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.