 What's going on and welcome to the MLB DFS Q&A my name is Tom Vecchio I'm here for the next 30 minutes to take your questions about tonight's six game MLB sleep. It locks at 705 you follow me on Twitter at DFS underscore Tom Jim Sonis will be back tomorrow He was simply away for this weekend. He'll be back tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. On the fable YouTube Page do the solo shot. He will be here for the rest of the week. Alright, so hopping into this six game Slate just a quick update on the weather Just some minor minor issues with Atlanta and Pittsburgh just a few little rain spots here and there It should not be an issue at all We do have a slight bump of wind Blowing out in Chicago only five miles prior of course is all via Kevin Roth on Twitter the best meteorologist For the DFS industry, so we are clear on weather issues We are in a spot where we should see some chalky pitching options We should see some chalky hitting options just due to the fact that it's only a six game slate DJ cashier DJ cashier on Facebook is asking thoughts on starting Michael Hermos her Mosquito against and Grinky Grinky is not a pitcher. I have a ton of interest in tonight I kind of explain that this morning on the solo shot just due to the fact that he's $9,200 and he's a low strikeout pitcher and in order for him to reach value He has to do a lot and that's not something we necessarily see him do too often And you know, I made the case for both Kyle Hendricks and Marco Gonzalez tonight Do the fact that they are somewhat of the same pitcher all three of them were Grinky having some of these games where he's going out with like three Four strikeouts to strikeouts. Yeah, he goes can go six innings and only give up You know one or two more in a run, which is great in terms of a real fantasy or in terms of real baseball in terms of fantasy He's not reaching that ceiling and him coming away with under 30 fainting points is certainly very possible Why not take Kyle Hendricks who's basically the same type of pitcher and is basically doing the same thing But he's just cheaper So we're looking at the Grinky with a 17.9% strikeout rating That's just not enticing when he's $9,200 meanwhile Marco Gonzalez has a little bit higher of a strikeout rate No doubt a tougher matchup going up against Oakland and the same thing with Kyle Hendricks That's essentially the same strikeout rate compared to Grinky and he has an equally easy matchup against Colorado So I am not on board with Grinky tonight. Ultimately. He's a pitcher I think I'm just removing from my player pool because why pay 9,200 when I might as well Just find the extra $400 and get up to Minoa who has an awesome 28.3% strikeout rate So I'm not on board with Grinky tonight. That's just a personal choice. I understand his matchup against Kansas City is Very very easy tonight Thoughts on Pittsburgh Chicago and the Mariners as secondary stacks. Yeah, and you say Houston is gonna be so chocked tonight I'm trying to be different. So this is what Savannah on YouTube is asking. Yeah, so Pittsburgh Certainly a good spot for them They should be going up against Umberto Mejia for the Diamondbacks, he only has 10 innings pitched in his entire major league career But he's not really a pitcher that I'm too worried about and actually Brian Reynolds Is my second home run call of the Knights of Uli Uriel from this morning on the solar show It's my first home run call and Brian Reynolds is my second home run call Mieha is a right-handed pitcher. We look to Brian Reynolds stats 228 ISO versus right. He's absolutely awesome That's what we want to be seeing and that he's elevating the ball 38.2% fly ball rate So yes, the Pirates are a team that I'm interested in tonight as a secondary stack Now I will say the one note for Pittsburgh if we look to their Team overall, you're thinking okay very very affordable. It's like Brian Reynolds keep Brian Hayes column ran Gregory Polanco's $2,600 they placed them on out what outright waivers over the weekend So he is not with the team anymore. Do not roster Polanco tonight We want to make note of that that he is $2,600 He seems very enticing obviously one of their main starter start here, but he's actually not with the team anymore So yes looking to Pittsburgh as a team to stack tonight. I also like Chicago tonight as a bit of a secondary stack really not too worried about sends and tele for Colorado Let's just give this a quick refresh to see if we got the the Cubs lineup is updated Okay, so, you know, we want to be looking to have and wisdom as their two You know main power hitters, but you can add in David boat You can add in Schwindel whoever might be for the Cubs We know that they have a bit of power and again sends and tele not an issue tonight Kyle on YouTube is asking thoughts on Hendricks tonight. He's not someone I usually use but I'm trying to I'm gonna consider it tonight it's exactly my same thought it's it's It's through the fact that it's a six games like like we have to be a little bit different I actually wrote up Kyle Hendricks tonight because the match over him is good like