Roto Riteup May 27, 2017

Jake Lamb cannot be stopped.

@KleinschmidtJD Rake Lamb

— Kalvin Lowry (@KoLow710) May 27, 2017

He hit home run number 14 Friday night against the Brewers and is now hosting a .282/.373/.586 line with a career-high .292 ISO.

Lamb struggles big time against lefties with just eight hits in 48 at-bats. The team is continuing to be patient with him and exposing him to more southpaws (much like what the Marlins were planning on doing with Justin Bour). When Lamb spoke hesitantly on the subject it was pretty clear Torey Lovullo and the team is making sure he sees those opposite arms more. So don’t expect him to ride the pine pony when a lefty starts on the bump.

On the Agenda

1. News and Notes
2. Lowrie…really?
3. Probable DFS Pitchers

News and Notes

-Blue Jays infielders Troy Tulowitzki and Josh Donaldson have been activated from the disabled list, but they will not be starting on Saturday against the Rangers.

-Speaking of Rangers, 31-year-old Dillon Gee was just promoted by the team Friday and has yet to make his 2017 major league debut. Across 51 innings for Triple-A Round Rock, Gee had a 3.88 ERA with 43 strikeouts.

-More Rangers news. A.J. Griffin has been placed on the D.L. with a left intercostal strain.

–Masahiro Tanaka does not play for the Rangers, but he did have a career-high 13 strikeouts Friday in the loss to Oakland.

–Max Scherzer is still a tremendous pitcher. In his outing against the Padres Friday, he tossed 13 strikeouts. He gave up a bomb to Ryan Schimpf, but none of us are perfect. He’s pretty close, though.

Lowrie…really?

Yes really. Jed Lowrie. And like one of the most memorable movie quotes thanks to Will Ferrell says: “he’s so hot right now.” (I use that a lot, but it’s so good).

The A’s infielder is slashing a .588/.611/1.000 line over the last seven days and has hit six balls over the fence so far. His hard contact rate is through the roof sitting at 39.6-percent with a 9.2-percent home run to fly ball ratio. Grab him in any way possible in any format and that value will raise when he’s no longer sporting the green and gold.

That wasn’t me leaking news, that’s just me reminding you of Billy Beane.

Probable DFS Pitchers

Marco Estrada vs. Texas Rangers

Stephen Strasburg vs. San Diego Padres

Zack Greinke @ Milwaukee Brewers

Dallas Keuchel (didn’t land on the D.L.) vs. Baltimore Orioles

Kyle Freeland vs. St. Louis Cardinals