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DFS Amateur Hour - Tuesday Lineups

I didn't love this slate initially because there are no ace starters. Maybe Jake Arrieta qualifies, but he's up against a tough Indians lineup and a decent starting pitcher. Instead, I went all in with Garrett Richards at home against the Diamondbacks, putting him in 10 of my 12 lineups, including the two $25 50/50s. I hope he pitches better than his last time out.

I have Trevor Bauer in Chicago in my other two. I have little faith in him, but the Cubs strike out a lot at least. 

Here are the lineups:

Pos$25 50/50$$25 50/50$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PRichards9000Richards9000Bauer8400Bauer8400
CLucroy2500Lucroy2500D'Arnaud3200Lucroy2500
1BCabrera5300Hosmer3100Duda3300Davis3300
2BUtley2200Utley2200Walker2600Paredes2600
3BMachado3500Headley2200Harrison3200Harrison3200
SSEscobar2200Mercer2300Flores2700Kang2700
OFTrout5300Trout5300McCutch.4500McCutch.4500
OFGordon2700McCutch.4500Marte3800Marte3800
OFSnider2200Marte3800Granderson3100Pederson3800
Total34900Total34900Total34800Total34800
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PRichards9000Richards9000Richards9000Richards9000
CGrandal2900Grandal2900Grandal2900Grandal2900
1BPujols4000Pujols4000Gonzalez3400Cabrera5300
2BGennett2200Kendrick3200Gordon3100Kinsler3300
3BTurner2700Turner2700Machado3500Machado3500
SSRollins2200Rollins2200Escobar2200Hardy2200
OFTrout5300Gordon2700Puig4300Gose2400
OFCalhoun2800Trout5300Pederson3800Martinez3200
OFPederson3800Calhoun2800Calhoun2800Calhoun2800
Total34900Total34800Total35000Total34600
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PRichards9000Richards9000Richards9000Richards9000
CGrandal2900Grandal2900Grandal2900D'Arnaud3200
1BGonzalez3400Davis3300Davis3300Davis3300
2BUtley2200Kendrick3200Walker2600Utley2200
3BRamirez2500Machado3500Machado3500Machado3500
SSEscobar2200Escobar2200Kang2700Flores2700
OFPuig4300Puig4300McCutch.4500Granderson3100
OFPederson3800Pederson3800Marte3800Ethier3200
OFMcCutch.4500Calhoun2800Gose2400McCutch.4500
Total34800Total35000Total34700Total34700

I used a lot of Dodgers (betting on the Chi Chi Gonzalez correction), Angels (going against Jeremy Hellickson) and Pirates. I wanted to stack more Orioles, but Matt Wieters and Adam Jones were scratched, so I used mostly Chris Davis and Manny Machado. I also used a couple Mets stacks - something I'm sure I'll regret.