from a cash game and single entry contest point
The Dongers Club – Wed, 6/26 – EARLY
MLB DFS breakdown going through Weather, Pitchers, Stacks, Individual hitters, Lineup Construction, you name it, it’s here. Every day and always on point.
THE Cycle
The Staff Mad Bum – Great spot for him tonight after seeing what Pom did last night. He’s underpriced in FanDuel, and has 8 quality starts in his last 10 games. His k’s are a bit down, but does have high k upside tonight. Cole – Revenge narrative for Cole tonight at home. Double digit k’s in 3 of his last 5 starts all being at home, and he’s won his last 5 starts. My only issue is we haven’t seen him get into the 8th inning at all this year, so hopefully facing his former club will help with that stat. Richards – He’s been excellent in 5 out of his last 6 starts. He’s topped 30 of more fantasy points in 6 of his last 7 starts, while striking out 7 Nats and allowing 3 runs in an earlier starts this year. The Bats San Diego – they’ll go under the radar tonight in a small ball park. Machado narrative and the hot bat of tatis Philly – right back to the top of the order again tonight with Kinger/Segura and Rhys. Love this spot and will be over weight on them. Yankees – WAYYYY too many righties for Richard to last more than 3 innings. Stanton finally hit his first last night, and sends one to Mars tonight (grand slam) Others I really like Indians Atlanta lefties Milwaukee
The Dongers Club – Tue, 6/25
MLB DFS breakdown going through Weather, Pitchers, Stacks, Individual hitters, Lineup Construction, you name it, it’s here. Every day and always on point.