10 – Team League

Jake Arrieta, SP PHI – OK, so I know things haven’t been great for Arrieta this season, but I am going to take a flier on him this week as he gets a home start against the Giants. Against right-handed pitching this season the Giants rank 26th in wOBA, 25th in ISO and 27th in team batting average.

Yu Darvish, SP CHC – The ownership on Darvish is on the rise but he could still be floating around some 10-team leagues. He can be an elite arm when he isn’t walking guys and limiting the walks is something, he has been doing for about a month now, so we need to buy in. The K/9 is what I am looking at here and especially in roto leagues I like the strikeout upside.

12 – Team League

Yonny Chirinos, SP TB – So, he has struggled a bit of late, but he has a start against the Marlins later this week which is appealing to me. Miami of course has been one of the leagues worst offenses all season long and one that we have targeted repeatedly in this article. Against right-handed pitching this season they rank 28th in average, 30th in ISO and 29th in wOBA while having the fifth highest team strikeout rate.

Wade Miley, SP HOU – Miley has been a great find for fantasy owners this season but for the most part he is still about 50-percent owned in standard leagues. He will face a Mariners team this week that has a 30-percent strikeout rate against left-handed pitching over the past 30 days.

Julio Teheran, SP ATL – He keeps pitching well but his ownership hasn’t really moved. He has a two-start week this week with the Nationals and Reds on tap. Teheran just faced the Nationals and he held them to one run over 5.2 innings while striking out five. Over his last four starts he has allowed just three runs over 23.2 innings while striking out 23.

15 – Team League

Michael Pineda, SP MIN – He is facing the Marlins, not more should need to be said here. His ownership levels are surprising given how well he is pitching right now, having allowed just eight total runs over his last 30.1 innings while striking out 33. Again, the Marlins are VERY bad against right-handed pitching.

Steven Matz, SP NYM – I was in love with Matz on Saturday and put him in the Heart of the Order DFS video and spoke about him on Sirius XM as one of my favorite pitchers given the Pirates struggles against left-handed pitching and boy did he not let me down as he tossed a complete game shutout while striking out seven. This week he will again face those very Pirates in a start and while I think expecting another CG SO is unreasonable, I do think a strong start should be in the cards.