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DFS Amateur Hour - Friday Lineups

I put in another 16 today, 12 of which were $5 MLB Rally entries, one each for the Tout Wars and RotoWire contests and two $25 50/50s. While I typically prefer tournaments, the 50/50s should get more interesting if I risk more money. Here are the lineups:

PosRWBC$Tout Wars$$25 50/50$$25 50/50$
PKershaw12000Hernandez11800Kershaw12000Kershaw12000
CZunino2200Gomes2500Lucroy2600Gomes2500
1BOrtiz2400Alvarez2800Abreu3800Ortiz2400
2BFranklin2300Cano2400Cano2400Dozier3900
3BSandoval2200Longoria3100Longoria3100Longoria3100
SSEscobar2300Bogaerts2500Ramirez2200Semien2300
OFMcCutch.4800Marte3800Cain2500Cruz3600
OFMarte3800Polanco3000Marte3800Cuddyer2500
OFPolanco3000Jackson2800Yelich2500Calhoun2700
Total35000Total34700Total34900Total35000
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PKershaw12000Kershaw12000Kershaw12000Kershaw12000
CZunino2200Cervelli2800Zunino2200Gomes2500
1BOrtiz2400Alvarez2800Abreu3800Ortiz2400
2BFranklin2300Cano2400Cano2400Cano2400
3BSandoval2200Harrison3100Sandoval2200Prado2600
SSEscobar2300Flores2500Ramirez2200Ramirez2200
OFMcCutch.4800Trumbo2900Harper5500Stanton5200
OFMarte3800Jackson2800Cabrera2200Yelich2500
OFPolanco3000Cruz3600Yelich2500Ozuna3200
Total35000Total34900Total35000Total35000
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PKershaw12000Kershaw12000Kershaw12000Hernandez11800
CGomes2500Martin3500Zunino2200Zunino2200
1BAbreu3800Ortiz2400Vargas2300Abreu3800
2BForsythe2800Franklin2300Dozier3900Cano2400
3BLongoria3100Sandoval2200Plouffe2700Sandoval2200
SSRamirez2200Bogaerts2500Escobar2300Ramirez2200
OFGuyer2200Bautista5100Hunter3100Harper5500
OFGarcia3100Colabello2800Cruz3600Cabrera2200
OFSouza3300Guyer2200Jackson2800Yelich2500
Total35000Total35000Total34900Total34800
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PHernandez11800Hernandez11800Hernandez11800Bumgarner10600
CLucroy2600Zunino2200Gomes2500Gomes2500
1BAbreu3800Fielder3700Alvarez2800Abreu3800
2BForsythe2800Cano2400Cano2400Cano2400
3BLongoria3100Seager3400Longoria3100Longoria3100
SSRamirez2200Andrus2600Bogaerts2500Ramirez2200
OFGuyer2200DeShields3300Marte3800Harper5500
OFGarcia3100Choo3300Polanco3000Yelich2500
OFSouza3300Guyer2200Jackson2800Cabrera2200
Total34900Total34900Total34700Total34800

Notes:

I used only three pitchers - Kershaw in 10, Hernandez in five and Bumgarner in one lineup.

For one of the $25 50/50s, I put in Kershaw and Longoria as my "locks" and let the RotoWire Optimizer pick the rest (it's the one with Ortiz and Dozier at the far right of the top table.) It's the first time I've used any kind of formula or algorithm for these picks.

I have Cano in nine lineups against lefty Brett Oberholtzer because Cano's cheap, and Oberholtzer for some reason has more trouble with lefties than righties. Other heavily used players include: Alexei Ramirez (7), Longoria (7), Zunino (6), Yan Gomes (5), Yelich (5), Sandoval (5) and Ortiz (5).