However, if you dig a little deeper into the splits, you’ll notice that there are three righthanded pitchers going today who actually excel vs. lefties, so be careful with lefthanded hitting Blue Jays, Reds and A’s. On the flip side, there are two righties who get lit up by righthanded hitters, so take advantage with righthanded A’s and Astros.
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Daily fantasy baseball advice, August 8
Teams facing lefties and their players who currently or traditionally hit well vs. LHPs:
Cardinals (vs. Cody Reed): OF Stephen Piscotty
Rockies (vs. Cole Hamels): 3B Nolan Arenado, 2B DJ LeMahieu, C Nick Hundley, OF Ryan Raburn
Rangers (vs. Tyler Anderson): OF Ian Desmond, SS Elvis Andrus, 3B Adrian Beltre, OF Ryan Rua, OF Carlos Beltran, C Robinson Chirinos
Phillies (vs. Julio Urias): 1B Tommy Joseph, C Cameron Rupp
- Lefthanded batters
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably bad splits vs. righthanded hitters (i.e. stack righties):
Tyler Duffey (vs. Astros)
Kevin Gausman (vs. A’s)
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably good splits vs. lefthanded hitters (i.e. fade lefties):
Jake Odorizzi (vs. Blue Jays)
Michael Wacha (vs. Reds)
Kevin Gausman (vs. A’s)
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