Today should be an exciting day of baseball as we have games pretty much for the next 12-plus hours starting with the 12:40 ET game between the Phillies and the Marlins in Miami. In addition, there are a lot of intriguing matchups and two star-pitchers make their return from the DL in the White Sox’s Chris Sale and the Rays’ Alex Cobb (in the fan favorite pitching duel of the day versus another young star in the A’s Sonny Gray). So, since you are probably putting the pops on ice and the grill ready I’ll do the research for you...just save me a cold one so we can toast you taking down your contest(s) today.

Remember if you have a specific question remember you can always tweet @FantasyNomad and/or post in the comments section below and bookmark the following three sources to check daily after you check out my picks of day.

Fantasy Alarm MLB Daily Lineups   

Batter vs Pitcher Stats

Daily Fantasy Baseball Projections

PitcherPos.DraftKingsDraftStreetFanDuelReasons
Zack GreinkeP$12,100$23,116$10,000Cy Young like season and Mets own 2nd worst team OPS and worst team BA vs RHP among NL teams this season
Sonny GrayP$10,200$18,444$8,700owns best ERA in AL, QS over all 9 starts and is 3-0 w/ 1.29 ERA and .156 oppBA on the road this season; Rays O is struggling too 2nd fewest runs scored among AL teams this month
Aaron HarangP$9,900$15,530$6,800Price is nice and I believe he will be under owned. Outside of his 9 R outing on April 30th he has not allowed more than 2 runs in any other of his 8 starts on the season and his K-rate is up over last 3 starts (22K over last 18 IP)

Discounted Dandy Hitter of the Night: Dodgers OF Scott Van Slyke

Teams to Stack:

Giants at COL vs LHP Jorge De La Rosa, Nationals at PIT vs RHP Edinson Volquez, Dodgers at NYM vs LHP Jon Niese, White Sox vs NYY vs RHP David Phelps

HitterPos.DraftKingsDraftStreetFanDuelReasons
Welington CastilloC$3,200$5,875$2,900RvL matchup vs unimposing SD starter Stults
Jason CastroC$4,100$5,557$3,400Most hits among AL C over last 7 days despite playing just 5 gms: .368 (7-19) w/ HR, 2 2B, and 6 RBI and facing struggling SEA SP Elias
Yan GomesC$3,800$6,396$3,100heating back up and favorable RvsL matchup vs O's Wei-Yin Chen in homer friendly Camden Yards
Freddie Freeman1B$4,700$8,390$3,800Great $ at FD compared to Crush or Miggy
Ike Davis1B$3,000$5,215$2,4004-8 with HR, 3 RBI, 1 run over last 2 gms, .333 (19-57) month of May, and get LvsR vs Nats rookie starter Treinen
Adam Dunn1B/DH$4,100$5,154$3,3006 of 7 HR off RHP, Yankees SP RHP Phelps
Robinson Cano2B$5,100$8,822$3,80011-22 w/ HR, 3 2B, 5 RBI, SB just 1K over last 5 gms
Danny Espinosa2B$3,200$4,492$2,400Volquez has allowed 8 HR over last 21.2 IP
Neil Walker2B$4,400$6,507$3,2008 of 9 HR off RHP and hitting over 40 pts higher at .275 at home than on the road
Matt Carpenter3B$4,200$5,431$3,100.333 (8-24) over last 6 gms, 4-5 career vs Wade Miley
Pablo Sandoval3B$4,200$4,812$2,700.333 BA and 2 HR over last 6 gms, .306 (11-36) HR, 4 2B career vs De La Rosa and game in Coors
Kyle Seager3B$4,000$6,038$3,100LvsR matchup vs HOU SP Cosart and hitting .357 (5-14) over last 3 gms
Matt Dominguez3B$3,600$5,203$3,100Hitting .327 (17-52) vs LHP and gets RvL matchup vs SEA struggling SP Elias
Conor Gillaspie3B$3,900$5,288$3,2008 gm hit streak going, May slash line of .405/.444/.500, and LvR matchup has .359 BA vs RHP on the season
Ian DesmondSS$3,900$6,658$2,9002 HR over last 6 gms with 6 of his 7 HR this season coming off RHP
Asdrubal CabreraSS$4,200$6,092$3,400hitting .329 (23-70) 2 HR and 9 BB to 11 K in May, loves hitting in Camden Yards .333 (14-42) 4 HR over past 3 seasons when playing there
Jayson WerthOF$4,200$7,205$3,500All 5 HR vs RHP and facing homer prone Edinson Volquez
Hunter PenceOF$4,900$6,892$3,500.263 (5-19) 2 HR career vs De La Rosa
Jason HeywardOF$3,800$5,360$3,000Heyward .375 (9-24) over last 6 gms
Charlie BlackmonOF$5,300$9,194$4,400.625 (5-8) in career vs Tim Hudson and 7 of 9 HR have come at Coors
Starling MarteOF$4,200$4,775$3,200If you do not want to pay up for McCutchen then go Marte who hitting .272 w/ 3 of his 4 HR vs RHP, hitting .339 w/ 3 HR in May
Dayan ViciedoOF$3,700$6,568$3,100.293 w/ 3 of 4 HR vs RHP this season and .333 (4-12) HR over last 3 gms
Gerardo ParraOF$3,600$5,849$2,600.556 (5-9) w/ 4 xbh including a HR career vs Lynn
Junior LakeOF$3,300$5,026$3,000If you don't buy into Stults then consider Lake who has hit safely in 7 of his last 8 gms w/ .364 avg (12-for-33) 2 HR and 8 RBI eight RBI
Denard SpanOF$4,000$5,488$3,20010-20 w/ HR, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R, SB over last 4gms, LvsR matchup vs Volquez
Dexter FowlerOF$4,300$6,514$3,700See why here: Dexter Fowler
Scott Van SlykeOF$3,200$4,674$2,800hitting .333 (11-33) w/ all 4 HR off of LHP this season

Best of luck tonight and and again if you have a specific question remember you can always tweet @FantasyNomad and/or post in the comments section below. Be sure to check our  Fantasy Alarm MLB Daily Lineups and Weather closer to gametime and here is a possible lineup to consider for Tuesday night: