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DFS Amateur Hour - Friday Lineups

I'm under the gun on time, so I'll just post my lineups below. The top three are all for the same $125K-prize-pool, $3-entry tournament, the middle two are in the same $10 Double Up and the bottom ones are for RotoWire and Tout Wars contests, respectively:

PosPlayer$Player$Player$
PHammel8100Hamels9200Price10900
CRamos2800Swihart2300Grandal3200
1BZimmerman2700Napoli2300Gonzalez5400
2BPedroia2900Pedroia2900Gennett2400
3BDonaldson3600Donaldson3600Solarte2200
SSDesmond3000Rollins3300J.Ramirez2300
OFWerth2900Craig2200Colabello2200
OFBrantley4200Bautista4800Beltran2200
OFBautista4800Upton4300Brantley4200
 Total350003490035000

For the first lineup, I rolled with Jason Hammel against the Brewers missing Carlos Gomez. I don't love Hammels here, and even used Scooter Gennett and Jean Segura in some spots, but I see a case for him having a good game and don't like many of the top pitchers today. I stacked right-handed Nationals here against lefty Eric Stults whose best work we haven't seen since Pulp Fiction and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I might regret not using Bryce Harper here, but he was pricey and is also left handed. I also have a mini Jays stack with Donaldson and Bautista because the Nats I used were cheap, and I could afford them against lefty Wade Miley.

The second lineup I stacked cheap Red Sox against Aaron Sanchez, threw in Donaldson and Bautista again and had money left over for Justin Upton and Jimmy Rollins (weather permitting.)

The third is just a crazy hail mary with Price, a couple expensive Dodgers at Coors (both games could be rain delayed or rained out) and a bunch of scrubs who are in the lineup.

PosPlayer$Player$
PGray9400Gonzalez8900
CMolina2400Molina2400
1BBelt2900Cabrera5000
2BPedroia2900Pedroia2900
3BDonaldson3600Sandoval3000
SSCastro3100Segura2700
OFBetts3400Betts3400
OFBrantley4200Brantley4200
OFFowler3000Crisp2500
 Total3490035000
PosPlayer$Player$
PGray9400Gonzalez8900
CMontero3100Joseph2500
1BEncarnacion3700Davis3700
2BTravis3400Gennett2400
3BDonaldson3600Machado3600
SSAybar2300Desmond3000
OFBautista4800Brantley4200
OFCrisp2500Moss3500
OFBeltran2200Werth2900
 Total3500034700