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Daily Fantasy Baseball is a lot of fun. A tremendous amount of fun, really. I hope you can tell by our writing and coverage here that we really have a passion and a heart for this game. Every day/night we look over the slate, check out the weather, lineups, matchups, etc., and roster a team, or teams, if you like.

We watch in excitement, heartache and sometimes more heartache. We sweat, hold, pump fists, tweet, tweet some more, and then call it a night before doing it all over again. Heck, I’m smiling just thinking about it.

But here’s the thing. Sometimes, when you’re not feeling it, just walk away for the night, turn off the phone and don’t play.

Wait, what? Why would you walk away when you are having a great time? Well, maybe you’re not having a great time. Maybe it’s a slate on which you just aren’t feeling it or can’t get a handle. Take the night off. Or, at least, don’t play as much bankroll as you normally would. If you are a 10 percenter, which means 10 percent of your current balance is all you will play, at the max, then maybe on a night like I described you pare that back to 2-5 percent or only play cash games.

I love to play, but there have been times when I wished I listened to my gut and cut it back because I just didn’t know what to do at SP or struggled with putting together a fun, sound lineup for tournaments.

I’ll do my part here, I’ll give you what I think for Wednesday’s later games (330pm EST and later), the rest is up to you. Good luck!

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Max Scherzer, SP: $11,100 – Scherzer’s splits on lefties, righties are tremendous, and the Cubs aren’t hitting despite their high profile lineup (22nd at home, 17th vs. RHP) and they are striking out 25.7% against RHP. Put that profile together with Scherzer’s 15% Swinging Strike rate and 8th best SIERA and you will pay up in your 50/50 games to get that fine, fine baseline.

Lance Lynn, SP: $8,300 – No, I am not related to Lance Lynn. That is not why I seem to recommend him all the time. Fact is, he’s a top end pitcher (16th in SIERA) that has a solid hitting team behind him that happens to be reasonably priced for what you get. He’s on the good end of a matchup with the Diamondbacks, who are pitching the worst SP of the night, Josh Collmenter.

Garrett Richards, SP: $9,000 – I’ll give you a bonus SP since you may not pay up for Scherzer. Richards has Vegas on his side (-160 to win over the Padres in Los Angeles) and his splits are terrific as he matches up with the Padres. His SIERA isn’t great this year, so he’s a tournament play only, but with the Padres striking out 21.7% of the time vs. RHP, he is a sneaky play.

Stephen Vogt, C: $3,700 – Somehow this slugger, who is not just doing it with his traditional stats (.307 BA, 1.008 OPS), but has been a top 50 hitter in all slugging metrics all season, is still priced below 4K despite his catcher status. Against Alfredo Simon, vote Vogt.

Matt Adams, 1B: $4,200 – Adams is also pounding the ball with power, but has little to show for it on the stat sheet. Still, he’s just the kind of fly ball power hitter you want to stick in when he has an advantageous matchup like the one at home against Collmenter. Watch out if his quad injury from Tuesday night acts keep him out of the lineup. Just in case it does, let’s float an insurance policy.

Freddie Freeman, 1B: $3,700 – Cheaper than his production due to the matchup against the Dodgers in LA with Zack Greinke on the hill, Freeman is still one of the top two or three power first baseman rolling right now. A tournament play for Wednesday, Freddie has the goods to beat the matchup.

Justin Turner, 2B/3B: $3,300 – Overlooked because he has/had a reserve role, Turner has been batting fifth and excelling, scoring high in all the power metrics (hard hit ball, expected power, etc.) that he’s a sneaky play at 2B, giving you some power potential there.

Yangervis Solarte, 2B/3B: $2,700 – Another fine, inexpensive option who hits the ball hard, Solarte has been in the top of the Padres order for about a month now. His price is ridiculously cheap for his skills.

Luis Valbuena, 2B/3B: $4,000 – For price, matchup and skills, Valbuena is a great play. He has not relented since the beginning of last season in his swing hard/hit hard approach to the game. When his above average power marries with his 50% fly ball rate, home runs happen. I like his matchup with Ubaldo Jimenez in Baltimore, don’t love it, but I do like it.

Jhonny Peralta, SS: $4,100 – He’s crushing the ball against both righties and lefties in his last 30 days and has the good matchup against Collmenter so dig in and enjoy.

Josh Reddick, OF: $3,800 – He’s scuffling a little bit, but the power is still there, he still loves RHP and his fly ball rate is still in tact. He’s got a good matchup with Simon on the hill, too.

Alex Guerrero, 3B/OF: $2,800 – With the pending trade between the Braves and Dodgers for Jose Uribe, you can bet that Guerrero is going to get much more playing time. That means you won’t be able to roster Alex for 2.8K for much longer, but his super skill level is going to get him into the 4K range in hardly any time.

Scott Van Slyke, OF: $3,300 – Against lefty Alex Wood, Van Slyke would normally be everyone’s slam dunk entry. Why might he not be now? Well, it isn’t because he isn’t still hitting the ball hard, because he is. It’s likely because he’s not just playing against LHP anymore, so his OPS numbers aren’t as eye popping as when he was focused exclusively on facing southpaws. Wednesday, against Atlanta, he does face a southpaw, so roster without concern.

Mike Trout, OF: $5,200 – I’m including Trout in here because, if you played some of the values above, you have the dough to roster him against Andrew Cashner. Cashner is a fine pitcher, but not as tough outside of Petco Park. Trout has been a bane of existence for some DFS players over the last week or so, which is just the right time to slide in and get the goods when others bail on him for one night.

I’m Only Happy When It Rains

Rain is in the forecast for Houston and Baltimore, with possible thundershowers. The prospect of wetness has me leaning away from Collin McHugh, whose splits are in line with a top play for the day, even in Baltimore. Alas, with rain in the forecast, I’ll pass. Also will pass on stacking the Astros, with Altuve, Gattis, Valbuena and Carter, which I might not have done without the nastiness.

Doing Lines In Vegas

No over the top double digit run game for the ones we’re playing tonight. 8.5 in that rain-potential-buzz-kill in Baltimore against the Astros. Other than that, should be good to go. Greinke and the Dodgers are the most favored to win, with a hefty -240 number on Zack’s side, coinciding with the lowest total of the night, a 6.5 between those Dodgers and the Braves.