2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: May 14th, 2014
Welcome to another edition of the daily fix. Draftstreet has been a terrific platform for us so far, so if you haven’t made your way over there, make sure to check it out. It has a number of games ranging from a dollar all the way up into the hundreds. Somewhere in there you will find your speed. I like to play the two dollar double up games. After all, I’m just a humble school teacher by trade and they don’t pay us enough to play the big bucks.
Going with the hot hand approach has been good to us the last few weeks, so we will continue that method as long as it’s working. A large part of it is studying the salaries at length and playing guys that seem to be underpriced for the production they are giving. You can get some early bargains in May before the computers have managed to catch up with reality.
Salary |
Opposing SP |
Comment | ||
C | Jarrod Saltalamacchia |
4173 |
Paul Maholm |
Saltalamacchia has been pretty good so far on the season. |
1B | Adrian Gonzalez |
6535 |
Who? Desclafani is making his debut in place of Jose Fernandez. | |
2B | Rougned Odor |
4659 |
Scott Feldman |
It’s a low budget play on a pretty good prospect. |
3B | Matt Dominguez |
5562 |
Nick Tepesch |
He’s starting to heat up. He is on pace to hit 20+ home runs again this year. |
SS | Jonathan Villar |
5764 |
Nick Tepesch |
Look past the .230ish batting average and you have a guy with five homers and ten steals. |
OF | Giancarlo Stanton |
10,475 |
Paul Maholm |
He leads the world with 42 RBIs, so I bit down hard and paid the hefty price. |
OF | Jacoby Ellsbury |
7868 |
This is a calculated play against a pitcher making his big league debut. | |
OF | Shin-Soo Choo |
7285 |
Scott Feldman |
He has quietly gotten off to a very good start this year. It even snuck up on me. |
U | Jose Bautista |
8750 |
He has already reached ten home runs on the year. | |
SP | Nick Tepesch |
14,875 |
Houston Astros |
The Astros have been shut out five times. Three of those have been by the Rangers. |
SP | Paul Maholm |
11,711 |
Miami Marlins |
The Marlins aren’t exactly a juggernaught, so I’m rolling the dice. |
SP | Scott Feldman |
11,948 |
Texas Rangers |
I’m not understanding the price considering all but one of his starts have been excellent. |
As you can see, I am using another good strategy when it comes to double up contests. I call it hedging your bet. You confidently pick your starting pitchers and then pick a couple of hitters from the opposing team against them. That way, if either of them have a big day then you are covered. Occasionally, you get lucky and both of them have big days. However, some of you won’t play the double up, so here are some reasonably alternatives.
Salary |
Opposing SP |
Comments | ||
C | Yadier Molina |
5591 |
He is well on his way until another all-star campaign. | |
1B | Prince Fielder |
6512 |
Scott Feldman |
He has to bust out at some point. |
2B | Daniel Murphy |
6733 |
He is quietly hitting at a .320 clip. | |
3B | Yangervis Solarte |
6111 |
Rafael Montero |
Who says there can’t be any rags to riches stories in New York. |
SS | Elvis Andrus |
6051 |
Scott Feldman |
He is a good stolen base threat. |
OF | Ryan Braun |
8711 |
He isn’t the all-world force he was on the juice, but he’s still pretty good. | |
OF | Carlos Gomez |
8804 |
Francisco Liriano |
One of the more exciting power/speed combinations in the league. |
SP | Rafael Montero |
13,672 |
New York Yankees |
Highly touted prospect is making his big league debut. |
SP | Wily Peralta |
16,815 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
His development has been one of the keys to the Brewers’ resurgence this year. |