Welcome to the Playbook for Friday, May 5th
Happy Cinco de Mayo! We’ll do our best to provide you with the best information to help you set winning lineups and have your choice Mexican beer taste that much better tonight. We have a full slate with one early start (Yankees at Cubs) and one semi-early start (Giants at Reds). We’ll provide insight on the full day’s slate here but know that the “Main” slates will only include the 13 games that start at or after 6:05 PM EST.
Value Plays
There are a few players that I didn’t do a full write-up on, but like for value plays and may make it into my Optimal Lineups. They include:
C - Jett Bandy - DK (if in lineup; might be Manny Pina’s turn)
C - Jeff Mathis - Y!
1B - Justin Bour - DK/FD - GPP
1B - Justin Smoak - DK - GPP
1B - Mike Napoli - FD / Y!
2B - Alen Hanson - FD
2B - Yolmer Sanchez - DK
2B - Kolten Wong - DK
3B - Joey Gallo - DK
3B - Evan Longoria - FD
3B - Maikel Franco - Y!
SS - Adeiny Hecchavarria - DK
SS - Tim Anderson - FD
SS - Erick Aybar - Y!
OF - Kevin Kiermaier - All three
OF - Curtis Granderson - FD / Y!
OF - Domingo Santana - DK
Injuries
You may want to stay away from the following players due to lingering injuries:
C - Travis d’Arnaud (NYM) - wrist
2B - Ian Kinsler (DET) - hammy
3B - Todd Frazier (CWS) - back
OF - Ryan Braun (MIL) - arm
OF - Mike Trout (LAA) - hammy
OF - Jacoby Ellsbury (NYY) - elbow
OF - David Peralta (ARZ) - sick
OF - Dexter Fowler (STL) - shoulder
OF - Stephen Piscotty (STL) - hammy
Let’s get after it and have a great Friday. Pardon any Spanish references in the Playbook today, I’m in the spirit. Stay thirsty my friends!
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