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Taijuan Walker (SP, ARI) - Walker got his fifth win of the season in the Diamondbacks 2-1 win over the Tigers Wednesday. Walker went five innings, allowed just one earned run on six hits, while striking out six and walking...

Jacob Faria (SP, TB) - Faria impressed in his second start with the Rays, yielding just one run over 6.1 innings with one walk and eight strikeouts. He only gave up one extra base hit, a double to Russell Martin...

Hunter Renfroe- OF- SD- Idea- Renfroe is slashing .328/.426/.621 against LH pitching and has hit 4 HRs in 58 ABs against them. Amir Garrett hasn't let RH hitters get many hits but he does put them on base. His slash...

Hunter Renfroe- OF- SD- Idea- Renfroe is slashing .328/.426/.621 against LH pitching and has hit 4 HRs in 58 ABs against them. Amir Garrett hasn't let RH hitters get many hits but he does put them on base. His slash...

Matt Adams, 1B, ATL Adams hit two more HR's for the Braves on Monday, and after hitting just 1 HR in 53 PA's for the Cardinals earlier in the season, he has now hit 8 in 96 PA's since being...

Manny Machado (BAL) - Manny Machado continues to suffer from significant bad luck with a really low .223 BABIP and .213 batting average. That number is 80 points below his career BABIP average, which makes this current phenomenon even more...

Joey Votto-Reds-1B Joey Votto was 1-5 with a run and RBI against the Dodgers. Votto is enjoying another fine season. He is hitting .300 with 18 HR, 50 RBI, and 2 SB. The Reds lineup has been better than expected...

2B Jonathan Villar was placed on the 10-day DL on Saturday with a lower back strain. Villar should be stashed away as he'll miss this week's slate of games but could be back for most of next week's slate. 3B...

Max Kepler- OF- MIN- Idea- LH hitters are slashing .291/.391/.421 against Matt Cain. Kepler's slash line against RH pitching is .295/.369/.506. Combine those two and Kepler has a distinct advantage against the veteran. Value play- Draft Kings salary $4000 Delino...

Max Kepler- OF- MIN- Idea- LH hitters are slashing .291/.391/.421 against Matt Cain. Kepler's slash line against RH pitching is .295/.369/.506. Combine those two and Kepler has a distinct advantage against the veteran. Value play- Draft Kings salary $4000 Delino...

Jonathan Villar (MIL) - Jonathan Villar was carted off the field after diving for a ball on Friday night, but thankfully it turned out only to be back spasms. On the downside, the issue is severe enough to have him...

Corey Kluber-Indians-SP Corey Kluber went 6 IP and gave up 3 ER on 7 H, 2 BB, and 8 K's against the White Sox. Kluber through 8 starts has a 4.38 ERA (3.33 xFIP). This was Kluber's second start since...

Aledmys Diaz (SS, STL) - Diaz homered and doubled, finishing 2-4 and raising his line to .262/.296/.416 on the season. He's matched his stolen base total of four from 2016 (over 111 games) in 55 games, but everything else has...

Avisail Garcia (OF-CHW) - If All-Star selections were made today, I'd have to think Garcia would be the White Sox lone representative. The best Chicago Garcia singled and hit a three-run homer in four at-bats against Jake Odorizzi and the...

Eric Thames connected with his 16th of the season off Johnny Cueto yesterday, and he also walked twice. With each game we have a larger and larger sample size, and Thames' season gets more and more impressive. The 28.8% HR/FB...

Jacob Faria, SP, TB Faria made his major-league debut for the Rays on Wednesday and it was quite successful, as he allowed 1 ER on 3 hits and 2 BB's in 6.1 IP to go along with 5 K's. Faria...

Felipe Rivero Don't be surprised if Rivero starts getting save opportunities, as Tony Watson blew his second straight save opportunity on Wednesday night. Watson was already on a wobbly chair in Pittsburgh, and Rivero has been excellent once again this...

Jose Quintana, Chicago White Sox - Jose Quintana's final pitching line looks like he had a solid bounce back outing Tuesday against the Rays but he did pitch around a lot of base runners. While he got shelled in his...

