Welcome to the Playbook for Friday, April 14th
Welcome to a full-slate Friday! With two early games and then 13 for the main slate, we’re ready to provide you with the information you need to set your winning lineups. Be sure to take advantage of all of our tools, including the hitting and pitching coaches and then the lineup optimizer before setting those lineups today. We have quite a few big name starting pitchers on the docket today so you’ll see a few more write-ups to help you determine which of the start to start and which to avoid. Then, fill in with those value bats and CASH in.
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 - Tyler Flowers (ATL) - DK & FD
C - Yan Gomes (CLE) - FD & Y!
1B - Justin Smoak (TOR) - Across-the board value
1B - Brandon Moss (KC) - FD & Y!
1B - Justin Bour (MIA) - Y!
2B - Brad Miller (TB) - FD
2B - Adam Rosales (OAK) - DK
3B - Adonis Garcia (ATL) - FD & Y!
3B - David Freese (PIT) - DK
3B - Ronald Torreyes (NYY) - FD
SS - Tyler Saladino (CWS) - DK
SS - Alcides Escobar (KC) - FD & Y!
SS - Wilmer Difo (WAS) - DK
OF - Leonys Martin (SEA) - Y!
OF - Manuel Margot (SD) - DK
Injuries
You may want to stay away from the following players due to lingering injuries:
SS - Brandon Crawford (SF) - personal matter
3B - Todd Frazier (CWS) - Flu
3B - Josh Donaldson (TOR) - Calf
OF - Brett Gardner (NYY) - Face
Weather Report
Chicago and Minnesota is the only one that appears to be in jeopardy, but things change. We’ll stay on top of it.
Stacks
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