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DFS Amateur Hour - Monday Lineups

Usually I don't play Mondays, but FanDuel is doing a promotion with Sirius XM, so I got in on that (not sure whether that's a free roll or not), and while I was at it, I set two more lineups, one a $5 MLB Rally and another a $5 MLB Late Game Rally. The angle I have is Chris Sale going against the Astros, and I used him in all three lineups. While the Astros hit home runs and have nine guys hitting from the right side today, Sale could strike out 13 or more of them. Here are my lineups:

PosSXM$$5 Rally$$5 Late Rally$
PSale10,900Sale10,900Sale10,900
CMolina3000Perez2400Molina3000
1BVargas2500Morales2700Abreu3500
2BWong3600Infante2200Wong3600
3BRamirez2200Donaldson4800Beckham2200
SSPeralta4000Escobar2300Escobar2300
OFKemp2700Bautista4900Grichuk2900
OFHolliday3400Cabrera2200Holliday3400
OFYelich2600Garcia2600Garcia2600
Total34900Total35000Total34400

I stacked Cardinals (at Coors) in two of them, though I used Peralta in the first and Grichuk in the third. I also used quite a few White Sox against Lance McCullers, who I have in AL Tout. I hope he does well, but if he isn't sharp, I could see the White Sox taking him deep a few times at home. I also used both Blue Jays sluggers in one lineup, but had to go ugly with cheap Royals and White Sox as a result.

Update: it looks like there's a decent chance of rain in Chicago, but it's too late for me to do anything about it except in the late tournament. But that could work in my favor if fewer people are on Sale as a result.