Welcome to the MLB Double Switch. It is essentially a cheat sheet for each day’s MLB action. Like managers in the MLB making late in the game changes, the Double Switch will be DFS players final moves to help them win. For today, it is a free article.

I would like to say that this is a player pool I am going to strongly consider for my own lineups. Not to state the obvious, but these stats I’m providing are the ones I find are the most important. They include recent stats, matchup and splits.

Due to posting this article before most lineups are out, please pay attention to who is starting. Just because a player is listed here doesn’t mean that he is guaranteed to play. Prices will be according to Draftstreet. With all of this being said, let’s get to the guys I’m focusing in on for April 9^th.

Starting Pitcher

Masahiro Tanaka ($17,456) vs BAL

• 8 Ks, 2.57 ERA vs TOR
• No BAL player has seen him

Jordan Zimmermann ($17,951) vs MIA

• 9 Ks, 1.80 ERA vs ATL (coming off being sick)
• Great splits vs current MIA hitters

Zach Wheeler $14,245 vs ATL

• 6 Ks, 4.50 ERA vs WAS
• Freeman/Uggla only ATL hitters with multiple hits against him
• ATL 30^th in runs, 26^th in AVG, 30^th in OBP

Jeremy Guthrie ($12,044) vs TB

• 3 Ks, 6.92 ERA vs CWS
• TB 3 runs in last 3 games (Vargas, Ventura, Darvish)

Catcher

Salvador Perez ($5,548) vs TB

• .476 in last 15 days
• 9 for 15 against RHP this season

Brayan Pena ($3,952) vs STL

• .353 in last 15 days
• 6 for 15 with 4 walks vs RHP this season

Jonathan Lucroy ($5,859) vs PHI

• .423 in last 15 days
• 8 for 19 with 5 XBH vs RHP this season

First Base

Paul Goldschmidt ($6,546) vs SF *******

• .367 with 1 HR in last 15 days
• 12 for 23 with 6 HRs vs Lincecum in career
• HR vs Lincecum this season

Brandon Belt ($7,124) vs ARI

• .343 with 5 HRs in last 15 days
• 4 multi-hit games
• 6 for 21 with 4 HRs vs RHP this season
• 5 for 9 with 2 HRs vs Arroyo in career

Jesus Guzman ($4,339) vs TOR

• .261 with 2 HRs in last 15 days
• Morrow 7 hits and 4 ER in 5 innings in only start

Second Base

Emilio Bonifacio ($4,301) vs PIT

• .515 with 5 SBs in last 15 days
• 5 for 15 vs Wandy Rodriguez in career
• Double off Wandy earlier this season (2 hits in game)

Jose Altuve ($5,287) vs TOR

• .310 with 3 SB in last 15 days
• 3 hits last night
• Morrow struggled in only start in 2014

Third Base

Aramis Ramirez ($6,691) vs PHI

• .364 with 1 HR in last 15 days
• Not sold on Roberto Hernandez

Chris Johnson ($4,987) vs NYM

• .296 with 1 HR in last 15 days
• Hitting behind Freeman who is hot

Matt Carpenter ($6,258) vs CIN

• .321 with 1 HR and 8 runs in last 15 days
• Hit in every game this season

Shortstop

Troy Tulowitzki ($8,567) vs CWS

• .407 with 1 HR and 7 runs in last 15 days
• Against Erik Johnson who has 15.00 ERA

Xander Bogaerts ($6,042) vs TEX

• .310 with 5 runs in last 15 days
• Been hitting in middle of BOS order

Chris Owings ($6,080) vs SF

• .345 with 3 SBs in last 15 days
• 2 for 3 vs Lincecum this season

Outfielders

Matt Holliday ($6,631) vs CIN

• .226 in last 15 days
• Hits in 5 of last 6 games.
• 10 for 23 with 4 XBH vs Leake in career

Jacoby Ellsbury ($8,358) vs BAL

• .414 with 4 SBs in last 15 days
• 12 hits in last 5 games
• 3 for 6 vs Miguel Gonzalez
• Gonzalez has 18.90 ERA this season

Melky Cabrera ($6,823) vs HOU

• .314 with 4 HRs in last 15 days
• HR in 4 straight games
• Lucas Harrell has a 15.00 ERA this season

Dexter Fowler ($6,177) vs TOR

• .462 with 1 HR in last 15 days
• 3 multi-hit games out of 4
• Make sure he’s good to go

Austin Jackson ($5,775) vs LAD

• .333 with 1 HR and 1 SB in last 15 days
• HR yesterday in LA
• 4 XBH out of 8 hits

Ryan Braun ($6,413) vs PHI

• .240 with 3 HRs and 2 SBs in last 15 days
• 3 HRs Tuesday

High Totals:
10 runs: CWS/COL
9 runs: TEX/BOS, HOU/TOR

Weather Concerns:
15+ MPH winds blowing out: PIT/CHC and TB/KC