2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: September 8th 2013
The National Football League is in full swing today, but for those of you down with baseball still, I’ve got some lineup suggestions for you Draft Kings daily fantasy baseball players. Today I will be once again participating in the Daily Dollar challenge as well as the $2 Moonshot challenge. If you are new to Draft Kings, you can claim your Deposit Bonus here.
Once again, like yesterday, Mother Nature is playing nice with the world of baseball, as only two games have a 30% chance of rain, and no games have a higher percentage chance than that.
Here is my team:
I’m going to pick heavily today on Mets pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. Fortunately this allows me to pick two excellent pitchers.
Pitcher: Danny Salazar | vs. NYM | $8,100
Pitcher: Stephen Strasburg | @ MIA | $10,600
Catcher: Yadier Molina | vs. PIT | $3,600
First Base: Carlos Santana | vs. NYM | $4,500
Second Base: Jason Kipnis | vs. NYM | $4,700
Shortstop: Asdrubal Cabrera | vs. NYM | $4,000
Third Base: Jeff Baker | @ LAA | $2,900
Outfield: Michael Brantley | vs. NYM | $4,000
Outfield: Michael Bourn | vs. NYM | $3,800
Outfield: Nick Swisher | vs. NYM | $3,800
Other excellent choices based on strength of matchup are as follows:
Lyle Overbay | First Base | vs. BOS | $3,200: Overbay hits .360/.429/.680 in 25 at-bats against Boston starter Jon Lester.
Jason Kubel | Outfield | vs. NYM | $3,600: If Kubel is starting, he needs to start over Nick Swisher. Kubel is 7-for-12 in his career against Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Giancarlo Stanton | Outfield | vs. WSH | $4,400: Stanton hits .389/.450/.944 with two home runs and four doubles in 18 at-bats against Strasburg.
Miguel Cabrera | Third Baseman | @ KC | $7,200: Cabrera hits .441/.558/.971 against Bruce Chen in 34 at-bats. If you can stomach the salary, he’s a must start.