*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$ |
| Buster Posey | SF | R | MIL | Matt Garza | R | .795 | .868 | .347 | .387 | 1.143 | 5600 | 4700 | 4000 |
| Russell Martin | TOR | R | CWS | John Danks | L | 1.053 | .808 | .456 | .356 | 0.36 | 5100 | 4300 | 3300 |
| Nick Hundley | COL | R | CIN | Michael Lorenzen | R | .368 | .950 | .176 | .413 | 1 | 4800 | 3400 | 2700 |
| Kurt Suzuki | MIN | R | BOS | Clay Buchholz | R | .672 | .627 | .323 | .282 | 0.619 | 4300 | 3000 | 2300 |
Hundley faces fill-in Lorenzen Tuesday batting .351 with four homers over 94 at-bats against righties.
Martin is batting .375 with a 1.053 OPS over 37 plate appearances against lefties. Danks doesn’t get righties out either (.300/.359/.507).
Posey has owned it in May batting .359 with a .432 OBP and .551 SLG. He has a .894 OPS on the road this season, an .868 mark against righties, and has a hit in 12-straight games with a 16 game hitting streak (he walked as a pinch hitter on May 10th and you can’t lose a hitting streak with a walk).
Suzuki has eight hits in 15 at-bats against Buchholz. That’s a .533 average. Righties are batting .295 against Clay this season.
FIRST BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Mike Napoli | BOS | R | MIN | Mike Pelfrey | R | .980 | .609 | .421 | .273 | 1.446 | 4600 | 4600 | 3500 |
| Mark Trumbo | ARI | R | STL | Jaime Garcia | L | 1.230 | .687 | .514 | .298 | 0.583 | 4900 | 3800 | 3500 |
| Ben Paulsen | COL | L | CIN | Michael Lorenzen | R | .666 | .989 | .296 | .430 | 0.926 | 3850 | 3500 | 2800 |
| Lucas Duda | NYM | L | PHI | Jerome Williams | R | 1.158 | .770 | .498 | .348 | 1.042 | 4500 | 4500 | 3400 |
Duda has three homers his last four games with four runs scored. He’s also sporting an impressive .982 OPS in home games and he has 30 homers in his last 517 at-bats against righties.
Napoli has five homers, 10 RBIs and a 1.580 OPS his last seven games. Pelfrey is a ground ball pitcher but if he makes a mistake up…
Paulsen is batting .360/.429/.560 against righties over 28 plate appearances for the Rockies. Cheap as all get out against Lorenzen.
Trumbo has a 1.229 OPS against lefties this season. In 615 career at-bats against lefties he had 40 homers and 114 RBIs.
SECOND BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Daniel Murphy | NYM | L | PHI | Jerome Williams | R | .469 | .767 | .226 | .337 | 0.923 | 4700 | 3900 | 2800 |
| DJ LeMahieu | COL | R | CIN | Michael Lorenzen | R | .713 | .849 | .334 | .373 | 0.917 | 4600 | 2900 | |
| Chase Utley | PHI | L | NYM | Jacob deGrom | R | .541 | .574 | .258 | .254 | 0.962 | 4750 | 3500 | 2800 |
LeMahieu is a rock start against righties with 18 RBIs and a .343 batting average over 108 at-bats. He’s even batting .314 in 21 road games this season and he has six runs scored in his last five games overall.
Murphy is batting .400 with a .943 OPS over his last seven games. He’s also batting .285 against righties this season and .294 for his career.
Phillips hasn’t taken a lefty deep but he is batting .346 with a .378 OBP against them. Phillips is batting .330 at night.
Utley is hitting. Seriously. Over his last seven games he has a .391/.462/.565 line. You can only keep a good man down for so long.
THIRD BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Josh Donaldson | TOR | R | CWS | John Danks | L | 1.240 | .812 | .536 | .358 | 0.704 | 5350 | 4600 | 3700 |
| Danny Valencia | TOR | R | CWS | John Danks | L | 1.000 | .720 | .439 | .310 | 1.000 | 4250 | 3100 | 2300 |
| Nolan Arenado | COL | R | CIN | Michael Lorenzen | R | .757 | .900 | .348 | .389 | 0.929 | 4800 | 5000 | 3200 |
| Manny Machado | BAL | R | HOU | Scott Feldman | R | .657 | .863 | .301 | .379 | 0.788 | 5100 | 4400 | 3600 |
Arenado has nine homers against righties this season helping to push his SLG against them to .585. In his brief career Lorenzen has allowed a mere 30 percent fly ball rate, but that 33 percent line drive rate sure is enticing.
