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Daily Dime: Manny happy returns for Tuesday

As always when playing Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball, be sure to check the final lineups and the weather.

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My full lineup (for all games starting after 4 pm PT):

SP: Chris Sale ($60) -  You can't complain about a $60 price tag when you are talking about a pitcher who has nine wins in nine starts, and a 0.99 ERA in his past seven outings. Just pull out the wallet and pay up.

SP: Nathan Karns ($40) -  Karns is 3-0 with a 2.35 ERA in his past five starts, including a home win against Oakland on May 2. And it doesn't hurt Karns that Oakland is without OF Josh Reddick (thumb), who hit a HR off Karns in an early April matchup.

C: Salvador Perez ($11) -  Not a bad value for an All-Star catcher with a nine-game hitting streak coming off a five-hit game and facing Minnesota RHP Ervin Santana, who has allowed more success to right-handed hitters than lefties this season.

1B: Adrian Gonzalez ($11) - The price is nice for the veteran Gonzalez. He's hitting .292 vs. RHP this season, and will face a righty in Cincy's Dan Wright, who will be making his MLB debut.

2B: Johnny Giavotella ($14) -  Giavotella is one of the hottest bats in the league at the moment, riding a 12-game hitting streak, seven of them of the multi-hit variety. With an undaunting matchup (Texas LHP Martin Perez), he's a nice dice roll for the price.

3B: Manny Machado ($21) -  For the $21 cost, you can buy Boston's Travis Shaw or Oakland's Danny Valencia? Or, you can have an AL MVP candidate in a matchup against Houston RHP Doug Fister, who Machado has three hits (including a HR) against in six career at-bats. I know who I'm taking.

SS: Didi Gregorius ($10) -  Looking for some cheap upside at SS? Didi is your man. He's on a six-game hitting streak, and is 5-for-9 in his past two contests. And he's a respectable 3-for-10 in his career vs. Toronto RHP R.A. Dickey.

OF: Seth Smith ($13) - I like Smith's chances of breaking out of a mini-funk tonight against Oakland RHP Kendall Graveman, who has allowed 39 hits in his past 25 IP.

OF: Nomar Mazara ($12) -  Texas' impressive rookie outfielder already has 14 multi-hit efforts in first 39 MLB games and has homered in two of his past five contests. And he's also tearing up right-handed pitching (.888 OPS with all six of his home runs), which is what he'll be facing in Angels RHP Jhoulys Chacin, he of the 5.21 ERA on the season.

OF: Jon Jay ($8) - For a mere $8 you get a hitter with a .898 OPS in 24 career at-bats (2-for-6 in two meetings this season) vs. Giants RHP Jeff Samardzija.

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