There's 5 games scheduled this morning and I love morning/afternoon GPP tourneys. The reason I like them so much is because I have found a lot of success playing these tourneys with 3 to 6 games.
There will be high ownership on a lot of hitters and pitchers unlike when there are 15 games scheduled.
What other pitcher are you going to take besides Bumgarner or Greinke? It seems too obvious but your pitcher decision is basically deciding which pitcher to select.
I tend to like to go with the pitcher playing at home.
If you want to be contrarian, Randy Wolf is at 4700.
I expect the Dodgers to beat the Reds, Angels to beat Detroit, Giants to beat the Cubs, Toronto to beat the Rangers, and the Orioles/Royals game could go either way.
I want to load up on hitters on teams that I think will win that day.
Josh Donaldson has been at 6200 lately on FanDuel and that's just too expensive for most DFS players.
If you are into Batter vs. Pitcher stats, here are some hitters that you should target.
Joey Votto is 12 for 27 against Greinke with 3 homers
Albert Pujols is 12 for 42 vs. Wolf with 3 homers
Starlin Castro is 10-24 vs MadBum
Troy Tulowitzki is 11-24 vs. Gallardo with a homer
Marlon Byrd is 14 for 33 vs. Dan Haren with 3 homers
Here's my thoughts on some of the other starters -
Matt Shoemaker at 7600: Shoemaker is not an ace like MadBum or Greinke but he pitched well in his one start in the minors and his confidence should be high coming into this start.
Shoemaker also has a lot to prove after being demoted. I could see him going 7 innings and striking out 7 hitters and getting the win in Detroit. How many will have Shoemaker over Greinke and MadBum? Not many.
Dan Haren is at 6600 and is going up against MadBum. Haren doesn't strike out too many batters and he's been struggling of late. Haren has had good success against the Giants in the past and I am sure he enjoys pitching at AT&T Park.
Yordano Ventura is very reasonable at 8200 and he is at home where he pitches a lot better and going up against the Orioles who can strike out a lot.
Randy Wolf is the cheapest pitcher at 4700 but he will give up some runs and won't get that many strikeouts. You can pick up Bautista and Donaldson and Encarnacion with Wolf as your pitcher but is that really smart?
Hitters: Mike Trout at 5000 and I expect him to be about 45% owned in GPPs. He's going up against an average lefty in Wolf and he could hit a homer or two. Should you fade him? I might in some LUs and hope he doesn't get a homer or two.
Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop might be 50% owned! Buster Posey at catcher could be the same.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
FanDuel GPP Tournament Recap for 8/24/15
It's very important to recap and learn from previous FanDuel GPP tournaments in order to understand what it takes to construct a winning LU.
I had 10 entries last night and lost $10 as I only won money on two entries.
27% ownership for Jacob deGrom and I was one of those suckers that had a lot of deGrom in my LUs.
deGrom ended up with negative points!
Some of the cheap salaried players that I told you guys I liked did very well. Players such as Trumbo, Suarez, Lagares, and Flores had great stat lines.
You wouldn't have won big money without Wilmer Flores in your LU.
Unfortunately I wasn't as good when selecting my pitchers. Besides deGrom, I selected Jorge de la Rosa of the Rockies and Felix Doubrant of the A's.
Iwakuma was the second most expensive pitcher and he only had 1.66 points and was 23% owned. It's not normal when the two aces of the night get clobbered.
I took Doubrant because he was only $5800 but he only got 6 points. De la Rosa gave me a measly 5 points against a bad Braves' offense.
Miggy Cabrera was expensive at $5400 and only had 4.75 points while Nelson Cruz at $5000 only had 1.25 points and was 18% owned.
I had a LU with a Reds stack but it didn't help me as I had deGrom as my pitcher.
The winner (ericjkle) had 97 points and had Happ as his pitcher and he was 4% owned. Happ had 16 points as the Pirates beat the Marlins 5-2.
The first-place winner had lots of hitters from the Mets and Tigers/Reds game and those were two of the highest scoring games of the night.
Another top finisher had a Mets and Reds stack along with Eovaldi at $7800 as his pitcher.
Happ was only $6600 and I should have selected Happ over de la Rosa as my pitcher in some LUs since Happ played for a winning team who had a better chance to win that night.
