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DFS Amateur Hour - Friday Lineups

I played a rare Thursday night slate yesterday only because Clayton Kershaw was going, and it was the right call - at least insofar as he was concerned. My hitting wasn't great, so I wound up taking in $57.50 on $65 worth of lineups for a net of minus $7.50. My bankoll was 1317.60, now it's $1310.10.

As for the two heads ups, I won the $25 won against 1ucror and lost the $10 one (barely) against maxdalury, putting me at 4-2 against the pros. Let's take a look a tonight's slate:

I played six $5/$100K MLB Rallys, one $25/$200K MLB Grand Slam, one $25 heads up against csuram88 and the free Tout Wars entry. The Tout entry is duplicated in one of the MLB Rallys as I'd hate to put up 75 points in a contest where the upside is $60.

Pos$25 GS$$25 H to H$Tout$
PScherzer12000Cashner7300Tillman6300
CLucroy3200Lucroy3200Martinez3300
1BSingleton2300Votto4500Pujols4300
2BFlores2200Flores2200Odor4000
3BSano2500Longoria2500Longoria2500
SSSegura2800Desmond2500Aybar2700
OFBraun4400Trout5200Trout5200
OFDavis2900Martinez4300Calhoun4000
OFRasmus2500Puig3200Hamilton2700
Total34800Total34900Total35000
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PCashner7300Cashner7300Cashner7300
CGomes2500Gomes2500Lucroy3200
1BPaulsen2500Votto4500Fielder4100
2BFlores2200Flores2200Odor4000
3BArenado4800Frazier4900Turner3400
SSPeralta3300Desmond2500Correa3800
OFGonzalez4700Bruce4100Choo3300
OFDickerson4500Byrd3100Hamilton2700
OFByrd3100Holliday3400Puig3200
Total34900Total34500Total35000
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PKluber11000Scherzer12000Tillman6300
CGattis3400Gomes2500Martinez3300
1BMorrison2300Goldschmidt4700Pujols4300
2BAltuve4500Owings2400Odor4000
3BSeager2800Longoria2500Longoria2500
SSCorrea3800Rollins2300Aybar2700
OFRasmus2500Inciarte2600Trout5200
OFRaburn2200Pollock3800Calhoun4000
OFGose2500Trumbo2200Hamilton2700
Total35000Total35000Total35000

I did something unusual (for me) today: I used Andrew Cashner in four of nine lineups. Normally, I almost always use an ace for the bulk of my entries, but I didn't love Max Scherzer at Pittsburgh, and Corey Kluber has been erratic outside of a few monster starts a couple months ago.

Cashner will probably tear a triceps muscle in the third inning, but a home start against the Marlins is about as good as it gets.

I also have two Scherzer lineups, two Chris Tillman ones (the one I duplicated for Tout) and one Kluber.

Players in whom I have big shares are: Evan Longoria (4), Wilmer Flores (4), Jonathan Lucroy (3), Yan Gomes (3) and Josh Hamilton (3). I didn't intend to use Anthony Gose or Mark Trumbo, but they were last-second panic subs when I realized Alex Guerrero wasn't playing.