DFS MLB Hitting Coach - July 3, 2015

*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

Cervelli is hitting .318 with a .375 OBP the past week. He’s also hit a homer with five RBIs and five runs scored his last five contests.

You know its Phegley time with a lefty on the bump, especially when that lefty is Happ. Phegley kills lefties this season (.340/.397/.585).

Rosario is hitting, get this, .375 against the D’backs with a 1.068 OPS (42 games). Over his last nine games he’s also batting .433 with a homer.

Susac is seeing more time of late with the Giants outfield woes forcing Belt to the outfield. When a lefty has been on the bump Susac is hitting an impressive .344 with a .948 OPS.

FIRST BASE

Abreu has a .851 OPS at home this season. It’s .909 at night. He’s also hit 11 homers with 38 RBIs over 229 at-bats against righties

Fielder has five hits in 12 at-bats against Richards (.417). He’s also continued to produce this season with two hits in six of his last nine games. He’s hitting .362 with a .921 OPS at home.  

Lind is batting .385 with two homers, 10 RBIs and five runs scored his last seven games. On the year here is his slash line against righties: .307/.381/.532.

Mauer has a .346 average and three homers in 26 at-bats against Guthrie. Mauer also has a .500 OBP against Guthrie and a mark over .400 the past week.

SECOND BASE

Hill has history against Kendrick, and it’s good stuff (8-for-17, .471 average). Hill has two RBIs in each of his last two outings and he’s always killed the Rockies (.938 OPS in 61 games).

Walker the last seven games: .538-2-7-5-1 with a .600 OBP and .885 SLG. Nuff said.

Zobrist is 6-for-16 (.375) with a .450 OBP against Happ. Over his last 18 games he’s hitting .383 with a .493 OBP, 13 RBIs and 20 runs scored.

THIRD BASE

Teheran has been all over the map this season. He’s also struggled to put lefties away this year with an amazingly horrible slash line (.331/.408/.477). Meanwhile Asche has hit .385 with a .429 OBP over his last seven games as a cheap option to turn to.

Johnson stinks. I’d never draft him in a roto league. But dude can hit lefties, and he’s continued that trend this year batting .400 with a homer in 35 at-bats.

Machado faces Danks who gets blasted by righties (.321/.362/.518). Machado is batting .333 with four doubles and three homers in 66 at-bats against lefties.  

Ramirez is suddenly hot reminding everyone how effective he can be when he’s healthy and locked in. His las seven games have produced a homer, a steal, 10 RBIs, a .391 average and .692 SLG.

Tomas has a .400 average over seven games against the Rockies. He’s rapped out six hits and four RBIs his last four games. He’s also hit .329 with a .808 OPS against righties.

SHORTSTOP

Andrus has five steals and a .300 average over 30 at-bats against Richards.

Crawford has slowed but he also has ripped up lefties to the tune of a .351/.413/.614 slash line. Impressive.

Don’t have any idea where it’s coming from, but here it is. Over his last seven games Mercer has had at least two hits six times (read that again). That effort has led to a .469 batting average, a .625 SLG and six RBIs.

Peralta has three 2-hit games in his last four outings. He’s also been a tough out against right-handed pitching (.320/.375/.464).

OUTFIELD

Cain has six hits – two doubles and a triple – over his last three games. He’s a star against lefties with a .341/.420/.523 line.

Finally. Over his last six games Eaton is batting .355 with a .394 OBP. He’s gone deep twice, driven in four and scored five times as well. On the year he’s sporting a solid .349 OBP against righties.

Hunter is seemingly always productive, and he takes advantage of Guthrie (as do many). Hunter is batting .346 with a .481 SLG over the course of 52 at-bats.

Martinez is batting .291 with 16 homers against right-handed pitching. He’s also the owner of a solid .894 OPS. Righties against Hutchison have had success and then some (.321/.379/.463).

Murphy is batting .329 with a .364 OBP and .487 SLG against righties. His opponent, Charlie Morton, is allowing lefties to hit .304 with a .360 OBP. Morton has also allowed 18 hits and 13 runs over his last 6.2 innings.

Reimold is hitting .438 with a homer against Danks. Danks gets blasted by righties (.321/.362/.518).

Masterson looked better last time out, but he’s had a tough time against lefties this season (.300/.383/.426). Santana has had some early success against righties (.278/.350/.556).

Span is batting .350 over 20 at-bats against Peavy (five doubles). Span also has a hit in 4-straight games, that’s six hits in four games for the outfielder. 

Happy holiday weekend everybody.

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