There aren't many good two-start streamers this week but there are a few guys with huge upside. These are volatile pitchers in what’s going to be a volatile week. We have the trade deadline approaching in the next three days and that will surely cause a lot of pissing in the wind for fantasy owners. That means it will be imperative to keep track of rotations, as things will surely get mixed around by next weekend.
Ken Griffey Jr. and Don Mattingly. Do those names ring any bells? Well
Paul Goldschmidt is now two home runs shy of joining them in the record for most consecutive games with a home run. On Saturday night he made it six for six. Just when everyone had just about given up on him, he comes busting out of the gates like a three-year-old Thoroughbred at the Kentucky Derby. I toyed with the idea of writing a post entitled
Paul Goldshit about a month ago, but as a long time fan and someone that's owned him in my keep forever league since 2012, I just couldn't turn my back on him like that. In fact, I have been telling anyone that will listen that they should buy low. Real low. How low can he go? While his early 2018 was not quite as bad as he's started this season, last year's naysayers are wishing they owned him in the second half.
What a great day for baseball today. There might not be a single cloud in anyone's sky. Nothing at all to worry about except hot temperatures - don those shades and smack on the spf - and winds blowing out.
Fire up a grill, crack open a beverage, and enjoy the day today DFSers! and read on for our top FanDuel picks of the day.
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I'm terrified of jazz. Growing up, there was only one way for me and my brothers to know what kind of mood my dad was in - the radio station he had on in the car. If it was 93.3 WMMR classic rock, we were good to go. Dad was in a great mood. If it was smooth jazz 106.1? God help us. We were one well-placed backhand away from decapitation. You see, my dad only listened to smooth jazz when it was the only thing between him and homicide as he tried desperately to calm down after a shit day at work. 15 years of therapy later, I'm able to listen to Kenny G again. Jazz Chisholm (2-for-4 with a homer, his 18th of the year) is doing just fine without hypnosis or puppets. His average this year is hot garbage, but with 18 homers and 13 steals in Double-A and a much more palatable .260 average in July, he's doing enough to stay afloat. Here's what else is happening around the minor leagues...
No Doubt
| Name |
Team |
Opp. 1 |
Opp. 2 |
| Justin Verlander |
HOU |
@CLE |
SEA |
| Shane Bieber |
CLE |
HOU |
LAA |
| Patrick Corbin |
WSH |
ATL |
@ARI |
The Biebs has been getting plenty of attention since throwing his complete game shutout that was almost a perfecto. Let's take a look at the ridiculous stuff that Patrick Corbin has been doing though.
He had a bit of a rough patch at the end of May/start of June, but has pulled it together since then, and has only allowed more than one ER in 2 out of his previous 7 starts, and only gave up 2 ERs and 3 ERs in each. He's gone at least 6 innings and all but one of those starts to the tun of a 1.60 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 6.3% BB rate, and a b-e-a-utiful 32.8% K rate.
It's not some crazy lucky streak either as we're looking at a .317 BABIP, 2.00 FIP, and only 3 of the starts against below average offenses.
Here's how the rest of the tiers look...
Rumors are swirling that the Mets are looking to trade Thor himself, and sign Zach Wheeler to a long term deal instead. Another 2009 draft pick, however, may have something to do with that as well.
Steven Matz had fallen out of favor the first couple months of the season. But he's turned it around in July, particularly since he's been back in the starting rotation. He has a 3.27 ERA this month, and a 2.54 ERA at home, where he pitches today against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates hit a measly .211, with a .566 OPS, against Matz over 38 at bats. If that weren't good enough, he's a minuscule $6,400 on FanDuel. And those savings can be put to good use.
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Here we are deep-league friends, finally less than a week away from the MLB trade deadline, which also means we are two-thirds of the way through the fantasy baseball season. Here's hoping this point in the season finds you with at least one team still in the hunt for a fantasy title or money finish, as we look to more names that might be of interest to those of us in NL-only, AL-only and other deep leagues.
