MLB Daily Fantasy Picks - July 8th

Ariel Epstein breaks down her top plays for the MLB DFS slate on Friday, July 8th.

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ARIEL EPSTEIN: Happy Friday, Yahoo Fantasy. I'm Ariel Epstein here with some DFS plays for tonight's Major League Baseball slate.

I'm starting with this game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Baltimore Orioles. For $44, I really like the Orioles starter, Tyler Wells. He's a righty up against this Angels lineup that has the highest K rate in baseball against right-handed pitchers at 28 and 1/2%. Wells pitches much better at home than he does on the road, with a 2.2 ERA at home versus a 3.64 ERA on the road. Even since May 1, Wells has had a sub 3.0 ERA.

You're talking about an Angels team that strikes out a lot. In addition to the fact they have the fourth worst OPS on the road this year, averaging just over two runs per game on the road since Memorial Day weekend? Yeah. I'm going to take a nice value shot at Tyler Wells at home at Camden Yards for 44 bucks.

Now for $17, I like the Atlanta Braves DH Marcell Ozuna. In 11 at-bats he's hitting 6.36, with two doubles and two home runs against the Washington Nationals starter Erick Fedde. I like the history with the two homers, because in the last week, Ozuna has been on absolute fire. He's hitting 2.96, with three home runs in the last seven days. Give me a homer here for Ozuna against Washington's Erick Fedde tonight.

For a value play, he's 12 bucks, and that's the Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson. He's hit well against the Tigers' starter Tarik Skubal, with 7-for-13, five doubles, a home run in his career against Skubal. Even looking into his past against the Tigers, Anderson has been fire. He's gone over a batting average of .350 every season against Detroit since 2019. Anderson is hitting .314 on the season.

Although he has a batting average below .200 recently in the last couple of weeks, I'm not letting that bother me. His history against Detroit says it all. 12 bucks for Tim Anderson tonight.

Here's your MLB DFS recap. For $44, I'm taking a shot at the Baltimore Orioles' right-hander, Tyler Wells. For $17, Atlanta's DH, Marcell Ozuna. And for a $12 value play, take advantage of this cold streak by the shortstop for the Chicago White Sox's Tim Anderson. Put him in your lineup tonight.

That's it for me, your prop queen, Ariel Epstein, here on this Friday in Major League Baseball. Good luck with your bets tonight. Good luck with your lineups tonight. And have a great weekend.

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