DraftKings Team of the Day

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Pitcher: Kris Medlen vs. NYM

Jordan Zimmermann vs. PHI – By wOBA, the Mets are the fifth-worst team against righties and the Phillies are the second-worst team against righties.

Catcher: Brian McCann – Ridiculously under-priced, he’s been homering and walking a ton since returning to action.

First base: Anthony Rizzo – Has a very nice matchup against homer-prone Bronson Arroyo.

Second base: Ben Zobrist – Better against righties and is a good bet to get on base.

Third base: Josh Donaldson – Crushes lefties.

Shortstop: Jean Segura – Still under-priced and still crushing the ball.

Outfield: Jason Heyward – Been hitting well since coming off the DL

Jay Bruce – Crushing in May and facing a righty.

Norichika Aoki – Hits righties very well.

Thursday Recap

Cleveland 12, Boston 3 – The Indians roughed up Ryan Dempster for four earned runs in only three innings. Dempster walked four and struck out four, and his ERA is now 4.69 after three straight starts of no more than five innings and no fewer than four runs allowed. Mark Reynolds didn’t homer, but he finished with three RBI. Carlos Santana walked four times, and his OBP is .420 now. Daniel Nava went 2-for-2 and walked twice. He has a .400 OBP and is batting second for the tough Red Sox lineup.

Toronto 12, Baltimore 6 – Kevin Gausman was roughed up in his major league debut, going five innings and allowing seven hits, two walks and four earned runs. He struck out five and gave up one home run. He averaged 97 mph on his fastball, according to Brooks Baseball, and he threw four pitches at least five times apiece. Chris Davis, Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, J.P. Arencibia and Edwin Encarnacion all homered. Manny Machado had three hits and two RBI.

Minnesota 6, Detroit 7 – Miguel Cabrera homered. Of course he did. Josh Willingham hit two homers, and while he’s batting only .212 on the year his OBP is a nice .368.

Los Angeles Angels 5, Kansas City 4 – I hate always having to type out Los Angeles’s or New York’s or Chicago’s full team name. It’s just a pain. Anyways, Joe Blanton won but only struck out one batter. Ervin Santana allowed four homers and has now given up more homers (10) than walks (9) on the season. Eric Hosmer had two hits, and Salvador Perez returned to the lineup and promptly recorded three hits. Jeff Francoeur went 0-for-3, but don’t tell Ned Yost or Dayton Moore about that.