Every Tuesday, and the occasional Friday, the Touts will be playing Tout Daily, a DFS league consisting of five four-week periods. The top-three finishers, along with the overall point leader after 20 weeks are awarded a Golden Ticket into the Tout Daily Survivor Finals.
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Here are the Touts recommendations for Tuesday, April 24.
Charlie Wiegert (CDM Sports, @GFFantasySports)
Maeda, Porcello: Looking for wins for both, 5+ innings and k’s. Porcello has pitched great and Blue Jays scuffling, a good combo!
Matt Carpenter: He’s been seeing the ball better and getting more aggressive at the plate. I’m looking for him to take a wheeler deep tonight!
Lawr Michaels (CreativeSports2, @lawrmichaels)
Ty Blach: A total value pick, but the Nationals are hitting just .196 against Southpaws this year, making Blach, hurling at home, a fun gamble.
Brandon Crawford: Sticking with the Giants, and value picks, Crawford is under-performing, but Tanner Roark poses the perfect tonic for such a hitter to get well.
Phil Hertz (BaseballHQ, @prhz50)
Tanner Roark: Pitching well and pitching at AT@T
Mookie Betts : He’s been red hot. No reason to expect it to stop tonight.
Jeff Boggis (Fantasy Football Empire, @JeffBoggis)
Charlie Morton: There are 4 games tonight that have greater than a 60% chance of rain. Morton has been incredible so far, sporting a 0.72 ERA, a 0.88 WHIP, and a 16.4% swinging strike rate. Those who bought into the right-handers breakout last season are being handsomely rewarded early in the year.
Teoscar Hernandez (TOR – OF): Why he is only priced at $3,200 boggles the Boggis. Over the past 2 weeks, Hernandez is hitting .343 with 7 runs scored, 3 home runs, 10 RBI, and 1 stolen base.
Ray Murphy (BaseballHQ, @RayHQ)
Kenta Maeda: Home for MIA, priced under 10k. I expect he’ll be widely-owned, but I’ll still jump aboard rather than fade him.
Manny Margot: He’s been ice cold, but that keeps his price reasonable. Should be batting leadoff in Coors with the platoon advantage. 4300 very reasonable for that.
Brian Walton (CreativeSports2, @B_Walton)
Luke Weaver: Quality young arm should put prior subpar outing behind him with home start.
Yadier Molina: Ageless catcher has been red-hot while swatting six home runs already this season. Has been batting higher in the order, second, recently.
Derek Carty (RotoGrinders, @DerekCarty)
Kenta Maeda: There’s always the risk of being pulled early by Dave Roberts, but Maeda is too cheap for such a great matchup against Miami
Shin-Soo Choo: Coors is the obvious spot, but the Rangers are nearly as good as Rockies tonight. Andrew Triggs is a side-armer who throws a sinker and slider a combined 65% of the time. That implies he’ll have a wide platoon split going forward, plus he struggles to prevent steals. As a lefty with some speed, Choo is capable of taking advantage of both, plus it’s 80 degrees in Arlington today.
Todd Zola (Mastersball, @toddzola)
Rick Porcello: Maeda’s chalkier than a kindergarten class at recess, want to avoid the weather and a blow-up for my SP2, Porcello fits the bill.
Lorenzo Cain: Again, want to avoid the rain games, Cain’s been running and everyone is in scoring position with Kennedy on the hill
Clay Link (Rotowire, @claywlink)
Luke Weaver: Weaver’s strikeout rate is down as many predicted, and he’s coming off a poor start, but he’s not walking guys nor is he giving up homers. The Mets have been scuffling a bit lately and may be without Todd Frazier. Perhaps it’s a sucker play, but Weaver’s price seems too good to pass up.
J.D. Martinez: Martinez against a lefty is pretty much automatic for me, regardless of price.
Michael Rathburn (Rotowire, @FantasyRath)
Kenta Maeda: Monster favorite at home vs weak lineup. Should be in for 6 IP, W, and 8-10K.
Khris Davis: vs LHP in Texas, high total, good BVP
Jeff Erickson (Rotowire, @Jeff_Erickson)
Luke Weaver: Not very unique, which worries me, but he’s the best “affordable” option to allow for the Red Sox stack.
Hanley Ramirez: Rolling with a Red Sox stack – J.A. Happ has already allowed five homers in his first four starts.