 You will have no problem finding pitchers to a door on Wednesday slayed for MLB DFS because there are half a dozen almost guys in the upper salary range capable of generating upside and getting you a lot of strikeouts and for a seven game Slate that's not super normal, but it's a pretty good name list of names here at the top So our job for today is to sift through those pitchers decide which ones had the best upside which ones We trust most based on matchups talent, etc. Etc. And try to figure out the best way to play things for MLB DFS Let's dive on in now and get you set for this Wednesday night slate welcome on into the solo shop That's right here on the fan dual podcast network and number fire comm My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire comm here to preview this seven game main slate Relax that for 705 p.m. Eastern for today Only weather note for this slate is at Wrigley field where the wind is actually in From right field at seven miles per hour. That's a slight downgrade to batters the reds in the cubs I don't think it's enough where you drastically shift your outlook of anything But at least we're considering that the wind isn't a Wrigley not super strong at seven miles per hour But enough to be at least noteworthy for sure given how wind sensitive that park is so slight downgrade For the reds and the cubs will break down the pitching preview and go through all those studs in just one second at first A quick reminder to make sure you are subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcast We of course are an apple podcast Spotify Stitcher Google podcasts. You name it. 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I broke that down Our favorite golfers in each salary tier yesterday on the podcast is upon the fandal YouTube page But also on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed pitching preview for this Wednesday Main slate Sandi Alcantara is the highest salary pitcher on fandal checking in at $11,000 Alec Minoa is 10 8 Shohai Otani is 10 5 Kyle Wright comes in at $10,400 Nick Paveda is 10-1 Julio Arias is 96 Hunter Green is 91 with Michael Kopeck Cal Quantrell And rangers Suarez as the others at $8,000 were higher now There are a lot of good names at the top for today, but I think for the second consecutive week We can just feel good about loading up on Shohai Otani as our top arm of the night it's a pretty comforting situation to just be you high on Otani set it and forget it because He's just fun to watch he's at home again He's facing the White Sox this time and they actually have the second worst WRC plus on the slate It's a 95 versus righties with a 120 ISO that 120 ISO ranks dead last they're not a high strikeout team, but Not sure much that matters for Otani for the full season He has a 33 percent strikeout rate 2.67 skill interactive era the White Sox also don't draw many walks Which should beef up Otani's pitch efficiency Which again, he didn't need last week 13 strikeouts and eight innings That was against the whales who honestly are pretty similar to the White Sox right now where they're not a great offense But they don't strike out a ton But Otani just torched them. He now has double digit strikeouts four times this year across 12 starts He is pretty volatile. He has some bad games for sure But it's not a you know a situation where I want to overthink it I think that if I can get the guy with the best upside who I also just enjoy rooting for the most I think that makes it pretty fun So we will go through some alternatives if you don't want to deal with the volatility or want to exploit it from a tournament perspective You can but Otani is the top guy for me for cash games and he will be my top tournament arm of the night as well I think he's just kind of too good to pass up right now even with solid alternatives being elsewhere Number two for me is Kyle Wright. I think both he and Sandy Alcantara have really good cases to be Quality pitchers for tonight, but Wright has the better matchup and that's against the Phillies This is a spot where looking at their active roster is key because Bryce Harper is gone right now That is a huge downgrade to this offense their active roster without Harper has an 89 WRC plus against right is that is actually the worst on this slate Their 148 iso is tied for second worst and they will strike out They got a 23 strikeout right there again without Harper It's a pretty rough scene for the Phillies right now. They could turn it around because They have talented guys who are struggling right now, but I'm fine using pitchers who are facing them until Guys like Costellano start to figure things out, uh, you know, Reese Hoskins GT removed all those guys once they figure things out cool. I'll deviate but for right now Kind of okay with going here and right is good enough to take advantage of a good matchup He's been leaning more on his changeup across his path seven starts, which is a really good pitch for him it has a 255 x woba against it per baseball savant And using that pitch is allowed them to generally pitch really well He has a 3.56 era a 3.50 skill interactive era with a 25 fly ball rate They 24 strikeout rate that strikeout number is not huge But he's had seven plus strikeouts three times in the span and in this matchup I'm in I have right projected for six strikeouts here Which is a totally fine number for this kind of matchup We can expect him to probably not let up too many earned runs. I'll be on right here for sure because of the advantages working in his favor All the value plays are kind of bad. We got a lot of studs. So I personally don't feel the need to Do a value. I don't think I will personally, but I do want to stack the Dodgers again today. I'm sorry Withhold your moans, please. I get it. I understand I'm there with you, but I kind of want to do it again But I shouldn't at least talk about a value play if you want to load up on trey turner and guys like that The top value for me would be just in steel at 7600 dollars Steel's facing the reds and they're actually hitting pretty well against lefties with a 117 w RC plus So it's not about matchup. It's just that steel's pitching. Okay overall Not a big strikeout guy 21 strikeout rate for the year But really good bad at ball data for steel. He has a 34 hard hit rates with a 27 fly ball rates It