the Reds, excuse me the Red Sox the Rockies or simply just not a good team versus right-handed pitching this season If I bring up their stuff pretty quickly, I think they're still dead last in the I think it's a 76 or 78 WRC plus versus righties with their active roster. That's dead last in the league Versus righties. It's a 76. Yes, so Colorado's they're dead last in the league like no doubt This is an easy match up for Kyle Hendricks, right? And that's part of the reason why I'm considering him is because I'm expecting grinky to be relatively chalky Just do the fact that he's a large minus 250 home favorite But at the end of the day grinky and Hendricks are essentially the same pitcher, right? Low strikeout rate medium contact all these sorts of things We know all this so why just not go to Kyle Hendricks who's almost a thousand dollars cheaper. So yes I'm on board with Kyle Hendricks tonight Jerry on Facebook is asking what are thoughts on the New York Yankees in Atlanta game This is a game where I expect we could or I anticipate we could see a bit of a shootout now Jordan Montgomery is not a pitcher Who's like an overly dominant pitcher? Yes, he's been good this year No doubt about it, but he does struggle against righties Which is why I wrote up Jorge Soler today as a bit of an under the radar option because we do see Montgomery struggling with fly balls when it comes to right-handed hitters this season And that's why some of the righties from Atlanta is a spot that we could be going Soler Albies Adam Duvall, Dan B. Swanson, you name it Austin Riley like there's some power in this lineup for the Braves so I like this spot as a bit of a game stack and then Inoa for the Braves is no pitcher that just returned after His hand injury just writing was only had one start under his belt But listen 2.1 5 allowing 2.1 5 home runs per 9 to righties against the the New York Yankees lineup Yeah, I have some interest in the Yankees time I assume plenty of other people will but as a game stack specifically this is spot that I'll be going Aaron is asking where's Jim Jim is on his way back from Denver he was at the Fandall World Fantasy Baseball Championship of the weekend He will be back tomorrow 9 a.m. For the solo shot right here on the Fandall YouTube page Savannah saying Hendricks in a single entry sound scary, but different I might try it out It's like yeah, we know where most people are gonna be looking tonight And it's probably coming down to Manoa, you know that that 28% strikeout rate that he has is legit Of course the smaller sample size because it's his first year in the majors Also, he's you know a little bit cheaper compared to Lancelin and we do see the White Sox with the what is it the 12th worst Where the where's the splits for the righties? Right now. I think the White Sox were like 12th worst in the league Versus in terms of strikeout 13th works that 24% time for 12th But 2013 12 what I don't call it 24% strikeout rate versus right hand of pitching this season So or with their current roster So yeah, the White Sox have some strikeouts in that lineup and if Manoa can get that 28% strikeout rate flexing against the White Sox like he makes an awesome Tournament option tonight Tim Vest is asking two Moneyline picks for tonight. Let's flip to the Moneyline I mean if Yankees only minus 104 that's really not that bad of an option minus 104 We know the power that they can bring again. Like I said, you know for The Braves just simply allowing, you know, too many home runs to righties and that can certainly come back to Burn them, you know going up to green or going up to the Astros at minus 250 like that personally just for me I think that's too much juice. I'd be willing to take a shot with the Cubs at minus 126 The Cubs, you know, we could go to the athletics at home I probably ranked them in that order the Yankees the Cubs the athletics And then probably the the Pirates in that order I just think minus 250 is too much juice John Brown is asking what's the best three-man stack for tonight? I mean if you could really afford anyone it's just double tech to see if Houston has their lineup because Houston's probably gonna be the chalk stack of the night We don't have their lineup confirmed yet, but the Astros are just in a great spot, right? And if you could get any three hitters you could just pay up for anyone I'm personally big on guerrilla tonight. He's one of my home run closer tonight He's also only 3100 obviously offering a good amount of savings So it would be some combination of guerrilla plus Altuve You want that righty split to start the the matchup against Daniel Lynch who's a lefty, right? And then, you know, I wouldn't mind taking a shot with Alvarez or Correa one of the two because ultimately If Daniel Lynch gives up five six runs, whatever might be then we're attacking the Royals bullpen And then we'll get some righty pitchers out of the pen for the Royals and then you were Don Alvarez would He would get the split advantage at that point So guerrilla Altuve one two and then one of Correa or Alvarez on that What games will have a lot of offense tonight? I