2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: September 1st 2013
It’s the first day of September which means football is here. Fortunately at Draft Kings, for those of us that are fantasy baseball junkies, the daily gaming action is still going strong. Today I will be playing the $2 Moon Shot Challenge and the Daily Dollar challenge! If you are new to Draft Kings you can claim a Deposit Bonus here.
There are a handful of games that could be impacted by weather today. They are: NYM @ WSH, CIN @ COL, LAA @ MIL, STL @ PIT, CWS @ BOS, and BAL @ NYY. All these games have a projection of a 30 percent chance of rain or greater, with NYM @ WSH being the game with the greatest chance for a rainout at 50 percent. If you are risk averse, try your best to avoid pitchers from these games. However, it’s tough to avoid it when there are so many games, so the best idea is to look at Doppler radar for the areas in question before you finely tune your lineups right before game time.
Here is my lineup:
Hisashi Iwakuma | $10,500 | SEA @ HOU:
Brent Oberholtzer | $6,700 | SEA @ HOU:
Salvador Perez | $4,300 | KC @ TOR:
Billy Butler | $4,700 | KC @ TOR:
Jamey Carroll | $3,100 | KC @ TOR:
Miguel Cabrera | $7,200 | CLE @ DET:
Alcides Escobar | $3,800 | KC @ TOR:
Justin Maxwell | $3,800 | KC @ TOR:
Michael Saunders | $3,300 | SEA @ HOU:
Junior Lake | $2,600 | PHI @ CHC:
Here are some other players that are great matchup plays:
In 29 at-bats Jose Bautista has 9 hits off James Shields. Four of those hits are home runs. His slash line against Shields sits at .321/.424/.786.
Michael Brantley and Michael Bourn absolutely own Justin Verlander in their careers. Brantley hits .400/.487/.486 against Verlander in 35 career at-bats and Bourn hits .438/.471/.438 against Verlander in 16 career at-bats.
Dayan Viciedo is an excellent play tomorrow against Felix Doubront. Viciedo owns left-handed pitching and he hits .571 with a home run against Doubront in 7 at-bats. In his career Viciedo hits .324 against lefties and .237 against righties.
Coco Crisp hits .409/.519/.591 in 22 at-bats against Rays starter Roberto Hernandez.
Alberto Callaspo hits .348/.444/.478 against Roberto Hernandez in 23 career at-bats. Hernandez struggles mightily against left-handed hitters.