 We have got some dilemmas on our hands tonight in Daily Fantasy Baseball because there are a lot of high salaried guys I want to use which is great. We love having options We can pivot without being dumb stuff like that But it also means we have to stay under the salary cap and that might not be super easy for tonight So we're gonna break down which of those studs I want to prioritize how to jam in all those studs by identifying some good value plays and getting you ready For a Tuesday night slate in Daily Fantasy Baseball welcome on into the solo shot That's right here on the fan dual podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Saunders I am a senior writer and analyst for a number fire here to break down Tuesday night's 12 game main slate What locks up for 7 0 5 p.m. Eastern for today if you look at the weather for this slate pretty much every game is chilly The only games on the slate with temperatures above 70 degrees are in Arlington for the Rangers and Diamondbacks and Houston For the Astros and Giants So what I would say to you is upgrade bats in that game for those two games Arlington and Houston And then keep everyone else pretty neutral, which means also not bumping down Oakland Like we typically would because their temperature is in line with most of others not bumping down other spots Or maybe colder because things pretty level as far as temperature outside of Arlington and Houston And fortunately one of our top pitchers tonight is in Arlington for one of those games So we'll break that down let you know what to do But overall pretty neutral slate with regards to weather We'll dive in talk about that pitcher talk about the studs to prioritize and more in just one second The first day reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the number fire Daily Fantasy podcast feed wherever You get your podcast later on today branding a duel and I breaking down the Wells Fargo championship may PGA DFS perspective letting you know our top guys in the field for an elevated field for this week Search for the number fire Daily Fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcast hit subscribe And if you like what you hear leave us a five-star rating as well The biggest horse race of the year is here and there's no better time to get in on the action on Fandall racing because right now all customers can get a no-sweat derby bet up to $20 That means you'll get up to $20 back if your win bet doesn't win The Fandall racing app is super easy to use safe and secure and when you win you get paid fast So don't miss out the derby is coming up this Saturday Just visit racing that fandall calm for your chance to get a no-sweat derby bet up to $20 on fandall racing That's racing that fandall calm age and residency Restrictions apply offer valid on first derby win wager refund issued is non withdrawal racing site credit that expires on June 12th 2023 Restrictions apply see terms and racing that fandall calm gambling problem call 1 800 gambler Pitching preview for this Tuesday main slate Zach Gallin comes in with the highest salary He is at $11,800 Garakola's attempt 11-5 Joe Ryan against the White Sox 11,000 Hunter Brown comes in at 10-2 Anthony D. Slifani pitching while he's at 10,000 against Hunter Brown Freddie Peralta at Coorsfield mind you is 99 Graham Ashcraft 98 Julio Arias is 94 Yusei Kikuchi comes into 92 Patrick Sandoval 9000 flats with Tyler Wells Matt Strom tanner baby tanner hulk and John Gray the others at $8,000 or higher Now as you can hear some really good pictures today between gallin Cole ryan not to mention all the others and all those guys have high salaries specifically those three are at $11,000 or higher But even with three good options I think that Zach Gallin needs to be our top guy on the main slate for tonight We haven't gotten to talk much gallin so far this year because he hasn't been on weekday main slate so Haven't gotten to dig in too much But he is here today and woo buddy when you dig in I think we can realize it's time to go hard at Zach Gallin for tonight gallin has been unreal so far this year and honestly I'm not really sure What is unlocked this new level for gallin he is throwing fewer fastballs He's down to 41 from 48 which is good and his change up usage has increased a bit that pitch is good So Maybe that's all of it. I'm honestly not sure But whatever it is for gallin It's working because in six starts. He has a 36 strikeout rate. His skill interactive. ERA is 2.46 and His swinging strike rate is 13.9 up from 10.1 last year He's doing that while not walking anybody the contact profile good, but not great You know and I think that that is fine when you're doing everything else as well as he is now granted Gallin has done this against pretty low levels of competition, but honestly for today. It's not bad either Facing off at the rangers. They've been pretty good so far this year But if you lump in last year's data versus righties 96 wrc plus in the active roster and they will strike out 24 strikeout rate in that time too I have gallin projected first 8.6 strikeouts, which is a very big number But I think it's high for a reason so I'm fine Ranking gallin first for tonight and feeling pretty good about that based on the matchup based on what he's been doing All that combined zack gallin will be my number one pitcher for tonight Now between ryan and coal we do have two really good contenders for the number two spot But gary coal gets a low strikeout guardians team And I think that's enough to give ryan the edge here ryan's facing the white sox who has struggled so far this year even when you include last year They have a 98 wrc plus against righties with a 142 iso and a low walk rate They're not a high strikeout team But their strikeout rate in the sample is still five percentage points higher than what the guardians will be giving gary coal today And ryan is pitching really well He has a splitter now, which he did not have previously in five starts with that pitch ryan has a 3.18 skill interactive ERA his strikeout rate is 29 percent and he's not walking anybody Now