Welcome to the DFS MLB Playbook for Tuesday, May 30th

 

Memorial Day was an interesting day, to say the least. We saw the Astros come back from down six runs going into the 8th inning, drop an 11-spot and ended up winning 16-8. The Blue Jays exploded against the Reds for 17 runs. The fantasy community lost it’s biggest star, Mike Trout to a thumb/wrist injury sliding head-first and is sure to lose another big star in Bryce Harper to suspension for charging the mound after being plunked by Giants reliever Hunter Strickland. Other than that, it was a normal day of baseball. We’re back at it again on Tuesday with another full slate. We have one early start at 6:10 PM EST in Cleveland (Indians vs. A’s) and then a 14-game “main” slate starting at 7:05 PM EST.

 

Looking at today’s positional strength chart, first base is usually a position we like to pay up for - for obvious reasons - there is a ton of talent at the position. Today, however, we are seeing a few value plays that are leading us to consider going a bit cheaper at first and spending elsewhere. The biggest question today for roster construction is whether or not to pay that salary for Chris Sale. If you choose to, you can find some value bats elsewhere - see below.

 

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 - Austin Romine - Across-the-board

C - Austin Hedges - DK + Y!

C - Travis d’Arnaud - FD

1B - Brandon Belt - DK + FD

1B - Matt Holliday - FD

1B - Wil Myers - Y!

2B - Rougned Odor - DK + FD

2B - Cesar Hernandez - Y!

3B - Luis Valbuena - DK + FD

3B - David Freese - Y!

SS - Tim Beckham - ATB

SS - Asdrubal Cabrera - FD

SS - Addison Russell - Y!

OF - Cody Bellinger - DK

OF - Colby Rasmus - FD

 

Weather

There is some rain expected tonight in Baltimore (Orioles vs. Yankees) with some heavy-hitters playing in that one. We’ll keep an eye on things throughout the day. We will still highlight players in the Playbook but will make decisions on the Optimal Lineups later on the in the day. As always, weather is changing - so keep up with everything in our Weather Center.

 

Stacks

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