 It is a lefty day in America for today for MLB DFS because basically every key pitcher on Wednesday Slate for MLB DFS is some high strikeout lefty the top guys for tonight We got Nestor Cortez. He is a lefty Robbie Ray lefty Tara scuba lefty I'll go on taking Tana Jeffrey Springs guys like that But like the top three dudes for tonight in terms of salary all left-handed pitchers So our job is decide. Hey, which these lefties we like most for DFS decide how hard we go with them and Outline our thoughts for very left-handed slate for today's let's dive on and then get you set for MLB DFS Welcome on into the solo shop. That's right here on the fan dual podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire calm here to break dead Wednesday's eight game And main slate with lock set for 705 p.m. Eastern For today, there are a couple of rain spots out east There is a chance of rain in New York for the Yankees and the Angels rain is expected to roll in later in the contest So check back on the timing of that later. I'm expecting that game to play But it will depend on the timing of that rain rain is also possible in Boston on a similar timeline though It looks like it will get there a bit later It is also colder there though at 58 degrees So I downgrade bats for the reds and red sox a bit There aren't a ton of super super hot games for today in terms of temperature. So don't need to go too far with that There's one game of 80. So don't go too far in downgrading them But I would downgrade them a bit as a result of the weather We'll talk about what that weather means if we want bats there and how to rank these high upside lefties in Just one second but first a quick reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed because Our pga dfs podcast for the memorial is now posted breaking down My favorite golfers for this week over on fangirl brandon is off for this week on vacation. 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I think that cortez scuba and rey Are definitively the top guys for tonight now rey is on the road whereas both those guys are at home And it's actually a cross country trip for rey too because he's in baltimore But i still feel like we need him to be at the top of this lefty heap for tonight rey is facing the orioles They are a high strikeout team against lefties with a 26 strikeout rate That is the highest on the slate by a full percentage point and rey Is back to being what he has been in the past The velocity for rey has been back up across his past six starts now And he has a 34 strikeout rate in those six starts That is also the highest on the slate by three percentage points So we get the highest strikeout picture against the highest strikeout offense Should need to say too much more than that. We have seen rey's last mission with hard contact That's why z r rey is 5.35 He has led up multiple runs and all six of those starts. So the results have not been good But the orioles are not generating a lot of power right now They have a 118 iso against lefties with an 85 w r c plus and the fence being moved back to kim diards Should help things a bit here too. I've got rey projected at nine strikeouts for tonight I've been logging my main slate projection since about may 12th for the main slates during the week and rey's mark is the second highest projection that I've had in that time So I'll be high on him here for sure. I don't care too much about the downsides that are still there with the results Sure, they're bad, but it's a good matchup. Upside is too good So robbie rey on a tough slate still going to be my top guy for tonight Now as far as the number two guy that goes I'm going to go with nester cortez I do have to check back on the weather for today yinkee stadium because If we get rey and right at first pitch that could be a bit scary But I'm assuming they're good to go and I do like nester cortez a lot under that assumption It is a tough matchup for cortez The angels have a 126 w r c plus against lefties, which is the best mark on the slate They're a great offense, but they will strike out They have a 24 strikeout right against lefties, which gives cortez upside The floor is not good But the ceiling is in this matchup and I care more about that personally The floor is aided by how well cortez is pitching He has let up a 33 hard hit rate across his nine starts this year And that is a big part of why his e r a is so low at 1.70 strikeout rate is 30 percent That number may come down because cortez doesn't get a lot of whiffs and his swinging striker is just 9.7 percent but He gets a ton of called strikes like a lot and it's likely due to a level of deception that he has So i'm not sure if it's fluky And it may come down, but I don't think it'll come down that much I think that what he's done is probably pretty legit plus I think The big thing for me is the confidence that yankees have shown in cortez last week He was around 92 pitches through seven innings. They still sent him out there to finish the eight He's at 105 at that point. It's okay He finished eight innings 105 pitches great day They actually let him come back out there one month again and face another batter in the ninth inning So clearly the yankees think this guy's legit They like his longevity And I think we should like him too. It is risky due to the matchup But all other factors make cortez a high quality play for today. So among the lefties I've got ray one Cortez two scuba three Do still like him. I think his matchup is better than it may seem We'll talk about that in things to watch later on but first talk about the values here I don't