Francisco Lindor MLB Picks At Sleeper Fantasy Today, 4/11: Baseball Projections + More
Welcome to the first 15-game Friday night slate of the season! It’s the perfect opportunity to win some money on Sleeper Fantasy with our Sleeper MLB picks!
No day games and very few true aces on the mound means we should be in store for a lot of high-scoring action tonight. We’ve got the New York Yankees at home, the Red Sox facing a subpar White Sox pitching staff on the South Side of Chicago and, of course, the Mets coming into West Sacramento to take on the Athletics.
Nothing gets the juices flowing quite like Juan Soto and Francico Lindor hitting in a minor league ballpark. We may find some decent value picks for pitchers but count on a heavy offensive focus. Let’s get started.
Sleeper Fantasy Picks For Friday, April 11: MLB DFS Projections
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Francisco Lindor Sleeper Fantasy MLB Pick: More Than 2.5 Hits + Runs + RBI (2.06x)
OK, we’re going to start off nice and aggressive here with the New York Mets taking on lefty JP Sears and the Athletics in West Sacramento at Sutter Health Park. The scoring has been abundant, the game total is at 9.5 and the Vegas odds are clamoring for the over.
Lindor has just three at-bats against southpaws this season so there’s nothing really to go on here, but for his career, the Mets shortstop is batting .286 against southpaws with an .839 OPS and just a 14.3-percent strikeout rate. And if you like a little BvP data, then Lindor has three hits, one of which is a home run, over six at-bats against Sears. He should feast tonight!
Lawrence Butler Sleeper Fantasy MLB Pick: More Than 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI (1.72x)
We might as well just stick with this game and take full advantage, right? Butler should have no trouble with Griffin Canning in this match-up.
He’s posting a .362 wOBA with one home run, five runs scored, three RBI and two stolen bases against righties this season and he’s actually walking more than he’s striking out. Less risk than with Lindor as we only need to go past the 1.5 HRR mark, which is definitely doable for the Athletics young outfielder.
Total Multiplier: 3.54x
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Player News
Cubs re-signed RHP Caleb Kilian to a minor league contract.
The 27-year-old hurler was released last weekend after being designated for assignment, but after exploring the open market he has decided that a reunion with the Cubs made the most sense. Kilian will continue to function as extra rotation depth at Triple-A Iowa for the time being.
Corey Seager went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk to help the Rangers take down the Angels 5-3 on Thursday.
Seager had a bad first week and a half while dealing with a calf strain, but he’s collected 14 hits, including three homers, in his last eight games, putting him at .306/.368/.516 overall. Alas, it’s produced just six RBI, mostly because the Rangers are getting terrible production from the ninth and first spots in the order.
Kumar Rocker recorded his first MLB victory after pitching seven innings of three-run ball and striking out eight Thursday against the Angels.
Rocker walked none and surrendered just one double and four singles. Unfortunately, all five hits came in the first and fifth innings, resulting in three runs between them. Still, Rocker was terrific in needing just 78 pitches to get 21 outs. It’s the kind of performance that suggests he might offer mixed-league value at some point. We just wouldn’t trust him quite yet. His next start will come in Sacramento against the A’s.
Robert Garcia picked up his first save of the year with a perfect ninth against the Angels on Thursday.
Garcia got the call tonight with Luke Jackson having pitched the previous two days and retired the Angels on five pitches. Even though he’s the better reliever of the two, he’ll likely resume taking a backseat to Jackson on Friday.
Jack Kochanowicz gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Rangers on Thursday.
The surprising and misguided decision to pick Kochanowicz over Reid Detmers for a rotation spot at the end of the spring isn’t working out for the Angels. The team might reverse course soon, but Detmers hasn’t been used as a long guy and isn’t stretched out to start right away. Kochanowicz is now 1-2 with a 6.20 ERA, but at least he gets the Pirates next.
Joc Pederson went 0-for-4 with a strikeout Thursday, dropping his average to .060.
It’s mostly been hard grounders and routine flies from Pederson thus far, but given that his bat speed is unchanged from last year, we don’t have big concerns here yet. That said, this might not be the weekend he turns it around, given that the Rangers are set to face the Dodgers.