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Alright, so you cannot be perfect every night, right? Let's face it, yesterday was a disaster all around. Sure, I made it to day #3 of the Fantasy Aces Survivor Tournament and cashed a couple of double ups on Aces & Fanduel but Mat Latos was an absolute disgrace that doomed several of my lineups before I even ate dinner. I know some of you used Latos as well and for that I apologize. But, I blame the Chicago Cubs who cancelled a game for literally no reason yesterday other than their ballpark is a construction nightmare. This caused the Playbook to pivot from Lance Lynn to Latos which sunk our battleship.
Anyways, onward and upward as they say on the high sea. Today we have a beautiful slate of 13 games to cover (excluding the two day games) and a ton of great matchups and value plays to sort through.
Let's take a look at the DFS MLB Playbook for Wednesday April 8th:
PLAYER | POSITION | ACES | DRAFTKINGS | FANDUEL | BREAKDOWN |
Jordan Zimmermann | P | 6,500 | 9,200 | 9,900 | Best pitcher Vs weakest offense |
Shelby Miller | P | 5,800 | 7,200 | 8,300 | Great value, sinker has transformed him |
Hisashi Iwakuma | P | 6,500 | 9,100 | 8,600 | Always solid option though few K's |
Jake Odorizzi | P | 6,150 | 7,400 | 7,800 | Tourney play only in tough matchup |
Salvador Perez | C | 4,750 | 3,800 | 3,400 | 10-30 (.333) 2 HR Vs Quintana |
Brian McCann | C | 4,700 | 4,000 | 3,200 | Great matchup against knuckleball |
Jose Abreu | 1B | 5,700 | 4,900 | 4,600 | .334/.397/.587 Vs finesse pitchers |
Freddie Freeman | 1B | 5,100 | 4,500 | 3,700 | On fire & facing RHP again |
Chris Davis | 1B | 4,650 | 4.000 | 3.800 | Big power upside for the price |
Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 4,850 | 4,000 | 3,700 | Started out hot & still well underpriced |
Daniel Murphy | 2B | 4,700 | 4,000 | 3,200 | 16-50 (.320) 3 HR Vs Zimmermann |
Jace Peterson | 2B | 3,250 | 3,100 | 2,200 | Riding him until price rises above 3,500 |
Nolan Arenado | 3B | 5,000 | 4,300 | 3,900 | Hottest hitter in MLB right now |
Adrian Beltre | 3B | 5,450 | 4,500 | 4,000 | Career .374 wOBA Vs LHP |
Alex Rodriguez | 3B | 4,400 | 3,900 | 3,000 | Crushed off speed pitches in spring |
Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 5,750 | 5,100 | 4,600 | Almost insane not to use |
Brad Miller | SS | 4,100 | 3,600 | 2,600 | Best value option on board tonight |
Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | 5,000 | 4,600 | 4,000 | Power/speed combo in great matchup |
Adam Jones | OF | 5,000 | 4,600 | 4,200 | 8-14 (.571) HR Vs Odorizzi |
Michael Taylor | OF | 3,000 | 3,200 | 2,400 | Must play value if hitting leadoff again |
Hanley Ramirez | OF/SS | 5,100 | 4,800 | 4,300 | 10-29 (.345) 5 HR Vs Harang |
Craig Gentry | OF | 3,500 | 3,700 | 2,500 | Salary relief will likely leadoff Vs LHP |
Kevin Kiermaier | OF | 4,400 | 3,900 | 2,600 | Like him most on Fanduel at that $ |
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