Daily Dime: Arrieta and a bunch of Orioles and White Sox
As always when playing Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball, be sure to check the final lineups and the weather. NOTE: I'm focusing, for the most part, on the games that begin after 7 pm ET.
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My full lineup:
SP: Jake Arrieta ($57) - He's not cheap, but with 15 consecutive winning decisions and 24 consecutive quality starts, there's the highest of likelihoods that you'll get what you pay for.
SP: Tanner Roak ($39) - Coming off a career-best 15 K effort and hosting a Phillies team that has scored the fewest runs in MLB to this point.
C: Dioner Navarro ($7) - For $7, you can do alot worse than a backstop riding a five-game hitting streak that includes two home runs, a triple and a double.
1B: Ben Paulsen ($16) - At home (Coors - cha-ching!), facing Juan Nicasio, who has an ERA of 5.79 over his past three starts and a career ERA over 5 at Coors Field.
2B: Dustin Pedroia ($16) - Price is more than fair for a player that has multi-hit games in five of his past six contests - matchup concern is low facing the soft-tossing Jhoulys Chacin.
3B: Manny Machado ($24) - Hitless in his past four games - returning home (where's he's hit .455 this season) and going against John Danks feels like the right set-up for a slump-breaking effort.
SS: J.J. Hardy ($13) - Looking to pick on Danks some more, and Hardy is a budget-priced way to do just that - owns a .417 BA (5-for-12) vs. Danks over the past five seasons.
OF: Avisail Garcia ($10) - If forced to go on the cheap in the OF, why not someone coming off a three game stretch in which he hit 5-for-11 with a double and a HR. That he's in hitting-friendly Baltimore and facing the undaunting Tyler Wilson doesn't hurt, either.
OF: Mark Trumbo ($9) - He's currently a top 15 player in the Yahoo game, he's facing John Danks ... what am I missing?
OF: Austin Jackson ($9) - I'm going to the ChW/Bal well one last time - I really like the offensive upside in this contest - Jackson's bat is heating up, as he's had multiple hits in three of his past four games, with three doubles and a triple to show for it.
