We are back at it with another 15-game monster Tuesday slate. Amazingly, even with 15 games, the highest priced pitchers of the night are the likes of Noah Syndergaard, Ivan Nova, Danny Duffy, Drew Pomeranz, and Jose Quintana. There should be plenty of ways to pay up for hitting, even if you’re paying up for any one of those pitchers in cash games.
Fortunately, it does look like the weather will cooperate tonight, so we shouldn’t have to worry about any rain issues.
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| Player | Team | Bats | Opp | Opp Pitch | AB | H | HR | R | RBI | BB | SB | AVG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA | LD% | Hard% | Z-Cont% | FD | DK | Aces |
| Buster Posey | SF | R | SD | Clayton Richard | 468 | 134 | 12 | 75 | 64 | 57 | 6 | .286 | .799 | .150 | .301 | .341 | 20.90% | 36.20% | 91.80% | $3,600 | $4,500 | $5,100 |
| Sandy Leon | BOS | S | BAL | Dylan Bundy | 208 | 74 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 20 | 0 | .356 | .967 | .197 | .441 | .410 | 25.30% | 35.20% | 90.20% | $2,800 | $3,800 | $4,400 |
| Yadier Molina | STL | R | CHC | Jason Hammel | 469 | 136 | 7 | 48 | 47 | 36 | 3 | .290 | .754 | .119 | .316 | .328 | 21.30% | 32.80% | 90.30% | $2,700 | $3,800 | $4,500 |
| J.T. Realmuto | MIA | R | ATL | Matt Wisler | 460 | 142 | 10 | 57 | 42 | 26 | 11 | .309 | .784 | .126 | .363 | .339 | 20.10% | 29.40% | 89.90% | $2,700 | $4,200 | $4,400 |
Buster Posey is at his best against left-handed pitching. He is rocking a .400 OBP with five of his 12 home runs this season against lefties, even though he has about 1/3 the plate appearances against southpaws.
Sandy Leon sure has been quite the find in Beantown. Just so consistent throughout the season, rocking a .356 AVG with seven homers and 33 RBIs. He’s currently working on a streak where he has hits in 11 consecutive starts, where he has gone 16-for-40 (.400 AVG) at the plate.
Yadier Molina has been much better at the plate since the All-Star Break. He faces Jason Hammel, who he sees quite often as the Cards and Cubs are NL Central rivals. Molina has controlled this matchup, batting .375/.444/.750, lifetime, against Hammel.
J.T. Realmuto just crushes right-handed pitching, hitting .332/.369/.456 with eight homers and 37 RBIs against righties this season.
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| Player | Team | Bats | Opp | Opp Pitch | AB | H | HR | R | RBI | BB | SB | AVG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA | LD% | Hard% | Z-Cont% | FD | DK | Aces |
| Miguel Cabrera | DET | R | MIN | Kyle Gibson | 526 | 163 | 32 | 78 | 88 | 65 | 0 | .310 | .933 | .238 | .330 | .389 | 22.80% | 39.90% | 85.70% | $3,700 | $5,200 | $5,250 |
| Freddie Freeman | ATL | L | MIA | Jake Esch | 534 | 158 | 29 | 90 | 75 | 80 | 4 | .296 | .949 | .258 | .361 | .395 | 28.80% | 42.50% | 79.50% | $3,400 | $5,300 | $4,900 |
| Jose Abreu | CHW | R | CLE | Trevor Bauer | 557 | 166 | 23 | 59 | 92 | 37 | 0 | .298 | .830 | .181 | .332 | .351 | 20.50% | 33.30% | 87.70% | $3,100 | $4,700 | $4,750 |
| Kendrys Morales | KC | S | OAK | Jharel Cotton | 487 | 126 | 27 | 57 | 79 | 45 | 0 | .259 | .791 | .205 | .277 | .337 | 20.30% | 40.90% | 88.40% | $3,000 | $4,300 | $4,550 |
Miguel Cabrera is batting .296/.391/.537 with four homers over his last 15 games.
Freddie Freeman may be priced correctly on DraftKings, but I’m not sure what FanDuel is doing. It’s pretty ridiculous, but Freeman routinely has low ownership in GPPs, which is great, because he’s batting .312/.429/.614 with 13 homers since the All-Star Break.
