Monday’s MLB DFS slate is made up of FanDuel, DraftKings and Yahoo. It’s a top 10-game slate starting at 7:05 pm ET. There’s a huge lack of elite pitchers, and some of the more expensive arms don’t get much interest. With the Cardinals-Mets already postponed, there really aren’t any other concerns about the weather tonight. However, we have the Coors game, which always creates more “sleepers” and makes it harder to put together daily fantasy baseball lineups.
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Today’s MLB DFS Playbook: Lineup Picks, Tips for Monday
SP Chris Archer, Twins (@A’s). Archer is on a short leash, which limits his advantage, but he’s pitched pretty well this year, averaging nearly one strikeout per inning. Most importantly, he faces Oakland tonight. The A’s rank 28th in runs per game with a lousy 3.3 average and have the sixth-highest strikeout rate in baseball this season.
SP Wade Miley, Cubs (vs. Pirates). Miley will be making her second appearance of the season, and while I don’t love it or think it has huge perks by any means, it’s only $4,400 on DK and $26 on Yahoo, making it an insanely cheap SP2. Pittsburgh ranks 27th in runs per game this year and has the ninth-highest strikeout rate.
C Yan Gomes, Cubs (vs. Pirates). Gomes has a career cutoff of .280/.332/.485 against lefties compared to .232/.283/.393 against righties. He is very cheap and has a great matchup against a bad southpaw in Dillon Peters.
1B Brandon Belt, Giants (@Rockies). Belt is having a very strong season, hitting .253 with four home runs, one steal and 13 runs in 23 games played. He heads to Coors Field tonight and has been strong in his head-to-head against Antonio Senzatela, going 10-for-23 (.435).
2B Tommy La Stella, Giants (@Rockies). The simplest and most obvious play of the day is La Stella. He’s near the bottom price, plays at Coors Field and hopes to make his season debut tonight. He has hit .310 with two home runs and seven RBIs in nine rehab games.
3B Yoan Moncada, White Sox (@Royals). Moncada has been great since returning from the IL, averaging 10.4 DK points per game in five games and has already hit a couple of long balls. He has also been solid in this matchup, going 9-for-35 (.257) with a pair of home runs against Brad Keller.
SS Trea Turner, Dodgers (vs. Diamondbacks). Turner’s splits are all but dead even so far this season, but last season he crushed lefties, hitting .392/.437/.712 against them. He only has one hit in six at-bats against Madison Bumgarner, but it was a home run.
OF Byron Buxton, Twins (@A’s). Buxton has homered in consecutive games and is now hitting .272 with 11 home runs, one steal and 20 runs in 22 games played. That’s an average of one home run per two games, which is absurd.
MORE SELECTIONS: SP Yusei Kikuchi, Blue Jays (vs. Mariners); C Will Smith, Dodgers (vs. Diamondbacks); 1B Michael Chavis, Pirates (@Cubs); 2B Tony Kemp, A’s (vs. Twins); 3B Bobby Witt Jr., Royals (vs. White Sox); SS Royce Lewis, Twins (@A’s); OF Mike Trout, Angels (@Rangers)
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