Welcome to the Playbook for Wednesday, May 17th
 

What a wonderful day of baseball we have in store today. As per usual, we will be focusing our optimal lineups for the main slate, but the playbook includes guys from the afternoon games to give you a leg up should you partake in some mid-day DFS. For the best chance at success, make sure to check out the hitting and pitching coaches before you set those lineups today.
 

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 - Jason Castro (MIN) - Across-the-board

C - Jett Bandy (MIL) - FD

1B - Albert Pujols (LAA) - FD

1B - Kendrys Morales (TOR) -DK & FD

1B - Mike Napoli (TEX) - Y!

2B - Devon Travis (TOR) - FD & Y!

2B - Chase Utley (LAD) - DK & Y!

2B - Brandon Phillips (ATL) - DK & FD

2B - Dee Gordon (MIA) - DK

3B - Alex Bregman (HOU) - DK & FD

3B - Josh Harrison (PIT) - DK & FD

3B - Eduardo Nunez (SF) - FD & Y!

SS - Orlando Arcia (MIL) - FD

SS - Brandon Crawford (SF) - ATB

SS - Elvis Andrus (TEX) - FD

SS - Andrelton Simmons (LAA) - Y!

OF - Tommy Pham (STL) - DK & FD

OF - Carlos Beltran (HOU) - DK & FD

OF - Rajai Davis (OAK) - Y!

OF - Manuel Margot (SD) - DK

OF - Aaron Hicks (NYY) - ATB (lineup watch)
 

Injuries
Here are some injury updates to some key players today:

 

SS - Tim Anderson (CWS) - personal matter

SS - Brad Miller (TB) - abdomen

SS - Asdrubal Cabrera (NYM) - thumb

2B - Robinson Cano (SEA) - quad (to DL)

OF - Adam Jones (BAL) - hip

OF - Gregory Polanco (PIT) - hammy

3B - Travis Shaw (MIL) - finger (should return today)

1B/OF - Eric Thames (MIL) - strep throat

OF - David Peralta (ARI) - glute

3B - Adonis Garcia (ATL) - heel (DL today)

2B - Ben Zobrist (CHC) - back

OF - Carlos Gomez (TEX) - hammy - going on DL today

 

Weather
The Minnesota (COL/MIN) forecast is a bit dicey right now. There’s risk as to whether they get that in today. There’s also a chance of rain in the midwest (BOS/STL, CIN/CHC, NYY/KC), but we think those games should happen. We’ll keep an eye out and have pivots ready for the optimal lineups if necessary. Stay tuned to the Weather Center for updates throughout the day.

 

Stacks

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