Adam Wainwright (SP, STL) - Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...Adam Wainwright attacks your ERA. After allowing only one total run over his last four starts, Waino was pounded for nine runs on...

Koda Glover, RP, WAS After an implosion in which Glover allowed 5 ER's in 0.1 IP on Sunday, he was not called upon for the save with the Nationals leading by two in the 9th inning of Monday's game; rather...

Sean Manaea(SP-OAK): Sean Manaea won after allowing two runs on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts over six innings Monday vs. the Blue Jays. He has arrived. The left-hander hasn't allowed more than two earned runs since May...

Nick Castellanos (3B) DET - Castellanos was 2-4 Sunday and is 5-13 with 2 2B, 1 HR, 1 SB, and 4 BB in the past 4 games. He's had a rough start to the year on the surface, hitting just...

Ender Inciarte (ATL) - Ender Inciarte reached base an incredible 6 times on Sunday when he went 5-for-5 with his 6th homerun and 4 singles. He also reached via a walk to raise his slash line from .284/.332/.397 to .299/.348/.423....

Trevor Bauer, Cleveland Indians - Trevor Bauer is coming off what might be the best game of his career punching out 14 batters and allowing just three runs in seven innings. The biggest reason that Bauer has a career high...

Matt Adams - (ATL) Coming off his two homer, five RBI performance Saturday, Adams and the Braves face Cincinnati righty Lisalverto Bonilla. I will save you all the reasons you should pick on Bonilla. You just need to know he...

Matt Adams - (ATL) Coming off his two homer, five RBI performance Saturday, Adams and the Braves face Cincinnati righty Lisalverto Bonilla. I will save you all the reasons you should pick on Bonilla. You just need to know he...

John Lackey-Cubs-SP John Lackey went 7 IP and gave up 2 ER on 4 H, 2 BB, and 6 K's against the Cardinals. Lackey through 11 starts has a 4.90 ERA (3.89 SIERA). His strikeout rate is 23% and he...

Aaron Judge (NYY) - Aaron Judge is up to his old tricks, hitting his 18th home run and driving in his 40th RBI of the season on Friday night. He's slashing an incredible .326/.431/.691 in his rookie campaign and currently...

Greg Holland Holland picked up his 20th save of the season already, and he is still yet to blow a save. Holland has been one of the best values of the 2017 season, as he was a late-round closer who...

Salvador Perez- C- KC- Idea- With 9 HRs in 129 ABs and a slash line of .295/.326/.558 against RH pitching, Perez is poised to take advantage of the .310/.328/.513 slash line of Josh Tomlin has against RH hitting. Tomlin has...

Zack Godley (SP) ARI - Godley has been outstanding in his 6 starts with the Diamondbacks this year, the last 5 of which have been Quality Starts (including Wednesday's 6 IP, 3 ER outing against PIT). Every single indicator outside...

Alex Bregman hit his sixth HR of the season yesterday afternoon, his third straight game with a home run. The power display is a fantastic sign given Bregman's slow start. He's gotten himself back up to slightly above average player...

Elvis Andrus(SS-TEX): Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus went 3-for-5 with a homer, a double, two runs scored and five RBIs vs. the Rays. Andrus is the number one shortstop on most player rating systems so far thanks to the power spike...

Matt Carpenter was 1-for-4 last night, and has been one of the more interesting cases so far this season. He has an impressive 9 HR, but a .226 average nearly 60 points below his career average. A lot of that...

Trea Turner(INF-WAS): Nationals shortstop Trea Turner went 0-for-5, moving his season line to .241/.270/.412 with five homers and 11 steals in 40 games. Pitchers are adjusting to Turner with deployment and sequencing, and as a result, the speedster has struggled...

Jimmy Nelson(SP-MIL): Jimmy Nelson won after allowing one run on seven hits and no walks with 10 strikeouts over seven innings vs. the D-backs. Nelson is limiting left-handers to a .310 wOBA. And he's posting a 2.56 BB/9 rate. In...