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With Gerrit Cole pitching tonight against the Angels, I decided to pick him and go pitching heavy. I over spent on Cole but he’s been so good thus far that I think he is worth spending 14K on.
Here is my classic line up for tonight.
Line up based on Draft Kings Classic format.
P: Gerrit Cole, Astros at Angels ($13,900): It’s a steep price but Cole is so good right now, it’s hard not to be bullish on him.
P: Trevor Williams, Pirates vs. White Sox ($7,200): Williams is a junk ball pitcher who has been effective thus far this season. He sports a 3.13 ERA with 29 strikeouts. He is a solid play at home against the struggling White Sox.
C: Francisco Cervelli, Pirates vs. White Sox ($3,600): Cervelli has been a revelation thus far this season offensively. Hard throwing right Reynaldo Lopez poses a challenge but Cervelli has hit everyone thus far.
1B: Edwin Encarnacion, Indians at Tigers ($4,500): I’m all about Easy Eddie versus Francisco Liriano. Encarnacion has carved up soft throwing lefties in his career.
2B: Matt Carpenter, Cardinals at Twins ($3,500): Carpenter is hitting .145 with 3 home runs and 13 RBI on the season. He has been awful however he is cheap and is going up against the struggling Jose Berrios tonight.
3B: Jose Bautista, Braves at Cubs ($3,600): Joey Bats homered yesterday and he has a nice match up tonight against Yu Darvish who is returning from the D.L. Darvish has been plagued by the home run ball thus far this season so this is an appealing match up.
SS: Jose Peraza, Reds at Giants ($3,300): Peraza is one of the best values in DFS. As I said last week. He doesn’t homer but he draws walks, hits singles and doubles and steals bags. That’s good enough for me.
OF: Steven Souza Jr. D-Backs vs. Brewers ($3,800): Had to shop in the bargain bin for outfielders. Souza makes sense because of his power and his ability to steal bags. I like him a lot against Jhoulys Chacin tonight.
OF: Kyle Tucker, Astros at Angels ($2,500): Didn’t have a choice. I over spent on his teammate Gerrit Cole. With Marwin Gonzalez struggling, I am hoping Tucker ends up back in the line up tonight.
OF: Nick Markakis, OF, Braves at Cubs ($4,100): Nicky as Buck Showalter calls him is off to a great start offensively. Just like Jose Bautista, I like the match up against Darvish.