Daily Fantasy MLB Lineup: Hitters to buy, sell for Monday – SportingNews.com
Not sure whom to buy today in DFS or whom to sit in your season-long fantasy leagues? Let us help set your daily fantasy baseball lineups with today’s most important splits and batter vs. pitcher stats.
Editor’s note: Play one-day fantasy baseball for cash! FanDuel is hosting a $160,000 league for today’s early MLB games, and first place wins $18,000. Enter now!
For more fantasy baseball advice and sleeper picks, check out our daily starting pitcher rankings and the DFS MLB Playbook from our partners at FantasyAlarm.com every morning. You can also get pregame lineups with BvP stats at Fantasy Alarm. Meanwhile, here are our top buy/sell picks in today’s key matchups.
READ MORE: SN Fantasy | Today’s SP rankings | DFS Playbook
– Jose Bautista is 8-for-26 with three doubles and two homers in his career against Ervin Santana.
– Anthony Rizzo (.978 OPS vs. LHP this year), Dexter Fowler (.810) and Kris Bryant (.807) all have a little more value today against lefty Francisco Liriano. Teammates Starlin Castro (.581), who’s just 3-for-22 lifetime against Liriano, Addison Russell (.473), and Kyle Schwarber (.411) are fairly risky plays.
– Doug Fister has been getting ripped by righties all year (.358/.394/.531), making Paul Goldschmidt, A.J. Pollock (knee), and Yasmany Tomas a little more valuable than you might originally think.
– Aaron Hicks (1.071 OPS) and Brian Dozier (.905) are both killing lefties this year, so don’t be scared of them in Toronto against David Price. Teammate Joe Mauer is just 6-for-34 lifetime against Price.
– Lance McCullers has been devastating against lefties this season (.191/.265/.272), and the Rangers feature a lefty-heavy lineup. Don’t overpay for the likes of Prince Fielder, Rougned Odor, Josh Hamilton, Mitch Moreland, and Shin-Soo Choo.
– Justin Bour, Dee Gordon, Christian Yelich, and Derek Dietrich have a little more value today against Bartolo Colon, who’s struggled against lefties all year (.310/.331/.473).
– Eddie Butler has been absolutely rocked by lefties this season (.323/.442/.550), and with the game against the Mariners in Colorado, you can bet DFS owners will be stacking Robinson Cano, Kyle Seager, Seth Smith, Brad Miller, and possibly even Ketal Marte.
– The Pirates feature a bunch of lefty killers, including Francisco Cervelli (1.008 OPS), Starling Marte (.927), Jung-Ho Kang (.881), Andrew McCutchen (.830), and Josh Harrison (.803). All are solid options against Jon Lester, but don’t expect much, if anything, from Pedro Alvarez or Gregory Polanco.
– Mike Foltynewicz has been knocked around by everyone this year, but lefties have really gotten the better of him (.331/.379/.541). Fire up Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, Angel Pagan, and possibly even Joe Panik.
– Logan Forsythe (.937 OPS vs. LHP this year), Evan Longoria (.911), and Tim Beckham (.830) all get bumps in value against White Sox southpaw Jose Quintana.
This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.
