 even though there are just six games night in daily fantasy baseball there aren't a lot of Duds in there, and I don't mean duds as far as like bad pitchers what I mean is in regards to Most pitchers you can either use as a pitcher in DFS or you can stack against them. There are four Legitimate good pitching options for tonight one of which is a value play There are four pretty solid stacks and two really good stacks available as well So even though it's a six game slate I think it's a pretty solid one and one we can feel good about when filling out lineups for tonight We'll dig into Who i'm turning to when doing so favorite options in each category and much more to get you ready for wednesday night Welcome on into the solo shot. That's right here on the fan duel podcast network. My name is jim sonnis I am a managing editor of digital media for fandal research here to break down wednesday night's six game main slate With lockset for 6 40 p.m. Eastern for tonight once again lock for tonight on fandal 6 40 p.m. Eastern for the mlb Dfs main slate couple of weather nodes both of which are wind related First one is in new york for the mets and the rangers winds are out to right at 12 miles per hour That is a bump up for batters at quarters field for the braze and the rockies winds are out to center At 11 miles per hour. That's why the total there is 13 and a half runs So bump up bats the braze and rockies and mets and rangers and feel good about the teams There are plenty of those teams will be featured and are stacking and things to watch for today We'll dive on into the pitching section first in just one second But first a reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast seed Wherever you get your podcast because we are just eight days away from our week one NFL DFS preview via myself and brandon ganduola You can find that right here on the fandal youtube page and fandal tv plus as well as a reminder You can now find fandal tv plus on your desktop go to fandal dot com Slash watch and then just log in with your fandal account to watch up and adam's live You can also check out the solo shot the heat check for football Covering the spread all in the same place. 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So i'm on board with him as a top pitcher despite this high salary cole When 100 pitches last time out He did go 86 the start before that but that was due to performance not because of pitch counts that was And then I think the other thing too is worth noting is that the performance came back for cole last time out 11 strikeouts there Facing the raise across seven and two-thirds innings So even though the Yankees are not playing for a whole lot right now Cole is still pitching hard We had 12 starts on cole with his cutter usage being up and he has a 28 strikeout rate in that time His hard hit rate allowed is 37 percent about average not bad definitely will take that Given his strikeout rate. He's facing Detroit today. They have 91 wrc plus against right He's the 25 strikeout rate. It is also cooler in Detroit today than other spots at 66 degrees So I think it all lines up pretty well for cole. I haven't projected for 6.9 strikeouts here That's not a monster number by any means, but it's definitely good enough To make him a solid option Now at that set he is not a must use option because there are Lower salary guys who do have upside and I think that one I like a lot beneath the zack effing is actually hasus lasardo. So effing's fine. I don't mind him, but lasardo salary a bit lower And I like the upside here now. It's worth mentioning. It's a tough matchup for lasardo He's facing off of the race who have a 115 wrc plus against lefties So that's still tough just not as tough as it used to be And I think that does give us a window to use lasardo as a picture here at $9,600 And a big part of that is strikeouts the rays have a 25 strikeout rate Against lefties on the current active roster which ranks second on the slate and lasardo Actually leads the slate in strikeout rate in each guy's most relevant sample He's at 29 in a 15 start sample where he's been throwing more change ups Now the results for lasardo have not always been great he had two really rough outings earlier on this month and They did come in tough matchups which could be concerning here as he gets another tough matchup once again But the padres are good against lefties as well And he faced them last week and held them scoreless for six innings with seven strikeouts in one walk So I feel like those two blips for lasardo not massive massive issues I lasardo projected right at seven strikeouts for tonight. That is actually a hair above coal So I'm okay going with him here even in a risky matchup So lasardo for me the preference above efflin behind coal and lasardo seller being 96 should allow you to get to part of a course field stack at least Or some other stuff as well. So that that's palatable If you want to go bananas at hitter for tonight You have incentive to spend down and I think there is actually a guy you can use down there Who has at least a path to upside and that guy is dain dunning now dunning is facing the mets Which means he is in a place where the wind is blowing out for today And that is good for offense and the mets offense is still good So they're pretty obvious downsides here But dunning's pitching pretty well right now He's done well broadly since he moved into rotation about 20 starts ago But more recently things have been even better for dunning at least from an upside perspective And that's despite the fact he's been throwing more sinkers in this time typically Sinkers lead to fewer strikeouts, but over dunning's past seven starts with more sinkers. He has a 27 strikeout rate He's also allowing just a 28 fly ball rate, which is the best number on the slate as a result dunning's skill interactive ERA in this time it's 3.93 It's a very good number now the results had been mixed that he's had some rough games in there But he also had a 12 strikeout game and an 11 strikeout game in there Which says to me that dunning has upside The mets might not allow him to get to that upside because they had just a 21 strikeout rate against righty's and again The wind is rough for tonight, but I still like dunning broadly and his salary is $7,700 So if you want to go bananas with your bats for tonight, dain dunning is a pretty good route to doing so So I think there is enough working in dunning's favor to make him a viable dfs play For tonight if you want to go absolutely nuts with your stacking options at course field and elsewhere, so I would say dunning is at least in the mix for my top picture of the night All things considered because that salary is so low and because he at least has a path to giving you Maybe double digit strikeouts on a very good day Let's dig into why dunning is enticing and that is the stacking options because the stacking options are what are driving us towards Trying to save some salary the braze in their final game at course field Facing Kyle Freeland and we got the full green light to stack them as you would expect Freeland has gotten back to using a slider a lot over his past 13 starts and I typically love sliders because they're high strikeout pitches But this change hasn't helped freeland enough He has a 13 strikeout rate in that time with a 5.37 skill interactive ura His hard hit rate allowed is 47 percent. That's a rough combo across the board Lending up tons of balls in play and