really want to go with the values too much because I love ray. I'm very into cortez. I do like scuba two So I'd stick with those three for the most part If you want to value though, my favorite option here is john gray He is $7,500 at home against the rays and gray has had an up and down year. His yaw ray is 5.56 and that's why I'm not enthusiastic about going to him here But there have been some pretty rough circumstances in there for for gray He has faced the blue jays the fillies the yankees the angels and the astros and seven starts and Only one of those starts he's had all year has been at home That was against the angels and in that game. He had eight strikeouts He did still let up four and runs, but there were some strikeouts. There's a path to a ceiling there at least Gray has a 22 strikeout rate since he returned from the injured list His swinging strike rate is 11.4 percent despite facing the stiff competition that he has faced He gets the rays here. They have a 102 wrc plus and their current active roster with a 24 strikeout rate this matchup gets a lot easier when wonder franco is on the il plus Gray can go decently deep in games. He's gone 94 and 91 pitches across his past two games I have him projected for 5.5 strikeouts tonight That is the most among the value plays. It's still almost Three and a half lower than ray, but it's not bad. He's at home. Don't mind the matchup I'm not sure if I will actually use gray personally I think I kind of want to stick with those top three guys But if you want to value gray would be my favorite so to me Ray court has scuba the building blocks if you want to toss into value You can go john gray not sure if I will get there personally depends on How much value I need for my batters for today? Speaking of the batters Let's dive into the stacks here and go back to yankee stadium read debtomers Had is no hitter earlier on this year, which is a really impressive showing But he struggled since then in two starts and the peripherals for the full season are not ideal So I think we should stack the yankees against him again assuming that the weather allows that game to play Debtomers was Undergoing a change when he threw his no hitter He's been throwing more change-ups across his past five starts Which does include that no hitter throwing fewer sliders and fewer curves in that time And it worked obviously you have a no hitter But the era in that time is 3.81 Considering he had a no hitter in 20 percent of those games. That's a little high His skill interactive era is five. He has allowed a 43 hard hit rates with a 47 fly ball rate He did face the rangers twice in that span And uh, it's a repeat matchup so you can you know ding it for that ding the importance of it for that But he did let up multiple home runs in the first game and in the second game He also let up three runs to the red sox in this stretch He's had no more than four strikeouts than any of these games So the no hitter does matter and deserves credit for that But you're putting him in a hitter friendly park on the road Even with the injuries the yankees do still hit lefty as well. They've got a 118 w RC plus with a 203 iso I think we should stack them here whether permitting Given the spot they ran against Debtomers and given the underlying numbers we have with Debtomers Despite the no hitter In doing this, I will have to use dj lemayhu. Uh, he's not above judge. He's not above torres for me, but I'm gonna have to use him I typically try not to he's Honestly pretty annoying in terms of like upside. Uh, he's he's a low upside guy So I don't tend to use him, but he does at least have a 191 iso against lefties this year in a small sample 32 percent fly ball rates. It's not great, but it's good enough, especially with the offense being pretty thin So like if we're talking about the non Judge and non torres guys because I think that judge and torres obviously up there I'd still use rizzo against the lefty as well If we're talking about the guys beyond that I'd put dj lemayhu above Isiah kind of letha above erin hicks above Miguel and do har I would put him above them. So, you know, he's probably fourth in the the list of me tonight behind judge rizzo and then uh with Torres being up there as well. So higher than usual for dj lemayhu for tonight I'm not super comfortable stacking against hunter green because he did help throw a no hitter a few starts ago But he lets up a lot of hard contact So I think it'd be foolish to not stack against him here with the red socks Again, assuming the weather allows that game to play for tonight Green has been super interesting so far this year. He has a 28 strike outray, which is awesome But the non the strikeouts have been an absolute nightmare He has a 12 walk rate a 40 hard hit rate and a 53 fly ball rate He let a five home runs in one game and he let him three last time out And we've seen green trying to adjust. He's a young guy trying to adjust the big leagues makes sense He's been throwing more sliders across his past six starts The launch angle against that slider is lower than his fastball and the expected Slugging percentage is lower too. That should help. So more slider should be a good thing But that five homer game came in this stretch with more sliders as did the three homer game against the cubs So even if the slider does move in the right direction, it's not going to erase the issues he has had So I think we should just keep stacking against him until he puts together a stretch of good games and we haven't quite seen that yet So I will keep stacking against green here despite the fact. I know