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DFS Amateur Hour - Thursday Lineup

Normally I only play Tuesdays and Fridays, but Clayton Kershaw's on the mound, so I made an exception. I set six lineups, two $5 MLB Rallys, two $10 MLB Line Drives and two head to head lineups, one for $10 (an accident) and one for $25.

Pos$10 LD$$10 LD$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PKershaw13000Kershaw13000Kershaw13000Kershaw13000
CGattis3300Lucroy3100Gattis3300Ramos2800
1BCarter3300Lind4000Gonzalez3800Alvarez2500
2BHernandez2200Gyorko2200Gyorko2200Gyorko2200
3BSandoval2200Sandoval2200Sandoval2200Sandoval2200
SSCorrea3900Segura2800Kang2900Kang2900
OFMarisnik2400Polanco2300Pederson2800Polanco2300
OFPolanco2300Ethier2400Polanco2300Ethier2400
OFEthier2400Moss2900Ethier2400McCutchen4700
Total35000Total34900Total34900Total35000
Pos$10 H to H$25 H to H$
PKershaw13000Kershaw13000
CGrandal3300Grandal3300
1BAbreu2900Hosmer2700
2BWong3100Wong3100
3BSandoval2200Sandoval2200
SSGonzalez2500Gonzalez2500
OFPolanco2300Marisnik2400
OFEthier2400Polanco2300
OFPuig3300Puig3300
Total35000Total34800

I went with Kershaw in all six lineups without a second thought. He's human, of course, and the Mets could miraculously get to him, but I'm willing to lose my money on that off chance.

The $10 head to head is against maxdalury, someone with whom I was warned not to mess, and was actually an accident. I meant to play against him at $25, but kept the lower-priced one once it was set. The $25 one is against 1ucror.

I initially copied the same lineup for the $25 one, then decided to diversify, tinkered with it, came up with a second one that included Kolten Wong, then changed my mind about the $10 one and subbed in Wong for Neil Walker there too. Now they're identical again but for the different first basemen and one outfield slot. Essentially, I over-tinkered with these and am not thrilled with either now.

Overall, I stacked Dodgers, Astros and Pirates. I also have an unGodley three-player  Brewers  stack.

Most common players are: Kershaw (6), Sandoval (6), Polanco (6), Ethier (5) and Gyorko (3).