Jose Abreu has a solid line of .364/.391/.455 against Trevor Bauer and happens to be batting .397/.429/.667 with five homers and 20 RBIs over his last 15 games.
Kendrys Morales is working with a 14-game hitting streak where he has gone 21-for-56 (.375 AVG) with seven homers and 21 RBIs.
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| Player | Team | Bats | Opp | Opp Pitch | AB | H | HR | R | RBI | BB | SB | AVG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA | LD% | Hard% | Z-Cont% | FD | DK | Aces |
| Brian Dozier | MIA | R | DET | Matt Boyd | 549 | 152 | 40 | 96 | 94 | 55 | 14 | .277 | .922 | .297 | .282 | .383 | 15.90% | 35.30% | 86.50% | $3,700 | $5,600 | $4,900 |
| Robinson Cano | SEA | L | LAA | Alex Meyer | 581 | 175 | 33 | 95 | 87 | 42 | 0 | .301 | .880 | .225 | .306 | .371 | 18.90% | 35.80% | 93.30% | $3,600 | $5,200 | $5,350 |
| Ben Zobrist | CHC | S | STL | Jaime Garcia | 474 | 128 | 15 | 84 | 67 | 84 | 5 | .270 | .815 | .165 | .291 | .353 | 21.90% | 32.90% | 93.70% | $3,300 | $3,500 | $4,850 |
| Howie Kendrick | LAD | R | NYY | CC Sabathia | 431 | 115 | 8 | 61 | 36 | 47 | 10 | .267 | .725 | .118 | .313 | .316 | 20.10% | 34.00% | 89.10% | $2,900 | $3,600 | $4,400 |
Brian Dozier continued his tear last night by hitting his 40th home run of the season. He crushes lefties and unsurprisingly, he has homered off of Matt Boyd of the Tigers in one of their previous meetings.
Robinson Cano faces Alex Meyer of the Angels, who has a lot of promise, but isn’t the toughest to figure out considering he only has two pitches in his repertoire. One of those pitches is a curveball, which Cano happens to hit better than any other Mariner on the roster.
Ben Zobrist has always been a better hitter against lefties throughout his career and he has kept it up in 2016, batting .295/.391/.446 against lefties this season.
Howie Kendrick faced CC Sabathia quite a few times from his days with the Angels, and had a very good time in most of those outings. He is 10-for-22 (.455 AVG) against CC throughout his career.
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| Player | Team | Bats | Opp | Opp Pitch | AB | H | HR | R | RBI | BB | SB | AVG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA | LD% | Hard% | Z-Cont% | FD | DK | Aces |
| Josh Donaldson | TOR | R | TB | Drew Smyly | 518 | 147 | 34 | 112 | 92 | 95 | 6 | .284 | .952 | .268 | .296 | .402 | 20.40% | 40.00% | 84.30% | $4,100 | $4,800 | $5,450 |
| Alex Bregman | HOU | R | TEX | A.J. Griffin | 189 | 50 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 2 | .265 | .804 | .222 | .316 | .340 | 27.10% | 33.30% | 82.40% | $3,600 | $4,600 | $4,650 |
| Jung-Ho Kang | PIT | R | PHI | Alec Asher | 262 | 71 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 23 | 3 | .271 | .887 | .263 | .290 | .376 | 21.90% | 41.80% | 88.20% | $3,500 | $5,000 | $4,550 |
| Adrian Beltre | TEX | R | HOU | Brad Peacock | 530 | 158 | 29 | 82 | 96 | 45 | 1 | .298 | .870 | .215 | .291 | .367 | 17.60% | 35.00% | 89.20% | $3,300 | $4,300 | $5,000 |
Josh Donaldson simply crushes Drew Smyly. He is 9-for-19 (.474 AVG) with three homers and three doubles against the southpaw throughout this career. The biggest problem right now is that he’s ICE cold, but if he’s going to snap out of his funk, it’ll be here.
Alex Bregman broke quite the run with last night’s 0-for-5 performance. Over his previous 10 games, he went 17-for-45 (.378 AVG) with three homers, three triples, three doubles, and 12 RBIs.
Jung-Ho Kang is batting .519/.581/1.000 with four homers and 10 RBIs since being activated from the Disabled List last week.
