It’s the last week of Period 3 in Tout Daily with three Golden Tickets on the line a well as a free t-shirt from Rotowear.
Here’s where the Touts are looking.
Patrick Davitt (BaseballHQ, @patrickdavitt)
Cole Hamels: I’m pretty far back in the overall despite one top-10 finish in the period, so I have to roll the dice a little. Hamels draws the woeful Royals, who are bottom-third in ISO, Hard-Hit% and HR/F vs LHP. I’m also stacking TEX hitters vs Jason Hammel.
Nomar Mazara: ($4,100) Mazara has a career OPS over 1.000 in KC, .884 against finesse pitchers, and .795 against RHP. I like his chances in KC against a finesse righty.
Gene McCaffrey (Wise Guy Baseball, @WiseGuyGene)
Cole Hamels: Cole Hamels – Not expecting greatness, just hoping for decent start against a weak opponent that when paired with a cheaper SP (Romano or Lauer) will enable me to use a heavy Coors Field stack.
Logan Morrison: Logan Morrison vs. Chris Sale seems borderline insane, but LoMo is super-cheap and he loves flyball pitchers.
Rick Wolf (Fantasy Alarm, @RickWolf1)
Mike Clevinger: There are a lot of hitting bargains so although I dabbled with taking Peralta vs Pirates or German at home after two 20 points starts in a row and looking sharp. No one can argue with the upside of Clevinger. That coupled with Sale having a couple of stinkers and the way too high price for Verlander (who I am taking too), Clevinger wins my war for pitching promise.
Jose Ramirez: It is chalk to take Arenado or Story or even Desmond in Coors vs a LHP. I will go to the other LHP who will have trouble with Jose Ramirez. Rodon has great talent, but ramirez has no holes and if Carlos has to challenge him, we could see some fireworks tonight!
Todd Zola (Mastersball, @toddzola)
Jameson Taillon: Waffling between Sale and Verlander so looking at a solid but more cost-efficient option at SP2. I’ll take Taillon in PNC vs. the Brew Crew
Dansby Swanson: I’ll have a little Coors exposure but can’t stack – love Swanson on top of Braves order vs. Garcia
Michael Rathburn (Rotowire, @FantasyRath)
Jason Hammel: His last 5 starts – 31.2 IP, 28 K, 5 BB. At $5K why not?
Brandon Nimmo: Will gladly go Find Nimmo @ Coors
Jeff Boggis (Fantasy Football Empire, @JeffBoggis)
Chris Sale: Playing for pride this week. Going with Chris Sale tonight at $12,700. Saving the $600 that it would cost me to roster Justin Verlander.
Ian Desmond : Ian Desmond ($4,500) will lead my Colorado stack against Jason Vargas at Coors Field.
Lawr Michaels (CreativeSports2, @lawrmichaels)
Chris Sale: I need a lot of points, but similarly, I need a foundation with hopes my crapshots pay off, thus Sale, a dominant lefty is just that. He faces the Twins, who hit about as soft a .242 (just ten homers) as exists on the planet.
Eric Hosmer: I like Eric Hosmer and his nice little team facing another fun team, but with its starters taking its lumps as it tries to become a big league rotation. That makes Paul Blackburn (1.3 frames, eight runs allowed last start) tonight’s target. I do have a few shares in Athletics hitters, so maybe this will be a run-fest?