hasn't made him bulletproof his era is 4.59 and part of the reason that number is high because he is because He lent up seven earned runs to this very same offense back on may 26 So that's why I'm not super into it, you know, I don't really want to go down here But he can have pretty good starts steel has gone seven innings twice in his past four starts He had eight strikeouts last time out. That's his third time getting eight plus strikeouts this year So there is at least a path to steel pitching well It might not be the most likely path and that's why I'll be living the upper tier, but I've got steel projected for five strikeouts. It's not bad for a guy at 7600 dollars I most likely in full transparency will not use him myself But if you want a value play he's probably your top guy. I think to me this late is get a stud pitcher and Find value hitters the stacks you like and build around them Because I just think that they're that's a better route for today than Trying to scrounge for a value pitcher. I just think the the high salary guy is very worth it. The low salary guys are Generally low salary for reasons that's our amount of pitching for today with otani one right two We'll talk about sandial contra number three in things to watch first. So let's talk about some stacks here and go back to the dodgers They're still a coarse field. I wish they'd leave. It's uh, it's really annoying to have them there So please get them out of course field. I'm sick of this, but I got to do it Just I I can't I can't stop the facing everyone marquez and I like marquez a lot I think he's better than what his results say, but I don't think that even if we account for that He's pitching well enough for us to avoid him at coarse field. I will stack the dodgers again here marquez Made a pretty key shift halfway through this year where seven starts ago He jacked up his sinker usage in a pretty significant fashion He lowered the usage on his forcing fastball and it has helped a bit He's getting a bit more. We contact now The strike at rate is up a tad from where it was too But it's not enough To help his results because in this time with more sinkers his yaw ray is 7.06 In his three home starts. He's led up four six and four and runs And that hasn't been against elite teams The dodgers, I don't think they've totally collapsed. Oh, I wouldn't put them in the elite team tier right now either But I don't think they've totally collapsed Now marquez did have a great outing last week. He went Uh seven and two thirds innings against the twins no runs there But that was in minnesota byron buxton was not playing for that game or he didn't start at least And marquez in that game had just two strikeouts with five walks so I don't view that as being a start that shifts the way I view marquez I think we can still definitely stack against him at coarse field, which is what I want to do for tonight So the dodgers i'm sorry are the top stack once again for today Marquez's platoon splits are almost dead even 50 ground ballray versus righties 50 against lefties The strikeout rates separated by just one percentage point So I should just pick the guys you like most based on the numbers against righties I will say there are a pretty good number of lower salary guys on this dodger's team right around 3000 so whether you know tani Right minoa alcantra I think you can stack the dodgers you may just have to settle for the Second tier guys instead of will smith freddy freeman tray turner stuff like that I think that you can make it work as long as you're okay conceding a bit in terms of the value or the Quality of the guys you're using within that stack the second stack is the cubs I do downgrade them a bit due to the wind being in a wriggly field, but They're facing hunter green. We know This is a volatile situation and he's doing some really good stuff But the way he operates can lead to dingers in a hurry which I think necessitates our continuing to stack against him in tournaments and We talked about this entering last week where He had a skill interactive era around 3.7. Oh green did and his previous aid starts That happened because he was throwing fewer fastballs And that's a good shift for him because the fastball is not working right now He did still struggle there though. He let up 600 runs and three homers and five innings He has let up four plus earned runs and four of his nine starts Since he started to scale back the fastball It is a good shift for green and has made him a better pitcher and he is More likely to have good games now than he was before but The upside that was there previously is still there We can live with the risks when there is Multi-home or upside kind of up and down the lineup The cubs are not some massive power team, but they're also not terrible They have a 106 WRC plus against righties in their current active roster That's why they're not higher on this list because they're not a big Homer team. That's why You know, I'm okay Dinging them for the weather as well But I still think it's a good spot for home runs And I like hunting for dingers the cubs give me that here So the cubs a good option for today We've talked about this a couple times now, but green struggles more with righties and lefties He becomes a two-pitch pitcher when he's facing the righties So I'd bump up righties quite a bit here. Christopher Morel is $2,900. He has a 185 iso against righties A lot of strikeouts are in recently, which is a bit concerning, but Does hit the ball pretty hard. Patrick wisdom has a 228 iso versus righties I'd start with those key righties morel wisdom and kind of build from there William Contreras Wilson Contreras should say Mixed up Wilson Contreras not as big of a power guy against righties. I would still use him a lot But that's why I rank him below Morel and wisdom is because Not as much pop there, but he's probably still third in the list either way But the third stack it's a tournament only one for me That's the angels and the reason they are tournaments only is because it's not safe They're facing Michael Kopeck who's had good results most of this year But I still think we should give the angels a look here in tournaments The most relevant sample on Kopeck is his past eight starts He's using more sliders in that time with and he's got a 3.4. Oh, yeah, right. That's