Steve Renner MLB DFS – 9/9

Yes, there is still baseball.   And yes, we are dominating September Baseball folks!…

 

PITCHING

Chris Sale … Sale is due for a huge game and has pitched really well versus Tampa this year.  His price is down because of recent second half hiccups but good temps today and a nice lineup for him to dominate.  He’s #1, by a mile.

Rafael Montero … I prefer bad pitchers at home and Montero to me is a mediocre pitcher, but someone who’s been good lately.   He just dominated the Reds two starts ago and has been fairly consistent for his price to give us 5-6 IP.  He’s my top pairing with Sale on DK.

Zach Godley … Godley’s gonna go higher than he should in seasonal drafts next year, but that’s just a side note.  San Diego has been really bad lately (well, all season) but really bad against right handed pitching is where I was going.  Arizona wins this game tonight and Godley pitches well aside from a hiccup vs Wil Myers and Austin Hedges.

Alex Wood … If you are still looking for an SP1, then land on Wood.  He’ll pitch good enough tonight against Colorado, but there’s no reason to go him OVER Sale or Godley.  With them to be contrarian on DK?  Fine, but there’s a couple SP2 arms that are cheaper and better choices.

 

Sneaky

Jake Junis … KC is gonna win this one today…  (Or atleast I’ll keep writing this until the season is over)

 

FAVORITE STACKS

Arizona … Chacin at home?  We play him.  Chacin on the road?  We murder him.

White Sox … Samardzjia sucks, in all formats.  OK, maybe thats a bit harsh, but going back to Chicago where he wasn’t good on either side.  Yeah, gimme the Chi-Sox

Philadelphia … The Phillies (outside of Herrera, who thankfully is batting 5th) are just swinging without pressure right now and Nick Williams/Rhys Hoskins combo is about as fun as they come right now.  Freddy Galvis should have a decent game tonight.

 

SNEAKY STACKS

Miami … Ozuna/Stanton both high double dong candidates tonight.  Stanton more than Marcell.

NY Mets … I think we see one of those Homer Bailey blowup games tonight.

San Diego … Lots of guys jump out at me for them today for some reason.  Godley is good, so this is a hedge stack.  Something seems fishy about this game.

 

POSITIONAL PLAYS

CATCHER

  • Kurt Suzuki
  • Austin Hedges – Him and Myers are the two guys who scare me off Godley.
  • CamRupp!
  • Chris Iannetta – Dbacks 2 hole

FIRST BASE

  • Paul Goldschmidt – Questionable
  • Wil Myers
  • Eric Hosmer
  • Albert Pujols

SECOND BASE

  • Cesar Hernandez
  • Whit Merrifield
  • Joe Panik – Has been on a tear and is batting 2nd vs James Shields.  The money spot!
  • Yoan Moncada

THIRD BASE

  • Jake Lamb – Jump in the pool ole boy!  Goldy behind him is great protection.
  • Asdrubal Cabrera
  • Goats in SoCal
  • Justin Turner

SHORTSTOP

  • Freddy Galvis
  • Trea Turner – Hey cool, his big game finally came last night.  Lets ride him!
  • Matt Reynolds
  • Ketel Marte

OUTFIELD – Tier 1

  • Trout, Mike – Mr. Saturday night in Seattle vs a lefty…  Que the Skynyrd music!
  • Giancarlo Stanton
  • AJ Pollock
  • Rhys Hoskins

Tier 2

  • Nelson Cruz
  • Nicky Williams
  • Avisail Garcia
  • David Peralta
  • Howie Kendrick
  • JD Martinez – On another planet right now….
  • Justin Upton
  • Brandon Nimmo

VALUE

  • Gregory Polanco .. This game has 80+ degrees and is a game I want neither pitcher in.
  • Nicky Delmonico
  • Jabari Blash
  • Jose Martinez
  • Matt Kemp
  • Guillermo Heredia – Hate that he is batting 7th.

 

DONGERS CLUB

  1. Mike Trout – OF
  2. Jose Martinez – OF
  3. Rhys Hoskins – OF
  4. Joe Panik – 2B
  5. Freddy Galvis – SS
  6. Jake Lamb – 3B
  7. Austin Hedges – C
  8. Eric Hosmer – 1B
  9. BONUS …………………… Gregory Polanco – OF

 

About Steve Renner 1215 Articles
Steve has been a part of the Full Time DFS team from the beginning when we migrated over from Scout Fantasy Sports. As a former contributor on the message forums at Scout he developed a following for his unique writing on MLB DFS. He continued this over with the launch of FullTimeDFS and built a team and platform focused on the common every day DFS player and not those who are just looking for a quick win or to build out MME in every sport for screenshot glory. Steve (sdchickens) specializes in MLB (Dongers Club), NHL (Slap Shot) and NFL (The Ambush). On a personal level he also loves College Sports and will dabble in them for DFS purposes a ton. And yes, he's an avid Saints fan.