Thursday, April 20, 2017

DFS MLB Picks (April 20, 2017)

Pitchers:
Chris Sale - Boston Red Sox:
Sale has pitched 7.0+ IP and allowed 2 or fewer R in each of his 3 starts this year. Since 1962, the only other pitchers to begin their Boston careers with such a streak are Josh Beckett (3 GS, 2006), Pedro Martinez (4 GS, 1998), and Tim Wakefield (4 GS, 19950. Sale is the only pitcher in that group to also allow 5 H or fewer in each of his first 3 starts as a Red Sox.

Noah Syndergaard - New York Mets: Is 4-0 with a 1.37 ERA (four earned runs/26.1 innings pitched) in four career starts against Philadelphia, striking out 30 and walking six.

First Baseman:

Carlos Santana - Cleveland Indians:
Santana extended his on-base streak at Target Field to 13 games last night.

Second Baseman:

Dustin Pedroia - Boston Red Sox:
Pedroia has reached base safely in 12 of his first 14 games to begin the season, hitting in 11.

Shortstop:
Francisco Lindor - Cleveland Indians:
Lindor (2-for-5) extended his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games with a single in the first inning of last night's game.

Third Baseman:

Pablo Sandoval - Boston Red Sox:
Sandoval has 5 hits in his last 2 games, his first pair of consecutive multi-hit efforts since 7/26-28/15 (3).

Catcher:

Jason Castro - Minnesota Twins:
Castro (3-for-4) snapped a personal 0-for-14 collecting a season-high three hits last night.

Outfielders:
Andrew Benintendi - Boston Red Sox:
Benintendi has reached base multiple times in each of his last 4 games (.529/9-for-17, 3 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI), and 5 of his last 6 (.440/11-for-25, 4 R, 4 2B, 4 RBI).

Max Kepler - Minnesota Twins: Kepler (1-for-3) extended his current hit-streak to seven games with a single in the fourth inning of last night's game.

Michael Brantley - Cleveland Indians: Brantley is hitting .381 (8-for-21) with three doubles and two home runs over his last five games.

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