Welcome to this Memorial Day edition of the Playbook for Monday, May 29th

 

I’ve always hated the expression “Happy Memorial Day”. In and of itself, it’s an oxymoron. There’s nothing “happy” about remembering the men and women who gave everything defending our great country. Today is about being grateful and remembering what it’s taken to get here. It really puts things into perspective about how awesome we truly have things, that we can enjoy great barbecues, beverages, friends, family, and DFS. It’s always helpful to have the reminder about what’s truly important and where DFS falls on that list. We’re going to do our best to give you the edge to have bragging rights over your non-Alarm friends at your parties this afternoon, because that’s what it’s really about anyway!

 

As usual our Playbook contains players from all of the slates, and as a holiday bonus, we’ll offer some lineup examples for both the afternoon slate (9 games) and the evening slate (5 games). The Yankees/Orioles game is kind of in it’s own world, as it was excluded from both FD and DK afternoon slates, but we did like Jordan Montgomery is you were playing an all day GPP. Keep an eye out for those lineups, as we will be locking them in at least an hour before roster lock, and as quickly as possible once the lineups are released.

 

It’s going to be a good day today, so without further ado, your Playbook.

 

Value Plays
There are a few players that I didn’t do a full write-up on, but like for value plays and may make it into my Optimal Lineups. They include:

 

C - Jason Castro - Across-the-board

C - Jett Bandy (lineup check) - DK + FD

C - Yadier Molina - DK

1B - Justin Smoak - FD + Y!

1B/OF - Matt Adams - ATB

1B/3B - Wilmer Flores - DK + FD

2B - Danny Espinosa - ATB

2B - Brandon Drury - FD

2B - Starlin Castro - DK

3B - Jedd Gyorko - DK

3B - Josh Donaldson - Y!

SS - Orlando Arcia - DK

SS - Addison Russell - ATB

OF - Jake Marisnick - ATB

OF - Kyle Schwarber - FD

OF - Colby Rasmus - DK + FD

OF - Tommy Pham - ATB

 

Injuries
Here are some injury updates to some key players today:

 

OF - J.D. Martinez (DET) - Foot

2B - Brandon Phillips (ATL) - Knee

OF - MIke Trout - Thumb

2B - Daniel Murphy - Sick

2B - Ben Zobrist - Wrist (expected back today)

OF - Adam Jones - Ankle/Hip

 

Weather

There is a chance of rain in several cities today, but we don’t think any games get postponed. Biggest threats at the moment are Houston/Minnesota and Milwaukee/Mets, but they don't appear to be in real danger. We’ll keep you updated in the FA Weather Center so you can stay on top of the weather while you build your best lineups tonight.

 

Stacks

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