The Daily Overlay: More MAD Than BUM

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September 15, 2020

We have a 12 game slate on DraftKings for Tuesday! Don’t forget to check your lineups before lock.

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The Daily Overlay DK Contest
Casual Weather
Favorite Stacks
Favorite Hitting Plays
Favorite Pitching Plays

 

1. The Daily Overlay DK Contest
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2. Casual Weather
None

 

3. Favorite Stacks
Angels versus Madison Bumgarner– MadBum is been more BUM than MAD this year. He has given up 11 home runs in just 26.1 innings pitched and won’t be comfy confine of Chase field.

Diamondbacks versus Julio Teheran–

Royals versus Matthew Boyd– Boyd has been atrocious so far this year and there isn’t many reasons to think this is where he begins to turn it around.

Phillies versus Rick Porcello– Porcello’s xBA is .314 and is bottom 20$ of the league in xERA, xwOBA, xSLG, velocity, and Whiff %.

Coors Stack- It’s Coors!

 

4. Favorite Hitting Plays
Catcher (Expensive): Austin Nola vs LAD
Catcher (Punt/Value): Sean Murphy at COL. Murphy has started to put things together as of late and gets a Coors game in this one. Also consider Dalton Varsho and Joey Bart

1B (Expensive): Matt Olson at COL
1B (Punt/Value): Hunter Dozier at DET. Dozier is hitting .294 in September with three home runs and .700 versus left handed pitching this year. Also consider Brandon Belt and Christian Walker

2B (Expensive):
2B (Punt/Value): Scott Kingery vs NYM. Kingery came off the IL last night and hit a homer. Now he gets Porcello at Citzen’s Bank Park. Also consider Rougned Odor, Garrett Hampson, and Dylan Moore.

3B (Expensive): Nolan Arenado vs OAK
3B (Punt/Value): Sherten Apostel at HOU. You may never have heard of Apostel, but he is a top prospect in the Rangers system that has made his debut. He is only $2,200 and has pop for a pure punt play. Also consider Alec Bohm, Eduardo Escobar, and Isaac Paredes.

SS (Expensive): Trevor Story vs OAK
SS (Punt/Value): Adalberto Mondesi vs DET. Mondesi has been a man on fire hitting .308/357/.641 with four home runs and eight stolen bases over his last ten games. Also consider Andres Gimenez and Jose Iglesias.

OF (Expensive): Ronald Acuna, Mike Trout, Bryce HArper, Mike Yastremski, Marcell Ozuna, Whit Merrifield.
OF (Punt/Value): Dylan Moore, Andrew McCutchenm, Garrett Hampson, Matt Kemp, Ramiel Tapia, Byron Buxton, Cedric Mullins, DJ Stewart, Scott Kingery, Jorge Bonofacio

 

5. Favorite Pitching Plays
Cash Games: Yu Darvish, Jack Flaherty, Deivi Garcia

Tournament: Yu Darvish, Carlos Carrasco, Jack Flaherty, Deivi Garcia, Dane Dunning, Jose Urqiudy

Contrarian Plays: Taijuan Walker, Matthew Boyd, Sean Manaea, Zach Davies

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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AnonMember since 2025
5 years ago

Seattle is a domed stadium, right?

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carterMember since 2020
5 years ago
Reply to  Anon

Has a roof, but it wouldn’t keep out stuff like smoke.

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