We have another full 15-game slate this Friday night. Scherzer is on the mound and we have a game in Coors. There isn’t much value on the slate, but there is just enough to field a lineup you can be happy throwing out there with Scherzer. There is a little weather to consider, but nothing really worth navigating around. Let’s take a look!
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Weather
ARI @ PHI – 40% chance at delay, 10% chance at cancellation
STL @ BAL – 40% chance at delay
TBR @ DET – 20% chance at delay
CHC @ PIT – 10% chance at delay
WAS @ NYM – 10% chance at late delay
MIA @ ATL – 10% chance at late delay
CLE @ MIN – 10% chance at late delay
No consistently significant wind, but the game in Arlington could see a few fly balls hang up that might go out most nights.
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Pitcher
Max Scherzer (WAS): $12,400 @ NYM
There are a number of solid options tonight from Joseph Biagini and Alex Wood to Carlos Carrasco and James Paxton, but none is safer than Max Scherzer. Even with him going against Steven Matz tonight, he is a good bet to get the win and a near lock to pick up the quality start and 8+ Ks. His ownership should be above 50% in cash games so you don’t have much to lose, but if you risk it with Paxton with his 4.66 opponent implied runs then you might really regret it.
Catcher
Cameron Rupp (PHI): $2,000 vs ARI
This is the equivalent of paying minimum price for Buster Posey. Over a reliable 208 PA sample size, he has hit .296/.361/.900 with 9 homers and 35 RBIs. Tonight, he gets a lefty who has surrendered 11 homers to righties already this year and a .295/.352/.477 line to them over the past three seasons.
First Base
Brandon Belt (SFG): $3,500 @ COL
We were given a gift tonight with Brandon Belt‘s price. Not only is he moving from the worst park for hitters to the best park but he gets a right-handed pitcher too. Belt has certainly had his struggles this season, but primarily against lefties. In fact, against righties, he carries an .860 OPS to match his .861 from last year and .845 the year prior. He is too good of a hitter to pass up at this price in Coors.
Second Base
Jed Lowrie (OAK): $2,500 vs NYY
Lowrie draws a tougher match-up with Luis Severino tonight, but have you seen the options at second base? I’ll gladly continue to scoop up the A’s #3 hitter who hs posted a .314/.387/.548 line against righties so far this season.
Third Base
Alex Bregman (HOU): $2,800 vs BOS
The Astros’ former top prospect started the season incredibly slow, but has quietly turned it on over the past month to become the hitter we expected. Drew Pomeranz has given up 37 homers over the past three seasons and 31 of those have ben to righties. Bregman, meanwhile, has a .923 OPS against lefties (compared to .663 against righties) which shouldn’t come as a surprise considering it was well over 1.000 throughout his stay in the minors.
Shortstop
Troy Tulowitzki (TOR): $2,700 vs CWS
The former MVP candidate has slowed in his 30s but still puts together flashes that remind us who he can still be. This is a hitter who has torched lefties over his entire career with a .932 OPS compared to just .834 against righties. His opponent, Jose Quintana, has given up 32 homers over the past two seasons and 28 of those are to righties.
Outfield
Hunter Pence (SFG) (SFG): $3,700 @ COL
Like Brandon Belt, Pence’s price is just too low for someone moving from the worst hitter’s park to the best. With his spot in the middle of the order, there should be plenty of RBI opportunities as the Giants are forecasted to score 5.43 runs by Vegas tonight against Antonio Senzatela.
Hunter Renfroe (SDP): $2,900 @ MIL
Think of this as the Hunter Pence-lite tonight. He moves from one of the worst ballparks for hitters to one of the best. This former top 30 prospect mashed in the minors with a .310/.339/.568 triple slash line in 154 Triple-A games and has finally been giving us a glimpse of that production lately.
Jose Martinez (STL): $2,500 @ BAL
Kevin Gausman has been abysmal this season, so it is no surprise that the Cardinals are expected to score 4.58 runs by Vegas tonight. Martinez should be the beneficiary of some odd backward splits by Gausman and in a slate where value is difficult to come by, we will have to be happy with what we can get at the price.
Other Top Options (in order)
- Evan Gattis (C – HOU): $3,000
- Eric Thames (1B – MIL): $3,300
- Jose Altuve (2B – HOU): $3,900
- Hunter Pence (OF – SFG): $3,700
- Josh Donaldson (3B – TOR): $4,100
- Corey Seager (SS – LAD): $3,700
- Carlos Gonzalez (OF – COL): $4,000
- Francisco Lindor (SS – CLE): $3,500
- Willson Contreras (C – CHC): $2,400
- Robinson Cano (2B – SEA): $3,300
- Ian Desmond (OF – COL): $3,900
- Adam Duvall (OF – CIN): $2,500
- Tommy Joseph (1B – PHI): $3,400
- Ryan Zimmerman (1B – WAS): $4,100
- Gregory Polanco (OF – PIT): $2,900
- Giancarlo Stanton (OF – MIA): $4,000
- Yasmani Grandal (C – LAD): $3,100
- Joc Pederson (OF – LAD): $2,800
- Kole Calhoun (OF – LAA): $3,400
- Evan Longoria (3B – TBR): $3,800
- Trevor Story (SS – COL): $3,400
- Anthony Rendon (3B – WAS): $3,600
- Stephen Piscotty (OF – STL): $3,100
- Chase Utley (2B – LAD): $2,400
- David Peralta (OF – ARI): $3,400
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