Daily Fantasy MLB Pitcher Breakdown FanDuel and DraftKings- 5/8/16

Welcome to our new daily article breaking down some of the other pitching targets on this slate. We covered our system's top value plays in our daily picks article and our updates articles but here we will look at other dudes to consider.

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Pitching Targets

Note - Matt Harvey, Jeff Samardzija and Aaron Nola have already been touched on in the daily picks article.

Andrew Cashner FD 6900 DK 7600
Opponent - NYM (Harvey) Park - @SD
FD - 29.11 DK - 14.97

Andrew Cashner enters this game coming off a start against the Rockies where he had trouble commanding his pitches. However, he doesn't have a long history of allowing a lot of walks so I won't let it bother me. Cashner was very good against nighties last year and struggled a ton vs lefties. The reason I think the lefty numbers may improve is the fact that his 2-seam fastball has gained velocity and movement. This should let Cashner work lefties on the outer and inner edge of the plate more effectively. It has worked so far as he is currently holding a .257 wOBA against lefties. The Mets lineup does not scare me as much as normal when they are in Petco Park as it contains a ton of their power. The only guy i'm really scared of is Bartolo Colon and luckily he is out. Cashner is only a GPP play for me as he has a big strikeout ceiling and a high blow up risk.

 

Nick Tropeano FD 6300 DK 6800
Opponent - TB (Andriese) Park - @LAA
FD - 30.65 DK - 16.12

Nick Tropeano has been a very sold pitcher so far this season outside of last start. I am looking at Tropeano as more of a cheap safe cash game play as he has not showed a high strikeout potential. However, these Rays bats are very bad against righties outside of Dickerson. The Rays currently hold the 5th worst team wOBA against righties at .291. Tropeano has held a career .300 wOBA against righties and I expect the Rays to run out a lineup with 6 of them. Tropeano provides you with a very safe floor against a bad offense and is someone I am perfectly fine with in cash games. He will let you pay up for guys in good spots and will get to where he needs to be.

 

 

 

Josh Tomlin FD 8400 DK 6900
Opponent - KC (Volquez) Park - @CLE
FD - 24.36 DK - 12.04

Josh Tomlin pitched well last time out with 6 inning 5 strikeout performance. While the Royals certainly do worry me, they have shown their ability to get shut down by righties. Just a few days ago, Danny Salazar put up 62 FanDuel points against the Royals. While I am not expecting that, I think Tomlin has a good shot at gong out there and getting a quality start. He has shown the upside in the past with 6 career games where he recorded 8 or more strikeouts. This ballpark will help as well as it is ranked in the bottom third in the league for hitters. Tomlin is a strict GPP play for me as the Royals could certainly blow him up. However, there is also a good shot Tomlin goes out there and get you a low owned quality start.

 

Consider - Justin Nicolino, Hisashi Iwakuma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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