DFS MLB Lineup Picks for 05/02/17
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DFS MLB Lineup Picks for 05/02/17
Welcome to Lineup Lab’s DFS MLB Lineup picks article, where we feature our top players for our MLB Lineup Optimizer on Fanduel and Draftkings. Put your favorite players from the article below in our lineup optimizer and hit calculate. You can let it fill in the rest of the spots for you or choose your personal favorites from the MLB Player Lab.
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**STARTING PITCHERS**
Mashiro Tanaka vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Park – Yankee Stadium
Tanaka has been a beast, in his last three performances he has averaged 42.7 Fanduel points per game and that’s not all, folks; his average at home goes up over the past four games (43.8 FPPG.) In his dominating, shutout performance last Thursday against the Red Sox he allowed just three hits after only 97 pitches through 9 innings. I quite like the match-up against the struggling Blue Jays, who are hitting just .170 through 83 at-bats versus Tanaka.
Ervin Santana vs. Oakland Athletics
Park – Target Field
Ervin Santana, the mythical monstrosity of the Minnesota Twins. Coming into the game this season, he has 35 IP with only 3 ER’s a WHIP of .66 and 26 K’s. All five of his starts this year have been Quality Starts, averaging 43.6 Fanduel points per outing and making the perfect lineup twice. Does the 34-year-old Dominican continue to dominate or does he regress is the question? My forecast says, no regression today (83.1%) as he goes up against the lackluster A’s. Currently tied for second to last in runs scored (91) for the season the A’s are hitting just .190 versus Santana in 43 at bats. The A’s will fall, it’s just a matter of how hard will they hit the ground?
**OFFENSIVE BATTERS**
Here are a few of my favorite offensive hitters that I am going to build my lineups around. The players in bold are ones that I have the most exposure to.
*CATCHERS*
C-Salvador Perez
C-Evan Gattis
C-Jason Castro
*FIRST BASEMAN*
1B- Matt Carpenter – Carpenter has been on fire, scoring 25.2 Fanduel points over the past two games. He is also crushing Peralta over 48 plate appearances he is hitting .465 AVG with a .814 SLG.
1B-Freddie Freeman
1B-Jose Abreu
*SECOND BASEMAN*
2B-Daniel Murphy – Murphy is in the top 5% when it comes to hitting against RH pitchers. No surprise for the lefty who’s team is currently number one by a large margin in runs scored this season (170).
2B-Brian Dozier
2B-Starlin Castro
*THIRD BASEMAN*
3B- Miguel Sano – Sano is hot like molten lava. Right in the middle of a heater, averaging 38.55 over the past two games.
3B-Evan Longoria
*SHORTSTOP*
SS-Trea Turner
SS- Francisco Lindor
*OUTFIELD*
OF-Charlie Blackmon – Though Blackmon has cooled down considerably over the past three games it was against the Diamondbacks. Tonight he faces a different team in the Padres, the matchup screams rebound.
OF-Jay Bruce
OF-Billy Hamilton
OF-Brett Gardner
OF-Bryce Harper