Milwaukee Brewers vs. Daniel Norris

Norris is coming off arguably his best start this season his last time out, but in 10 appearances this season he’s 0-5 with a 5.22 ERA. He’s really struggled against left-handed hitters allowing them to hit .306 believe it or not. He’s allowed a 41.7-percent hard hit rate on the year and his 1.59 HR/9 is a career-high mark. The Brewers also have a really solid 5.41 implied run total, which is highest of the main slate.

Christian Yelich obviously tops the list for Brewers to use as he’s in the heart of a MVP race. He homered -- AGAIN -- on Friday and is hitting .349 this month while belting eight homers and the whole lefty/lefty matchup doesn’t bother him at all hitting .321. Jesus Aguilar has been much better at the dish lately and has hit left-handed pitching all season long batting .286 with a .404 wOBA.

Ryan Braun has been on a power surge of late hitting five homers over his last four games, including two on Friday. He gets the lefty matchup here and that’s something he’s always been able to exploit. He has a very impressive .380 wOBA vs. LHP on the year to boot.

The Brewers are all so expensive, so it’ll be hard to also fit a Lorenzo Cain type into your lineups if you’re using someone like Yelich or Braun, so Cain is more of a secondary play for me. Travis Shaw is way to underpriced on DraftKings, so he’s firmly in play even in the lefty-lefty setting. We should also take a shot on either Orlando Arcia or Manny Piña to differentiate our lineups. Arcia has a lot of speed and could swipe us a bag while we’ve seen Pina get hot for long periods of time at the dish.

Primary Option(s): Christian Yelich , Ryan Braun , Jesus Aguilar , Travis Shaw

Secondary Option(s): Orlando Arcia , Manny Piña

 

Seattle Mariners vs. Adrian Sampson

This could end up being the chalkiest stack of the slate outside of Coors field. Sampson has been brutalized by the long ball in his short Major League stint giving up 3.31 HR/9 this year. He gave up three in his last outing and has allowed at least one in every appearance he’s made. The right-handed batters have been the one’s really giving Sampson issues as they’ve batted .320 with a .471 wOBA.

Since the right-handed hitters are what have bit Sampson in the ass all year, Mitch Haniger and Jean Segura are where we should start our builds. Haniger has the home run and run producing upside, more than any other right-handed bat in this lineup. Segura, on the other hand, is hitting .296 versus right-handed pitching this season.

Robinson Canó is the Mariners hottest hitter right now coming off a four-hit game on Friday and was already hitting over .400 over his previous 10 games. Nelson Cruz is a little pricey for the way he’s played lately, but his .363 wOBA versus right-handers and 37 bombs on the year show us what he can do. Another right-handed bat firmly in play is Mike Zunino . Zunino is hitting .310 over his last 10 games and we know the power he possesses as well.

Guillermo Heredia and Dan Vogelbach are both secondary plays if either cracks the lineup. Heredia has been good of late hitting .389 over his last 10 games during the limited opportunities he’s gotten. Vogelbach has a .383 wOBA on the year versus right-handers as well, so he could be a cheap source of power here.

Primary Option(s): Robinson Canó , Mitch Haniger , Jean Segura , Mike Zunino

Secondary Option(s): Guillermo Heredia , Dan Vogelbach , Nelson Cruz