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DFS Amateur Hour - Friday Lineups

Before I jump in, a quick accounting from last night's slate: I invested $30 and took back $25 for a loss of $5. That brings my bankroll to $1645.11. Tonight, I went a little crazy on the pitching, using six different ones for 10 lineups:

Pos$25 GS$Lucky $7$Lucky $7$Tout Wars$
PBassitt7600Lackey9000Owens5100Sale12200
CWieters2500Martinez3000Wieters2500Gattis3000
1BGoldschmidt4400Cabrera5400Fielder3400Carter2500
2BHill2300Rendon3000Wong2400Utley2500
3BPrado2400Prado2400Arenado5000Prado2400
SSHardy2200Hardy2200Hardy2200Correa4300
OFPollock4200Buxton2400Harper4900Gomez3200
OFHarper4900Ozuna2400Braun4400Tomas2400
OFBraun4400Harper4900Gonzalez5000Ozuna2400
Total34900Total34700Total34900Total34900
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PBassitt7600Hernandez11000Price11700
CPosey3500Wieters2500Wieters2500
1BPaulsen3400Carter2500Davis5000
2BAltuve3900Utley2500Schoop2600
3BMachado4100Harrison2800Machado4100
SSCorrea4300Kang3400Ahmed2200
OFByrd2400Marte3200Moss2200
OFGomez3200McCutchen4800Rodriguez2300
OFOzuna2400Moss2200Ozuna2400
Total34800Total34900Total35000
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PSale12200Hernandez11000Bassitt7600
CGattis3000Martinez3000Wieters2500
1BCarter2500Davis5000Goldschmidt4400
2BUtley2500Schoop2600Hill2300
3BPrado2400Machado4100Prado2400
SSCorrea4300Hardy2200Hardy2200
OFGomez3200Tomas2400Pollock4200
OFTomas2400Moss2200Harper4900
OFOzuna2400Ozuna2400Braun4400
Total34900Total34900Total34900

All told, I invested $69 in nine contests, plus I played the Tout Wars free roll. Two of my lineups (Tout and a $5 Rally, and the $25 Grand Slam and a $5 Rally) are duplicates. With the Tout one it was intentional because I'd hate to post 80 points and only win $60. For the other, I was filling out my $5 ones, especially liked one, copied it to the $25 Grand Slam and forgot to change the $5 Rally to something else.

My most commonly owned players are: Marcel Ozuna (6), Matt Wieters (5), Martin Prado (5), J.J. Hardy (5), Carlos Correa (3), Chris Bassitt (3), Chris Carter (3), Chase Utley (3), Manny Machado (3), Bryce Harper (3), Brandon Moss (3), Ryan Braun (3) and Yasmani Tomas (3). I also burned one $5 entry stacking right-handed Pirates against Madison Bumgarner, figuring they'd be barely owned. It's a low-percentage play, but one with a lot of upside were they to score six or seven runs.