The Rockies never hit as well on the road but I liked de la Rosa's chances against a weak Braves' offense better for some reason. Teheran was pitching for the Braves and he can be solid.
I had 10 entries last night and lost $10 as I only won money on two entries.
27% ownership for Jacob deGrom and I was one of those suckers that had a lot of deGrom in my LUs.
deGrom ended up with negative points!
Some of the cheap salaried players that I told you guys I liked did very well. Players such as Trumbo, Suarez, Lagares, and Flores had great stat lines.
You wouldn't have won big money without Wilmer Flores in your LU.
Unfortunately I wasn't as good when selecting my pitchers. Besides deGrom, I selected Jorge de la Rosa of the Rockies and Felix Doubrant of the A's.
Iwakuma was the second most expensive pitcher and he only had 1.66 points and was 23% owned. It's not normal when the two aces of the night get clobbered.
I took Doubrant because he was only $5800 but he only got 6 points. De la Rosa gave me a measly 5 points against a bad Braves' offense.
Miggy Cabrera was expensive at $5400 and only had 4.75 points while Nelson Cruz at $5000 only had 1.25 points and was 18% owned.
I had a LU with a Reds stack but it didn't help me as I had deGrom as my pitcher.
The winner (ericjkle) had 97 points and had Happ as his pitcher and he was 4% owned. Happ had 16 points as the Pirates beat the Marlins 5-2.
The first-place winner had lots of hitters from the Mets and Tigers/Reds game and those were two of the highest scoring games of the night.
Another top finisher had a Mets and Reds stack along with Eovaldi at $7800 as his pitcher.
Happ was only $6600 and I should have selected Happ over de la Rosa as my pitcher in some LUs since Happ played for a winning team who had a better chance to win that night.
The Rockies never hit as well on the road but I liked de la Rosa's chances against a weak Braves' offense better for some reason. Teheran was pitching for the Braves and he can be solid.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Early look at FanDuel GPP Tournaments for 8/24/15
9 games in the evening for Monday.
Some of the cheap value hitters I like tonight are Todd Frazier, Stephen Drew, Pablo Sandoval, Eugenio Suarez, Stephen Piscotty, Johnny Peralta, Mark Trumbo, Juan Lagares, Wilmer FLores, and Steve Clevenger.
All of the above hitters are very cheap and you need cheap hitters if you select deGrom as your pitcher.
The most expensive pitcher is Jacob deGrom at $11,700 vs. the Phillies. I expect a high ownership rate for deGrom.
I think deGrom could be owned by over 40% of the players in GPP tourneys.
Who else would you take over him? deGrom is the only ace on the mound and Iwakuma is at $9000 and facing the lowly A's.
There's a lot of average pitchers on the mound and hopefully that means there will be a lot of offense in most of the games.
The cheapest pitchers are in the Tigers/Reds game with Farmer at $4500 and Sampson at $5300. Does this mean we should expect a high-scoring game?
Eovaldi of the Yankees could be a sleeper pick since the Astros do strike out often and are not as good on the road. Eovaldi did throw a career high 120 pitches five days ago so that could affect him tonight.
Another sleeper pitcher is Jorge De la Rosa of the Rockies. The Braves are not a juggernaut on offense and if De la Rosa has the opportunity to pitch very well unless he loses command and starts to walk batters which is a good possibility as well.
The Cardinals go from San Diego to Arizona so I expect their hitters to be happy about that.
The Mets go from Coors to Citizens Park in Philly so I expect them to continue to hit.
The Pirates face a weak Marlins team but they had to travel late after their ESPN game tonight.
The Rockies go from Coors to Atlanta.
The Yankees, Marlins, Reds, and Mariners all are staying at home and continuing homestands so all their players should be well-rested.
If you want to stack three or four hitters in a LU, how about the Yankees against Feldman? Feldman has pitched very well of late but a lot of Yankees' hitters have had good success against him in the past.
Alex Rodriguez has two homers off Feldman and is 5-16 lifetime against him.
Farmer of the Tigers is just not a very good starting pitcher so I will have guys like Votto and Frazier in some of my LUs.
Tom Koheler of the Marlins has given up 13 homers to lefties this year so maybe you should load up on some Pirates such as Polanco.