Donaldson is pricey but look at the production. In 39 plate appearances his slash line is .444/.462/.778 against lefties.
Machado has a hit in each of his last eight games. He’s also sporting a .866 OPS at home and .888 at night. He’s 5-for-8 with two homers and six RBIs against Feldman.
Valencia is batting .385 with a .990 OPS at home. He’s produced a hit in 6-straight games. He’s 8-for-23 against Danks with a homer. He’s batting .455 with a 1.000 OPS against lefties this season.
SHORTSTOP
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Brandon Crawford | SF | L | MIL | Matt Garza | R | 1.161 | .794 | .497 | .353 | 0.833 | 4750 | 4500 | 2900 |
| Nick Ahmed | ARI | R | STL | Jaime Garcia | L | 1.000 | .396 | .454 | .179 | 0.975 | 3500 | 2700 | 2800 |
| Xander Bogaerts | BOS | R | MIN | Mike Pelfrey | R | .778 | .714 | .347 | .314 | 0.963 | 4350 | 3900 | 2500 |
| Jimmy Rollins | LA | B | ATL | Julio Teheran | R | .692 | .608 | .309 | .273 | 0.593 | 4650 | 3400 | 2600 |
Ahmed is batting .385 with a .500 OBP over 32 plate appearances against lefties. Over his last seven games overall he has nine hits.
Bogaerts has finally started to hit with a .385/.407/.577 line over his last seven games.
Crawford has scored a run in 4-straight games but he’s also had a hit in 10-straight. Over those 10 games his average has gone from .263 to .298 and his OPS from .829 to .880.
Rollins has a .318 average and .984 OPS against Teheran over 23 plate appearances. One of the hits is a big fly. Rollins has three runs, a homer and three hits his last two games.
OUTFIELD
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Ryan Braun | MIL | R | SF | Madison Bumgarner | L | .732 | .896 | .331 | .391 | 1.313 | 5650 | 4600 | 4500 |
| Justin Upton | SD | R | LAA | Matt Shoemaker | R | .692 | .945 | .301 | .409 | 0.808 | 5500 | 4400 | 4400 |
| A.J. Pollock | ARI | R | STL | Jaime Garcia | L | 1.127 | .695 | .485 | .309 | 1.231 | 5000 | 4200 | 4100 |
| Jimmy Paredes | BAL | B | HOU | Scott Feldman | R | .637 | 1.002 | .277 | .433 | 0.710 | 4800 | 4300 | 3100 |
| Adam Jones | BAL | R | HOU | Scott Feldman | R | 1.106 | .800 | .491 | .354 | 0.452 | 5050 | 4500 | 3000 |
| Giancarlo Stanton | MIA | R | PIT | Jeff Locke | L | .799 | .838 | .354 | .367 | 0.634 | 5800 | 4900 | 4200 |
| Will Venable | SD | L | LAA | Matt Shoemaker | R | .572 | .853 | .254 | .375 | 0.875 | 4000 | 3200 | 2500 |
| Chris Young | NYY | R | KC | Jason Vargas | L | 1.201 | .498 | .514 | .216 | 0.133 | 4150 | 3500 | 2200 |
Braun hit a six mile homer Monday. His last seven games he has four homers and 13 RBIs. He’s also sporting a 1.000 OPS with three homers over 20 plate appearances against MadBum.
Jones takes on Feldman who gets bombed by righties (.321/.351/.509). Jones has four homers, 20 RBIs and a .302 average against righties his season.
Paredes is batting .349 with six homers, five doubles and 22 RBIs against righties this season (113 PAs).
Pollock is batting .417 with a .488 OPS against lefties this season. Smoking hot.
Stanton is 6-for-12 with two homers against Locke. He’s also hit three homers his last nine games and he has five walks in his last five games.
Upton has 11 homers, 30 RBIs and a .945 OPS against righties. Shoemaker has an insanely high 2.64 HR/9 mark through eight starts (13 homers).
Venable has a .294/.368/.485 slash line against righties. The marks on the road are even better (.347/.407/.531). He has five hits, three runs, two RBIs and a steal his last two games.
Young has 47 plate appearances against lefties. He’s batting .359 with three homers and a 1.200 OPS.
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