However, there are only six lefties on the mound – one of which is Madison Bumgarner and another of which is Adam Conley, who actually has prominent reverse-platoon splits – so there aren’t a ton of splits-based value plays. Fortunately, the pitching slate falls into the “good-but-not-great” category, so lefthanded batters and good righties are very much in play.
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As far as stacks go, the Blue Jays, Rangers and Rays should be popular, but the Twins offer some cheap-ish, varied options that likely won’t be heavily owned in cash games or tournaments.
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Daily fantasy baseball advice, July 22
Teams facing lefties and their players who currently or traditionally hit well vs. LHPs:
Yankees (vs. Madison Bumgarner): 3B Alex Rodriguez, OF Carlos Beltran
Blue Jays (vs. James Paxton): 3B Josh Donaldson, 1B Edwin Encarnacion, SS Troy Tulowitzki, C Russell Martin, OF Michael Saunders*, Ezequiel Carrera*
Twins (vs. Eduardo Rodriguez): 2B Brian Dozier, OF Miguel Sano, OF Robbie Grossman, 3B Eduardo Nunez, C Kurt Suzuki
Mets (vs. Adam Conley): OF Yoenis Cespedes, 3B Wilmer Flores (Note: Conley has much worse splits against lefties compared to righties.)
Rangers (vs. Danny Duffy): OF Ian Desmond, SS Elvis Andrus, 3B Adrian Beltre, OF Ryan Rua, C Robinson Chirinos
Rays (vs. Sean Manaea): OF Steve Pearce, OF Brandon Guyer, 3B Evan Longoria, 2B Logan Forsythe
- Lefthanded batters
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably bad splits vs. lefthanded hitters (i.e. stack lefties):
Jimmy Nelson (vs. Cubs)
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably good splits vs. lefthanded hitters (i.e. fade lefties):
Michael Wacha (vs. Dodgers)
Jake Odorizzi (vs. A’s)
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably good splits vs. righthanded hitters (i.e. fade righties):
Jimmy Nelson (vs. Cubs)
Julio Teheran (at Rockies)
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