he can't have really good showings I do think we should favor the righties here a bit We can see green throw his change up against lefties, but he is never thrown into a righty at least not this year So he's a two pitch guy against righties and the strikeout rate against them is 25 It is 31 against lefties the bad at ball numbers are pretty similar So righties have a slight priority so i'm bumping up jadie martinez trevor story kiki hernandez all those guys Then get a bump up here And I'll still love rafael debbers obviously But I think the righties of a slight edge in this match against hunched green because he is just a two pitch guy Versus potentially three pitches to lefties For the third stack the white socks are facing hungen re you they're not at their best right now They lost tim anderson. It was very good against lefties, but they did just get louise robert back So I think they got enough juice in that lineup to have faith here in this spot Ryu just doesn't seem fully right. He left after 65 pitches in his most recent start He had tightness in his elbow And that's a little scary He was listed as a scheduled starter early on in the week So that's typically a good sign, but elbow issues always are going to be scary for a pitcher We've seen ryu get good results since he came off the il But he's letting up a ton of balls in play He has an 11 strikeout rates since he returned And that could make you think the bad at ball date has been pretty good because the results are good But that's not really the case. He's letting up a 45 hard hit rates with a fly ball rate at 37 It's fine, but not great. Basically. I think ryu's getting a little bit lucky He may keep that up or maybe he's not fully healthy Which could put the socks in a good spot here. So Ryu's had good results. I do still think we should stack the white socks despite that for tonight I'm not sure what robert's return will mean for adam engel Recently whenever engel has started he has played the entire game But when you can put Gavin sheets on the bench against the lefty, you just generally have more outfield depth So I think that we'll see engel get a full game if he starts and engel get it left He's pretty well both laughs last year and this year So I'm willing to use him here if I need some value batting seventh or higher. So Check him out. I would say I'm broadly receptive to him As someone I could be willing to use just because I need some value here in the white socks And you guys who are not catcher slash first base eligible. That's a good thing too with them So I'd be okay going there. I'm not expecting you on one cause of the play today That's probably another dink to the lineup, but I still think the white socks have enough guys to be viable for stacking Let's move now to things to watch. I did want to talk a second about terrik scubble Uh, he's facing the twins at home today No, carlos kareya. At least assuming he doesn't test negative. No rois louis Byron buxton's in and out and they just played a double header yesterday So it's not a bad matchup, uh for scubble with all those injuries considered I would rank scubble third behind rey and cortez, but high enough for me to use him for sure Probably again, it'll be just those three for me tonight Jason alexander not v jason alexander a jason alexander is making his debut for the boris tonight Not a guy I want to stack against. Uh, he's facing the cubs alexander had a 63 ground ball right in triple a this year. It was 69 last year So he's facing the cubs wins are in a bit today temperature 61 degrees I'm okay being low on the cubs here against alexander Finally, I think you can stack the mariners again today. They're facing kyle bradish who Get some strikeouts, but similar to green It's just what happens when he doesn't get strikeouts that pushes us here for stacking We can see bradish have really good games because of the strikeouts But and that's why the mariners are higher on my list, but I would put them forth here behind The white socks the red socks and the other team discussed at the top, which I forgot already It was uh the yankees. So yankees red socks white socks. I'll put the mariners Number four on that list. Let's finish up here with some dinger calls for tonight We saw both matt olson and warto eskibar go deep last night. So uh two for two there Let's try to do it again here and go with a couple of uh pretty fun guys The first one being trevor story. Obviously just destroying the cover off the ball right now I picked him over jady martinez because story Has a higher fly ball right against radies Could have gone either way I'll go story due to the fly ball rate as the boring one the fun one You could push back on whether this is fun, but he's three thousand dollars on fan duals So glaber torrez, um, if you look at his very small sample numbers against lefties this year It's like a 60 fly ball rate sick, uh, 13 strikeout rate. Love that. So uh homer calls for today trevor story and glaber torrez Uh, we'll try to go to two in a row for tonight That is all that we have here for today on the solo shop But we are back once again tomorrow to break down thursday slate and friday slate as well Of course, we have our pga podcast over on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed Search for that hit subscribe check up the pga podcast and come back for usc and nascar later in the week as well If you have 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 with your mlb dfs Talk to you once again on thursday for another slate of mlb dfs This has been the solo shot right here on the fan dual podcast network