Happy Saturday, everyone! Get excited for another great day of baseball and, hopefully, some more winning MLB DFS lineups. Today we are focused on a 10-game slate on both DraftKings and FanDuel that will be starting at 4:05 PM EST. Sadly, this slate does not include the Coors Field game, so if you are looking to target Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels in Colorado again today, it will have to be on one of the smaller slates. There are still plenty of exciting games and players to target on our main slate. The pitching side is highlighted by James Paxton as the top pitcher who has quickly turned himself back into an ace for the Boston Red Sox. On the offensive side, we have some great offenses in good matchups to score a lot of runs today, including the Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, and the Cincinnati Reds, who are some of my favorite lineups to target today. Plenty of tough decisions to make on who to go after today when constructing your lineup, so to help you out, let’s jump into some of my favorite value options of the day! 

 

MLB DFS Value Pitchers

Tanner Bibee, Cleveland Guardians (DraftKings: $8,100 / FanDuel: $8,500) 

Cleveland has become a team known for developing great pitching. They are at a point that you can mostly blindly trust when they have a new pitcher coming up that they will be excellent. Tanner Bibee has been no exception to the rule. While his last few outings have been far from perfect, they have also been against some tough offenses. He is still striking out almost a batter an inning, though, and provides plenty of upside. Today he gets the easiest matchup he has had in a long time, getting to face the Milwaukee Brewers, who aren’t terrible but aren’t the strongest offense either, and they strike out quite a bit. Should be a great chance for Bibee to put up a solid outing and get above the 6-strikeout threshold again. 

Lance Lynn, Chicago White Sox (DraftKings: $7,800 / FanDuel: $8,700) 

Lance Lynn has had quite an up-and-down season. He is holding a 6.51 ERA and a 1.51 ERA which is obviously nowhere close to what you are expecting out of Lynn. He also has three games with at least 10 strikeouts this season, including his last outing, where he struck out 16 against the Seattle Mariners. The Boston Red Sox aren’t an easy offense to attack, but if he has the stuff he did against the Seattle Mariners, he should have no problem putting together another brilliant start with double-digit strikeouts. 

MLB DFS Value Hitters

Ryan O'Hearn, 1B/OF Baltimore Orioles (DraftKings: $3,000 / FanDuel: $2,600) 

Ryan O'Hearn has been getting more consistent playing time lately with the injury to Ryan Mountcastle. During the last 10 games, he has found himself in the clean-up spot of the lineup in 8 of the 10 games. During these 10 games, he has slashed .429/.459/.743, as well as hitting 3 home runs. He also has a .982 OPS against righties this season and should have no problem keeping up this fantastic hitting against Bryce Miller today in Seattle.

Eugenio Suarez, 3B Seattle Mariners (DraftKings: $3,400 / FanDuel: $2,600) 

Eugenio Suarez is also on a solid hitting stretch over his last 10 games despite what has been a fairly disappointing season for him. Over the last 10 games, he has slashed .297/.372/.486, and while he only has the one home run over that stretch, we know that he can go on a home run barrage at any moment if he is putting his bat on the ball. He has the 5th most home runs in the league over the last 5 years, and at this price, I am willing to take a chance on him to continue to get hits and hopefully put one over the fence today as well. 

Francisco Lindor, SS New York Mets (DraftKings: $4,500 / FanDuel: $3,500) 

This price seems far too low for Francisco Lindor while facing a left-handed pitcher. Christopher Sanchez should have a difficult time keeping Lindor and the Mets lineups at bay today. While Lindor maybe hasn’t been the hitter the Mets want him to be for the amount of money they are paying him, he still has an .898 OPS against lefties, and 8 of his 20 hits against lefties are home runs, with 13 of them being extra-base hits. Unlike the Mets, we get a discount on Lindor today, so I am going to happily pay that and stick him in my lineups today in this matchup. 

Teoscar Hernández, OF Seattle Mariners (DraftKings: $3,600 / FanDuel: $3,000) 

Teoscar Hernández is red-hot at the plate for the Mariners. In the last two games, he has 6 hits and 2 home runs, along with 5 runs and 4 RBIs. Not just in the last two games but over the month of June he is slashing .353/.413/.647 and has been consistently hitting in the 4th spot of the lineup for the Mariners. To get that kind of production at this price seems impossible to pass up, and I am happily going to take the discount and ride this hot streak that Teoscar is on. 

 

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