Fantasy Baseball Daily League Sleepers and Value Plays for May 20th

Fantasy Baseball Daily League Sleepers and Value Plays for May 20th

by Michael Pichan (@FantasyNomad)

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• P Cole Hamels Phillies ($7,100, 20.3% of cap at Fan Duel - Play Now): Those of you who have followed my rankings, twitter, etc may be saying, "What? Pichan is recommending Cole Hamels? Is he feeling ok? No worries I'm feeling fine, and this just goes to show you that I have no bias when it comes to my analysis on a daily basis. I did consider recommending Royals Jeremy Guthrie, but his lack of K's (just six over his last three starts, 22 innings and seven walks, four home runs in that span scream stay away). As for Hamels, he has a 1.20 ERA over his last four starts vs Miami and the Marlins are the lowest run scoring team in all of baseball with a dismal .197 during in a 2-10 stretch over last 12 games, (this last stat coming from my Daily Fantasy Baseball Happy Hour co-host @beermakersfan). (Game Time 7:10 pm est)
• P Julio Teheran Braves ($8,150, 8.2% of cap at Draft Day - Play Now  ): I am a believer in teams struggling against a pitcher when it is the first time they see them, as will be the case for the Twins tonight. The Twins have struggled vs RHP, hitting a major league 21st worst in terms of average and have hit the second fewest home runs off RHP of any American League team other than KC. Teheran was plagued by the long ball in his first three starts allowing five, but has only allowed one home run in his last four starts, which  included an outing in Coors and Chase. (Game Time 7:10 est) 
• OF Yoenis Cespedes ($3,300, 9.4% of cap at Fan Duel - Play Now): Josh Lindblom anyone? That is who the A's will face as they take on the Rangers in hitter friendly Rangers Ballpark. Cespedes is 1-for-1 vs. Lindblom with the one hit being a home run. (Game time 8:05 est)
• OF David Murphy ($6,350, 6.4% of cap at Draft Day - Play Now): David Murphy batted in the two-hole for the second game in a row Sunday, and he went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, two runs scored, and a walk. Rangers manager Ron Washington said that he will continue to bat Murphy in that spot of the lineup for the foresee able future. Batting second should help Murphy as he will get more at-bats per game and should see better pitches to hit (think how hitting second has helped Tigers Tori Hunter). LHH Murphy is 3-for-11 with a home run vs RHP Bartolo Coln in his career. (Game Time 8:05 pm est)
• OF Domonic Brown Phillies ($5,600, 9.3% of cap at Fan Throwdown - Play Now  ): Domonic's game has been more Doo Doo Brown than top prospect Brown for most of this season, but I like today's matchup against the RHP Alex Sanabia. Brown is 2-for-2 with a home run off of Sanabia, who has pitched worse at home than on the road. Whether Brown can go yard in that spacious stadium is debatable, but I do see the potential for an extra-base hit, or two. (Game Time: 7:10 pm est)
• OF Jason Kubel Diamondbacks ($3,400, 9.8% of cap at Fan Duel - Play Now  ): My Blue Ribbon Pick of the Day is the LHH Kubel who is 9-for-25 with three home runs off of the righty Jon Garland, and the game is in Coors.  (Game Time 8:40 pm est)
• DH Travis Hafner Yankees ($64,000, 6.4% of cap at Daily Joust - Play Now):  Pronk has pounded Orioles Freddy Garcia in his career, 15-for-33 (.455) with four home runs, two doubles, and three walks and I think this will be a very lopsided scoring affair in favor of the Yankees, see "Teams to Stack" below. (Game Time 7:05 pm est).
• 1B Adrian Gonzalez Dodgers ($7,800, 13% of cap at Fan Throwdown - Play Now): Gonzo's price tag is reasonable and he is 4-for-11 with a home run and a triple of the erratic Yovani Gallardo, with the game being in hitter friendly Miller Park tonight. (Game Time 8:10 pm est)
• C Miguel Montero Diamondbacks ($65,000, 6.5% of cap at Daily Joust - Play Now): Granted Montero has just one hit in his last eight games and just four in the month of May, but the game is in Coors, he is 4-for-12 with a home run and a double off of the righty Jon Garland, so I think he is due for a good game. Honestly though I would recommend spending on catching today with all the money you will save with the other players listed here. My top recommendations would be Giants Buster Posey (11% of cap) or Royals Sal Perez (8-9% of cap). (Game Time 8:40 pm est)
• 2B Matt Carpenter Cardinals ($7,450, 7.5% of cap at Draft Day - Play Now): Second only to Giants Macro Scutaro among National League second baseman in hits for the month of May. (Game Time 10:10 pm est)
• 3B Eric Chavez Diamondbacks ($9,217, 9.2% of cap at Draft Street - Play Now):  Leading all National League third baseman in average (.450) and doubles (six) in the month of May, and again game is in Coors vs Garland. (Game Time 8:40 pm est)
• Update: Cozart is not in the Starting Lineup SS Zack Cozart Reds ($2,800, 8.0.% of cap at Fan Duel - Play Now): If all reports are that he is over his illness that caused him to be a late scratch Sunday, then the matchup looks enticing as Cozart is 4-for-5 with a walk in his career versus Mets Shaun Marcum (Game Time 7:10 pm est)

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Michael Pichan is the host of multiple RotoInfo.com Radio Network Shows, frequent guest on Sirius/XM Fantasy Sports channel, contributor of written Fantasy advice and insight for Rotoinfo.com, and FSWA member. If you have any questions or comments feel free to post in comment section and/or e-mail him at thefantasynomad@gmail.com. Also follow him on Twitter @FantasyNomad for up-to-date Q&A and fantasy information. And check out my New Live Daily League Show: Daily Fantasy Happy Hour with BeerMakersFan and Fantasy Nomadevery M, T, and F 4-5pm.

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