Jeff Samardzija goes up against a red-hot Red Sox offense and Ramirez, Sandoval, and Ortiz have hit him well in the past.
Hot Batters:
Blake Swihart Red Sox Catcher - 7-11 in last 3 games
Xander Bogaerts - batting .321 in August
Sandoval has two homers off Samardzija and is 4-10 lifetime against the very tall pitcher.
Travis Shaw is batting .423 the last seven days going 11-23.
Jackie Bradley Jr. is batting .344 this month.
Rusney Castillo is batting . 367 this month with two homers.
David Ortiz has 6 homers this month.
Jacoby Ellsbury is 11 for his last 29.
Stephen Drew is 6-13 lifetime with two homers off Feldman.
Juan Lagares is batting .378 this month.
Wilmer Flores is on fire and batting .429 in the past week and also batting .306 vs. lefties this season.
Daniel Murphy is batting .338 this month and has had many multi-hit games.
Curtis Granderson has 6 homers in August and batting .391 in the last 7 days.
Cameron Rupp is 13 for his last 40 and is a better offensive threat than Carlos Ruiz for the Phillies at catcher.
Odubel Herrera is 8 for his last 20.
Andres Blanco is also hitting and batting .429 in the past week with four multi-hit games.
Jose Reyes is 10 for his last 25 but all those games were at Coors.
Ichiro Suzuki is batting .322 this month and is 4-7 against Happ
Dee Gordon is 11 for his last 27.
Cole Gillespie is 12 for 28 vs. lefties this year and facing Happ tonight.
Starling Marte is 12 for his last 32.
Gregory Polanco has 29 hits this month.
Wellington Castillo is 4-6 vs. Lynn with a homer.
A.J. Pollock is on a tear going 14 for his last 29. He is 4-14 lifetime against Lynn.
Stephen Piscotty is 12-28 vs. lefties this year and Arizona as a lefty going tonight.
Steve Clevenger is batting .375 this month.
Jonathan Schoop is 27-79 this month.
Eric Hosmer is 9-26 vs. Jimenez with two homers.
Ben Zobrist is batting .342 this month.
Miggy Cabrera is 13 for his last 24.
Ian Kinsler is 12 for his last 28 and batting .369 in August.
Nelson Cruz is 5-11 vs. Doubrant and has 10 homers this month.
Brett Lawrie is 6-12 in his last few games.
Mark Canha is 13 for his last 24.
Cold Batters:
Hanley Ramirez is batting .182 this month and is 2 for his last 20.
Brian McCann is batting .197 this month.
Mark Teixeira is only batting .185 in August but has 3 homers.
Alex Rodriguez is really struggling in August with a .157 batting average and only 11 hits in 70 ABs.
Juan Uribe is batting .152 this month but has four homers.
Michael Bourn is 8 for his last 53.
Matt Carpenter is 1 for his last 21.
Kolton Wong is only 10 for 69 this month.
J.J. Hardy is batting .157 this month.
Jimmy Parades is only 4-34 in August.
Melky Cabrera is struggling this month but 4-8 lifetime vs. Kelly.
Jay Bruce is batting .138 this month.
Some of the cheap value hitters I like tonight are Todd Frazier, Stephen Drew, Pablo Sandoval, Eugenio Suarez, Stephen Piscotty, Johnny Peralta, Mark Trumbo, Juan Lagares, Wilmer FLores, and Steve Clevenger.
All of the above hitters are very cheap and you need cheap hitters if you select deGrom as your pitcher.
The most expensive pitcher is Jacob deGrom at $11,700 vs. the Phillies. I expect a high ownership rate for deGrom.
I think deGrom could be owned by over 40% of the players in GPP tourneys.
Who else would you take over him? deGrom is the only ace on the mound and Iwakuma is at $9000 and facing the lowly A's.
There's a lot of average pitchers on the mound and hopefully that means there will be a lot of offense in most of the games.
The cheapest pitchers are in the Tigers/Reds game with Farmer at $4500 and Sampson at $5300. Does this mean we should expect a high-scoring game?
Eovaldi of the Yankees could be a sleeper pick since the Astros do strike out often and are not as good on the road. Eovaldi did throw a career high 120 pitches five days ago so that could affect him tonight.
