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DFS Amateur Hour - Tuesday Lineups

Before I jump in, I should mention my Saturday Chad Bettis lineup was a dud, costing me $5 and bringing my bankroll down to $972.60. For some reason I thought using him against the Padres and paying up for hitters was an ingenious idea.

I rarely do well when I'm gambling on the pitcher and counting on hitting to carry me. The pitcher is the most stable and reliable player in DFS because he gets a 110-pitch sample to show his true skill level while batters get only 10-15.

Today's slate was a little like that. Aside from Jacob deGrom, who's significantly better at home, there were no great options. Gerrit Cole draws the Royals who simply don't strike out - even against Chris Sale - and Danny Salazar is too erratic. I suppose Michael Wacha was worth a look at the White Sox, but it's a bad park, and in any event, I have him in a couple season-long leagues and didn't want to over-invest.

As such I used super cheap Joe Ross in half my eight lineups (three $5 MLB Rallys and one $25 head to head against condia), deGrom in three and Mat Latos in one (also dangerous because I have him going in three key season-long leagues), but at least he was cheap.

Here are the lineups:

Pos$25 H to H$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PRoss5000Ross5000Ross5000Ross5000
CSchwarber2500Schwarber2500Schwarber2500Gomes2400
1BFielder4400Fielder4400Fielder4400Santana3400
2BCano3200Cano3200Odor3900Kipnis4000
3BBeltre3900Beltre3900Beltre3900Beltre3900
SSTulowitzki4400Tulowitzki4400Kang2800Correa3900
OFMcCutchen4800McCutchen4800McCutchen4800Brantley3600
OFBrantley3600Brantley3600Marte3600Braun4600
OFHolliday3100Holliday3100Deshields4100Martinez4200
Total34900Total34900Total35000Total35000
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PDeGrom11100DeGrom11100DeGrom11100Latos6500
CSchwarber2500Schwarber2500Schwarber2500Schwarber2500
1BCarter3000Rizzo3800Morrison2300Rizzo3800
2BAltuve4300Cano3200Cano3200Altuve4300
3BSeager2800Bryant3200Seager2800Bryant3200
SSCorrea3900Correa3900Correa3900Correa3900
OFMarisnik2200Jackson2300Jackson2300Soler2600
OFMoss2900Soler2600Brantley3600McCutchen4800
OFJackson2300Smith2300Holliday3100Puig3300
Total35000Total34900Total34800Total34900

I feel bad about using Kyle Schwarber in seven of eight lineups because he'll be so heavily owned, but given his price and place in the order, it was almost unavoidable. I did use a token Yan Gomes against Matt Garza in one. Other heavily used players include: Carlos Correa (5), Andrew McCutchen (4), Robinson Cano (4), Michael Brantley (4), Adrian Beltre (4), Prince Fielder (3), Matt Holliday (3) and Austin Jackson (3). My stacks were Rangers, Astros, Cubs, Indians and Mariners.