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Cedric Mullins, OF BAL ($3,100 FD, $3,500 DK) - Mullins continues to be criminally under-priced across DFS platforms and tonight is no different. The O's outfielder is hitting .321 with nine home runs, 12 stolen bases and an OPS of .913 on the season. Cleveland starter has allowed nine of his 13 home runs to LHH this season.
Miguel Andujar, OF NYY ($2,500 FD, $3,100 DK) - Hitting sixth for the Yankees tonight, Andujar is hitting .314 with three home runs over the last 10 games with an OPS of .930. RHH have smashed Blue Jays starter Ross Stripling this season to the tune of a .314 average and an OPS of .912.
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Anthony DeSclafani, SP SFG ($7,700) - DeSclafani is coming off a complete game shutout against the Nationals in his last start and will now draw the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks. While it is not realistic to expect another complete game effort here, I do like the upside in this matchup with the Giants -170 favorites to win tonight's game.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa, 3B/SS TEX ($2,800) - Love the speed upside we are getting out of IKF this season as the Rangers infielder has 15 stolen bases to go with his .290 average and five home runs. Zack Greinke has been hittable of late and if IKF gets on base you know he is going to attempt to swipe a bag with the Rangers sitting second in baseball in total stolen bases.
J.P. Crawford, SS SEA ($2,700) - Few players have been hotter of late than Crawford who is hitting .400 with an OPS of 1.079 over the last 10 games. Minnesota is sending Bailey Ober to the mound tonight and he has a 4.85 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP over his first three starts. Seems like this is yet another good matchup for Crawford to continue to stay hot.
DraftKings
Garrett Richards, SP BOS ($6,600) - Boston's pitching woes were very apparent over the past few weeks and Richards wasn't much different that the rest of the group as he was tagged for seven runs on 19 hits over his last 10.1 innings. He did already face the Braves earlier this season when they were in Fenway and he allowed three runs over 5.2 innings while striking out four. Richards was a BIG spin rate guy so it will be interesting to see if he is impacted at all by the new league mandates. That said, the Braves have been striking out a lot lately and we tend to like them better against LHP so maybe Richards gets it going in this interleague matchup.
Billy McKinney, OF NYM ($3,200) - McKinney is hitting .303 with an OPS of 1.015 over the last 10 games as he continues to hit towards the middle of the Mets lineup. Tonight the Cubs are sending righty Robert Stock to the mound after calling him up from the minors. In nine starts at Triple-A this season Stock had an ERA of 4.12. Feels like a good matchup for the Mets offense.
Harold Ramirez, OF CLE ($2,900) - We are all about finding those favorable split matchups and tonight that is what we could have with Cleveland outfielder Harold Ramirez. On the bump for the O's tonight is southpaw Keegan Akin and Ramirez is hitting .304 with an OPS of .903 against left-handed pitching. A cheap play with a little bit of power in a positive matchup like this will help spend up in other areas of your lineup tonight!
Player News
Agustín Ramírez is starting at catcher and batting cleanup on Monday against the Dodgers.
Ramírez has been the talk of the fantasy baseball universe since arriving in the majors last week, hitting .474 (9-for-19) with three homers, five RBI and one steal through his first five games. The 23-year-old has some legitimate defensive concerns, but he’s one of the most advanced hitters of any catching prospect in the game and possesses uncommon stolen base prowess for a below-average runner. He’s rostered in all fantasy formats at this juncture and should remain a middle-of-the-order run producer in the heart of Miami’s lineup.
Tommy Edman is not in the lineup for Monday’s series opener against the Marlins.
It’s an extremely rare day off for Edman, who is hitting .243/.284/.514 with eight homers, 19 RBI and one steal through 28 games. The versatile 29-year-old has cooled off considerably after a scorching-hot start to the year, hitting .111 (3-for-27) over his last seven games. It’ll be freshly-minted NL Player of the Week, Andy Pages, in center field on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Monday that Marcus Stroman is still dealing with left knee issues.
It certainly doesn’t sound like Stroman is close to making it back to New York’s rotation mix at any point in the near future. The 33-year-old righty received a cortisone injection a couple weeks ago after landing on the shelf with left knee inflammation and has yet to resume throwing. It’s looking like he’ll be out until sometime around midseason.
Rangers selected the contract of RHP Dane Dunning from Triple-A Round Rock.
Dunning rejoins the Rangers’ relief mix just a couple weeks after being jettisoned from the club’s 40-man roster altogether. The 30-year-old righty failed to make Texas’ season-opening roster, but he’ll get another look in long relief after posting a pedestrian 5.40 ERA, 1.55 WHIP and 21/9 K/BB ratio across 20 innings (five starts) for Triple-A Round Rock in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. He can be safely ignored in all fantasy formats.
Rangers optioned RHP Caleb Boushley to Triple-A Round Rock.
Boushley heads back to the minors after posting a serviceable 5.87 ERA across 7 2/3 innings (three appearances) for the Rangers since his call-up back on April 8.
Orioles claimed LHP Walter Pennington off waivers from the Rangers.
Pennington will head to Triple-A Norfolk as extra organizational relief depth after being claimed off release waivers from the Rangers. The 27-year-old southpaw made 16 relief appearances last year between the Rangers and Royals in his shot at the highest level.