You can’t complain with a little afternoon baseball action! The main slate treats us to some earlier contests, so get your cup of coffee, or two, or whatever your preferred morning beverage is, and start crunching the numbers for your DFS lineups for the day. There’s some good value across the board, but you’ll find some bats below, and even an arm, that can help you fit some of the top-tier studs into your lineup. Without further ado, grab your coffee, put on your thinking cap and let’s head down to the Value Vault!
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Alex Kirilloff , OF MIN ($2,000 DK/$2,000 FD) — If you’re a sucker for prospects, you’ll likely find yourself playing Kirilloff at a cheap price in this contest against the Pirates. Sure, he’s hitless this year, including this entire series against Pittsburgh, but you can’t ignore the price for a highly-touted prospect in a matchup against a right-hander with nine big league innings under his belt. Crowe has a 12.00 ERA at the big league level with a whopping 5.00 HR/9. Also, lefties against Crowe have fared well, posting a 1.000 slugging percentage and .643 wOBA. The entire Minnesota lineup should succeed, including Kirilloff.
Rougned Odor , 2B NYY ($2,700 DK/ $2,200 FD) - I don’t feel great about this one, but Triston McKenzie’s struggles this year against left-handed hitters have been well-documented. Odor hasn’t exactly set the world on fire against lefties this year, but McKenzie has allowed a .400 batting average and 1.250 OPS to lefties. He’s posted double-digit fantasy points on DraftKings in three straight games, and in four of his last six.
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Jameson Taillon , SP NYY ($8,300) - The Cleveland Indians have the seventh-highest strikeout rate against righties this year and only the Yankees have posted a lower batting average against the right-handed variety than the Indians. Now, Cleveland does have a rather high hard contact rate against righties and a big fly ball rate. I don’t love that against Taillon, considering home runs have been a problem for the former Pirate, but he should perform quite well, coming off his best start of his 2021 season. If he keeps the pitch count down, he should strike out over a batter per inning in this one, and notch a win, as I expect the Yankees to put some runs on the board. You’ll likely look elsewhere on FanDuel where you only need one starter, but he’s a nice value as your second starter on DraftKings.
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Bobby Dalbec, 1B BOS ($2,100) — You never know what you’ll get with Dalbec in DFS, considering it could be a couple of round trippers or a couple trips back to the dugout with strike three on the board. There’s a chance of rain throughout the majority of this contest, so keep that in mind, but otherwise, fire up Dalbec across the board. He’s hitting .455 against lefties this year, and Seattle’s starter, Nick Margevicius , has allowed an .840 OPS to right-handed hitters. Dalbec has two multi-hit outings in his last four games and he’s 5-for-11 in that span. Christian Arroyo is a fine play on the Boston side as well.
Tommy Edman , 2B STL ($2,800) - It hasn’t been the best of starts to the year for Luis Castillo , so I’m okay with targeting him here. Edman is hitting .269 off righties this year, and Castillo is susceptible to lefties. Furthermore, Edman won’t strikeout, and is 5-for-13 in his career off the Cincinnati righty. Edman has cooled off a bit of late but has still hit safely in seven of his last ten games and is averaging over nine FanDuel points per contest against the Reds in this series.