DFS Amateur Hour - Wednesday Lineups

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Published on September 9, 2015

I bought in for $85 last night and took back a meager $15.74, for a loss of $69.26, bringing my bankroll down to $1398.74. I did win a $25 seat for next Tuesday's "Mega Grand Slam," whatever that is. That's the reason to play the Happy Hour contest - when you finish a few points out of the money, you're still good. Today, I'm playing five lineups, one Happy Hour, and four $5 Rallys:

P	Medlen	6900	Medlen	6900	Strasburg	9900
C	Realmuto	2400	McCann	4500	Joseph	2600
1B	Ortiz	4700	Cron	2500	Hosmer	3000
2B	Forsythe	3300	Schoop	2500	Schoop	2500
3B	Longoria	3300	Freese	2400	Dietrich	2700
SS	Correa	3900	Correa	3900	Correa	3900
OF	Conforto	3200	Calhoun	3300	Zobrist	3600
OF	Gomez	3000	McCutchen	4700	Cain	4100
OF	Trout	4300	Trout	4300	Gordon	2700
	Total	35000	Total	35000	Total	35000

Pos	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$
P	Strasburg	9900	Strasburg	9900
C	Arencibia	2800	Arencibia	2800
1B	Swisher	2400	Freeman	3700
2B	Peterson	2300	Peterson	2300
3B	Olivera	2500	Olivera	2500
SS	Cabrera	3400	Cabrera	3400
OF	Trout	4300	Markakis	2900
OF	McCutchen	4700	McCutchen	4700
OF	Gordon	2700	Gordon	2700
	Total	35000	Total	34900

It's all Kris Medlen and Stephen Strasburg. Don't ask why I torture myself with Strasburg - it's that 15-K upside, I suppose - that never seems to come in when you gamble on it. I also wanted to stack Rays, but I did that yesterday, and they pinch hit for Brandon Guyer, Mikie Mahtook, Tim Beckham and J.P. Arencibia, so I used them more sparingly despite the great matchup today. My other heavily-used players are Carlos Correa (3), Alex Gordon (3), Mike Trout (3) and Andrew McCutchen (3).