The Daily Overlay: Cheap Bohms

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August 14, 2020

We have a 13 game slate on DraftKings for Friday! Don’t forget to check your lineups before lock.

AGENDA
1. The Daily Overlay DK Contest
2. Casual Weather
3. Favorite Stacks
4. Favorite Hitting Plays
5. Favorite Pitching Plays

1. The Daily Overlay DK Contest
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2. Casual Weather
PIT at CIN- 40% chance of rain with thunderstorms at game time. It should get better later so expect a potential delay.

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KC at MIN- 60% chance of rain at game time. Risky.

 

3. Favorite Stacks
Rangers versus Ryan Castellani. Castellani pitched well in his first start, but in Colorado, I am always willing to stack against a young pitcher.

Athletics versus Johnny Cueto. Cueto is not the pitcher he used to be and the A’s are hot.

Left-handed Indians versus Ivan Nova– Nova is an easy pitcher to pick on especially with how awful he looked in his last start.

Twins versus Jakob Junis. The Twins are a stack possibility against anyone and Junis is giving up a ton of hard contact.

 

4. Favorite Hitting Plays
Catcher (Expensive): None. Not a day to pay up for a catcher.
Catcher (Punt/Value): Austin Nola vs HOU. Nola is crushing lefties and is going up against Patrick Sandoval. Also consider Martin Maldonado, Francisco Cervelli, and Tomas Nido.

1B (Expensive): Matt Olson at SF.
1B (Punt/Value): Dom Smith at PHI. Smith is hot right now and gets rookie Spencer Howard in his second start after a shaky debut. Also consider Dylan Moore, Justin Smoak, and Eric Hosmer.

2B (Expensive): Keston Hiura at CHC.
2B (Punt/Value): Jake Cronenworth at ARI. Cronenworth should be back in against a righty and has been great in this small sample. Also consider Andres Gimenez

3B (Expensive): Justin Turner at LAA
3B (Punt/Value): Alec Bohm vs NYM. Bohm has a tough matchup, but it’s rare to find this kind of upside at $2,100. Also consider Maikel Franco and Hunter Dozier.

SS (Expensive): Fernando Tatis at ARI
SS (Punt/Value): Andres Gimenez at PHI. Gimenez is quietly putting up a really nice start to his career and is way too cheap in a decent matchup.

OF (Expensive): Mookie Betts, Nelson Cruz, Christian Yelich, Shin Soo Choo, Max Kepler
OF (Punt/Value): Mike Tauchmann, Dylan Moore, Byron Buxton, Brandon Nimmo, Ian Happ, Bradley Zimmer, Oscar Mercado, Shogo Akiyama.

 

5. Favorite Pitching Plays
Cash Games: Jacob deGrom, Gerrit Cole, Clayton Kershaw, Merrill Kelly, Sonny Gray, Framber Valdez, Frankie Montas,

Tournament: Jacob deGrom, Gerrit Cole, Clayton Kershaw, Merrill Kelly, Sonny Gray, Jake Odorizzi, Dinelson Lamet, Framber Valdez, Pablo Lopez.

Contrarian Plays: Lance Lynn, Brandon Woodruff, Patrick Sandoval, Kyle Wright, Yusei Kikuchi, Spencer Howard.

The Daily Overlay will be running Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday this season, so stay tuned for more DFS content next week.





 

Justin is the co-host on The Sleeper and The Bust Podcast and writes for Rotographs covering the Roto Riteup as well as other periodic articles. In addition to his work at Rotographs, Justin is the lead fantasy writer/analyst and co-owner for FriendswithFantasyBenefits.com, and the owner of The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. He is also a certified addiction treatment counselor. Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinMasonFWFB.

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