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Snap, snap, claw, claw, save. That’s The Save Vulture Dance. Sing it like it’s The Electric Slide. The save vulture is a scavenger bird. They see weakness in others’ misfortune. A closer goes down or struggles or gets traded and the save vulture swoops in and gnaws on the closer’s handcuff. Snap, snap, Reyes Moronta, Mark Melancon, Sam Dyson, Tony Watson, claw, claw, save. Save vultures have trouble reproducing because they’re usually overweight guys who would prefer to listen to sports news than what the girl they’re dating is talking about. Snap, snap, Freddy Peralta, claw, claw, save. The save vulture's claws are orange from Cheetos dust. Snap, snap, Joe Jimenez, claw, claw, save. Teams are trying to flip their closers for prospects at the trading deadline. Snap, snap, Yoan Lopez, Yoshihisa Hirano, Archie Bradley, claw, claw, save. If you can stash setup men right now, it's advisable because over the next week closers are going to change rapidly. Snap, snap, Daniel Hudson, claw, claw, save. You may not be able to get to waivers to grab the closer replacement, so I'd forget bench bats until the trading deadline and hold some setup men in case your closers are traded. Snap, snap, Aaron Bummer, claw, claw, save. It's especially important to make sure you have new closers coming in if you're about to lose closers who will become setup men on contenders. Snap, snap, Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman, Kyle Crick, Nick Anderson, Nick Wittgren, Craig Stammen, Chris Martin, Jose Leclerc, claw, claw, save. Anyway, here's some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
Greg Holland was pulled after walking two guys in a row on Wednesday night. Every pitch was a ball, but he got one foul ball to make it nine pitches. Yoan Lopez came in to clean it up. The DBacks have said there's not an injury, but it's worth monitoring either way. Here are some other notes from this week...
- Blake Parker DFA'd.
- The Cardinals bullpen has been nasty. Any number of people could grab that job if something were to happen.
- Somehow Roenis Elias keeps getting saves. I've moved him back to the lead, but don't feel great about it.
- Freddy Peralta could fix the hole in the Brewers pen.
- Jose Leclerc, Keone Kela, Shane Greene, Roenis Elias, and Jake Diekman are some of the names that are being rumored to be on the move.
- I'm not saying the Padres should trade Kirby Yates, but Andres Munoz is filthy...
What's up, everybody? The weekend is nearly upon us and so it's time to take a look at our 14-game FanDuel slate for Friday. Baseball's a really weird sport. For example, just yesterday the Rockies put up eight runs in a game that Max Scherzer started with no Nolan Arenado in the lineup. This is after putting up two runs in a game that Erick Fedde started. Today, we have a pitcher on the slate that has a 6.48 ERA in 41.2 innings on the road versus a 2.83 ERA in 63.2 innings at home. Apparently, Joey Lucchesi ($7,100) loves pitching in Petco Park, and why wouldn't he? Petco Park is ranked 28th in the league in park factors in the league for runs scored. Not only does Lucchesi get back to his happy place, but he gets a happy matchup against the Giants. For the year, the Giants are dead last in wRC+ against left-handed pitching on the road, and have the seventh-highest strikeout rate at 26.3%. If I'm looking to pay up for some bats, I'll lock Joey Lucchesi in as my starting pitcher. Let's take a look at the rest of the FanDuel slate.
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Rob Manfred presses the button on a contraption that looks like a skinny hose, and juices spurt out. Rob looks up to the store clerk, "So, I just push this end of the hose inside the baseballs and juice comes out and balls go zoom?" "Zoom, baby, zoom." "I'll take 300 of them." "You only want 300 homers?" "You're right, I'll take 45,000." "Will do, Kemosabe. Hey, wanna see where I store the white pine tar that pitchers can use undetected?" "No, that's illegal!" So, what's this, three days in a row with a hitter hitting three homers in a game? Shizz is bizzonkers. Every year I say the same for Nelson Cruz (3-for-5, 5 RBIs and his 23rd, 24th and 25th homer) and Edwin Encarnacion. They will hit home runs until they're 50. That's if they're not already 50, then make it 70. When reached for comment after the game, Cruz said, "I could've hit four homers, but then you find out why Mark Whiten was called 'Hard Hittin.'" Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
