My maiden voyage of the DFS playbook has arrived. I will be locking down the Tuesday and Thursday slate going forward and am very excited about the opportunity to continue to help all of you achieve DFS greatness. 

Tonight, I am going sticking to my usual game plan of paying for the pitchers and have a guy in there in Madison Bumgarner that you could see lightly owned tonight as most will want to avoid that Oakland Lineup. I am not afraid of the A's tonight. 

There are not many top notch options to like at the catcher and shortstop position so value plays are the target there. This will allow you to fit in a few real high end bats as a result. My top plays of the day are the value of Matt Adams and the power of Giancarlo Stanton.Both of which should frequent your lineups tonight.

There is one main theme in tonight's picks as well in that you will see a ton of guys who crush the left handed pitchers. There are a few in the playbook that maybe platooned out like Lucas, Ross if in the lineup , Medica and possibly Gomes so it is important to not use too many of them who may fall into the situation when constructing your lineup.

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Here is the DFS Playbook for Tuesday July 8th:

PlayerPosFanduelDraftKingsDraftStreetAcesReasoning
Julio TeheranP9,3009,90022,0756,550Mets only .581 OPS vs  in career
Madison BumgarnerP9,2009,80019,2427,6501.32 ERA  on the Road
Masahiro TanakaP11,00011,30023,0126,800Has been lights out all year
Trevor BauerP5,4006,2009,4925,750Less expensive option with high K's
David RossC2,5003,2003,8803,9004 HR's in 40 AB's vs lefties
Rene RiveraC2,3002,8004,2594,000.632 Slugging vs lefties
Derek NorrisC3,3003,6007,5585,000.351 avg vs Lefties
Matt Adams1B3,2003,9005,4415,200Way  underpriced on DK and FD
Paul Goldschmidt1B5,2005,7008,7655,750.397 avg vs Lefties
Tommy Medica1B2,9003,4004,5824,000Value option in Coors
Chase Utley2B3,4004,2006,3165,100Nice value for potential production
Ben Zobrist2B/OF3,4004,3004,9645,00011 for 26 vs Jaosn Vargas
Ed Lucas2B/SS2,3002,9003,3184,200Likely to hit in front Stanton
Scooter Gennett2B/SS3,7003,8008,3485,000Only using for SS option on DK
Adeiny HechavarriaSS/3B2,3003,000N/A4,100Not many SS to like today
Evan Longoria3B3,6004,7004,8405,000Must play  on DS and FD for price
Todd Frazier3B3,9004,5005,8945,000Owns left handed pitching
Kyle Seager 2B/3B3,7004,7007,4535,5001.054 OPS at home this season
Kole CalhounOF4,0004,1008,7084,8501.348 OPS last 7 days
Shin-Soo ChooOF3,3004,8006,9704,950Back to the lead off spot has helped
Giancarlo StantonOF4,9005,6007,5515,800Doubling Down after yesterday
Marcell OzunaOF3,2003,9005,8084,600Righties .376 wOBA vs Nuno
Jonny GomesOF2,4003,2003,8214,250.388wOBA vs lefties this season
Chris DenorfiaOF3,6002,2005,0134,250.365 wOBA vs lefties 
Junior LakeOF2,2003,4002,6414,350Great spot Vs LHP to get on track

 

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