We are winding down to the worst week of the year – the baseball All-Star break.
But it’s OK, we still have a couple of weeks left to line our pockets before baseball DFS takes a hiatus.
Anyway, let’s focus on tonight, in which we have a small 6-game slate.
I don’t know how the pitching will fall on this slate. We have Chris Sale, reasonably priced I think, and then there’s everyone else.
We have the Yankees against a porous lefty (more on them later) and some other bad options as well.
Anyway, I am not holding back tonight. It’s a Yankees’ stack kind of day and somehow I will have to figure out what to do with Sale.
The Dodgers and Nats are firmly in play, but I will be targeting the Yanks heavily (and assuming the weather holds up).
Let’s get to today’s options…
Tyler Austin – OF – New York Yankees – $3,200
Analysis: He’s already been playing and now Aaron Hicks is out with an injury. Welcome to one of the more popular value plays on the slate. Hopefully he doesn’t bat too high in the order against lefty David Holmberg, but either way, he’s going to be hard to pass up tonight. In limited action, Austin has a .460 wOBA, a .304 ISO and a 61% hard contact rate against lefties since 2016.
Aaron Judge – OF – New York Yankees – $5,600
Analysis: All rise. What a catchphrase. Judge is the man and his gavel strikes hot, especially against lefties – .496 wOBA, .383 ISO, 48% hard contact rate.
Gary Sanchez – C – New York Yankees – $5,000
Analysis: I normally don’t like to pay up at catcher, unless it’s Buster Posey, but I am starting to add Sanchez to that list. He hasn’t quite destroyed lefty pitching as much as Judge and Matt Holliday (more on him later), but his contact rate is at 47% and his numbers against lefties have already improved this season. Trust me, it’s going to get there with that kind of contact.
