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Daily Dime: Going with Charlie Blackmon, David Ortiz and Kolten Wong

Daily Dime: Going with Charlie Blackmon, David Ortiz and Kolten Wong

Here are 10 DFS recommendations for Thursday but be sure to double-check the weather and lineups before first pitch approaches.

Charlie Blackmon, OF, vs. Ari (De La Rosa), $4600 at FanDuel: During his current seven-game home stand, he’s batting .429 with a homer, four steals and nine RBI. Blackmon owns a .915 OPS against right-handed pitchers this season (with a combined 25 homers/steals) over 195 at bats and is batting leadoff in the best hitter’s park in all of baseball. Meanwhile, Rubby De La Rosa has allowed a .316 BAA and a 1.70 WHIP against lefties, including a whopping 10 homers over 40.0 innings.

David Ortiz, 1B, vs. Bal (Gonzalez), $2900: He continues to be cheap despite having a .930 OPS against right-handers. Ortiz has also homered in two of the past three games and remains Boston’s cleanup hitter.

Kolten Wong, 2B, at Mia (Haren), $2900: He has eight homers over 190 at bats versus RHP and is facing a starter who’s served up nine bombs over just 38.2 innings against lefties. Wong has been the No. 6 ranked fantasy second baseman this season, but his price isn’t reflected as such here.

Manny Machado, 3B, at Bos (Rodriguez), $4400: He’s batting .333/.369/.533 against southpaws, will be playing in one of the best hitter’s parks in all of baseball and has been the No. 6 ranked fantasy player over the past month.

Josh Reddick, OF, at Tex (Lewis), $3000: He’s slumped over the past 10 games, but this is a hitter still with a .335/.396/.559 line against RHP this season, including nine homers with three steals and more walks (19) than strikeouts (17) over 188 at bats.

Chris Coghlan, OF, vs. LAD (Frias), $2800: He has eight home runs and five steals over 190 at bats against RHP and faces a pitcher who’s allowed a .355 BAA and a 1.77 WHIP when facing left-handed batters.

Miguel Montero, C, vs. LAD (Frias), $2400: It’s always tough recommending catchers, who sit out more than any other position, but if Montero is in the lineup Thursday, he looks like a great bargain as someone who’s hit eight homers over just 155 at bats against RHP and is facing a pitcher who’s really struggled against lefties this year (see above).

Brandon Crawford, SS, vs. SD (Shields), $2800: As I said during Wednesday’s Daily Dime, Fangraphs has Crawford graded as the best offensive shortstop in baseball this year by a wide margin, and while that’s park adjusted, this price remains below market. James Shields has allowed a 1.50 WHIP against LHB this season.

A.J. Burnett, SP, vs. Cin (Desclafani), $9200: Wednesday’s suggestion to go with a Pirates SP at home against a shaky Reds offense didn’t go great, but let’s still go back to the well here. The Pirates are tied as the most favored team Thursday (-155), yet Burnett is just the No. 5 most expensive pitcher. While he’s been fortunate when it comes to home runs allowed, Burnett has a 2.05 ERA this season despite a BABIP (.322) that’s nearly 30 points higher than his career mark (.293). He owns a 1.27 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP over 42.2 innings at home. (Note: Be sure to check weather updates especially close with this game).

Jacob deGrom, SP at Mil (Jungmann), $10800: If word is there’s serious concern about the Pirates game getting postponed, then I’d change and pony up for deGrom, even though he’s on the road (Milwaukee’s .667 OPS against RHP is bottom-five in MLB). In order to make up for this price change in switching SPs, I’d remove Machado and replace him with Pablo Sandoval at third base, as the latter remains a bargain ($2700) for someone who’s hit .331/.388/.515 against RHP this season.

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