ryan is letting apart contact, but it matters less when they don't make contact as often This is the first time facing the white sox this year. So despite it being a inter division matchup No familiarity issues here I have ryan projected for 7.4 strikeouts coal Given the matchup is at 6.9 strikeouts and that's enough for me to give ryan the edge and ryan also Lower souring than coal. I think that's enough to make him a good play for today in our number two studs So among the studs among the really good options I will go with gallon one joe ryan two followed by gary coal A lot of times here on the show I can feel like a buzzkill when it comes to talking about top prospects coming up because it's like You know, it's a tough transition going from the miners the big leagues A lot of times the underlying data in the miners might not be great So a lot of times the prospects go up the staffing stacking section today I think i'm going to give a young guy a try and that guy is tanner bayby for the guardians facing gary coal in that game We just discussed. I think that bayby is actually the top value play for today at $8400 as mentioned bayby's facing the yankees and When there's no air and judge on this roster You can target pitchers facing them the yankees active roster has a 77 wrc plus against righties this year It's been rough not walking a lot and not drawn a lot of walks their league average strikeout rates And bayby looked good in his debut last week He went five and two-thirds innings. He led up one run eight strikeouts No walks he had a 12.1 swing and strike rate and he kept hard contact and check He checked every single box that you want from a guy making his debut now That came against the rockies, which is a very easy matchup But the yankees might be that too when you take air and judge out of the equation In that first start bayby went 91 pitches his high in the miners was 81 So I think putting him at 90 or so against day is probably pretty fair I've got bayby projected for 5.1 strikeouts. That's nowhere near gallon ryan not even close to coal either, but So I'd rather spend up But the studs discussion we were having about how there are a lot of high salary guys I want to use That's true at hit or two So if you want to use my trout you want to stack the brewers at course fields Maybe a good bayby look not totally opposed to doing that given how many high salary batters there are So to me he's at least an option despite how many good studs there are you can get your value at pitchers opposed to hitter I don't mind that it's not ever further out But I think he will likely be in my player pool for today So zack gallon joe ryan tanner bayby the top three pitchers for me for tonight Mentioned that the brewers are at course field Let's dive in now to the stacks not as into the rockies facing freddy peralta But the brewers to me very stackable facing ryan feltoner and feltoner may be better than perception I still think we should stack against him But do want to give him credit for what he's done so far this year feltoner last year had a 5.83 era Doesn't seem like he is very happy with that because he's been throwing a lot more change ups this year And it does seem to be helping quite a bit the hard hit rate allowed is way down for feltoner his strikeout rate is up as well And it's been a good thing I'm not sure if it's enough to make us not stack against in a course, but it's been very good ERA 4.6 avian feltoner skill interactive era 4.73 Expected era 4.12 and when you stick numbers like that at course field I think we can stack against it. That's especially true When the other offense is decent and the brewers are a 107 wrc plus against righties good amount of power So I like what feltoner is doing But i'm still going to be high on the brewers tonight So with the brewers, I think that the number one stack might not be easy to get to if you're going with gallon is a top pitcher, but You know, I would we can talk about some value plays throughout the rest of the podcast With the brewers whenever i'm stacking them. I always prefer them against a righty with relatively even platoon splits Um, because that lets us be high in willy adamus So I want to use and that's true with feltoner here in his career Righties have a higher slug percentage and iso than lefties against him And that might not stick because it is still a small sample But to me it says We don't need to downgrade righties facing him as much as we would for some other guys So I prefer it this way they can make grades out really well In terms of this brewers team specifically and it makes me feel good about them Fortunets if you got the salary the brewers very much worth it Now for our number two stack We're going to talk about the angels angels facing steven mattz this week and or tonight and mattz last week Faced the giants and we talked about stacking against him there The giants okay against lefties, you know pretty solid the angels are killers And I think with mattz now facing them We should stack the angels here and mattz in his defense was not awful in that game He allowed just two earn runs But that came across four innings He had three walks compared to three strikeouts Nine of 15 balls in play he allowed a hard hit Now for the full season mattz has led up a 49 hard hit rate which leads to a 6.23 e r a His expected e r a is 5.36 and he gets the angels tonight We have a 130 w r c plus against lefties on the current active roster This is the start of last year 207 iso They hit a lot of power and it's not just trout Hitting for power against lefties of tony can too despite it being a lefty Hunter renfros obviously there There are a lot of guys here who can do some damage So if we were stacking the giants against mattz last week in san francisco We should stack against mattz here with the angels and I think we should do so and rank the angels number two behind Just the brewers at course field for tonight Now typically when I'm stacking the angels you're looking for some value plays here I don't get super jazzed to include louise renfro in my angel stacks But