*Players are listed in the table in order of preference for the day of action. The write-ups are listed in alphabetical order for ease of reading.
CATCHER
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Russell Martin | TOR | R | BOS | Clay Buchholz | R | .997 | .810 | .435 | .357 | 0.583 | 5300 | 4400 | 3600 |
| Yasmani Grandal | LA | B | ARI | Allen Webster | R | .504 | .877 | .241 | .386 | 0.235 | 4950 | 4100 | 2800 |
| Brayan Pena | CIN | B | MIN | Mike Pelfrey | R | .569 | .782 | .268 | .353 | 0.700 | 4000 | 3100 | 2200 |
| Blake Swihart | BOS | B | TOR | R.A. Dickey | R | .595 | .631 | .266 | .281 | 0.750 | 3500 | 3100 | 2300 |
Grandal has 10 big flies in just 161 at-bats against RHP. Webster has allowed three homers his last two starts while walking seven batters and allowing 11 runs.
Martin has four homers, seven RBIs and a 1.263 OPS against Clay over 19 plate appearances. Martin has also murdered pitchers at home (.304/.388/.565).
Pena faces the non-intimidating Pelfrey with hits in 4-straight games. He’s also batting an impressive .368 with a .448 OBP at home and you have to like the .333/.393 marks he has against righties.
Swihart has a hit in 5-straight games to boost his average from .216 to .248. He’s also batting .275 on the road and .276 in June.
FIRST BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Mitch Moreland | TEX | L | BAL | Bud Norris | R | .748 | .901 | .334 | .393 | 0.733 | 4750 | 3600 | 2700 |
| Chris Davis | BAL | L | TEX | Wandy Rodriguez | L | .885 | .774 | .385 | .344 | 1.033 | 4750 | 4600 | 3400 |
| David Ortiz | BOS | L | TOR | R.A. Dickey | R | .277 | .935 | .125 | .412 | 0.833 | 4850 | 4200 | 2800 |
| Albert Pujols | LAA | R | NYY | CC Sabathia | L | .720 | .933 | .312 | .405 | 0.678 | 5650 | 4400 | 4600 |
Davis is hitting a robust .300/.3442/.543 against lefties with four homers in 70 at-bats. Surprisingly to some, he’s also sporting an impressive .954 OPS at home this year and he does have an RBI in 5-straight games.
Moreland has a .307-8-30 line over 140 at-bats against righties. Lefties are batting .325 with an .850 OPS against Norris.
Ortiz has three homers, two doubles, eight RBIs with a 1.248 OPS over 29 plate appearances against Dickey. Ortiz also has three homers with six RBIs his last seven games.
Pujols has four homers in 59 at-bats against lefties this season. Pujols has a .546 SLG at home with 12 homers in 40 games. Also he’s facing Sabathia who can’t get righties out (.339/.374/.534).
SECOND BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Jason Kipnis | CLE | L | TB | Nate Karns | R | .775 | 1.023 | .345 | .453 | 0.754 | 5800 | 4700 | 4500 |
| Logan Forsythe | TB | R | CLE | Cody Anderson | R | .894 | .806 | .389 | .365 | 1.065 | 4550 | 3600 | 3100 |
| Mike Pelfrey | R | .740 | .690 | .329 | .306 | 0.931 | 4850 | 4200 | 3000 | ||||
| Ryan Goins | TOR | L | BOS | Clay Buchholz | R | .714 | .559 | .310 | .253 | 0.191 | 4000 | 2200 | 2400 |
Forsythe has pushed his average up to .297 from .276 just nine games ago. He’s hitting .313/.383/.465 at home and .313/.394/.412 against righties.
Goins has a history of success against the Red Sox (.296 in 22 games) and against Buchholz (9-for-19, .474).
Kipnis against righties is insane this year. Kipnis is batting .382 with a .470 OBP and .553 SLG. That’s a 1.023 OPS. He’s only hitting .349 with a .436 OBP in June.
THIRD BASE
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Manny Machado | BAL | R | TEX | Wandy Rodriguez | L | .917 | .877 | .403 | .383 | 0.921 | 5500 | 5100 | 4200 |
| Justin Turner | LA | R | ARI | Allen Webster | R | .408 | 1.128 | .211 | .484 | 0.864 | 4950 | 4400 | 3700 |
| Pablo Sandoval | BOS | B | TOR | R.A. Dickey | R | .328 | .885 | .151 | .389 | 0.739 | 4650 | 4000 | 2400 |
| Joey Gallo | TEX | L | BAL | Bud Norris | R | .490 | .943 | .217 | .418 | 0.549 | 4550 | 3300 | 3000 |
Gallo takes on Norris who has allowed four homers to lefties with a .493 output in the SLG column for those lefty swingers.