Adrian Beltre has a 5-game hitting streak where he has gone 10-for-22 (.455 AVG) with three homers, and has a great history against Brad Peacock, who he has homered off of twice in just 10 at-bats.
| SHORTSTOP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Team | Bats | Opp | Opp Pitch | AB | H | HR | R | RBI | BB | SB | AVG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA | LD% | Hard% | Z-Cont% | FD | DK | Aces |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | NYM | S | WSH | A.J. Cole | 454 | 125 | 19 | 57 | 48 | 28 | 2 | .275 | .788 | .187 | .310 | .335 | 22.80% | 37.10% | 87.60% | $3,400 | $3,900 | $4,550 |
| Javier Baez | CHC | R | STL | Jaime Garcia | 376 | 102 | 13 | 46 | 50 | 14 | 12 | .271 | .734 | .154 | .332 | .312 | 18.30% | 28.10% | 82.50% | $2,600 | $4,300 | $4,350 |
| Andrelton Simmons | LAA | R | SEA | Taijuan Walker | 388 | 111 | 3 | 40 | 36 | 22 | 7 | .286 | .696 | .085 | .305 | .303 | 19.80% | 24.30% | 93.70% | $2,500 | $3,400 | $4,000 |
| Chris Owings | ARI | R | COL | Jorge De La Rosa | 356 | 101 | 2 | 40 | 35 | 19 | 16 | .284 | .739 | .126 | .347 | .316 | 22.30% | 29.80% | 89.30% | $2,400 | $3,900 | $4,150 |
Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-for-2 with a homer, single, and a walk last week against A.J. Cole of the Nationals.
Javier Baez has made his biggest impact for the Cubs on the field, but he has actually been a very formidable hitter against lefties, batting .298/.367/.474 with four homers against them this season.
Andrelton Simmons is questionable for tonight’s game against the Mariners, but if he’s in the lineup, he may be the best source of salary relief at shortstop. He takes with him a 8-game hitting streak where he has one 11-for-28 (.393 AVG) with two homers (his first double dong outing on Sunday), a triple, three doubles, and seven RBIs.
Chris Owings has quietly been a top-notch hitter against southpaws in 2016. He is batting .310/.362/.517 with a couple homers, three triples, and six doubles over 87 at-bats against lefties.
| OUTFIELD | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Team | Bats | Opp | Opp Pitch | AB | H | HR | R | RBI | BB | SB | AVG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA | LD% | Hard% | Z-Cont% | FD | DK | Aces |
| Trea Turner | WSH | R | NYM | Noah Syndergaard | 235 | 81 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 8 | 24 | .345 | .915 | .204 | .395 | .386 | 26.30% | 35.80% | 89.70% | $4,300 | $4,800 | $4,700 |
| Charlie Blackmon | COL | L | ARI | Robbie Ray | 503 | 159 | 25 | 97 | 71 | 37 | 16 | .316 | .913 | .221 | .340 | .386 | 26.90% | 34.80% | 92.00% | $4,200 | $4,600 | $5,150 |
| Nelson Cruz | SEA | R | LAA | Alex Meyer | 523 | 148 | 35 | 84 | 89 | 54 | 0 | .283 | .889 | .250 | .323 | .373 | 17.40% | 35.80% | 83.30% | $4,100 | $5,000 | $5,450 |
| Mike Trout | LAA | R | SEA | Taijuan Walker | 489 | 157 | 27 | 110 | 89 | 97 | 25 | .321 | 1.002 | .243 | .378 | .421 | 22.10% | 42.30% | 86.20% | $4,000 | $5,600 | $5,350 |
| Hunter Pence | SF | R | SD | Clayton Richard | 324 | 96 | 11 | 48 | 49 | 36 | 0 | .296 | .831 | .170 | .354 | .358 | 16.70% | 31.90% | 83.30% | $3,600 | $4,900 | $5,000 |
| J.D. Martinez | DET | R | MIN | Kyle Gibson | 392 | 126 | 20 | 63 | 59 | 41 | 1 | .321 | .951 | .242 | .387 | .400 | 21.80% | 40.50% | 84.90% | $3,500 | $4,500 | $5,100 |
| Avisail Garcia | CHW | R | CLE | Trevor Bauer | 366 | 93 | 11 | 54 | 45 | 29 | 4 | .254 | .708 | .139 | .319 | .308 | 23.50% | 34.30% | 83.30% | $3,100 | $2,800 | $4,200 |
| Ender Inciarte | ATL | L | MIA | Jake Esch | 457 | 133 | 3 | 69 | 27 | 38 | 14 | .291 | .733 | .094 | .326 | .318 | 23.90% | 23.20% | 94.70% | $3,100 | $4,500 | $4,100 |