I'm on board the Yankees and the athletics at excuse me Yankees athletics Yankees in Atlanta as a game stack tonight I think you can be looking there for you know plenty of upside Arizona pit That's also a game that just features two teams of bad pitching like we could we could certainly see some Scoring in that one those would be my main two and then yeah, I see the Astros putting up a lot of runs tonight I don't know if we're gonna be seeing Kansas City match them, but I do see Astros As a as a big offensive Score tonight, how would you rank the Yankees for tonight? Do we have their lineup confirmed? I assume it's gonna be You know the usual like we're gonna be looking at Stanton and judge and void who's obviously been super hot especially if you know it is struggling versus righty, so Oh, actually it's a factor in the fact That they lose the dh tonight because they are on the roads. That means we're probably gonna be seeing Yeah, one of stanton We're void sitting because they're not gonna have the dh. So it's probably gonna be Rizzo in the field That's something we have to take into account. So it'd probably be judge La mayhew If we see void in the lineup, I'd love to have him in there get that righty advantage against Inoa would be great And then would be Rizzo and then Gallo In that order, but again, we have to wait for their final lineup because we gotta remember they do not have a dh tonight Playoffs and fantasy starts tonight. Do you start Hendricks? Nick on facebook is asking This is a season long question. Yeah, I would roll with Kyle Hendricks tonight if in your a season long league like he's not Like you want to get off to a strong start like there's a colorado, you know, they don't strike out a whole lot versus righties It's uh, was it 13th in the league 19th in the league? Yeah 19 to 23.2 percent Like they don't strike out a whole lot, but they're also not a good offense with like league worst 76 WRC plus versus Righties, which is the last in league. So yeah, Kendricks could go out there and give these five six innings with only like one or two earned runs Yeah, if your playoffs are starting now, it's a it's a spot that I would certainly go Salvatore on youtube is asking stacking against Manoa judging him off the last start. I have to certainly I Listen, I understand why you could be doing that Maybe not just off the last start in particular, but you know, he's still a young pitcher He's a pitcher that can struggle with walks at times. We know the power in the white socks lineup can certainly be there So yeah, one start shouldn't be the overwhelming determining factor But we look to some of these some of his numbers overall this year outside of his last start He's giving up some home runs, right? He's giving up some walks, which is of course Always a dangerous combination, right? He doesn't give up a lot of hard contact Which is a good thing to see as a young pitcher But a 40% fly ball rate is always dangerous, especially when you combine now with a higher walk rate Where he's letting runners on for free and then giving up fly ball potential Especially against the lineup like the white socks can be very very dangerous and spell You know plenty of runs against him. So yeah, I think that stacking against Manoa Is a fine option for torrents, especially if he's going to be super chalky Like you are going the contrarian route and if he does have a terrible game Then those lineups that you have which are stacking against them are going to be in a great spot Salvatore on youtube is asking an Oakland stack tonight. Yeah, so an Oakland stack tonight. I think is fine Marco Gonzalez again, not a big strikeout pitcher and historically he had been known as a ground ball pitcher You know, especially I forgot traded to Seattle But then we've seen over the past three seasons his fly ball rate was down at 30% in his first year with Seattle Where's first full year at Seattle and it's crept up over the past few seasons 38 41 44% now he has maintained a medium contact rate But he's certainly giving up more and more home runs over the past few seasons So yes, I'd be looking to go to some of the right-handed hitters from Oakland today Uh for that potential home run upside 1.92 home runs allowed her nine to write ease is not good combined with the walks Listen a 5.53 x that is certainly not good At all. So yes, Oakland right ease would be the spot that would be going against Marco Gonzalez Jenna on youtube is asking wondering what pitchers do you think have the best chance of busting a high-owned stack? Thank you. Uh, well What pitchers have a chance of busting the high-owned stack? Well, if we are Looking at you know, uh as with his strikeout potential. Yeah, like his strikeout stuff is Legitimate at 27.3%. So if the Yankees are going to be popular tonight, we do see them striking out a good amount So, you know, it would probably be my top option if we're expecting a Higher priced popular stack like the Yankees to you know, fall flat would be because of their strikeouts And that's where you know it would come in Uh, I have moderate interest in you know, it's night