It’s the final leg of the Period 3 with a few Touts relying on the right arm of Justin Verlander. Here are some of the other picks as the Touts jostle for the next three entries into the Tout Daily Championship.
Charlie Wiegert (CDM Sports, @GFFantasySports)
Pitcher: Marcus Stroman – He’s been hot lately, the opposite of me. You might be better not following my picks!
Hitter: Fernando Tatis – Good matchup, hoping he goes deep. He’s been hot lately.
Howard Bender (Fantasy Alarm, @RotoBuzzGuy)
Pitcher: Aaron Civale – Probably the lowest I’ll go on tonight’s slate. The A’s have lost five-straight games, they’re striking out 31.8-percent of the time over the past week and that comes with a .258 wOBA and .085 ISO. Sure, the A’s can screw us from time to time, but the risk is definitely worth the potential reward.
Hitter: Jonathan India – Hits in three-straight games and in seven of his last nine. In that span, he’s got four home runs and eight RBI. He’s batting third against a tomato can like Noah Davis and the Reds are cruising right now playing at Great American Smallpark.
Erik Halterman (Rotowire, @erik_halterman)
Pitcher: Justin Verlander – Maybe I’m a fool falling for a big name here, but $7,300 seems way too cheap for even a diminished version of Verlander against a Yordan-less Astros lineup.
Hitter: Josh Bell – Bell hasn’t been good this season, but he’s shown enough signs of life recently to be worth a look at $2,600 against opener Ken Waldichuk (6.64 ERA), bulk guy Luis Medina (7.55 ERA) and the Oakland bullpen (5.58 ERA).
Todd Zola (Mastersball, @toddzola)
Pitcher: Dylan Cease – I’m going to pretend like I have a chance at scoring 100 more points than anyone else and challenge for a Golden Ticket, to do it, I need Cease to whiff, I don’t know, 15 or 16 Rangers?
Hitter: Corbin Carroll – Pretty sure I’d start Carroll against Ohtani at this point
CJ Kaltenbach (Fantasy Guru, @TheSeigeDFS)
Pitcher: Justin Verlander – Just too cheap for him in his first start against a watered down Astros lineup
Hitter: Ryan McMahon – Ben Lively has been pretty lively when pitching in Great American Smallpark and Reds bullpen is pretty depleted as well