DFS MLB Picks (July 27, 2017)

Pitchers:

Michael Blazek - Milwaukee Brewers: Blazek is 0-0 with a 3.18 ERA in 5 relief appearances (5.2IP, 2ER). His only career outing at Nationals Park came on July 6, 2016 (1.2IP, 1H, 2K). Blazek, 28, is making his fifth appearance for the Brewers this season and first Major League start after 108 career games out of the bullpen.

Max Scherzer - Washington Nationals: Scherzer is 1-2 with a 1.91 ERA (7 ER/33.0 IP) in five career starts against Milwaukee. He last faced them on July 4, 2p16 (6.0 IP, 4 H, ER, HR, 3 BB, 7 SO).

First Baseman:

Yonder Alonso - Oakland Athletics: Alonso is 26-for-127 (.205) with 20 walks over his last 38 games. He is batting .222 (16-for-72) in the month of July, which his lowest batting average of any month this season.

Second Baseman:

Daniel Murphy - Washington Nationals: Murphy is 22-for-59 (.373) with eight 2Bs, three HRs, and 18 RBIs in his last 15 games.

Shortstop:

Eric Sogard - Milwaukee Brewers: In 46 games so far in 2017, Sogard is batting .313 with 3 HRs, 14 RBIs, and 3 SBs.

Third Baseman:

Anthony Rendon - Waahington Nationals: Rendon has hit safely in 16 of 18 games, going 24-for-60 (.400) with 6 2B, 4 HR, and 17 RBI.

Catcher:

Bruce Maxwell - Oakland Athletics: Maxwell was recalled from Triple-A Nashville June 22 for his third stint with the A’s this year and is batting .243 (17-for-70) with 12 walks (.354 on-base percentage) in 24 games since his return.

Outfielders:

Bryce Harper - Washington Nationals: Harper has scored at least one run in nine of 11 games and at least two runs in six of the 11.

Domingo Santana - Milwaukee Brewers: Santana is batting .321 (89-for-277, 15 HRs, 50 RBIs) since Apr. 28 (76 games), which ranks eighth in the National League.

Khris Davis - Oakland Athletics: Davis has homered seven times in the month of July and now has 28 home runs for the season, which is tied for third in the American League and matches the second best total of his career (2015). His career high is 42 last year.

DFS MLB Picks (July 16, 2017)

Pitchers:

Rich Hill - Los Angeles Dodgers: Jn three career games (two starts) against Miami, Hill has gone 1-1 with a 5.84 ERA (8 ER/12.1 IP) and has struck out 17 against a lone walk in 12.1 innings (17.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio), while limiting hitters to a .234 average and posting a 0.97 WHIP.

Masahiro Tanaka - New York Yankees: Tanaka will make his 19th start of the season in the second game of today's doubleheader. He is 6-3 with a 3.89 ERA (74.0IP, 32ER) in 12 career starts vs. Boston.

First Baseman:

Cody Bellinger - Los Angeles Dodgers: Last night, Bellinger belted his 26th homer of the year in the second inning and then completed the third cycle in Los Angeles Dodger history (Wes Parker-1970, Orlando Hudson-2009) with a triple in the seventh.

Second Baseman:

DJ LeMahieu - Colorado Rockies: LeMahieu has batted .416 since June 15, going 32-for-77. Among players with 75 or plate appearances, that span is tied for first in the National League. LeMahieu hit safely in 17 of this 20 games.

Shortstop:

Jose Reyes - New York Mets: Reyes is hitting .404 (19-47) with five doubles, one triple, three home runs and seven RBI in his last 13 games. He has seven multi-hit games in his last 12 contests.

Third Baseman:

Nolan Arenado - Colorado Rockies: Arenado is hitting .380 since June 27, hitting safely in 12 of 13 games. He is 8-for-19 his past five games. Arenado leads Major League Baseball with 51 extra-base hits and is tied for second in the Majors with 70 RBI (tied for first in NL). He is tied for second in the Majors with 29 doubles.

Catcher:

Gary Sanchez - New York Yankees: Sánchez has 4HR off David Price in his career, matching his most off a single pitcher (4HR off Marco Estrada).

Outfielders:

Charlie Blackmon - Colorado Rockies: Blackmon currently leads the Major Leagues in hits (120) and triples (11) and ranks fifth in runs (73). He ranks fifth in the National League in batting average (.320), fourth in slugging percentage (.582) and third in extra-base hits (49). His 20 home runs while batting first in the lineup are the second-most in MLB (Springer, 27) and the most in the National League by eight (Conforto, 12).

Aaron Judge - New York Yankees: Judge has reached base safely in each of his last 41 starts since 5/28, the Majors' longest streak in 2017 and third-longest since the start of 2016 (Freddie Freeman-46G and Jayson Werth-45G).

Yasiel Puig - Los Angeles Dodgers: Puig collected his fourth career multi-homer game of his career on Friday, stroking a solo home run in the fourth inning and a three-run shot in the ninth inning and drove in a season-high tying four runs for the fourth time this year.

DFS MLB Picks (July 15, 2017)

Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale has won 10 of his past 12
decisions.

Pitchers:

Chris Sale - Boston Red Sox: Sale has won 10 of his last 12 decisions. The Sox have won 7 of his last 9 starts since May 24. Plus, he has tossed 7.0+ IP in 5 of his last 6 starts, and he is 4-2 with a 2.47 ERA (12 ER/43.2 IP) in those. Sale allowed 3 or fewer ER over 7.0+ IP in 7 of his last 11 starts (11 BB, 105 SO).

Michael Fulmer - Detroit Tigers: Fulmer's only career start against the Blue Jays came on June 6, 2016 in Detroit, when he earned the win a!er throwing 6.0 shutout innings with two hits allowed, three walks and five strikeouts.

First Baseman:

Mitch Moreland - Boston Red Sox: Moreland drew 38 BB in 336 first-half PA, his most since a career-high 45 in 2013 (in 518 PA). He has a career-best 8.89 PA/BB rate, and has been walked in 6 of his last 9 games. His .349 OBP is higher than his full-season career high.

Second Baseman:

Dustin Pedroia - Boston Red Sox: Pedroia recorded multiple hits last night for the 27th time this season and 14th in his last 26 games. He has reached multiple times in 11 of his last 14 games (.485 OBP).

Shortstop:

Alcides Escobar - Kansas City Royals: Escobar hit a two-run home run off the left-field foul pole in the second inning, extending his home hitting streak to 11 games, in which he’s batting .400 (16-for-40).

Third Baseman:

Adrian Beltre - Texas Rangers: Beltre hit a game-tying, three-run home run in the sixth inning, the 453rd of his career to break a tie with Carl Yastrzemski for 38th all-time.

Catcher:

Gary Sanchez - New York Yankees: Sanchez hit two-run HR (#14) in the fifth and was 2-for-4 with 3RBI in Friday's loss at Boston.

Outfielders:

Aaron Judge - New York Yankees: Judge leads the Majors with 30HR, three ahead of Houston's George Springer (27), and he has held the outright MLB HR lead for 47 straight days (since May 29), the longest stretch by a Yankee since Alex Rodriguez (84d in 2007), per Elias.

Mookie Betts - Boston Red Sox: Betts recorded his 6th multi-hit game last night and stole his 16th base (T-6th in the AL). He ranks 2nd in the AL since last year in SB% (87.5) and 5th in SB (42).

Jorge Bonifacio - Kasas City Royals: Bonifacio had an RBI single with one out in the fifth inning last night, his first RBI since June 27. But he was thrown out 8-3-6 trying to stretch it into a double.