The Cycle
The Staff Max – Angry broken nose max tonight. Philly has been struggling at the plate aside if kingery which he’s on the wrong side of Max’s bad split. Ponce De Leon – Little bit of weather in this game, but I like the strikeout potential here for him tonight. We saw the Marlins free swinging early last night, then they made some adjustments. I expect the same tonight, so Ponce will need to adjust to them as well. Richards – St Louis has to be one of the worst teams against the change up. They’ve been struggling against these marlins pitchers who have made them look bad at the plate against the pitch. I think Plutko pitches well tonight also The Bats Cleveland – I don’t usually play Slamtana against a lefty, but I don’t expect him to be in long. Lindor lead off homer incoming. 1-3-5 Atlanta – righties are going to crush Matz tonight. I even think Tyler Flowers gets into one tonight. Top stack for me with Acuna/Riley/Donaldson Angels – Hot Bats right now, and what looks to be what we expected from a loaded lineup. Calhoun in on fire, and don’t forget Upton in front of him.
The Dongers Club – Wed, June 19th
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MLB DFS: The Daily Diamond – 6/19
*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 – Tue, June 18th
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MLB DFS Fastballs & Flyballs 6/18
This article is designed to give a quick overview of my favorites pitchers, hitters and teams with a dark Horse arm (low ownership pitcher with high upside). For a more detailed article take a look at Steve Renners Dongers Club. PITCHERS Justin Verlander Verlander has been dominant this year and as of late posting 30 or more DK points in 5 of his last 7 games. In that time frame he is averaging 7.1 innings and 9 Ks per game. Tonight is an away game in a hitters friendly park against a the Reds who have a 24% K rate and a .227 average against RHP on the year. He most likely will give a bomb or 2 to one of the lefties, but he should still dominate this team going 7 innings 2 ERs and 10 Ks. Brandon Woodruff On the year Woodruff has been pretty good striking out 90 batters over 74.1 innings and posting a 3.87 ERA and over the past 5 games he has been excellent with the exception of one. In that time-frame Woodruff has gone 7 innings or more in 3 of the 5 going 8 in 2 games with double digit Ks in 2 of those games. He has been dominant vs RHHs this year holding them to .211 average with a 29% K rate and a minimal .6 HRs/9 and not too bad vs LHHs with a .262 average, 1.2 HRs/9 and a 28.5% K rate. The Padres have a lot of power in the lineup, but they also strike out at a league high 26.5% vs RHP with a .241 average. Woodruff has done a good job limiting the righties, which is the bulk of the Padres lineup, so I see him going 7 innings with 2 ERs (HR to Renfroe) and 8 Ks. Jack Flaherty Flaherty is pitching at home tonight where he pitches well with a 2.35 ERA. On the year he has held RHHs to a .210 average, .9 HRs/9 a 32 % K rate and limits HC. The Marlins are a RH heavy team that strikes out at a 24% clip against RHP. Good spot tonight for Flaherty and looking at 6 innings 7Ks and 2 ERs. Dark Horse Homer Bailey With risk comes great reward…….Ok people like to stack against Bailey and for good reason he can get blown up, but he has put up some solid games this year as well. Tonight, he faces a Mariners team that has a few bats missing and over the past 30 days have been mediocre with a .246 average and 25 % K rate. The current lineup is hitting with a .289 wOBA and 28% K rate vs RHP and they dont hit the splitter well which Bailey throws close to 30% of the time. Bailey has done a good job limiting lefties this year to a .220 average and just above 1 HR/9 with a 23% K rate. The Mariners should roll out 5-6 lefties tonight, which is good news for Bailey. I know he wont pitch a clean game, but I do think he pitches well enough to pay off his salary with close to no ownership. Looking at 6 innings 2 ERs and 7 Ks. TEAM/S Arizona Diamondbacks vs Antonio Senzatela- allows a .433 wOBA, .353 average and 2 HRs/9 to LHHs this year Roof is listed as open today at Chase Field which will help the hitters. The DBacks are my favorite stack tonight. *Peralta, Escobar and Marte all have over a .330 wOBA and .220 ISO vs RHP this year and have been on fire. * Walker and Jones both have over a .350 wOBA and .220 ISO vs RHP. CORE: Peralta, Marte & Escobar with either Jones or Walker as the 4th. Walker has shown more power this year and both are sneaky plays. VALUE: Locastro & Kelly (C) Oakland As vs Gabriel Ynoa and the Os pen – allows a .417 wOBA, .355 average to RHHs and 2HRs/9 to both sides of the plate with a FB rate of 47% to LHHs. Os pen over the last 30 days 21 HRs (1.9 HRs/9), 6.12 ERA. *Chapman, Davis & Olson all have over a .300 wOBA and .200 ISO vs RHP. CORE: Chapman, Davis, Olson VALUE: Phegley (quitely crushing RHP), Grossman Milwaukee Brewers Brewers face a rookie LHP that has a 5 ERA in the minors. CORE: Yelich, Grandal, Mouse VALUE: Perez, Braun BATS Mookie Betts Betts is under 5K on DK and gets an elite matchup tonight vs Pineda who has struggled vs RHHs this year allowing a .359 wOBA , 2HRs/9, 49% HC and 45% FB rate. Over the past 14 days Betts has posted a 51 % FB rate along with 44% HC rate which puts him in a nice spot tonight. He has done well in the past vs Pineda hitting 2 HRs and 2 doubles over 23 at bats with a .304 average. This is a good spot for the Red Sox RHHs so playing Xander Bogaerts and JD Martinez along with Betts is a solid stack. Betts, Bogaerts and Martinez are all hitting over .300 at Target Field Yordan Alvarez Alvarez has a lot of power smashing 23 HRs in 56 games in the minors this year and already 4 in only 7 games in the big leagues so far. Tonight he faces a pitcher who has struggled vs LHHs allowing a .401 wOBA, .308 average, 2.5 HRs/9, 48% FB rate and a 48% HC rate. Excellent spot for the young lefty in a hitters park tonight. Javier Baez Baez and the Cubs face Ivan Nova who has been terrible vs both LH and RHHs his year and can’t strike out hitters. With over .350 wOBA and .220 iso he is in an excellent spot tonight at home. Stack with Rizzo, Schwarber and Carlos Gonzalez. VALUE BATS JD Davis– crushing RHP with a .406 wOBA
The Cycle
The Staff Duffy – Seattle has begun to dump off players already, and with Haniger on the shelf this team lacks a lot of pop. Duffy has been good recently, and this lineup for Seattle is awful. Hernandez – the kid has exceptional stuff. He had 18 swinging strikes last outing. St Louis has struggled a bit, especially with the bottom half of their lineup. If he can keep these guys guessing like his last start, we may see 8+ k’s. Chacin – ALWAYS PLAY CHACIN IN PETCO The Bats Dodgers – LA love tonight. Muncy, Bellinger, Joc and Verdugo. Angels – Upton is back, which is huge for Trout and Ohtani. Bour is seeing the ball well, and adds even more pop to this lineup. Minnesota – Rosario/Kepler/Polanco homer tonight.
MLB DFS: The Daily Diamond – 6/17
*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 – Mon, June 17th
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The Dongers Club – Sun, June 16th
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The Dongers Club – Sat, June 15th
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