Uh going back to whoever asked that season long question like you know is on my season long team I will be starting him tonight. Obviously, uh, not super confident in it, but I'm still going to be rolling him out there So that's the level of Confidence I guess you could have you could say I haven't him tonight where it's modest at best, but I will be rolling with him Uh, jerry on facebook is asking you don't think arizona will do well against crown Maybe one or two players marty and perolta. No, I do like arizona tonight. Uh, I haven't pulled up right Oh, I haven't somewhere I'm on board with them tonight. Here they are. Here they are. Here's arizona. So I'm on board with arizona tonight We're not worried about will crown at all. We saw the homerun potential against him over the past few starts Yes, it's not the biggest sample size in the world. Uh, you know, we're looking at you know 40 ish innings per both lefties and righties this season But way too many homeruns like he's not a heavy strikeout pitcher way too many walks A 5.13 and a 4.59 exit or not something you need to be worried about Yeah, he's not the biggest fly ball pitcher in the world and he certainly gets burned by homeruns specifically versus righties but yes going to arizona is Uh, a team that I've interested in uh, dalton varcho was a player that we should expect to be relatively popular Time because he's not overly expensive Really could tell marty is the only super super expensive option for the diamond backs tonight But really living in this mid tier right at the three thousand dollar range We're getting multiple hitters in a good matchup against will crown. I think you can be going to all of them Like I said going to pittsburgh tonight Is also a viable option like did they get there lineup confirmed? Let's just double check this give this a refresh to see if we get White sock scot confirmed braves Rockies blah blah blah. We don't have them yet Uh, I'm on board with pittsburgh tonight. Like I said, they're uh, um, berto mayeha should be starting for the dime backstine I'm pretty sure he Uh, will be or already is confirmed again. Polanco is not going to be uh, not with the team anymore Here's a place on the outright waiver. So don't Um, don't roster him tonight But you know, brian rattles is my second home run call tonight. I'm on board with him You can go to haze and go to moran. You can go to yoshi I'm on board with really all of them as a secondary stack Like this is a stack that I would use to pair with houston pair with new york because we do see them in a good spot And ultimately I mean the arizona bullpen is terrible, right? It's like if you guys have been playing dfs all year We know that arizona is a team that we can uh, certainly Uh, attacked my dj saying you're done out. You're down alvarez is a must add Yeah, he actually has some pretty solid splits against lefties If I have his stuff here bring up the astros like he actually has some legit power against lefties Even though he is a left-handed Hitter yeah, he strikes out a lot at 25.6 percent But like I said, if they run daniel winch out of the game We're going to be then attacking the kansas city bullpen and alvarez is of course going to be in a great spot Uh, sabon is asking how would you rank the diamondbacks tonight? I mean if you could afford anyone could tell marté is simply just their best player You'd love to have him in there. Uh, I would go to could tell marté. I would go to christian walker person kelly estruble cabrera If dalton varcho makes the lineup even if he's batting like seventh or eighth I think he's gonna be a fine option. So those would be my top few and then josh rojas Obviously not bringing a whole lot of power, but certainly an option you can add in that stack sabon's were saying daniel winch pitched seven innings and had a great qs against the astros just last week He did but this is the second start in a row. We generally see pitchers struggling against teams Facing not facing them the second time like within a week or two weeks or whatever it is and ultimately I'm just going to trust the astros and their hitters over the quality of picture that lynches which ultimately isn't that great uh Do you think nicky nicky lopez will have another good game? You know, he's a he's a hitter that uh, obviously doesn't have a ton of power on a nightly basis He's obviously been super consistent as of late. It's really you know bolstered by these steals He's obviously getting the hits done. So I think he's a fine addition tonight as Either a one-off if you really need the solid relief or if you're really trying to be contrarian and go to the royals as a stacked night Again, they have some power in their land But especially the split is right and ben attendee and Carlos Santana are players that are generally looked to for that power upside if i'm looking for lefties on the royals So yeah, I don't hate the I don't hate the royals as a few one-offs tonight DJ is asking varsho or yoshi tonight. I go varsho just a personal preference. I think arizona is going to be a little bit better tonight Uh, why does uh, erin on youtube is