Another sleeper pitcher is Jorge De la Rosa of the Rockies. The Braves are not a juggernaut on offense and if De la Rosa has the opportunity to pitch very well unless he loses command and starts to walk batters which is a good possibility as well.
The Cardinals go from San Diego to Arizona so I expect their hitters to be happy about that.
The Mets go from Coors to Citizens Park in Philly so I expect them to continue to hit.
The Pirates face a weak Marlins team but they had to travel late after their ESPN game tonight.
The Rockies go from Coors to Atlanta.
The Yankees, Marlins, Reds, and Mariners all are staying at home and continuing homestands so all their players should be well-rested.
If you want to stack three or four hitters in a LU, how about the Yankees against Feldman? Feldman has pitched very well of late but a lot of Yankees' hitters have had good success against him in the past.
Alex Rodriguez has two homers off Feldman and is 5-16 lifetime against him.
Farmer of the Tigers is just not a very good starting pitcher so I will have guys like Votto and Frazier in some of my LUs.
Tom Koheler of the Marlins has given up 13 homers to lefties this year so maybe you should load up on some Pirates such as Polanco.
Jeff Samardzija goes up against a red-hot Red Sox offense and Ramirez, Sandoval, and Ortiz have hit him well in the past.
Hot Batters:
Blake Swihart Red Sox Catcher - 7-11 in last 3 games
Xander Bogaerts - batting .321 in August
Sandoval has two homers off Samardzija and is 4-10 lifetime against the very tall pitcher.
Travis Shaw is batting .423 the last seven days going 11-23.
Jackie Bradley Jr. is batting .344 this month.
Rusney Castillo is batting . 367 this month with two homers.
David Ortiz has 6 homers this month.
Jacoby Ellsbury is 11 for his last 29.
Stephen Drew is 6-13 lifetime with two homers off Feldman.
Juan Lagares is batting .378 this month.
Wilmer Flores is on fire and batting .429 in the past week and also batting .306 vs. lefties this season.
Daniel Murphy is batting .338 this month and has had many multi-hit games.
Curtis Granderson has 6 homers in August and batting .391 in the last 7 days.
Cameron Rupp is 13 for his last 40 and is a better offensive threat than Carlos Ruiz for the Phillies at catcher.
Odubel Herrera is 8 for his last 20.
Andres Blanco is also hitting and batting .429 in the past week with four multi-hit games.
Jose Reyes is 10 for his last 25 but all those games were at Coors.
Ichiro Suzuki is batting .322 this month and is 4-7 against Happ
Dee Gordon is 11 for his last 27.
Cole Gillespie is 12 for 28 vs. lefties this year and facing Happ tonight.
Starling Marte is 12 for his last 32.
Gregory Polanco has 29 hits this month.
Wellington Castillo is 4-6 vs. Lynn with a homer.
A.J. Pollock is on a tear going 14 for his last 29. He is 4-14 lifetime against Lynn.
Stephen Piscotty is 12-28 vs. lefties this year and Arizona as a lefty going tonight.
Steve Clevenger is batting .375 this month.
Jonathan Schoop is 27-79 this month.
Eric Hosmer is 9-26 vs. Jimenez with two homers.
Ben Zobrist is batting .342 this month.
Miggy Cabrera is 13 for his last 24.
Ian Kinsler is 12 for his last 28 and batting .369 in August.
Nelson Cruz is 5-11 vs. Doubrant and has 10 homers this month.
Brett Lawrie is 6-12 in his last few games.
Mark Canha is 13 for his last 24.
Cold Batters:
Hanley Ramirez is batting .182 this month and is 2 for his last 20.
Brian McCann is batting .197 this month.
Mark Teixeira is only batting .185 in August but has 3 homers.
Alex Rodriguez is really struggling in August with a .157 batting average and only 11 hits in 70 ABs.
Juan Uribe is batting .152 this month but has four homers.
Michael Bourn is 8 for his last 53.
Matt Carpenter is 1 for his last 21.
Kolton Wong is only 10 for 69 this month.
J.J. Hardy is batting .157 this month.
Jimmy Parades is only 4-34 in August.
Melky Cabrera is struggling this month but 4-8 lifetime vs. Kelly.
Jay Bruce is batting .138 this month.
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