Machado faces a lefty and he’s hit .333 with three homers in 63 at-bats. His OPS is also impressive at .916. He has a hit in 10-straight with 10 RBIs.
Sandoval is batting .325 with a .506 SLG in the month of June. When the knuckler Dickey is on the hill he’s hitting .318 with a homer and five RBIs over 22 at-bats.
Turner is finally making people believers. His last four games: two homers, four RBIs, four runs. He’s also death to righties (.369/.426/.702) and is pretty darn over the top good at night as well (.331/.405/.575).
SHORTSTOP
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Carlos Correa | HOU | R | KC | Joe Blanton | R | .967 | .896 | .415 | .386 | 1.148 | 4750 | 5300 | 4000 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | COL | R | OAK | Kendall Graveman | R | 1.115 | .742 | .496 | .327 | 0.877 | 5900 | 4700 | 4000 |
| Eduardo Escobar | MIN | B | CIN | Mike Leake | R | .550 | .717 | .246 | .316 | 0.818 | 4100 | 2900 | 2500 |
| Eduardo Nunez | MIN | R | CIN | Mike Leake | R | .766 | .861 | .328 | .377 | 0.700 | 3750 | 3600 | 2500 |
Correa through 20 games: 15 RBIs, 13 runs, five homers, four steals. Wow. The last two games he has five hits, including three doubles and a homer, while scoring three times.
Escobar has a hit in 6-straight and 9-of-10. He’s hitting .288 on the road and .294 against righties this season.
Nunez is hitting .289 with a .904 OPS on the road. He’s also batting .322/.369/.492 against righties.
Tulo has a hit in 12-straight. He also has a hit in 24 of 25 contests.
OUTFIELD
| Probable | vL | vR | vL | vR | Last 7 | ||||||||
| Player | Tm | Bat | Opp | Pitcher | Hand | OPS | OPS | wOBA | wOBA | OPS | Aces$ | DK$ | FD$ |
| Mike Trout | LAA | R | NYY | CC Sabathia | L | .939 | .970 | .416 | .425 | 0.821 | 5900 | 4900 | 5000 |
| Brett Gardner | NYY | L | LAA | C.J. Wilson | L | .804 | .887 | .353 | .389 | 1.323 | 5050 | 4600 | 4700 |
| Chris Young | NYY | R | LAA | C.J. Wilson | L | 1.184 | .565 | .509 | .247 | 1.048 | 3900 | 4500 | 3300 |
| Jay Bruce | CIN | L | MIN | Mike Pelfrey | R | .888 | .729 | .387 | .325 | 0.821 | 4900 | 5000 | 3400 |
| Alex Gordon | KC | L | HOU | Lance McCullers | R | .815 | .843 | .367 | .384 | 0.711 | 4900 | 4200 | 2600 |
| Ben Revere | PHI | L | MIL | Jimmy Nelson | R | .542 | .759 | .242 | .335 | 1.038 | 4850 | 4200 | 3300 |
| David Murphy | CLE | L | TB | Nate Karns | R | 1.125 | .847 | .486 | .374 | 1.056 | 4000 | 3000 | 2300 |
| Gerardo Parra | MIL | L | PHI | Sean O'Sullivan | R | .785 | .760 | .351 | .333 | 0.808 | 4500 | 3600 | 2600 |
Bruce is batting .276 at home with nine homers and .560 SLG over 33 games. Bruce has also been much better in June (.264/.356/.495).
Gardner his last 10 games: .489-4-11-15 with a .911 SLG. Does it even matter who is pitching at this point?
Gordon is hitting .300 with a .955 OPS in 35 road games this season. His OPS in night games is also high at .858.
Murphy versus righties is impressive (.333/.368/.479). Check this out too. Over his last 46 games (.367/.408/.505).
Parra has a hit in 9-of-10 games. In five of those games he had two hits. He’s also batting .298 on the road, has a .864 OPS at night and .292 against righties.
Revere is hitting .312 with a .351 OBP against righties. Check out his June numbers: .354/.380/.469 with eight steals and 17 runs in 24 games.
Trout faces Sabathia who has been murdered by all righties this season (.339/.374/.534).
Young is batting .388 with five homers and a 1.185 OPS against lefties. He has three homers and nine RBIs his last nine games.
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