*Players are listed in the table in order of preference for the day of action. The write-ups are listed in alphabetical order for ease of reading.
CATCHER
Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
Russell Martin | TOR | R | BOS | Clay Buchholz | R | .997 | .810 | .435 | .357 | 0.583 | 5300 | 4400 | 3600 |
Yasmani Grandal | LA | B | ARI | Allen Webster | R | .504 | .877 | .241 | .386 | 0.235 | 4950 | 4100 | 2800 |
Brayan Pena | CIN | B | MIN | Mike Pelfrey | R | .569 | .782 | .268 | .353 | 0.700 | 4000 | 3100 | 2200 |
Blake Swihart | BOS | B | TOR | R.A. Dickey | R | .595 | .631 | .266 | .281 | 0.750 | 3500 | 3100 | 2300 |
Grandal has 10 big flies in just 161 at-bats against RHP. Webster has allowed three homers his last two starts while walking seven batters and allowing 11 runs.
Martin has four homers, seven RBIs and a 1.263 OPS against Clay over 19 plate appearances. Martin has also murdered pitchers at home (.304/.388/.565).
Pena faces the non-intimidating Pelfrey with hits in 4-straight games. He’s also batting an impressive .368 with a .448 OBP at home and you have to like the .333/.393 marks he has against righties.
Swihart has a hit in 5-straight games to boost his average from .216 to .248. He’s also batting .275 on the road and .276 in June.
FIRST BASE
Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
Mitch Moreland | TEX | L | BAL | Bud Norris | R | .748 | .901 | .334 | .393 | 0.733 | 4750 | 3600 | 2700 |
Chris Davis | BAL | L | TEX | Wandy Rodriguez | L | .885 | .774 | .385 | .344 | 1.033 | 4750 | 4600 | 3400 |
David Ortiz | BOS | L | TOR | R.A. Dickey | R | .277 | .935 | .125 | .412 | 0.833 | 4850 | 4200 | 2800 |
Albert Pujols | LAA | R | NYY | CC Sabathia | L | .720 | .933 | .312 | .405 | 0.678 | 5650 | 4400 | 4600 |
Davis is hitting a robust .300/.3442/.543 against lefties with four homers in 70 at-bats. Surprisingly to some, he’s also sporting an impressive .954 OPS at home this year and he does have an RBI in 5-straight games.
Moreland has a .307-8-30 line over 140 at-bats against righties. Lefties are batting .325 with an .850 OPS against Norris.
Ortiz has three homers, two doubles, eight RBIs with a 1.248 OPS over 29 plate appearances against Dickey. Ortiz also has three homers with six RBIs his last seven games.
Pujols has four homers in 59 at-bats against lefties this season. Pujols has a .546 SLG at home with 12 homers in 40 games. Also he’s facing Sabathia who can’t get righties out (.339/.374/.534).
SECOND BASE
Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
Jason Kipnis | CLE | L | TB | Nate Karns | R | .775 | 1.023 | .345 | .453 | 0.754 | 5800 | 4700 | 4500 |
Logan Forsythe | TB | R | CLE | Cody Anderson | R | .894 | .806 | .389 | .365 | 1.065 | 4550 | 3600 | 3100 |
Mike Pelfrey | R | .740 | .690 | .329 | .306 | 0.931 | 4850 | 4200 | 3000 | ||||
Ryan Goins | TOR | L | BOS | Clay Buchholz | R | .714 | .559 | .310 | .253 | 0.191 | 4000 | 2200 | 2400 |
Forsythe has pushed his average up to .297 from .276 just nine games ago. He’s hitting .313/.383/.465 at home and .313/.394/.412 against righties.
Goins has a history of success against the Red Sox (.296 in 22 games) and against Buchholz (9-for-19, .474).
Kipnis against righties is insane this year. Kipnis is batting .382 with a .470 OBP and .553 SLG. That’s a 1.023 OPS. He’s only hitting .349 with a .436 OBP in June.
THIRD BASE
Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
Manny Machado | BAL | R | TEX | Wandy Rodriguez | L | .917 | .877 | .403 | .383 | 0.921 | 5500 | 5100 | 4200 |
Justin Turner | LA | R | ARI | Allen Webster | R | .408 | 1.128 | .211 | .484 | 0.864 | 4950 | 4400 | 3700 |
Pablo Sandoval | BOS | B | TOR | R.A. Dickey | R | .328 | .885 | .151 | .389 | 0.739 | 4650 | 4000 | 2400 |
Joey Gallo | TEX | L | BAL | Bud Norris | R | .490 | .943 | .217 | .418 | 0.549 | 4550 | 3300 | 3000 |
Gallo takes on Norris who has allowed four homers to lefties with a .493 output in the SLG column for those lefty swingers.