pretty good good results But there are some issues in the peripherals specifically. He's walking a lot of guys He's led up a 51 fly ball right which leads to a 4.74 skill interactive era Among all the pitchers on this slate and they're most relevant samples That's actually the worst number of any pitcher for tonight It has bit Kopeck a couple times He led up four runs to the astros led up three to the orioles Five to the blue jays three to the yankees and the angels are a pretty solid offense They have a 117 wrc plus against righties with a 201 iso I think they could get to him here. So again, it is risky given how good the results have been for Kopeck, but I do think there's upside here. You know, I think that Um, I'm willing to give it a shot for sure So I'll give it a spin here. It's risky, but I think that It's not It's not it's being different without being stupid. I think it's the way that I'd phrase it here I don't think there are a ton of like surefire stacks or tonight So I'm okay going with it with a low floor and I think the angels are that but they come with a good ceiling So I will use them here tonight I do want to talk about the otani part of this stack because Having him as a pitcher means we can't include him in our stacks or tonight and that's a bummer because I'd like to use him But he is still actually in there in a way We it means in the lineup. That's that's a good thing Which means we still benefit from his presence in this in this order every hit otani gets increases Run scoring and rbi chances for the teammates that we're using in our stacks It jacks up their projected plate appearances If there are a lot of benefits to otani being in there. It's not like he's out He's still in the lineup. So we're still benefiting from him Even if we can't use him specifically within our lineups So no, you can't use him and that sucks because it's one less high upside guy to use on this team But you are still benefiting from his being there and I think that makes the angels a fun stack even when he's pitching So, you know, it's not ideal, but I think that despite that it's still a stack I feel really good about personally Things to watch to talk about sandy alcantra. I would definitely rank him third for tonight even considering salary at $11,000 I think you can stack him Or use him while stacking the dodgers You got the angels in the cubs with some value plays there max stasi's 22 Jared walsh 28 we talked about morrell talked about wisdom All these guys come with low salaries and you've got max muncie chris taylor codie bellinger gavin lux all Pretty much bargain salaries compared to coupers So I think we can make it work. I'll be doing that, you know It's not going to be super comfortable to stack the dodgers while glossing over freeman Turner etc etc and a lot of lineups, but I think it's fine So I will try to make that work alcantra Just going super deep in games net right now mo and everyone down low strike at matchup Which is why he was not in my top two but do so liking quite a bit and we'll rank him number three I'm not opposed to some blue jays lineups and tournaments They're facing nick pavetta. He's pitching really well right now, but he's still letting up a 44 hard hit rates But they 43 fly ball rates We're not going to get the jays at a roster rate discount because their implied total is pretty high, but They do have upside I'm totally fine considering them here and we'll go towards the jays for sure just to keep in mind that They're not going to be sneaky and pavetta is pretty good as well Finally, I could be okay at the twins they're facing cal quantrell who Not a bad pitcher by any means, but he does let up a lot of balls in play, which is kind of what we want for stacking They're Not a great stack, but they are an option I would specifically lean on the lefties here if you're going to go here for one-offs Jorge blanco came back last night and hit a home run is I think a second plate appearance back So he's he's on the menu once again all those outfielders who are lefties. I think all these guys work. So I would go towards the lefties quantrell lets up a lot more hard contact them Twin is not a great option But one I would consider if you need some more bats Let's finish up here with some dinger calls for tonight going to course field for the first one despite the fact that marquez Does get a good number of ground balls. I will go will smith smith is a really fun batter He was out last night, which means he should be back in there for today Lot of fly balls good amount of hard contact I considered max muncie here, but he went deep last night not as fun So we'll go to will smith as the boring home run call for the fun one I think you could push back on this being fun just because I think he's a really good batter, but hey, I mean his salary is $2,800. So jared walsh I think that In the situation versus co-pack a guy who lets up a lot of fly balls I know walsh has 13 home runs or whatever so far this year But you know, I think it's fun because the salary is low probably not going to have the Shortest home run odds for tonight. So we'll go with will smith and jared walsh as our dinger calls for today That's all we got here for the slade here on this wednesday night again. I think that's a pretty good slay for pitching I have it ranked otani followed by right followed by alcantra, but if you love alex manoa Sweet no pushback. I think you can make that case for sure It's a good slay for pitching and not hard to find guys to like for tonight A reminder again our pga podcast for the john deere classic is posted with myself and branding a doula breaking down the field it's a wonky feel but The cash is still the same in dfs tournaments. So, you know, uh, do the research To find out which guys we like I think that there are advantages people who pay attention on slates like this So I would check that out for sure on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts If you've got any questions for me, I am on twitter at jim sonnis j i m s a n n e s You can also follow the fan dual podcast network at fan dual podcast big Thank you to everyone for tuning in for today. Good luck to you the mlb dfs lineups We'll talk to you once again tomorrow to break down thursday's slate. This has been the solo shot right here on the fan dual podcast network