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
Daily Fantasy Baseball Projections
Pitcher | Pos. | DraftKings | DraftStreet | FanDuel | Reasons |
Zack Greinke | P | $12,100 | $23,116 | $10,000 | Cy Young like season and Mets own 2nd worst team OPS and worst team BA vs RHP among NL teams this season |
Sonny Gray | P | $10,200 | $18,444 | $8,700 | owns 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 Harang | P | $9,900 | $15,530 | $6,800 | Price 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
Hitter | Pos. | DraftKings | DraftStreet | FanDuel | Reasons |
Welington Castillo | C | $3,200 | $5,875 | $2,900 | RvL matchup vs unimposing SD starter Stults |
Jason Castro | C | $4,100 | $5,557 | $3,400 | Most 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 Gomes | C | $3,800 | $6,396 | $3,100 | heating back up and favorable RvsL matchup vs O's Wei-Yin Chen in homer friendly Camden Yards |
Freddie Freeman | 1B | $4,700 | $8,390 | $3,800 | Great $ at FD compared to Crush or Miggy |
Ike Davis | 1B | $3,000 | $5,215 | $2,400 | 4-8 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 Dunn | 1B/DH | $4,100 | $5,154 | $3,300 | 6 of 7 HR off RHP, Yankees SP RHP Phelps |
Robinson Cano | 2B | $5,100 | $8,822 | $3,800 | 11-22 w/ HR, 3 2B, 5 RBI, SB just 1K over last 5 gms |
Danny Espinosa | 2B | $3,200 | $4,492 | $2,400 | Volquez has allowed 8 HR over last 21.2 IP |
Neil Walker | 2B | $4,400 | $6,507 | $3,200 | 8 of 9 HR off RHP and hitting over 40 pts higher at .275 at home than on the road |
Matt Carpenter | 3B | $4,200 | $5,431 | $3,100 | .333 (8-24) over last 6 gms, 4-5 career vs Wade Miley |
Pablo Sandoval | 3B | $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 Seager | 3B | $4,000 | $6,038 | $3,100 | LvsR matchup vs HOU SP Cosart and hitting .357 (5-14) over last 3 gms |
Matt Dominguez | 3B | $3,600 | $5,203 | $3,100 | Hitting .327 (17-52) vs LHP and gets RvL matchup vs SEA struggling SP Elias |
Conor Gillaspie | 3B | $3,900 | $5,288 | $3,200 | 8 gm hit streak going, May slash line of .405/.444/.500, and LvR matchup has .359 BA vs RHP on the season |
Ian Desmond | SS | $3,900 | $6,658 | $2,900 | 2 HR over last 6 gms with 6 of his 7 HR this season coming off RHP |
Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | $4,200 | $6,092 | $3,400 | hitting .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 Werth | OF | $4,200 | $7,205 | $3,500 | All 5 HR vs RHP and facing homer prone Edinson Volquez |
Hunter Pence | OF | $4,900 | $6,892 | $3,500 | .263 (5-19) 2 HR career vs De La Rosa |
Jason Heyward | OF | $3,800 | $5,360 | $3,000 | Heyward .375 (9-24) over last 6 gms |
Charlie Blackmon | OF | $5,300 | $9,194 | $4,400 | .625 (5-8) in career vs Tim Hudson and 7 of 9 HR have come at Coors |
Starling Marte | OF | $4,200 | $4,775 | $3,200 | If 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 Viciedo | OF | $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 Parra | OF | $3,600 | $5,849 | $2,600 | .556 (5-9) w/ 4 xbh including a HR career vs Lynn |
Junior Lake | OF | $3,300 | $5,026 | $3,000 | If 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 Span | OF | $4,000 | $5,488 | $3,200 | 10-20 w/ HR, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R, SB over last 4gms, LvsR matchup vs Volquez |
Dexter Fowler | OF | $4,300 | $6,514 | $3,700 | See why here: Dexter Fowler |
Scott Van Slyke | OF | $3,200 | $4,674 | $2,800 | hitting .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: