FanDuel MLB Daily Fantasy Picks 6/24/19

MLB DFS is a high variance game, but one of the more fun fantasy points to play. Cash games you want to find consistent high floor pitchers, and the same goes for hitters. Tournaments you want to find lower owned bats and pitchers that carry huge upside. This article will point you in the direction of both.

Pitchers

Jon Gray ($8,500) – At $8,500, Jon Gray comes in as a nice bargain play against one of the league’s worst offenses. It also doesn’t hurt that Gray moves to the polar opposite of Coors Field. The Rockies are small road favorites, and the Giants have under a four implied total. Against right-handed pitching, this lineup has a .308 wOBA and .154 ISO.Gray sports one of the better strikeout rates at 26% tonight, and also has a 49% groundball rate. Gray has a high 95mph and a slider that has a 43% whiff rate. A good recipe for success when you also add in his curveball that has a 35% whiff rate. Allowing you to pay up for bats as well, Gray is a strong play in all formats.

Cash Hitters

Kyle Schwarber ($3,100) – We have a windy game in Wrigley, as the wind is blowing out pretty good. Vegas totals are high for this game, and with Julio Teheran on the hill, I love some Cubs. Yes his ERA is good but everything points to severe regression. He has allowed over a 40% hard-contact rate to lefties, and has a sub 40% groundball rate. Kyle Schwarber is at an attractive price point for someone with a .246 ISO off right-handed pitching this season. Small sample size, but Schwarber has a .400 ISO off this fastball range, which is below 90mph.

Ronald Acuna Jr ($4,300) – You are going to have some cash to splash, and Ronald Acuna is one of the over $4,000 guys I want some exposure to. He has a .436 wOBA, .297 ISO, and 55% hard-contact rate against right-handers. Jon Lester has slipped of late, and is allowing a .344 wOBA and .215 ISO to right-handed hitters. Lester is allowing over a .200 ISO on his fastball and cutter, which he throws nearly 70% of the time combined to right-handed hitters. Atlanta’s run total is over five, and both these offenses are top priority.

Javier Baez ($3,400) – The Javier Baez price tag has died down a bit as his bat cools off. He is in a good bounce back spot tonight, going up against a weak flyball right-hander in strong hitting conditions. Baez has a .233 ISO and .351 wOBA off right-handers this season. Baez has over a 4.50 xFIP against right-handers this season, and is allowing a nearly identical 38% flyball and hard-contact rate. The Cubs have over a six implied total, and Baez is a reasonably priced cleanup bat.

Tournament Hitters

Rhys Hoskins ($4,100)Steven Matz isn’t a bad lefty, but allows a lot of pop to right-handers. He has allowed a .211 ISO to right-handers this year. Matz has allowed 12 HR to right-handed bats already this season, and 12 of his 15 HR allowed have been on the road. Away from Citi Field has been rough, allowing a .377 wOBA compared to a .286 wOBA at home. Rhys Hoskins is a big power bat, who has a .430 wOBA and .271 ISO off southpaws this season. Matz has a sinker that he uses 53% of the time to right-handers, which Hoskins has a .283 ISO off of. Hoskins also has a .303 ISO off the lefty changeup.

Lourdes Gurriel (3,000) – I’m not sure what we expected from C.C. Sabathia this season, but he is certainly struggling. Against right-handers he has allowed a .386 wOBA and .281 ISO. Usually he was strong at inducing weak-contact, but hitters have a 40% hard-contact rate this season. Lourdes Gurriel is a cheap outfield bat with a ton of power. Dating back to last season he has a .384 wBA and .246 ISO against southpaws. In 2019 alone he has a .367 ISO and .404 wOBA. The only downside is the near 30% strikeout rate.

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