Welcome to Period 1, Week 1 of Tout Daily, the DFS league composed of 30 Tout Wars participants. We play once week, concluding with a three-day survivor tournament crowning the Tout Daily Champion. On the days we play, some of our favorite picks will be shared. Here are some of the favorites for Tuesday’s slate.
Todd Zola (Mastersball, @toddzola)
Pitcher: Pablo Lopez – I realy wanted to use Ohtani, but I landed on some stud batters, so it’s Lopez and Alek Monaoh
Hitter: Eddie Rosario – Stacking Cardinals (chalk) with a Dodgers mini-stack. A $2300 Eddie Rosario, batting fifth against Luis Cessa is the glue
Ryan Hallam (Fighting Chance Fantasy, @FightingChance)
Pitcher: Alek Manoah – Solid strikeout rate in his career vs the team that has scored the fewest runs so far
Hitter: Nolan Arenado – .500 hitter in 8 ABs against Freeland and he’s kind of decent hitting at Coors
Joe Gallina (Fantasy Alarm, @joegallina)
Pitcher: Alek Manoah – Faces the Tigers who have the lowest wOBA (.250) and have scored the fewest runs in baseball (27) this season.
Hitter: Paul Goldschmidt – Goldy crushes LHP & has a career .332/.422/.608 triple slash at Coors Field
Anthony Aniano (Rotoballer, @AAnianoFantasy)
Pitcher: Alex Manoah – For a significant discount compared to other pitchers on today’s slate ($7,700) he faces a Tigers offense that stikes out an average of 10 times per game, has a team average of .205, and averages only 3 runs per game.
Hitter: Ronald Acuna – Acuna is 5 for his last 8 over his last two games and he faces Luis Cessa whos last season allowed 10 home runs to right handed hitters in 42 inning pitched.
Rick Wolf (SiriusXM, @RickWolf1)
Pitcher: Pablo Lopez –
Hitter: Mookie Betts – The chalk of the slate tonight. He is batting .500 when facing the lefty Alex Wood. Betts is batting leadoff and willbe the catalyst for the lineup tonight. He is used at 2B also to make another OF spot available. He is expensive, but will be worth it tonight.
Phil Hertz (Baseball HQ, @prhz50)
Pitcher: Pablo Lopez – He’s looked like an ace so far, but he’s not priced that way.
Hitter: Austin Riley – I like a lot of Atlanta hitters tonight. Riley more so than most.
Sky Dombroske (Fantistics Insider Baseball, @SkyDombroske)
Pitcher: Jacob DeGrom – DeGrom against the worst offense in MLB to this point
Hitter: Ronald Acuna – Luis Cessa is a gas can vs RHB
Matt Trussell (Razzball, @MattTruss)
Pitcher: Shohei Ohtani – Dude is just out here toying with sweepers mid start, just nasty
Hitter: Jarred Kelenic – Not ready to call his career toast just yet. Favorable hitting conditions in Chicago and I like SEA to put up some runs.
Jeff Erickson (Rotowire, @Jeff_Erickson)
Pitcher: Corbin Burnes – I’ll gamble on a recovery with the discounted price and likely low ownership.
Hitter: Jordan Walker – He’ll be heavily rostered, but at that price I can’t avoid eating the chalk.
Steve Gardner (USA TODAY Sports, @SteveAGardner)
Pitcher: Corbin Burnes – The chalkiest of chalk considering his $8500 price tag
Hitter: Tommy Edman – Hitting second against a left-hander at Coors Field? I’ll take him — and throw in a Goldschmidt for good measure.
Howard Bender (Fantasy Alarm, @RotoBuzzGuy)
Pitcher: Alek Manoah – Detroit stinks!
Hitter: Corey Seager – Jordan Lyles stinks!
Erik Halterman (Rotowire, @erik_halterman)
Pitcher: David Peterson – More talent than you’re usually going to get in his price range ($6,800), making for a nice pairing with deGrom. Risky matchup vs. the Padres but a great home park.
Hitter: Trey Mancini – Slow start, but a competent hitter batting cleanup against Chris Flexen while costing $2,900 is tough to turn down