asking why does arizona? project project to throw out so many lineups against reverse splits pitch I think pittsburgh wins this one Listen pittsburgh could end up winning the game ultimately. We don't care about that as fantasy players We just want to see production from our Our fantasy players and will crowd was giving up too too many home runs to both Lefties and righty. So yes, he is showing to be a reverse splits pitcher but there are certainly options on the diamond backs lineup who are Righties that you can certainly be going to tell marty obviously bats switch So he won't be batting as a righty but christian walker varsho Excuse me varsho not a lefty but christian walker and cabrera and kelly are players I'd certainly have interest in you take pit at minus 120. Listen, they're both bad teams. It's not like I'm gonna be shocked if either of them Uh, wins that game Salvatore is lin's lin's Launch angle any reason for concern or should I read pitchers who have bad launch angles? So yeah, we do see lance lin struggle at times, but ultimately He's a pitcher with a 27.8 strikeout rate this season and I'll be still be looking to him against toronto Yes, they don't strike out an overwhelming amount But we also see them as a very right-handed heavy lineup and lin's splits versus righties this year are phenomenal Like he's only allowing What is it like a 120 iso or whatever it is against, uh, right-handed hitters? So due to the fact that he has a 32 strikeout rate against righty He's within a very right-handed dominant lineup from toronto with a 3.17 exit in this split Is really a spot that I want to be trusting. Yes The 44 fly ball rate. No doubt can be an issue for lance lin Especially in a lineup that does have plenty of power from the right-handed side But he's the leader. You know, he's the odds-on favorite for the al sayang for a reason He's a very very good pitcher if you're not willing to trust the best pitcher on tonight's slate Who can really flex that strikeout rate? I mean I don't know who else you would be trusting Uh, renais asking on youtube Uh, who's my second homerun call? It's it's brian reynolds. Not yuli gurriel Um It's my first one from this morning on the solo shot brian reynolds for the Pirates is my second a 228 iso in this split again. Umberto maye ha should be starting for the diamond backs tonight We look to his fly ball numbers 38.2 A little bit lower hard contact rate than i'd ideally like to see sitting at 34.3 But he does have a solid 18.5 percent homerun to fly ball ratio in this split So brian reynolds is my second homerun call of the night DJ's asking any thoughts on alias Diaz since he has been on a tear lately and killed the cubs during their last series uh, so generally I don't look too much at like Like bvp or that kind of stuff like oh, he was great against the pitchers he faced last week We're looking at you know, like a two or three at bat sample size but going to Diaz as a part of a larger colorado stack because Hendricks does struggle at times versus the fly ball this year is certainly an option Like I do have interest in Kyle Hendricks type But it also has to be noted that he is struggling with the homeruns this season There's no doubt about it Like a generally a picture that we've seen pretty under control when it comes to the Homeruns he's allowed in previous seasons But certainly this year is something that he has been struggling with a bit more Combined with the fact that there's a bit of wind as I said There's the weather a bit of wind blowing out in Chicago. It's not a lot But you know every little bit helps as kevin roth the meteorology says which is true So I do like Diaz as a part of a larger colorado stack overall It's not like I'm pinpointing Diaz this thing. I have to roster this player tonight. It'd be using him in a colorado stack Uh as you know, it's a greater colorado stack lin or Hendricks for single entry Uh, so if we're factoring everything in we're factoring in, you know, their salary their matchups how popular They're going to be all these sorts of things and also the ease of roster construction I would actually lean towards Kyle Hendricks just because he should just be far less popular compared to Lance win so 8300 dollars for a pitcher is obviously a lot easier to roster some of these you know big name hitters from Houston like if you really want to get up to a houston stack tonight, right? We're not dealing with a whole lot, you know per player remaining. It's 3100, right? If you want to uh, whoever said before that your don is a must-ad. So let's say your don is a must-ad like 2,900 is not a whole lot per player and if you were to swap out lin It's already down to 25 like then we have to like really really find some savings for a stack that would work You can do it. There's no doubt that you can do it, but it certainly makes it a bit thinner So I would go to Hendricks over lin tonight working with just a little bit more salary relief Which can certainly help especially on a smaller six game slate How would you rate the toronto? And Chicago White Sox batters going up against each other If i'm siding