MLB DFS Picks — 8/26
My picks for tonight’s main slate (6:05 PM CDT)
Pitchers
Trotting out a pair of lefties for tonight’s main slate
Madison Bumgarner — $12,200 @ Diamondbacks
I had been hesitant to get back on Bumgarner since his return from injury, but he’s now 8 starts into his return and has looked great. He already has a 21 point performance against these Dbacks earlier in August. The option is light on high-floor SPs, so paying up for the security looks to be the play for cash games.
Carlos Rodon — $8,900 vs Tigers
Rodon has been extremely consistent lately with 6 straight starts with 15+ DK points. He has double-digit strikeout potential against a Detroit offense with a team 22% strikeout rate. It appears Cabrera and others will appeal their suspension and still be available tonight, but given his recent struggles that may be to Rodon’s benefit.
If you’re playing the all day slate, I would swap MadBum with Luis Castillo — $8,800 vs Pirates. I also think Gio Gonzalez — $12,500 stays hot against a depleted Mets offense, but he’s prime for regression soon and I will be fading him until it happens.
Hitters
Will be targeting RHH on the White Sox against Buck Farmer. The Sox have seen him once before, and both Anderson and Farmer were able to get to Farmer for a hit. I like all of the following hitters:
- Jose Abreu($4,600) — 1B
- Avisail Garcia ($4,200) — OF
- Matt Davidson($3,300) — 1B/3B
- Tim Anderson ($2,700) — SS
- Tyler Saladino ($2,500) — 2B/3B
Dinelson Lamet has been a great surprise story this year for the Padres. He’s been a fantasy breakout stud with his strikeout number, but he has stuggled against lefties to the tune of a .374 wOBA and 38.7% Hard%. I’m going heavy on LHH for Miami tonight in their matchup, which includes:
- Dee Gordon ($4,100) — 2B
- Christian Yelich ($4,600) — OF
- Derek Dietrich ($3,100) — 3B
Ordisamer Despaigne is another potential gas can that we can exploit on tonight’s slate. Both LHH and RHH have caused him trouble so I’m following the value in San Diego’s lineup. HEre are the initial names I like, but I’ll wait until the lineup is released to finalize:
- Manny Margot ($3,700) — OF
- Wil Myers ($4,000) — 1B
- Yangervis Solarte ($4,000) — 2B
- Cory Spangenberg ($3,600) — 3B/OF
A few other one-offs that look to be in good spots this evening:
- Kris Bryant ($5,000) —3B: Lively struggles against righties and Bryant’s price is down a few hundred dollars. Like him in this spot in Philly
- Edwin Encarnacion ($4,700) — 1B: Hammel has been HR prone and E5 has 4 HRs 28 PAs against him.
- Salvador Perez ($3,400) — C: Clevinger has allowed a lot of hard contact to RHH and Perez has pretty good history against him (2 doubles in 7 PAs). Risky because Perez just returned but at this price it’s worth a shot.
- Nick Markakis ($3,700) — OF: Freeland has neutral splits and LHH have some success off of him. Markakis has taken Freeland deep once in 3 ABs and I like him at this price.
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