Weather has already made its presence felt on the slate, so continue to keep an eye on that through lineup construction and up to lineup lock. There’s one arm that really caught my eye for the slate today, especially if you don’t want to pay up for Framber Valdez or play the ageless Adam Wainwright against Pittsburgh. Oh, don’t worry, there’s plenty of value bats available to you as well.

Without further ado, it’s time to jump in and take a look at the best value bats, and arm, on today’s main slate!

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Nicky Lopez, 2B/SS KC ($2,700 FD/$2,900 DK/$11 Yahoo) - Lopez and his one home run for the year obviously presents limited upside. However, count me in today! Lopez is hitting righties at a .284 clip this year with a .361 on-base percentage. Also, 13 of his 17 stolen bases on the year have come against righties. Lopez is hitting .360 over the last week, and since the calendar flipped to June, Lopes is hitting an excellent .336. Chicago’s Alec Mills has been more prone to left-handed hitters this year, which just further excites me for Lopez’s potential today.

Steven Matz, SP TOR ($8,000 FD/$8,200 DK/$34 Yahoo) - Over the last two weeks, the Detroit Tigers have the ninth-lowest batting average, seventh-lowest OPS and second-highest strikeout rate.  Matz has a 1.15 ERA through three August starts, posting 17 strikeouts across 15.2 innings of work. Admittedly, he’s been better on the road than at home this year, but fortunately for Matz, the Detroit offense has the highest strikeout rate on the road this year, and are just league average in terms of team OPS.

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Tommy Edman, 2B/OF STL ($15) - Edman is 5-for-12 with a home run in his career against Pittsburgh’s Steven Brault. The Pittsburgh southpaw has been solid this year, but he’s worse against righties compared to lefties, and Edman has hit lefties at a .274 clip with a .360 wOBA in 2021. Over the last week, Edman is hitting .385 with a .948 OPS, and in 2021 as a whole, he’s registered a .304 batting average against Pittsburgh pitching.

Colin Moran, 1B/3B PIT ($11) - Another BvP play in the same game! Moran is 9-for-23 with a home run against St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright for his career. Wainwright has been good this year, but I love Moran’s numbers in this matchup. The Pittsburgh corner infielder has a .304 average against right-handed pitching, he has a .746 OPS on the road, and he has a .270 average over the last two weeks. Also, of teams he has at least 10 at-bats against, his .361 average against St. Louis pitching is his highest mark.

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Corey Dickerson, OF TOR ($3,100) - Dickerson has hit righties at a .275 clip since joining Toronto and Detroit’s Drew Hutchison has struggled this year in his lone start, allowing five earned runs in just 1.2 innings of work. He’s in for a long day today, and Dickerson should be a key component of the Toronto offense this afternoon.

Carter Kieboom, 3B WSH ($2,400) - The Milwaukee offense is a bit more intriguing than Washington’s, but if you want to go contrarian, I like a Josh Bell, Juan Soto, Carter Kieboom stack. Kieboom has hit a .292 average and .348 wOBA against righties this year and over the past week Kieboom has hit .294 with a .905 OPS. Milwaukee’s Adrian Houser has been more generous to left-handed hitters, but it’s hard to beat the potential at this price point.

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Avisaíl García, OF MIL ($3,400) - Garcia has a .333 batting average against southpaws in 2021 to go along with an insane .442 wOBA. We haven’t seen much of Nolin this year, but right-handed hitters have solid marks, to the tune of a .500 batting average and .441 wOBA. Garcia has an .811 OPS at home this year, and for the month of August, he’s hitting .333 with a 1.222 OPS.

Kolten Wong, 2B MIL ($3,300) - Wong has been a frequent flyer in this article of late! The price point is still good and Wong has been solid against lefties, hitting them at a .320 clip this season. Washington’s Sean Nolin has allowed a .582 wOBA to left-handed hitters thus far and over the last week, Wong is hitting .318 with an .809 OPS. Furthermore, against Washington pitching this year, Wong is hitting .467 with a 1.129 OPS.