A big ol’ night of MLB for this Friday. With the Cubs playing their usual Friday afternoon game at Wrigley, we get 14 games on our plate. It’s also a night of West Coast aces with Kershaw vs Bumgarner in LA and Greinke taking on the Fathers in San Diego. Let’s get to the good stuff.
Below are the expert consensus picks for the evening slate of Monday games from our expert sites. The number in parenthesis shows how many experts picked that particular player.
SP
- Zack Greinke (13x) – Obviously the experts expect him to bounce back from two rough outings.
- Chris Sale (7x)
- Clayton Kershaw (6x)
- Carlos Martinex (5x)
- Garrett Richards (5x)
- Madison Bumgarner (4x)
- Joe Ross (4x)
- Jake Odorizzi (3x)
C
- Jonathan Lucroy (7x)
- Matt Wieters (4x)
- Brian McCann (4x)
- Wilson Ramos (3x)
1B
- David Ortiz (8x)
- Prince Fielder (4x)
- Edwin Encarnacion (4x)
- Lucas Duda (3x)
- John Jaso (3x)
- Brandon Belt (3x)
- Mark Trumbo (1B/OF) (3x)
2B
- Dee Gordon (7x)
- Rougned Odor (4x)
- Robinson Cano (4x)
- Jose Altuve (3x)
- Daniel Murphy (2B/3B) (3x)
SS
- Xander Bogaerts (7x)
- Carlos Correa (5x)
- Troy Tulowitzki (3x)
- JJ Hardy (3x)
3B
- Matt Carpenter (6x)
- Manny Machado (3B/SS) (5x)
- Josh Donaldson (3x)
OF
- Nomar Mazara (7x)
- Christian Yelich (6x)
- Jose Bautista (6x)
- Bryce Harper (5x)
- Colby Rasmus (4x)
- George Springer (3x)
- Randal Grichuk (3x)
Top Stacks
- Orioles – 4 (Wieters, Trumbo, Hardy, Machado)
- Blue Jays – 4 (Encarnacion, Tulowitzki, Donaldson, Bautista)
- Astros – 4 (Altuve, Correa, Rasmus, Springer)
- Nationals – 3 (Murphy, Ramos, Harper)
- Rangers – 3 (Fielder, Odor, Mazara)
Come back on Monday for our next round of the MLB Industry Expert Consensus. Follow me on Twitter at @mbutlerok.
