Daily Dime: Throwing Tanaka and stacking Diamondbacks
As always when playing Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball, be sure to check the final lineups and the weather.
My full lineup:
SP: Masahiro Tanaka $46
SP: Jake Peavy $32
C: Welington Castillo $14
1B: Paul Goldschmidt $27
2B: Joe Panik $12
3B: Todd Frazier $12
SS: Jean Segura $14
OF: Gregory Polanco $19
OF: Peter O’Brien $13
OF: Melvin Upton Jr. $11
Tanaka has a 2.91 ERA with a 1.00 WHIP and an 11.0 SwStr% this year, and the Yankees are big favorites (-200)...The Giants are even bigger favorites (-210), which makes Jake Peavy at $32 quite a bargain. There are 17 more expensive pitchers than him Friday, and Peavy has a 2.65 ERA with a 1.00 WHIP this month after a rough start to the season.
I’m stacking Diamondbacks (Castillo, Goldschmidt, Segura, O’Brien) against a lefty in Coors Field, and all seem underpriced. The over/under in that game is 11 runs. Goldschmidt is one of the top plays, and O’Brien is a sleeper...Panik is on pace to finish with 94 runs scored, 15 homers, 79 RBI and 11 steals and there are 18 more expensive second basemen Friday.
Frazier also remains affordable for someone on pace to combine for 58 homers/steals...Polanco is hitting .317/.394/.543 against righties this season, and he faces a pitcher Friday in Nick Tepesch making his first start since 2014...Upton Jr. remains underpriced (and underowned in season long leagues) for someone with a combined 25 homers/steals over 73 games. He’s slugging .493 against southpaws this season as well.
Good luck with your contests Friday.
