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Daily Dime: Throwing Yu Darvish and stacking Cubs
As always when playing Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball, be sure to check the final lineups and the weather.
With more options available for contests starting at 7:05 ET, I’m going to concentrate on Wednesday’s later batch of games.
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My full lineup:
SP: Yu Darvish $46
SP: Jason Hammel $43
C: Willson Contreras $11
1B: Chris Davis $14
2B: Ben Zobrist $11
3B: Manny Machado $15
SS: Addison Russell $16
OF: Ryan Braun $19
OF: Andrew McCutchen $15
OF: Jacoby Ellsbury $10
Darvish has 20 strikeouts over 10.1 innings since returning from his latest stint on the disabled list, and he owns a career-high 13.9 SwStr% on the season. The Rangers face the A’s, who’ll be starting a pitcher (Sean Manaea) with a 7.89 ERA and 1.52 WHIP on the road this year…Hammel has allowed two runs or fewer in four of his last five starts and sports a 2.70 ERA with a 1.06 WHIP at home the season. The Cubs are the biggest favorites (-235) on the board Wednesday.
Davis has been in a massive slump of late, but he’s still on pace to finish with 36 homers, 106 runs scored and 97 RBI. Meanwhile, teammate Machado is awfully affordable for someone with a .987 OPS at home this season…Braun is batting .441 with 15 runs scored and five steals over his past 10 games…McCutchen has been a disappointment, but that’s why the former MVP is moderately priced at only $15 while at home against a lefty…Ellsbury is a needed cheap option after spending on two of the highest four priced pitchers.
The Cubs are Wednesday’s stack, given their prices while at home against a starter making his first appearance since May 10 who owns a 28:32 K:BB ratio over 58.1 career innings.
Good luck with your contests Wednesday.