those balls in play are typically well struck Now freeland has to go up against an offense where they won 40 W rc plus against lefties their iso is 242 for the braves It is absurd and you're putting those absurd numbers at course field, which means we should be there even though we know They'll be popular for tonight So stack the braves if you want to get different maybe differentiate which guys you use within that stack But I think the braves really need to be higher list for tonight Now the braves faced a lefty on monday 2 and in that game they had a orlando arsia hit 7th And arsia has hit for a lot of power against lefties this year So it's a small sample and that's not always been the case for him But it's not totally out of nowhere. His fly ball rate is 37 percent. Again, they're moving him up in the order So I think with the salary being 3300 dollars We can feel pretty good being high on orlando arsia for tonight kevin pilar also a guy 2900 dollars Maybe just get your value plays from course field to differentiate I know it's tough to pass up round the kunya jr But at least the salary is massive to make that pain a bit lesser, but I do think that Uh guys like arsia and pilar Can allow you to get on the braves without breaking the bank and potentially get there at a bit lower roster rate Then with some of their other players I'm going to put the rangers second for stacking and that's another reason that dunning is helpful Is because the rangers also come with high salaries the rangers facing denny reyes He's coming back up from triple a to start this game and early numbers in the majors for reyes won't blow you away He has a 21 strikeout rate with a 12 walk rate And those are in line with what you'd expect when you look at his triple a numbers The walks are a bit lower in triple a but also so is the strikeout rates 18 percent down there in that department He also led up a ton of hard contact and fly balls and that led to an array of 5.80 On a lot of slates The rangers would be the best stack of the night They're second tonight only because it's the braves against a lefty at course field Otherwise the range would be phenomenal. They have 113 wrc plus against righties. They have a lot of power So I think we should be very high on them tonight All things considered and even if it does force us to spend down a pitcher I think that is a worthwhile trade-off now not everybody We want to use in the rangers has a high salary because mitch garver Has moved to fifth in the order in part because of injuries to guys like josh young But he also did earn it because garver has a 285 iso Against righties this year with a 43 fly ball rate. His salary is three thousand dollars I think that's too low for where he's batting and the power that he has So want to be on garver tonight, whether it is in stacks one offs Whatever it may be. I think mitch garver is a phenomenal play within this rangers lineup Finally yankees are in detroit's which is not a good park factor in general. It's just 66 degrees today So because of that you could consider ranking the rockies above them I think that these two teams are the yankees and the rockies are in the same tier Where they're good stacks versus the rangers and braves who are great stacks I'm going to give the yankees the slight edge though They're facing joey wence who's coming back up from triple a wence had been struggling Thus the demotion and he's been tinkering with throwing more changes recently And it's helped in some areas because his hard hit rates has gone down a bit But wence is still letting up a ton of fly balls and it's led to an era that is still above five Now if wence were a righty, I would not put the yankees above the rockies because the yankees much worse against righties and lefties But against lefties active roster as a 117 wrc plus their iso is 221 I think that helps push them over the top to make the yankees a good stack for tonight And it also helps to like There are just a lot of dudes in this team would have for power against lefties You've got erin judge labor torrez junk carlis danson Anthony voltby and harrison bader Those are guys are probably gonna bat Like second through sixth for them tonight and all those guys have an iso of at least 200 against lefties for the season I think you could also toss everson perera in there good numbers in the miners both in double a and triple a salary is $2,100 so Your value stack of the night is the yankees obviously a judge is not included as far as the value part But like if you get four yankees who aren't erin judge it's going to make things a lot easier for you that's also the other tiebreaker for putting the yankees above the tigers is They can save us a lot of salary in a good matchup and get us salary savings without sacrificing power within the guys We are using Now let's move to things to watch and as mentioned the the rockies right there with the yankees for stacking They're facing derrius vines who's making his big league debut and vines are good results in triple y So a lot of excitement there But what was a small sample because you missed a lot of time this year due to a shoulder injury Vines is not a huge ground ball guy So I think you can get to them here because this course field because the wind is blowing out But to me they're on par with the yankees versus being above them Despite the fact they're the ones at course field I'm not totally opposed to either side of the royals or pirates Royals are facing andre jackson who lets up a lot of hard contact in the Royals iso against righties up to 164 So getting better in that regard. They've got some guys who can infer power Think that could be viable for tonight Pirates are facing on hill zerpa They struggle a lot more against lefties and righties and zerpa is a lefty So this would be more for one-off stand for false stacks, but the pirates not totally out of play They're more considerations. So to me the tiering of stacks is Phenomenal stacks or braids and rangers Good stacks of the yankees and rockies and then the like others to consider would be the royals and the pirates Let's finish up here with the dinger calls for today and I had a couple down, but I've decided to call an audible mid-show here today because I talked myself pretty heavily Into the yankees while we were talking so For the boring home run call Probably just going to go around the cunha jr. Why not? I don't know. Maybe that's too boring. Is that too boring kind of feels too boring Let's go. Let's go with orlando arcia I know that's not like a typical boring home run call where it's like. Oh, this guy is Let base, you know always hitting dingers, but arcia has some power. He's at course field. So It's not the most fun call So we'll go with arcia as being the boring home run call for tonight For the fun one. I want to go to the volt be I know that he's had some power recently Maybe you're thinking this kind of like point chasing but he's different power against lefties all year long He's in a spot where he's facing guy. Let's up a lot of fly balls moving up a bit in the order So let's do it. Why not? Let's go anthony volt be as the fun home run call. So orlando arcia anthony volt be two dinger calls for today What could possibly go wrong with those being the two names we are focusing on for tonight That's all that we have here for today on the solo shot Do you never forget that lock is at 6 40 p.m. Eastern for today? 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