Welcome to the July 7th edition of the DFS Playbook!! Tonight we have a near full slate of games to select from which is high for a Monday night. This obviously means there was a ton more work that we had to do in order to make sure we have the absolute best matchups possible here.
As you will notice, I am not using Stephen Strasburg tonight. Sure I love his strikeout potential but to me the Orioles are a very worthy opponent that could cause Strasburg fits. I am going to use Wainwright as my top cash game hurler tonight instead. One additional arm that I like tonight that I didn't include in the "official" Playbook is Jake Odorizzi of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays are going to win this game and I am confident enough in Odorizzi to use him tonight.
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Here is the DFS Playbook for Monday July 7th:
| Player | Pos | Fanduel | DraftKings | DraftStreet | Aces |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 9,600 | 10,600 | 18,892 | 6,900 |
| Hisashi Iwakuma | P | 8,200 | 9,100 | 15,079 | 6,700 |
| Mike Leake | P | 8,200 | 8,300 | 18,033 | 5,000 |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 7,300 | 7,900 | 13,771 | 5,950 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 4,300 | 4,500 | 7,451 | 5,400 |
| Travis D'Arnaud | C | 2,300 | 2,600 | 3,069 | 4,000 |
| Chris Iannetta | C | 2,800 | 3,500 | 6,284 | 4,300 |
| David Ortiz | 1B | 3,800 | 5,200 | 8,967 | 5,250 |
| Freddie Freeman | 1B | 4,000 | 4,700 | 9,049 | 5,300 |
| Eric Campbell | 1B/OF | 2,700 | 2,700 | 4,491 | 3,950 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 3,200 | 4,300 | 6,526 | 4,900 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B/SS | 3,400 | 4,400 | 6,249 | 5,000 |
| Brian Roberts | 2B | 2,800 | 3,600 | 5,586 | 4,350 |
| Brooks Conrad | 2B/3B | 2,500 | 2,000 | N/A | 3,500 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 4,500 | 5,000 | 8,628 | 5,650 |
| David Freese | 3B | 2,700 | 3,800 | 5,758 | 4,200 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 4,500 | 5,300 | 8,758 | 4,200 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 2,500 | 3,700 | 5,618 | 4,750 |
| Giancarlo Stanton | OF | 5,000 | 5,500 | 8,910 | 5,800 |
| Jayson Werth | OF | 3,600 | 4,300 | 7,826 | 5,000 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | OF | 3,600 | 4,700 | 6,970 | 4,950 |
| Matt Joyce | OF | 3,300 | 4,500 | 6,366 | 4,800 |
| Tommy Medica | OF | 2,900 | 3,400 | 4,582 | 4,000 |
| Daniel Nava | OF | 2,200 | 3,400 | N/A | N/A |
| Marcell Ozuna | OF | 3,200 | 3,800 | 6,854 | 4,600 |
| Ender Inciarte | OF | 2,300 | 2,500 | 4,581 | 4,000 |
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Shohei Ohtani walked three times, stole a base and scored a run in an extra-inning win Monday over the Marlins.
Ohtani’s steal was the seventh of the season. The three walks bring his season total to 18, and his on-base percentage is a strong .392 over the first 28 games of 2025. Ohtani has now reached at least three times in three consecutive games, but it’s worth noting he hasn’t gone deep since April 16.
Teoscar Hernández hit a two-run homer in a win over the Marlins on Monday in extra innings.
Dane Myers hit a pinch-hit grand slam to tie the game in the sixth inning against the Dodgers.
After Dustin May left the game, Myers came on to hit for Matt Mervis off southpaw Anthony Banda, and he slaughtered a ball over the center-field fence to turn a 5-1 deficit into a 5-5 game. He also singled, and he improved his slash to a strong — and totally unsustainable — .315/.327/.463. He does appear to see the ball pretty well against southpaws, however.
Tommy Edman hit a walk-off two-run single in the 10th inning to give the Dodgers a 7-6 win over the Marlins on Monday.
Dustin May didn’t factor into the decision after allowing three runs over 5 1/3 innings against the Marlins on Monday.
May blanked the Marlins over five innings, but then was charged for three runs in the sixth; two of those coming on a grand slam after he had left the contest. It’s a shaky result, but a better outing than his 10-hit disaster against the Cubs last Tuesday. Still, May’s ERA has jumped from 1.06 to 3.95 over his last two chances, and he’ll try and get back on track in a rematch with the Marlins in Miami next week.
Edward Cabrera allowed nine hits and five runs while working four-plus innings in a no-decision versus3. the Dodgers on Monday.
This went exactly how it was supposed to go, with all due respect to Cabrera. The right-hander threw just 57-of-97 pitches for strikes, and gave up runs in four of his five innings he pitched in. That sees his ERA rise to 7.23, while two strikeouts and three walks push his K/BB to 20/11 over four starts and 18 2/3 innings. He’ll try and improve those numbers next weekend against the Athletics.