I was not around for a Friday Index because exhaustion got the best of me Thursday night. I was nodding off around 8 p.m. and never recovered.
But I have gotten some rest over the weekend and work calls for me against Monday. Some of the day will probably be spent attempting to view the solar eclipse, but will likely give up after a couple of minutes. Part of the day will be spent avoiding Game of Thrones spoilers, the rest will be spent (hopefully) working and then building MLB lineups.
We have only a couple of weeks left before the start of the NFL season, but I am still in baseball mode.
Tonight we have 7 games on the slate, a night solid, small DFS baseball day.
I don’t need to talk anymore, so let’s move on to today’s Index picks.
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Chris Stratton – SP – San Francisco Giants – $6,800
Analysis: Soo, this is a recency bias play, no doubt. Pitching isn’t exactly stellar, so why not take a cheap guy in a great ballpark against a team that strikes out a lot? Stratton has been solid against RH bats this season, sporting a .244 wOBA, an 8.10 K/9 rate and a 29% hard contact rate. It’s lefties we have to worry about in this lineup – Vogt, Shaw, Thames and Walker. Let’s just hope the ballpark and the home atmosphere allows Stratton to notch the strikeouts and keep the damage low.
Rafael Devers – 3B – Boston Red Sox – $4,500
Analysis: Remember when everyone was on Mike Clevinger’s crotch? Yea, I wasn’t one of those people. Sorry, he’s not that good, he just had a good run of success. The Red Sox are streaking, fighting for the playoffs and the division, so it makes sense to elevate them as one the top offenses of the day, especially with their stud rookie Rafael Devers providing a huge spark to this lineup. Devers is 2-for-2 off Clevinger and currently sports a 9-game hitting streak. In five of those games, Devers has multiple hits. This game is in Progressive Field, which does favor the lefty bat some. Against lefties, Clevinger owns a .345 wOBA, 1.80 HR/9 rate and a 37% hard contact rate.
