It’s the first week of a brand new Put Daily Period, the third of five. That means everyone has a clean slate and is tied for first. Here’s a few players we’re looking at to get this period off strongly.
Lawr Michaels (CreativeSports2, @lawrmichaels)
Kenta Maeda: Maeda has upped his K per nine to 11.7 and faces the Phillies, who have the third-worst strikeout rate in the majors facing right-handers.
Brandon Nimmo: The Mets outfielder comes off a week where he hit .276 with three homers and faces the eminently hittable Anibal Sanchez (1.324 career WHIP).
Jeff Boggis (Fantasy Football Empire, @JeffBoggis)
Tyson Ross: Tyson Ross has pitched a quality start (QS) in 4 out of his last 5 games. He’s really inducing a lot of strikes this month and is a solid alternative at $9,200.
Alex Bregman: In his last 10 games, Bregman has hit safely in all but 1 game. His salary of $4,000 has dropped by $200 this week. I’ll take his discounted price tonight.
Ray Murphy (BaseballHQ, @RayHQ)
Tyson Ross: He’s been pitching well in general, but especially at home… and faces the Marlins at Petco tonight.
Jose Altuve: Altuve’s hot, the weather in NY is hot, and this might be your last chance all year to play Altuve for under 5k. (He’s 4900 tonight.)
Todd Zola (Mastersball, @toddzola)
Danny Duffy: I usually go for the top pitchers, especially the first week of the period, but Duffy is showing signs of getting on track and the Twins are mediocre vs. LHP with a 25% strikeout rate. This may be a trap, but at 4K, it feels like a free square.
Andrew Benintendi: I also don’t usually stack in Tout Daily, at least I don’t force one, but saving with Duffy, Benintendi and JD Martinez against Estrada and his 1.96 HR/9 screams “play me”.
Clay Link (Rotowire, @claywlink)
Danny Duffy: Echo everything Todd said…seems almost too obvious but I can’t pass him up at that price.
Ryan McMahon: With Duffy as my SP2 and McMahon at $2,700 at Coors, I was able to load up the rest of my lineup with high-end talent.