Machado faces a lefty and he’s hit .333 with three homers in 63 at-bats. His OPS is also impressive at .916. He has a hit in 10-straight with 10 RBIs.
Sandoval is batting .325 with a .506 SLG in the month of June. When the knuckler Dickey is on the hill he’s hitting .318 with a homer and five RBIs over 22 at-bats.
Turner is finally making people believers. His last four games: two homers, four RBIs, four runs. He’s also death to righties (.369/.426/.702) and is pretty darn over the top good at night as well (.331/.405/.575).
SHORTSTOP
Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
Carlos Correa | HOU | R | KC | Joe Blanton | R | .967 | .896 | .415 | .386 | 1.148 | 4750 | 5300 | 4000 |
Troy Tulowitzki | COL | R | OAK | Kendall Graveman | R | 1.115 | .742 | .496 | .327 | 0.877 | 5900 | 4700 | 4000 |
Eduardo Escobar | MIN | B | CIN | Mike Leake | R | .550 | .717 | .246 | .316 | 0.818 | 4100 | 2900 | 2500 |
Eduardo Nunez | MIN | R | CIN | Mike Leake | R | .766 | .861 | .328 | .377 | 0.700 | 3750 | 3600 | 2500 |
Correa through 20 games: 15 RBIs, 13 runs, five homers, four steals. Wow. The last two games he has five hits, including three doubles and a homer, while scoring three times.
Escobar has a hit in 6-straight and 9-of-10. He’s hitting .288 on the road and .294 against righties this season.
Nunez is hitting .289 with a .904 OPS on the road. He’s also batting .322/.369/.492 against righties.
Tulo has a hit in 12-straight. He also has a hit in 24 of 25 contests.
OUTFIELD
Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
Mike Trout | LAA | R | NYY | CC Sabathia | L | .939 | .970 | .416 | .425 | 0.821 | 5900 | 4900 | 5000 |
Brett Gardner | NYY | L | LAA | C.J. Wilson | L | .804 | .887 | .353 | .389 | 1.323 | 5050 | 4600 | 4700 |
Chris Young | NYY | R | LAA | C.J. Wilson | L | 1.184 | .565 | .509 | .247 | 1.048 | 3900 | 4500 | 3300 |
Jay Bruce | CIN | L | MIN | Mike Pelfrey | R | .888 | .729 | .387 | .325 | 0.821 | 4900 | 5000 | 3400 |
Alex Gordon | KC | L | HOU | Lance McCullers | R | .815 | .843 | .367 | .384 | 0.711 | 4900 | 4200 | 2600 |
Ben Revere | PHI | L | MIL | Jimmy Nelson | R | .542 | .759 | .242 | .335 | 1.038 | 4850 | 4200 | 3300 |
David Murphy | CLE | L | TB | Nate Karns | R | 1.125 | .847 | .486 | .374 | 1.056 | 4000 | 3000 | 2300 |
Gerardo Parra | MIL | L | PHI | Sean O'Sullivan | R | .785 | .760 | .351 | .333 | 0.808 | 4500 | 3600 | 2600 |
Bruce is batting .276 at home with nine homers and .560 SLG over 33 games. Bruce has also been much better in June (.264/.356/.495).
Gardner his last 10 games: .489-4-11-15 with a .911 SLG. Does it even matter who is pitching at this point?
Gordon is hitting .300 with a .955 OPS in 35 road games this season. His OPS in night games is also high at .858.
Murphy versus righties is impressive (.333/.368/.479). Check this out too. Over his last 46 games (.367/.408/.505).
Parra has a hit in 9-of-10 games. In five of those games he had two hits. He’s also batting .298 on the road, has a .864 OPS at night and .292 against righties.
Revere is hitting .312 with a .351 OBP against righties. Check out his June numbers: .354/.380/.469 with eight steals and 17 runs in 24 games.
Trout faces Sabathia who has been murdered by all righties this season (.339/.374/.534).
Young is batting .388 with five homers and a 1.185 OPS against lefties. He has three homers and nine RBIs his last nine games.
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Player News
Sal Frelick went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBI on Sunday, propelling the Brewers to an 8-2 victory over the Guardians.
Brandon Woodruff looked sharp in his Cactus League debut on Sunday, allowing just one walk in his scoreless inning of work.
Juan Brito went 2-for-3 and clubbed his third home run of the spring as the Guardians fell to the Brewers on Sunday afternoon.
Ben Lively was hit hard in Sunday’s loss to the Brewers, giving up four runs on four hits over his 3 2/3 innings of work.
Gavin Lux went 1-for-2 with a double, stolen base and a run scored in a losing effort against the Mariners on Sunday.
Brady Singer pitched well in Sunday’s spring tune-up against the Mariners, striking out five batters over 4 1/3 innings of one-run baseball.