THE STACK OF THE NIGHT............................LA DODGERS


If you're going to go all in on any one team tonight I think your best shot at success will be to put as many Dodgers in your lineup as you can, especially the lefties.  Tom Koehler and The Marlins will Travel to LA tonight and face off against Gonzo and Friends.  Koehler has been very pedestrian this year, especially away from his home park.  Koehler has faced Lefties 71 times this season and has given up 7 HRs in that span and a .297 avg.  Those are not good numbers when you have to face Adrian Gonzalez, Joc Pederson, and Yasmani Grandal.  All of the above can crush a dinger at any given moment.  Against Righties this year:  Gonzo .385 with 8 HR, Yasmani .388 with 4 HR, and Joc is .273 with 9 HR.  Now, add on top of that, the fact that Right hander Justin Turner is hitting .356 with 5 Hr's, and Alex Guerrero is hitting .323 with 4 HR's against Righties, and now you have 5 hitters in the same lineup that can go mental at any given moment.  Those are the five I would go with, but make sure when the official lineup comes out that everyone is playing tonight, Don Mattingly likes to switch it up from time to time. 

MLB VALUE PLAYS                    5/8/15

IKE DAVIS - $3,900  1^st Base Oakland

The Oakland A’s play at home tonight versus Tajuan Walker.  When Walker is BAD, he might be the most hittable pitcher currently on an MLB roster.  Pretty much every A’s player is going to be played in DFS with the hopes that Walker gets shelled right out of the gate.  Davis is nicely priced tonight compared to all the other 1^st baseman on the slate.  Davis hit a HR last night and might be heating up.  It’s a nice lefty-righty matchup, and Davis has serious HR power and has a good shot at clearing the bases more than once tonight,  I’m not in love with any other 1^st baseman tonight, and I will save some money at the position to try to squeeze Matt Harvey of David Price in my lineup

 

David DeJesus -$3,800 OF Tampa

DeJesus is on a nice 4 game hitting streak, collecting 7 hits and only striking out once.    The rays face off against Gallardo and The Rangers tonight.  Gallardo is coming off three somewhat shaky starts in a row, and I assume that he will give up some hits and runs tonight.  Dejesus should bat somewhere in the top half of the order , and get 4 or 5 at bats.  DeJesus is 4 for 14 against Gallardo in his career with 2 doubles and a Home run. 

 

Jace Peterson - $2,300 2B Braves

Peterson is quietly TEARING IT UP the past 10 games.  He has hits in 9 out of 10 of those games and 14 hits all together.  He is seeing the ball well and The Braves, as a team, are starting to score runs and produce.  Gio Gonzalez takes the mound tonight against Atlanta.  Gio is a Lefthanded pitcher who is actually worse against left handed hitters.  Jace Peterson is a left handed hitter who is actually better against left handed pitchers, doesn’t happen very often, but at $2,300, and 2^nd base being weak tonight, I will take the value in Peterson and hope the stats don’t lie.

 

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