It addition to all the lefty starters, it’s worth noting that there are a couple of righties with notable reverse-platoon splits, so that brings even more righty hitters into play. With all the high-upside offensive players available today, you can spend up for a pitcher and go with sleepers or spend down and go for stud hitters with great splits against lefties. To put it another way, expect some high scores in your DraftKings and FanDuel contests tonight.
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Daily fantasy baseball advice, August 5
Teams facing lefties and their players who currently or traditionally hit well vs. LHPs:
Giants (vs. Gio Gonzalez): C Buster Posey, 3B Eduardo Nunez, 1B Brandon Belt*
Twins (vs. Blake Snell): 2B Brian Dozier, OF Miguel Sano, OF Robbie Grossman, 1B Kennys Vargas
Astros (vs. Martin Perez): 2B Jose Altuve, OF George Springer, C Evan Gattis
Rangers (vs. Dallas Keuchel): OF Ian Desmond, SS Elvis Andrus, 3B Adrian Beltre, OF Ryan Rua, OF Carlos Beltran, C Robinson Chirinos
Braves (vs. Jaime Garcia): OF Matt Kemp, 1B Freddie Freeman*
Royals (vs. Francisco Liriano): OF Lorenzo Cain, 1B Kendrys Morales
Marlins (vs. Jorge De La Rosa): OF Marcell Ozuna, OF Giancarlo Stanton, 3B Martin Prado, OF Christian Yelich*
Cubs (vs. Dillon Overton): 3B Javier Baez, 3B Kris Bryant, 2B Ben Zobrist, C Willson Contreras, 1B Anthony Rizzo*
A’s (vs. Jon Lester): 3B Danny Valencia, SS Marcus Semien, 1B Billy Butler, OF Jake Smolinski
Red Sox (vs. Scott Kazmir): 1B Hanley Ramirez, SS Xander Bogaerts, 2B Dustin Pedroia
Phillies (vs. Christian Friedrich): 1B Tommy Joseph, C Cameron Rupp
- Lefthanded batters
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably bad splits vs. lefthanded hitters (i.e. stack lefties):
Anthony DeSclafani (vs. Pirates)
Jeff Samardzija (vs. Nationals)
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably bad splits vs. righthanded hitters (i.e. stack righties):
Josh Tomlin (vs. Twins)
Chase Anderson (vs. Diamondbacks)
Tim Lincecum (vs. Mariners)
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably good splits vs. lefthanded hitters (i.e. fade lefties):
Josh Tomlin (vs. Twins)
Justin Verlander (vs. Mets)
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