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DFS Amateur Hour - Thursday Lineups

Why am I setting lineups virtually every day? Because I keep making picks on the SXM show, and I have to play them in case they're the big score. Also Kevin Payne emailed me about the "Happy Hour" overlay, something I couldn't skip in good conscience. Updating the budget, I played one $5 Rally yesterday and cashed for $30, thanks to Joe Kelly and a Cubs-Tigers stack. (You'd think when you stack both teams in a 15-8 game and have a $6200 pitcher score 13 points you'd win more than that, but in these big tournaments you have to be almost perfect.) As a result, my bankroll jumped $25 to $1,650.11.

I set five lineups tonight, four $5 Rally and the $10 Happy Hour one:

Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PMcHugh8600McHugh8600McHugh8600
CSchwarber4300Castillo3400Martinez3000
1BRizzo4400Goldschmidt4500Cabrera5300
2BRendon3400Kinsler4100Rendon3400
3BBryant3300Castellanos2800Castellanos2800
SSDesmond4200Russell2300Russell2300
OFOzuna2300Pollock4300Martinez3600
OFRios2200Tomas2500Betts3500
OFDavis2300Davis2300Tomas2500
Total35000Total34800Total35000
Pos$5 Rally$$10 Happy Hour$
PMcHugh8600McHugh8600
CRamos2800Martinez3000
1BZimmerman4000Fielder3400
2BRendon3400Rendon3400
3BMachado4100Frazier2800
SSRussell2300Crawford3400
OFWerth3800Martinez3600
OFBuxton2400Soler2800
OFMartinez3600Werth3800
 Total35000 Total34800

I used Colin McHugh in all five lineups because I like the matchup at home against the Rays. Other players in whom I have multiple shares are: Anthony Rendon (4), Addison Russell (3), J.D. Martinez (3), Nick Castellanos (2), Victor Martinez (2), Jayson Werth (2), Rajai Davis (2) and Yasmani Tomas (2).