1B- Adrian Gonzalez BOS- Gonzalez is 7.6K and is hitting over .300 with 2 HR and 12 RBI. He is facing the young right handed Hendriks. The Red Sox exploded for double digit runs last night, and we like them to stay hot against this contact pitcher.
2B- Dan Uggla ATL- Uggla seems like a great pick today as he is priced under 7K, and is facing a soft tossing lefty in Lilly. Lilly won't be able to get under the hands of Uggla today which is one of his soft spots. Lilly has pitched very well this season in 12 innings (0.69ERA), but we don't like that to last long as the Braves bats have been a lot better since the beginning of the year.
3B- David Wright NYM- Wright is hitting over .365 this season with 2 home runs and is facing the lefty in Mark Buerhle. Buerhle has been pretty successful this season owning an ERA of 2.66. We like Wright for an extra base hit or two against this contact pitcher (12Ks in 20.1 innings).
SS- Clint Barmes PIT- We are unsure how Barmes came out and played like he did last night, but for his 2.6K price today there is no reason to think if he plays he can't get 2 fantasy points today. We have the liberty of seeing the lineup of this game before the league closes, so this is a low risk high reward play here.
OF- Josh Hamilton TEX- Hamilton is one of the best hitters in the game right now (see his 12K price). With the money we saved from using Barmes, we are going with the hottest hitter against Phil Hughes IN Texas. That just sounds so great as a fantasy matchup.
OF-Andre McCutchen PIT- McCutchen just missed a home run yesterday against the Rockies and ended up with a big 2RBI double that was huge for his fantasy status. He is under 7K on Draftstreet, and we love it even with him facing the righty in Nicasio.
OF- Emilio Bonifacio MIA- Bonifacio should fair well today against the knuckleballer in Dickey. We like his singles and speed approach against this kind of pitcher. The knuckleball is also a tough pitch for catchers to throw basestealers out.
SP- Adam Wilk DET- Wilk pitched alright against the Rangers last weekend going 4 innings giving up only 2 earned runs, but also gave up 10 hits with it. We don't see the Mariners matching up like the Rangers did that day. Add into the fact that the Mariners just went above their average in possibly every offensive category last night and we like Wilk even better tonight. Lightning can't strike twice can it?
SP- Trevor Cahill ARI- We are jumping on the Cahill train tonight as he faces the Phillies. We really like how Cahill has thrown this season not to mention he is facing a bad offense tonight. The Phillies can't possibly swing it well two days in a row against this arm.
RP- Francisco Cordero TOR- Cordero is the closer as long as Santos is out (over 4 weeks). We like a close ball game between the O's and Jays tonight with the Jays coming out on top. Cordero is used to closing and should have no problem doing so tonight.
Weather Report:
*CIN vs SF- 60%
*LAD vs ATL- 60%
*SD vs WAS- 50%
*CHC vs STL- 50%
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