Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice – 8/19/16
Welcome back to another exciting day of daily fantasy baseball. After two straight days of split slate’s we have a full 15 game Friday slate that kicks off at 7:00 PM et. We have several viable pitching options tonight in great matchups whether facing a bad offense or in a great pitcher’s park, or both. The options are more than affordable and leave you plenty of salary if you are wanting to get some exposure to the game at Coors Field. Let’s take a look at some top pitching options and a few stacks for today.
PITCHERS
Zack Greinke FD 9800 DK 8800
Opponent – SD (Cosart) Park – @SD
FD – 36.18 DK – 24.18
Leading the way at the pitcher position tonight is Zack Greinke who gets one of the best matchups for a pitcher on the slate. After getting absolutely shelled by the top offense in baseball(Red Sox) it will be a welcome site for Greinke to head to Petco for a familiar date with the Padres. He has seen the Padres a ton through over the years and comes in with a 7-1 career record and 1.91 ERA. Even with his struggles this season, adjusting to his new team, he has kept his xFIP at 3.69 while walking just over 1.5 batters per nine. The Padres come in ranked dead last in wOBA and second last in wRC+ against right handed pitching with a high 24.6% K rate. Greinke is in a great spot to pickup his 12th win of the season and crush his value on both sites.
Cole Hamels FD 9700 DK 11100
Opponent – TB (Andriese) Park – @TB
FD – 37.54 DK – 24.97
Hamels comes into tonight’s matchup projecting as one of the top options on the board. Hamels has been terrific away from Arlington this season with a 1.97 ERA while limiting opponents to a low .262 wOBA.He will get a great chance to improve on those numbers today as he enters Tropicana Field(great pitcher’s park) to face the Rays who rank 20th in wOBA against left handed pitching with a high 25.3% K rate. The price is creeping up on DraftKings but with the matchup and park he makes a great play in all formats tonight on both sites.
STACKS
Chicago Cubs vs. Tyler Anderson (Rockies)
Park – Coors Field
The top stacking option of the night may not be as chalky as you would think. There is an early weather concern in Colorado that could cause a delayed start to the game or possibly a rain out but that is very unlikely. Both teams make sense in the best hitters park in the majors but I side with the Cubs as they crush left handed pitching with a .347 wOBA(3rd best) and 115 wRC+(Best in majors). Dexter Fowler, Kris Bryant, Ben Zobrist, Willson Contreras and Javier Baez make the top options as they all have strong splits vs. southpaws. You can also consider Anthony Rizzo as a contrarian play as he should get multiple at bats vs. the bullpen later in the game.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Tim Adleman (Reds)
Park – Great American Ballpark
Outside of the Coors Field game, the Dodgers are by far my favorite stack tonight. They have been hot lately with the 3rd highest wOBA and 2nd highest wRC+ of any team over the past seven days. They also rank as a Top 10 team against right handed pitching with a .325 wOBA, .172 ISolated Power and 104 wRC+ for the season. They will face off vs. rookie starter Timothy Adleman making his 5th start of his career tonight. In his first four starts he has a poor 4.86 xFIP and has struggled mightily with left handed bats allowing them a .433 wOBA and .324 average. The best targets for the stack are going to be Chase Utley leading off, Corey Seager, Josh Reddick, Adrian Gonzalez and even Justin Turner who has very strong splits vs. right handed pitching.