FanDuel MLB Preview for 8/25/15

Pitchers:

Keuchel has a 3.65 ERA on the road compared to a 1.35 ERA at home.

Lefties are only batting .137 against him.

James Shields has a 4.75 ERA on the road and has given up 24 homers this year and 17 of them have been to a lefty. Shields has never faced Bryce Harper until tonight.

Stephen Strausburg struck out 12 Rockies in his last home start.  Justin Upton has two homers against him.

Noah Syndergard has given up at least one homer in his last four starts. He is 0-5 on the road with a 5.05 ERA.

Jerome Williams is one of the worst starting pitchers in MLB. He has given up 20 homer this season and 18 of them have been to right handed hitters.

Alfredo Simon threw a season high 116 pitches in his last start and pitched a one-hitter against the Rangers at home. He has given up 12 homers to lefties who hit a lot better off of him than righties.

Josh Tomlin pitched a gem in his last start at Yankees Stadium giving up only one earned run in 7 innings. Tomlin has pitched well since returning from the minors.

Chad Bettis makes his first start since July 18th.

Mike Foltynewicz has a 6.06 ERA and has given up multiple HRs in many starts.  He is bad against both right and left handed hitters.

John Lamb pitched against the Dodgers on August 14th and gave up five runs and eight hits.

Charlie Morton has struck out 30 batters in his last four starts. Morton gave up zero runs in his last start against the Giants. He does have a 5.48 ERA on the road.

Ervin Santana has given up multiple homers in many of his starts. The Rays have a lot of experience in hitting Santana. Cabrera, Jennings, Longoria, Jaso, and Sizemore all have homers off of Santana.

Derek Holland has given up two homers to Josh Donaldson in the past.

Jose Quintana is 7-10 but his ERA is 3.60.

Jamie Garcia has a 1.79 ERA.

Jesse Chavez has a 4.73 ERA on the road and Cano is 7-16 lifetime against him and Cruz has two homers off of him in the past.

Jake Arrieta has given up 0 runs in  3 of his last 4 starts.

Matt Cain is letting lefties hit .341 off him this season.

I don't have enough time today to talk about the hitters.

Which pitchers will I have in my LUs today?

I am taking Strausburg, Tomlin, Foltynewicz,  Weaver, and Morton.

My value hitters are Mike Morse $2200
John Jaso 2200
Chase Utley 2400
Kelly Johnson 2400
Evan Longoria 2600
Erik Aybar 2200
Puig 2700