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MLB DFS Playbook: August 9

Jon Impemba pores over all of the statistics, splits and matchups to uncover the very best DFS MLB players for today's contests

Jon Impemba

Published Fri Aug 09, 2019 6:00 pm (EDT)

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MLB DFS Playbook: August 9

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Pos	Player	Lineup	Matchup	Opponent Pitcher	DraftKings	*Own %	FanDuel	*Own %	Yahoo! Daily	Fanball	RTSports	*Own %	FantasyDraft	BreakDown	Weather
SP	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
SP	S. Bieber (R)		CLE@MIN Fri 8:10	D. Smeltzer (L)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
SP	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
SP	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
SP	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
SP	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
SP	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
C	J. Realmuto (R)		PHI@SF Fri 10:15	T. Beede (R)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
C	C. Vázquez (R)		LAA@BOS Fri 7:10	J. Barria (R)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
C	T. Murphy (R)		TB@SEA Fri 10:10	J. Beeks (L)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
C	R. Pérez (R)		CLE@MIN Fri 8:10	D. Smeltzer (L)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
1B	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
1B	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
1B	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
1B	A. Rizzo (L)		CHI@CIN Fri 7:10	T. Bauer (R)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
2B	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
2B	O. Albies (B)		ATL@MIA Fri 7:10	C. Smith (L)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
2B	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
3B	R. Devers (L)		LAA@BOS Fri 7:10	J. Barria (R)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
3B	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
3B	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
3B	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
SS	F. Tatis Jr. (R)		COL@SD Fri 10:10	K. Freeland (L)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
SS	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
SS	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
SS	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
OF	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
OF	Y. Alvarez (L)		HOU@BAL Fri 7:05	D. Bundy (R)	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE	$	$	$	UPGRADE	$	UPGRADE
OF	UPGRADE												UPGRADE
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