*Players are listed in the table in order of preference for the day of action. The write-ups are listed in alphabetical order for ease of reading.
CATCHER
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | |||||||
| Player | Tm | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | BA | BA | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | FD$ | DK$ | ACES$ |
| John Jaso | TB | MIN | Ervin Santana | R | .250 | .296 | .750 | .819 | .378 | .364 | 0.435 | 2200 | 2900 | 4850 |
| Geovany Soto | CWS | BOS | Wade Miley | L | .324 | .225 | 1.028 | .740 | .441 | .329 | 0.625 | 2400 | 2600 | 4000 |
| Ryan Hanigan | BOS | CWS | Jose Quintana | L | .361 | .221 | .883 | .623 | .396 | .291 | 0.933 | 2400 | 3000 | 4250 |
| Josh Phegley | OAK | SEA | Mike Montgomery | L | .299 | .238 | .831 | .762 | .363 | .333 | 0.875 | 2700 | 3200 | 4250 |
Hanigan has a hit in 4-straight games and has hits in eight of 10. Against lefties this season, 41 plate appearances worth, he’s hit .361 with a .888 OPS.
Jaso has 24 plate appearances against Santana and has a .381/.458/.571 slash line. He’s batting .275 with a .367 OBP in August.
Phegley is batting .299/.346/.485 against lefties. He has a .475 SLG on the road. Duffy has allowed a .347 OBP to lefties.
Soto is batting .324/.410/.618 over 39 plate appearances against lefties. He’s hitting .306 with a 1.154 OPS over his last 14 games.
FIRST BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | |||||||
| Player | Tm | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | BA | BA | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | FD$ | DK$ | ACES$ |
| Mark Canha | OAK | SEA | Mike Montgomery | L | .198 | .294 | .482 | .887 | .226 | .386 | 1.433 | 3000 | 3700 | 4550 |
| Joey Votto | CIN | LA | Alex Wood | L | .328 | .299 | 1.015 | .989 | .441 | .436 | 1.063 | 4400 | 5000 | 5700 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | TOR | TEX | Derek Holland | L | .273 | .263 | .805 | .874 | .365 | .384 | 1.188 | 5200 | 4600 | 5650 |
| Mike Napoli | TEX | TOR | Mark Buehrle | L | .227 | .195 | .837 | .627 | .366 | .285 | 1.385 | 2700 | 3600 | 4750 |
Canha has a hit in each of his last seven games and is batting .517 in that time. He’s also scored seven runs with nine RBIs his last six games.
Encarnacion is 4-for-12 against Holland. He has seven RBIs his last two games and over his last five outings he has driven in nine runs and scored eight times. He’s working on a 17-game hitting streak.
Napoli has two hits in three of his last five games. He’s hit two homers his last three games. Even with his struggles this year he still has a .369 OBP and .555 SLG against lefties.
Votto has a .455 OBP and 1.015 OPS against lefties over 154 plate appearances. That efforts includes more walks than strikeouts (29 to 26).
SECOND BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | |||||||
| Player | Tm | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | BA | BA | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | FD$ | DK$ | ACES$ |
| Ian Kinsler | DET | LAA | Jered Weaver | R | .322 | .304 | .833 | .797 | .366 | .353 | 1.029 | 4100 | 4300 | 5300 |
| Robinson Cano | SEA | OAK | Jesse Chavez | R | .262 | .283 | .663 | .795 | .294 | .349 | 0.724 | 3700 | 3700 | 5100 |
| Daniel Murphy | NYM | PHI | Jerome Williams | R | .240 | .304 | .604 | .833 | .271 | .367 | 1.133 | 4100 | 4000 | 4800 |
Cano has hit .295 at night. He’s hit .299 against the Athletics over 102 games. He has eight hits his last five games. He’s also 7-for-16 against Chavez (.944).
Kinsler is just too hot right now to turn away from. Over seven games he has six RBIs, nine runs scored, a massive wOBA and a humongous slash line (.484/.486/.839).
Murphy has hit two big flies, driven in nine runs and scored seven times over his last five games. His SLG, in that time, is only .913.
