TX’s Daily Fantasy Intro:
What’s up, 4DEEP?! We have 13 games on the FanDuel main slate today. Let’s get into it!
TX’s Elite Pitching:
- Luis Castillo FD: $11k – Heavy favorite at home taking the mound against the Royals. Castillo scores 22% more fantasy points at home. The Royals have a .240 average against Castillo in 37 at bats. Castillo has averaged 45 FPPG when he’s a heavy favorite and 37 FPPG over his last 16 games.
- Justin Verlander FD: $10.6k – I have him ranked under Castillo because the Tigers have been pretty pesky lately. He is a road favorite in a pitcher’s park. The Tigers have a 27% K-rate to righties.
TX’s Mid-Tier Pitching:
- Jordan Montgomery FD: $10.2k – Coming off back to back 40+ fantasy point games going against the Twins. The Twins have a 24% K-rate and a .298 wOBA to lefties. The Twins have 23 at bats against Montgomery with a .130 average.
- Aaron Nola FD: $9.8k – Home favorite against the Cardinals today, where he scores 20% more fantasy points. The Cardinals have a .020 batting average in 42 at bats against Nola.
TX’s Door #3 Pitcher:
- Jack Flaherty FD: $8.6k – The park isn’t ideal, but we have a soft match-up against the Rockies today. The Rockies have a 28% K-rate to righties.
Stacks:
- O’s
- Mariners
- Dodgers
Hitters:
- C: 1. Raleigh 2. Diaz 3. Gomes 4. Garver 5. Contreras (MIL)
- 1B: 1. Mountcastle/Santander 2. Freeman 3. Guerrero 4. Ford 5. Walker
- 2B: 1. Gelof 2. McLain 3. Altuve 4. Betts 5. Semien
- 3B: 1. Suarez 2. Muncy 3. Bregman 4. Ramirez 5. Burger
- SS: 1. Seager 2. Adames 3. De La Cruz 4. Swanson 5. Story
- OF: 1. Julio Rodriguez 2. Judge 3. Alvarez 4. Soto 5. Carroll 6. Teoscar Hernandez 7. Meadows 8. Arozarena 9. Springer 10. Tatis 11. Hays 12. Tucker 13. Stanton 14. Carpenter 15. Reynolds
Sunday Specials:
- Double Dong: Suarez
- Four-Hit Game: Altuve
- Favorite One-Off Player Stud: Julio Rodriguez
- Favorite One-Off Player Value: Schneider
- Slate Edge: Mountcastle
- Top Pitcher: Castillo
