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Tonight the most obvious play on the board is Mariners RHP Felix Hernandez against the Astros. I simply cannot think of a reason not to start King Felix tonight. Although I am sure there will be a few hipsters out there who will point to his two less than stellar performances against Houston earlier this year and advise against using him. But that would be really nitpicking as defense and pitch count hurt him in each outing and he still only gave up four earned runs in 12 innings while striking out 10 which isn't bad at all. The other pitching option tonight is Clayton Kershaw. For me this is a make or break start for Kershaw. Last time out he got torched by the Diamondbacks and lasted just 1.2 innings. If he gets knocked around again tonight I am going to start worrying about the health of his left shoulder. I am fine with starting him on the road again tonight as I fully expect a dominant performance out of him this time around.
If any of you want to challenge me or find me on any DFS Websites you can search for me by the screen name of: jeffmans (original huh?). I am an open book when it comes to wins, losses, strategies, etc so if you have questions I have answers. With that said, here is the DFS Playbook for Friday May 23rd:
Player | Pos | Fanduel | DraftKings | DraftStreet | Aces |
Felix Hernandez | P | 9,900 | 12,000 | 25,226 | 7,550 |
Clayton Kershaw | P | 9,700 | 12,200 | 24,978 | 7,400 |
Tim Lincecum | P | 7,000 | 9,900 | 19,077 | 6,100 |
Edwin Jackson | P | 6,700 | 8,100 | 14,639 | 6,000 |
Brian McCann | C | 3,300 | 3,700 | 6,236 | 4,650 |
Miguel Montero | C | 3,100 | 3,800 | 5,700 | 4,800 |
Alex Avila | C | 3,400 | 3,500 | 5,122 | 4,000 |
Miguel Cabrera | 1B/3B | 5,000 | 6,000 | 10,299 | 6,100 |
Adrian Gonzalez | 1B | 4,000 | 5,100 | 7,887 | 5,550 |
Matt Adams | 1B | 2,900 | 4,000 | 5,136 | 4,900 |
Greg Dobbs | 1B/3B | 2,300 | 2,700 | 3,561 | 3,500 |
Robinson Cano | 2B | 4,000 | 5,300 | 7,711 | 5,600 |
Jedd Gyorko | 2B/3B | 2,500 | 3,700 | 4,339 | 4,350 |
Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 2,900 | 4,000 | 6,215 | 4,800 |
Lonnie Chisenhall | 3B | 3,100 | 2,900 | 5,117 | 4,600 |
Ian Desmond | SS | 2,800 | 3,900 | 5,360 | 4,950 |
Jimmy Rollins | SS | 3,800 | 4,800 | 5,962 | 4,800 |
Everth Cabrera | SS | 2,500 | 3,800 | 3,684 | 4,550 |
Giancarlo Stanton | OF | 5,000 | 5,500 | 8,884 | 5,700 |
Michael Brantley | OF | 3,900 | 5,100 | 8,440 | 5,450 |
Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | 3,600 | 4,800 | 6,224 | 5,150 |
Jason Heyward | OF | 2,900 | 3,800 | 5,682 | 4,850 |
Allen Craig | OF/1B | 2,700 | 4,400 | 4,498 | 4,800 |
Matt Joyce | OF | 2,800 | 3,700 | 5,243 | 4,650 |
Michael Saunders | OF | 3,300 | 3,300 | 4,937 | 4,350 |
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