THIRD BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | |||||||
| Player | Tm | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | BA | BA | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | FD$ | DK$ | ACES$ |
| Josh Donaldson | TOR | TEX | Derek Holland | L | .347 | .291 | 1.129 | .912 | .482 | .398 | 1.273 | 6200 | 6400 | 6000 |
| Kris Bryant | CHI | SF | Matt Cain | R | .258 | .263 | .831 | .851 | .365 | .377 | 1.133 | 4100 | 4300 | 5200 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | CLE | MIL | Wily Peralta | R | .261 | .254 | .618 | .713 | .284 | .312 | 1.353 | 2900 | 3000 | 4200 |
| Andres Blanco | PHI | NYM | Noah Syndergaard | R | .389 | .250 | 1.080 | .814 | .466 | .354 | 1.071 | 2900 | 2300 | 3750 |
Blanco has a .935 at home and a .940 mark at night. In five of his last nine games he has two hits.
Bryant is facing the struggling Cain who has allowed a .467 SLG to righties. Meanwhile, Bryant is batting .370 with four homers, nine RBIs, nine runs scored and a massive wOBA the last week.
Chisenhall has been hot his last 10 games (.448-1-7 with a 1.170 OPS) and he faces Peralta who has struggled big time against lefties (.290/.335/.489).
Donaldson. Duh. Against Holland he’s hit two homers with a 1.178 OPS over 20 plate appearances. Against lefties this season he’s killed it (.347/.413/.716).
SHORTSTOP
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | |||||||
| Player | Tm | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | BA | BA | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | FD$ | DK$ | ACES$ |
| Wilmer Flores | NYM | PHI | Jerome Williams | R | .303 | .255 | .898 | .666 | .390 | .295 | 1.276 | 2700 | 3600 | 4600 |
| Xander Bogaerts | BOS | CWS | Jose Quintana | L | .379 | .290 | .921 | .689 | .404 | .306 | 0.679 | 3200 | 4000 | 4850 |
| Eugenio Suarez | CIN | LA | Alex Wood | L | .333 | .302 | .979 | .799 | .424 | .351 | 0.75 | 2700 | 3500 | 4400 |
| Jhonny Peralta | STL | ARI | Robbie Ray | L | .254 | .297 | .827 | .773 | .360 | .345 | 0.793 | 2400 | 4100 | 5250 |
Xander has a 6-game hitting streak and is batting a robust .382/.424/.504 line against lefties.
Flores has three homers, 10 RBIs and 10 runs scored his last six games. Wow is right. And that wOBA, OMG. Oh, and Williams is terrible as well.
Peralta has a hit in 7-straight. He’s hitting .306 on the road with a .838 OPS. He’s hit nine homers with a .504 SLG against lefties this year.
Suarez has a .980 OPS against lefties over 54 plate appearances. Right? Righties are batting .297 with a .368 OBP against Wood.
OUTFIELD
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Beltran has a hit in 8-straight games. He’s hitting .274 with a .815 OPS at home. The mark is .842 at night. Over his last 14 games Beltran has a .702 SLG with four homers and 12 RBIs.
Blanco is batting .292/.380/.420 against righties. He’s also been on top of his game when playing at home (.369/.442/.477). He’s also been killing it the last 13 games with a .326 average, 13 runs scored and five steals.
Bradley has a .526 OBP and 1.344 OPS over 38 plate appearances against lefties. Over his last 20 games he has a 1.185 OPS with 20 RBIs.
Castillo has a .370/.404/.574 slash line against lefties this season. Over his last nine games he’s also batting .429 with three homers, 11 RBIs and 10 runs scored.
Choo has a .385 average and .429 OBP over 42 plate appearances against Buehrle. Choo has been very good all season long with a .278/.381/.489 slash line at home.
Johnson is batting .360/.448/.400 over 29 plate appearances against Williams. He’s also hit .273 on the road and has a solid .433 SLG against righties.
Jones has five hits his last two games and has five homers in his last 11 games. Jones is batting .330 with a .965 OPS against lefties this season.
Upton has a .310/.375/.517 slash line against Strasburg over 32 plate appearances. Meanwhile, Strasburg has allowed righties to hit him well (.282/.306/.451).
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