| Rajai Davis | CLE | R | CHW | Jose Quintana | 411 | 106 | 12 | 69 | 46 | 30 | 35 | .258 | .723 | .151 | .307 | .313 | 18.70% | 27.60% | 87.00% | $3,100 | $3,400 | $4,950 |
| Christian Yelich | MIA | L | ATL | Matt Wisler | 520 | 158 | 18 | 71 | 89 | 60 | 8 | .304 | .860 | .179 | .368 | .369 | 24.20% | 37.70% | 88.40% | $3,000 | $4,600 | $4,900 |
| Carlos Gomez | TEX | R | HOU | Brad Peacock | 354 | 75 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 31 | 16 | .212 | .627 | .133 | .299 | .274 | 21.10% | 30.00% | 78.30% | $2,800 | $4,000 | $4,500 |
| Yasmany Tomas | ARI | R | COL | Jorge De La Rosa | 465 | 124 | 29 | 67 | 72 | 28 | 2 | .267 | .819 | .243 | .298 | .344 | 19.80% | 41.70% | 82.10% | $2,600 | $4,400 | $4,750 |
Trea Turner is one of the best base stealers in the league, but he is also a five-tool player and can do a little damage with his bat. Obviously with Thor in play, you have to understand that if Turner gets on base without anyone in front of him, he’s going to steal a few bases (just like he did last time around).
Charlie Blackmon rarely gets much love to begin with, but it’s even worse when he matches up against a lefty. Don’t worry about it though, because he absolutely crushes Robbie Ray of the D-Backs. Blackmon is batting .588/.611/.882 with a homer, triple, and five RBIs throughout his career against the southpaw.
Nelson Cruz, for whatever reason, sees a burst of power in his game when he faces the Angels. Almost 25 percent of Cruz’s homers have been hit against the Angels this season (eight homers in just 65 at-bats). The matchup is also quite good against Alex Meyer, who has yet to prove that he can handle Major League pitching.
Mike Trout may be the big must play of the night because of his straight out OWNAGE of Taijuan Walker. The best player in baseball is batting .818/.833/1.818 with three homers, a triple, and six RBIs against the Mariners right-hander.
Hunter Pence is doing everything in his power to take the Giants to the playoffs. He has a 6-game hitting streak where he has gone 14-for-24 (.583 AVG) with a homer, four doubles, eight runs, and four RBIs.
J.D. Martinez is batting .409/.458/.727 with two homers, lifetime, against Kyle Gibson of the Tigers.
Avisail Garcia has hits in seven of his last eight games, where he has gone 14-for-33 (.424 AVG) with a homer, two doubles, seven runs, and five RBIs.
Ender Inciarte is batting .355/.403/.465 since the All-Star Break. That’s quite the turnaround for a guy who had an OBP under .300 in the first half of the season.
Rajai Davis gets most of his playing time against southpaws and has a lot of experience against Jose Quintana of the White Sox. Plus, over 49 at-bats, he has been able to put together seven stolen bases.
Christian Yelich’s salary has dipped quite a bit on FanDuel, and the timing is perfect because he gets a great matchup against Matt Wisler of the Braves. Yelich is 6-for-7 (.857 AVG) throughout his career against Wisler.
Carlos Gomez’s revenge narrative against the Astros continues to be in play. He wasn’t able to do much last night, but you know he has the skill set to break out in any given game, similar to Saturday night against the Angels, when he went double dong.
Yasmany Tomas is an outstanding value considering he is 6-for-12 (.500 AVG) with a homer against Jorge De La Rosa, who is a lefty, which Tomas has destroyed this season.
Be sure to keep an eye on the Fantasy Alarm Daily Lineups page to confirm that your players are starting.
If you guys have any questions, you can always reach me on Twitter @kle18. Good luck!