As of now, we have six baseball games on our MLB DFS slate for Monday. Rain is on the horizon in Ohio, though, putting the Diamondbacks-Reds game in serious jeopardy. The Rangers-Guardians game is more likely to be played, though perhaps with a delay, but if you're really worried, you don't have many sleeper options to fill out your DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo daily fantasy baseball lineups tonight, especially in cash games.
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Today's MLB DFS Playbook: Lineup picks, tips for Monday
SP Carlos Carrasco, Mets (@ Padres). This is a very good matchup for Carrasco against a Padres lineup that has been largely disappointing this season. Even without Fernando Tatis Jr., we expected the Padres to be better than 27th in OPS and 26th in wOBA vs. righthanded pitching. They’ve been equally as bad over the past two weeks, ranking 28th in OPS overall. Carrasco threw five scoreless innings last time out and has won five of his previous six starts.
SP Michael Wacha, Red Sox (@ Angels). There’s no denying the success Wacha has had thus far or how poorly the Angels have looked at the plate over the past two weeks. Wacha has only allowed more than two earned runs only once this season. Taylor Ward (right hamstring) and Anthony Rendon (right wrist) are on the IL, and if Wacha can navigate through Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, it should be smooth sailing.
C Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays (@ Royals). Kirk has provided so much thump to the Blue Jays lineup lately, belting four home runs over the past five games and homering in two straight overall. Thanks to four multi-hit efforts over his past six games, his average is back over .300 on the year, too. Even better, Kirk is hitting .344 vs. LHP on the season.
1B Pete Alonso, Mets (@ Padres). Over the past 10 games, Alonso has really broken out, notching a .324/.444/.824 slash with five HRs, two 2Bs, nine runs, and 13 RBIs.The only one seemingly hotter in the power department right now is Aaron Judge. Mets stacks could be sneaky good tonight despite the obvious risk.
2B Jose Altuve, Astros (vs. Mariners). Altuve has been crazy at home this year, slashing .392/.456/.706 to go with four bombs in 14 games. He hasn’t been his normal self against lefties just yet, but tonight he gets have a matchup against Robbie Ray, who’s allowed a .780 OPS and .340 wOBA to righties.
3B Jose Ramirez, Guardians (vs. Rangers). Jon Gray is a great play and has been great against lefties, but Ramirez is built different. He has 11 HRs and 42 RBIs vs. RHP on the year and has a whopping .459 wOBA to go along with it. He’s a great one-off today if you have the cash and aren't worried about the rain in Cleveland.
SS Jeremy Pena, Astros (vs. Mariners). The Astros best hitter against lefthanded pitching this year has been Pena. He’s hitting .311 with a .394 wOBA and three HRs against southpaws. He fits as a one-off or in an Astros stack.
OF Jarren Durran, Red Sox (@ Angels). I don’t mind the idea of paying down for Durran here. He’s very cheap and is a very high-upside player when given the opportunity. He’s hit in each of the three games he’s played thus far, and he was posting a .314 average with 11 steals at Triple-A this year.
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