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DFS Amateur Hour - Tuesday Night Lineups

I had more time today but still didn't bother with any 50/50s or Double Ups. Maybe if I hit a cold streak and need some wins, I'll go back to it, but for now I want to invest my time, energy and bankroll into hitting a big score. As such, I placed eight $5 entries into one large-field tournament.

As I wrote Saturday, my strategy is to pick a 2-4 pitchers and build various stacks around them. I picked six pitchers today, spread out over eight lineups, mostly because there weren't any I particularly loved. The only pitchers I used twice were Sonny Gray and Francisco Liriano, and I'm only lukewarm on them. I'm especially wary of Liriano as I have him in so many season-long leagues.

Here are the lineups:

PosPlayer$Player$Player$Player$
PGray10500Gray10500Liriano9400Liriano9400
CSwihart2200Molina2300Vogt3800Molina2300
1BOrtiz2900Encarnacion4200Ortiz2900Freeman3400
2BPedroia2700Field2400Pedroia2700Peterson2800
3BSandoval3000Donaldson3600Sandoval3000Beltre3200
SSKang2700Andrus2600Semien3400Peralta3200
OFMcCutchen3900Bautista4500Reddick3800Holliday3500
OFMarte4100Bourjos2400Crisp2200Markakis2600
OFPolanco2900Pillar2300Ramirez3500Stanton4600
Total34900Total34800Total34700Total35000
PosPlayer$Player$Player$Player$
PM.Gonzalez7800G.Gonzalez8700Shields8800Quintana7600
CSwihart2200Iannetta2300Chirinos2500Ruiz3000
1BCabrera5300Cabrera5300Fielder3400Howard3400
2BKinsler3900Pedroia2700Gordon3800Utley3000
3BSandoval3000Castellanos2300Beltre3200Arenado4000
SSBogaerts2200Aybar2500Andrus2600Tulowitzki4500
OFMartinez3200Calhoun2900Stanton4600Blackmon4000
OFCespedes2900Trout5200Ozuna2900Gonzalez3000
OFBautista4500Cespedes2900Yelich2800Grichuk2300
Total35000Total34800Total34600Total34800

Two pitchers I dislike and of whom I own zero shares in season-long are Gio Gonzalez and Jose Quintana. But Gonzalez gets a lefty-heavy Yankee lineup at home, and Quintana is in the same boat against the Indians. While Cleveland's actually starting five righties today, they're mostly scrubs, i.e., their three best hitters are lefties.

I threw in Miguel Gonzalez at home against the Mariners. That could be a mistake as five of Seattle's top-six hitters are lefties, and the other is Nelson Cruz. But Gonzalez has been above-average for the last couple years, doesn't have big left/right splits and has been better at home. Finally, the James Shields lineup was supposed to be the Quintana one, but I had too much money ($1600) left over. So I upgraded at pitcher even though I irrationally hate Shields too. But as I said, I don't love the pitching options, and I avoided Johnny Cueto against the hard-to-strike-out Royals and big favorite Anibal Sanchez against the Brewers who I think will wake up.

The hitting stacks were easier. Lots of Red Sox at home against Yovani Gallardo, particularly David Ortiz who's only $2,900, Pablo Sandoval, who hits much better from the left side at $3,000 and Dustin Pedroia who's cheap at $2,700. I also went heavy with the Tigers at home against Jimmy Nelson with the wind blowing out. And I used a good deal of Adrian Beltre, sometimes in a stack, sometimes not for $3200 at Fenway against lefty Wade Miley.

Whatever happens, I'll make sure I'm not watching.