Lawr Michaels (CreativeSports2, @lawrmichaels)
Zach Eflin: The Phillies righty is 6-2, 3.02, with a 1.17 WHIP and 57 strikeouts over his last 56.2 frames and faces an Orioles team that is hitting just .225 off righties. And Eflin gets to pitch at home.
Gene McCaffrey (Wise Guy Baseball, @WiseGuyGene)
Zack Greinke: Zack Greinke is exactly the kind of pitcher who should benefit from pitcher’s umpire Bill Welke, plus he’s a good bet to provide what passes for quantity these days.
Jake Ciely (Rotoexperts, @allinkid)
Clayton Kershaw: It feels as though every time I pay up for Clayton Kershaw, I get the Klayton Pshaw knockoff version. Nevertheless, I’m not thrilled by most of the slate with Greinke vs. the Cardinals and the good Bieber facing a low K team, so here we are… despite the Pirates having the 10th lowest K% against lefties.
Howard Bender (Fantasy Alarm, @RotobuzzGuy)
Zach Eflin: He’s pitching incredibly well this season with slightly more than a strikeout per inning and gets to face an Orioles club that is whiffing nearly 25% of the time against right-handers this season. They’ve also struggled mightily over the past week, posting a woeful team wOBA of just .285 in that span.
Mike Gianella (Baseball Prospectus, @MikeGianella)
Marco Estrada: The Mets look like they’re playing out the string in July. Estrada is coming off of a June with a 2.35 ERA and 2.88 FIP. He’s unlikely to twirl a gem but his salary gives me space to use some high end bats tonight.
Ray Murphy (BaseballHQ, @RayHQ)
Ryan Yarbrough: Nice cheap pitching option in Miami
Michael Rathburn (Rotowire, @FantasyRath)
Ryan Yarbrough: Hard to pass on price/matchup
Jeff Boggis (Fantasy Football Empire, @JeffBoggis)
Clayton Kershaw: At $12,000 this is one of the cheapest opportunities to roster Kershaw in your starting lineup. I’ll take the over on over or under 20 fantasy points tonight.
Jeff Erickson (Rotowire, @Jeff_Erickson)
Marco Estrada: Going with two cheap pitchers – Estrada & DeSclafani so that I can afford an obvious Reds stack.
Todd Zola (Mastersball, @toddzola)
Zach Eflin: Underlying metrics say this guy is eflin’ good