Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Rankings, lineup advice for Thursday, July 27

Tony Fortier-Bensen

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Rankings, lineup advice for Thursday, July 27 image

With only eight games on the plate, including three in the afternoon, it’s only a small serving of daily fantasy baseball pitching options for Thursday.  

Most notably, Max Scherzer and red-hot Marcus Stroman play in the afternoon slate of games, and both are facing teams in the top three for most strikeouts. In the evening slate, Jon Lester (2-0, 15 IP, 16 Ks, three runs in his past two starts) faces a struggling White Sox team. 

In the mid-tier and lower levels, Zack Godley has had eight or more strikeouts four of his past six games. In his last start against the Cardinals, he went seven innings, allowing two hits and three runs while striking out seven. The Mets called up Chris Flexen for his major league debut against the Padres. In Double-A, he was 6-1 with a 1.66 ERA. Debuts have a tendency to be awfully great or awfully bad. For his low price, he’s worth consideration in GPPs.

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Daily Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Pitchers

Rank Pitcher Team Opp
1 Max Scherzer, RHP WSH vs MIL
2 Marcus Stroman, RHP TOR vs OAK
3 Jon Lester, LHP CHC vs CHW
4 Chris Archer, RHP TB @NYY
5 Zack Godley, RHP ARI @STL
6 Sean Manaea, LHP OAK @TOR
7 CC Sabathia, LHP NYY vs TB
8 Luis Perdomo, RHP SD vs NYM
9 JC Ramirez, RHP LAA @CLE
10 Trevor Bauer, RHP CLE vs LAA
11 Luke Weaver, RHP STL vs ARI
12 Chris Flexen, RHP NYM @SD
13 Mike Pelfrey, RHP CHW @CHC
14 Robert Stephenson, RHP CIN @MIA
15 Chris O'Grady, LHP MIA vs CIN
16 Michael Blazek, RHP MIL @WSH

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Thursday, July 27

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We have a small three-game day slate and a small five-game main slate tonight. It's a perfect chance to enter some GPPs, as there area few pitchers in play and the Cubs being way above the field for teams to target hitters from. There are some slight rain concerns, but it's just something to monitor for now.  Good luck! - Ben Scherr         

 
Pos  Player Matchup Opponent  FD DK Y! Analysis
SP Max Scherzer (R) MIL@WSH Michael Blazek (R) $11700 $13800 GO PRO !  
SP Marcus Stroman (R) OAK@TOR Sean Manaea (L) $8600 $11500 GO PRO !  
SP Jon Lester (L) CHI@CWS Mike Pelfrey (R) $10000 $11900 GO PRO !  
SP Chris Archer (R) TB@NYY CC Sabathia (L) $10500 $11100 GO PRO !  
SP CC Sabathia (L) TB@NYY Chris Archer (R) $7600 $7700 GO PRO !  
SP Zack Godley (R) ARI@STL Luke Weaver (R) $8500 $8400 GO PRO !  
C Russell Martin (R) OAK@TOR Sean Manaea (L) $2800 $3500 GO PRO !  
C José Lobatón (B) MIL@WSH Michael Blazek (R) $2100 $2300 GO PRO !  
C W. Contreras (R) CHI@CWS Mike Pelfrey (R) $3400 $4800 GO PRO !  
C J.T. Realmuto (R) CIN@MIA R. Stephenson (R) $2900 $3700 GO PRO !  
C Devin Mesoraco (R) CIN@MIA Chris O'Grady (L) $2200 $2500 GO PRO !  
1B E. Encarnación (R) LAA@CLE J.C. Ramírez (R) $3800 $5000 GO PRO !  
1B Justin Smoak (B) OAK@TOR Sean Manaea (L) $3700 $5300 GO PRO !  
1B Anthony Rizzo (L) CHI@CWS Mike Pelfrey (R) $4300 $5300 GO PRO !  
1B Paul Goldschmidt (R) ARI@STL Luke Weaver (R) $4400 $5200 GO PRO !  
1B Matt Carpenter (L) ARI@STL Zack Godley (R) $3500 $3500 GO PRO !  
2B Daniel Murphy (L) MIL@WSH Michael Blazek (R) $3900 $5400 GO PRO !  
2B Dee Gordon (L) CIN@MIA R. Stephenson (R) $3500 $4300 GO PRO !  
2B Brandon Drury (R) ARI@STL Luke Weaver (R) $2100 $3400 GO PRO !  
2B Asdrubal Cabrera (B) NYM@SD Luis Perdomo (R) $3200 $3900 GO PRO !  
3B Luis Valbuena (L) LAA@CLE Trevor Bauer (R) $2600 $3800 GO PRO !  
3B Josh Donaldson (R) OAK@TOR Sean Manaea (L) $3500 $4100 GO PRO !  
3B Kris Bryant (R) CHI@CWS Mike Pelfrey (R) $3800 $5500 GO PRO !  
3B Evan Longoria (R) TB@NYY CC Sabathia (L) $3300 $3900 GO PRO !  
3B Derek Dietrich (L) CIN@MIA R. Stephenson (R) $2200 $3100 GO PRO !  
SS Francisco Lindor (B) LAA@CLE J.C. Ramírez (R) $3800 $4700 GO PRO !  
SS Troy Tulowitzki (R) OAK@TOR Sean Manaea (L) $2600 $2800 GO PRO !  
SS Paul DeJong (R) ARI@STL Zack Godley (R) $3100 $3800 GO PRO !  
SS Tim Beckham (R) TB@NYY CC Sabathia (L) $2600 $2600 GO PRO !  
SS Addison Russell (R) CHI@CWS Mike Pelfrey (R) $2600 $3800 GO PRO !  
OF Bryce Harper (L) MIL@WSH Michael Blazek (R) $4900 $5800 GO PRO !  
OF Bradley Zimmer (L) LAA@CLE J.C. Ramírez (R) $3000 $4400 GO PRO !  
OF G. Stanton (R) CIN@MIA R. Stephenson (R) $4400 $5700 GO PRO !  
OF J.D. Martínez (R) ARI@STL Luke Weaver (R) $4100 $5100 GO PRO !  
OF Steven Souza Jr. (R) TB@NYY CC Sabathia (L) $3700 $4500 GO PRO !  
OF Jason Heyward (L) CHI@CWS Mike Pelfrey (R) $3200 $4000 GO PRO !  
OF Jay Bruce (L) NYM@SD Luis Perdomo (R) $3500 $4400 GO PRO !  

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