It’s a special Friday edition of Tout Daily to make up for the Tuesday night All Star game and if the following is an indication, choices will be all over the place tonight. This marks the final week of Period 4 so there’s a lot on the line with the next three Golden Tickets awaiting to be awarded along with a t-shirt courtesy of Rotowear.com for the points leader this period.
Phil Hertz (BaseballHQ, @prhz50)
Robbie Ray: He had a nice outing against the Rockies already this year. Like him in Phoeniex
Anthony Rendon : Consistently underrated. A big second half is coming.
Lawr Michaels (CreativeSports2, @lawrmichaels)
David Price: Price gets to face Detroit who do hit left-handers at a reasonable pace, but with very little pop (just 22 homers). I am guessing Price, with a long rest, can do his thing against the generally punchless Tigers.
Colin Moran: Moran faces Tyler Mahle (4.02, 1.44) who gives up a lot of dingers (17 over 100.2 innings) in a game that should be fun to track with potentially a lot of points.
Todd Zola (Mastersball, @toddzola)
Jake Arrieta: He’s better at home, I’ll take that on a weird slate with most good pitchers drawing tough matchups, many on the road
Mike Trout: Should be able to fit him in, hoping for low ownership, yet of course I’m going public with my recommendation. What a doofus.
Rob Leibowitz (Rotoheaven, @rob_leibowitz)
Robbie Ray: I like him at home against one of the higher-strikeout rate offenses. Less risk than other, more epxensive starters in terms of how deep their teams may let them go
JD Martinez: Boyd doesn’t have much in the way of righty/lefty split, but Martinez has a good one vs. lefties. I’ll go with his.
Gene McCaffrey (Wise Guy Baseball, @WiseGuyGene)
Dylan Bundy: Tough contest tonight and in the tournament I’ll enter at least five teams. Bundy will be on some of them, at a good price against a weak offense.
Kike Hernandez: He doesn’t really hit a home run every game he starts against a lefty. It only seems that way, and he’s mighty cheap. And the lefty is, I am told, Wade Miley.
Stephania Bell (ESPN Fantasy Sports, @Stephania_ESPN)
Noah Syndergaard: I know. Trevor Bauer is pitching if want to pay for a premium arm. And he’s pretty good. But Syndergaard costs less and despite the potency of the power in the Bronx, it’s inconsistent. So I’ll take my chances with a guy who ranks among the five best in both chase rate and swing-and-miss percentage since he came into the bigs (qualifying min 400 IP)
Nicholas Castellanos: Castellanos has been raking against lefties all season and I thought he’d be pricey against Price (see what I did there?). But he’s not top dollar price (like Betts, for instance) and since I saved a little in the pitching department, I’m willing to give a little more for the upside potential he brings.
Charlie Wiegert (CDM Sports, @GFFantasySports)
Gaviglio, Mahle : Going cheap with two guys that can both get me 20 points
Trout, Harper, Arenado: Using saving on pitching for big three
Mike Gianella (Baseball Prospectus, @MikeGianella)
Kyle Gibson: Outside of one shaky outing Gibson has looked great in his last few turns on the hill. Hoping he can capitalize against a weak Royals lineup.
Jesse Winker: The power hasn’t come yet but Winker’s getting on base at a .400+ clip and is going to provide points/fill up a box score even if he doesn’t deliver the dongs.
Jeff Erickson (Rotowire, @Jeff_Erickson)
Robbie Ray: When’s the last time you saw a COL-AZ game with the lowest O/U on the board? Ray might not have staying power, but at least I’ll get K’s.
Edwin Encarnacion: I’m running three Indians (Lindor, E5, Guyer) against Martin Perez, who has been miserable at home and against RH’s this year.