with either like if I have to pick Chicago or toronto who would I rather roster tonight? ultimately, I'd rather roster the Chicago White Sox just the general inconsistencies You know landslend we could talk you know anything you want he gets burned by home runs all these sorts of things But the same thing can be said for alpanoa just a younger pitcher. We know is struggling with You know his walk rate this year specifically against lefties So if we see a younger pitcher, obviously he's also going to have a shorter leash Leash compared to landslend. I'd be willing to roll with uh, the Chicago White Sox time Far before the blue jays now it's not to say I don't think the blue jays are a good lineup by any means Of course they are they have massive home run upside I'm still going to be siding with landslend over the blue jays and I'll be siding with the white Sox over manoa if that makes sense Quick homerun jerry's at saying quick homerun call swanson and rezzo. Yeah, like I said the um The homerun upside for the righties on Uh on the bravestone is there. Uh, we have montgomery if I have Jordan montgomery splits real quick. Let's get rid of some of these He was at one point Was at 1.10 homeruns per nine this season to righties Uh, that's what jordan montgomery's going on got 40 fly ball rate, you know, not a whole lot of hard contact I'm only sitting at 34.3 for something. Yes, the righties on the braves for danisby swanson I think is in a good spot whether it's gonna be him so lair adam duval azialbis Austin riley you name it. I think that they are in legitimately a good spot You know, we do see Some homerun potential from them again the homerun potential from the ginkies whether it be orizo whether it be You know judge whoever makes the starting lineup for them I think that this is a game where if you told me let's give this a quick refresh to see if we get there in lineup We don't yet, but if you told me this game ended like eight to five or You know like seven to five in either direction I'm not going to be shocked at all like we know the power that these these two offenses can certainly bring Stacks and a one-off against marco gonzala. So top stacks for me tonight would be houston We should we should assume uh for them to be very chalky tonight It just really is a good match up for them against lynch. I think that they're going to be popular I think that looking to arizona or pittsburgh should be popular tonight. I think that's certainly fine I'm not going to be surprised if the chicago cubs are popular tonight going up against senzatello With slight wind blowing out Averigley field, which is always good to see and then one offs from oakland Stacks and one offs against marco gonzala. So we're just being stacked overall against marco gonzala If i'm looking to stack against marco gonzala, it's going to be those righties the athletics Because 1.92 home runs per 9 with a 553 x-fip is terrible a 49.5 fly ball rate is certainly terrible Yes, he only has a 29.1 percent hard contact rate, which is actually very solid We like to see that much higher, but the righties against marco gonzala's is are certainly getting it done this year So I would look to marty chapman As certainly my top two uh Yeah, marty chapman Don gomes and then marcona in that order would be the four righties from oakland that I would be targeting tonight maryfield or simian, uh, I would take maryfield I just it's an easier match for him going up against grinky who's just not a dominant Shutdown strikeout pitcher like lance lin is who's carrying was the 33 32 percent strikeout rate against righties like yes marcus simians an awesome hitter and Like he can get it done on most nights, but this is no doubt a tough matchup for him Uh thoughts on blackburn tonight paul blackburn for the oakland athletics like I think he's a fine option You're just you'd be rostering him mostly due to the fact that it's an easy matchup going up against seattle If you really want to load up on hitters, he would be the see the the cheapest best option No, correct. Yeah, I mean he's the cheapest best option You could possibly get because the matchup for him is so strong Going up against seattle like we don't want will proud and I we don't want daniel lynch tonight You know sense of tele i have no interest in so these three pitchers i have no interest in It's not that I like i'm going out of my way to roster blackburn But if I had to if I really wanted to jam in as many hitters as possible blackburn would be that guy and erin is saying wisdom is uh wisdom is mispriced on Uh tonight for the cubs. Yeah, that's certainly an option. I think he has plenty of power A little bit of wind blowing out in wriggly is always good to see All right, so that does it for the q&a today Jim son's will be back tomorrow morning 9 a.m. On the fangirl youtube page Uh for the soul shots. We'll also be back for the rest of the week at the q&a 4 p.m. Right here on the fangirl youtube twitch facebook and uh twitch page twitter page every day 4 p.m For the q&a you can follow me on twitter at dfs underscore tom until next time. Good luck in your contests