and he may not play today, so I might not get to here either But he actually does have some pop against lefties Renfro has a 230 iso against lefties since the start of last year. He has a 38 fly ball rate So again, he might not play there's a chance. He's not in there because he's not an everyday guy But if renfro does wind up playing for the angels, he's $2,600. He fills second base shortstop and outfield I like that a lot So I am desperate for value when he foe gives it to me and does give at least some power against lefties So I do want to go there if he plays today for the angels in this stack Finally for our third stack. Let's talk here about the twins They're facing michael ko peck and last year ko peck out performing his peripherals in a pretty big way Where the gap between his era and his seal interactive era was large This year seems like regression is hitting and I don't think that's fluky And it makes the twins a quality stack here in the third spot across the entirety of last year ko peck had a 3.54 era But his skill interactive era was 4.73 Now if you look at the expected era from baseball savants, it was pretty good too and it largely supported the results he had But he led up a lot of hard contact, which is kind of a risky way to live This year for ko peck, the velocity is up, which you would think would be a good thing But he's still letting up a 58 hard hit rates with a 44 fly ball rate And he hasn't been able to overcome that this time because so far ko peck's era is 7.01 His expected era is 9.78, which is even worse than the results have been Now he's facing the twins and they're still not a prolific offense by any means, but They are at least getting healthier byron buxton finally getting his swing back as well I think it means we can buy into the peripherals on ko peck and stack against him with the twins here Another value play we can turn to tonight is max kepler I talked a couple weeks ago about his increased fly ball rate and That sample is now expanded and it's still sticking kepler against righties this year 43 fly ball rates. It's helped him put up a 241 iso Not a target field for tonight, which is good because it's a tough spot for lefties for power So get him out of that that park put him in chicago. It is colder But again, it's cold pretty much everywhere for tonight So I think that's all adds up to kepler being good play for tonight at $2,700 and being another value We can turn to when trying to get to zack gal and the twins Their salaries have increased a bit but kepler at least still a solid value within this twins lineup for tonight So it's top stacks for today brewers that course field the angels and the twins Things to watch did want to include some more value plays here potentially given that gallant salary is very high We want to get to trout want to get to adams guys like that. So Looking for other values, uh, don't hate me But I think the a's might be in play They're facing brice miller in his debut coming up from double a He is a fly ball pitcher who doesn't get a ton of strikeouts So The a's could be viable. They stink but you know could be in play Ryan nota can it for some power his salary is $2,900 Ramon Lordiano's fresh off the injured list. He's 28 Connor capel and estuary estuary Ruiz will run a bit. So they've got guys with some some upside at least I think they could work not super enthusiastic about the a's but Gotta do what you got to do to get gown in there for tonight The orioles are facing ryan yarbara who's really struggled so far this year Not getting many whiffs a lot of fly balls and that's hurt him in the results category quite a bit The orioles not a good spot for value. They've been too good so far this year to give us value plays But Ramon Arias could be a viable one off $2,600 for him can feel some tough to fill positions So I think that Arias could be a standalone play here in the orioles to make things work Finally you say kukuchi is still lending up a lot of hard contact and fly balls the results have been great so far It could eventually bite him could get some solo run stuff like that. He's facing the red sox tonight Kike Hernandez, Justin Turner could be good value plays. They're not the highest upside guys anymore But they're at least viable against kukuchi as righties lower salaried I think that could work. So check out the a's check out the orioles Check out the red sox is potentially some spots to snag some more value hitters for tonight Let's finish up with the dinger calls for this dinger Tuesday over at fangirl sportsbook The boring one it is the angels against the lefty, which means I could go hyper boring go my trout But I will go a smidge smidge smidge less boring like the most small amount less boring could possibly do And do hunter renfro. I know matt's is not a huge fly ball guy But renfro is provides plenty that himself a hunter renfro plus 350 a fangirl sportsbook Not the best odds to go deep, but you know, it's a boring hormone call. We'll go with that So hunter renfro the boring hormone call for the fun one I am going to go max kepler. I believe in the increased fly ball rate I hate the weather in chicago But again don't have a lot of great options in terms of weather for today Kepler's odds to go deeper plus 330 so actually pretty gross from that perspective So not recommending kepler as a bet but more phone Fun home run call for dfs So we'll go with hunter renfro and max kepler as their home run calls for today on this blessed Dinger Tuesday That is all the time that we have here for today on the solo shop But again, we are back again later on today breaking down This week's pga dfs slate for the wells fargo championship get that by subscribing To the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcast If you've got any questions for me. I am on twitter at jim saunas j i m s a n n e s You can also follow the fan dual podcast network at fan dual podcast I want to thank you all for tuning in for today. Good luck to you with your nlb dfs lineups for this Wonderful tuesday night. 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