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DFS Amateur Hour - Tuesday Lineups

My slump has reached Chris Carter-esque proportions. On a night I intended to take off, but was roped into because of a Happy Hour overlay, I lost another $10, bringing my bankroll to $1350.61. It's annoying to see all those zeroes next to your entries, especially when I had previously done a good job of getting small cashes and maintaining my bankroll for a long time, even while playing mostly large-field tournaments, but my confidence isn't shaken. I'd like to spend more time doing research, but I'm getting full lineups of mostly opposite-handed hitters against weaker pitchers, so at worst I'm playing blackjack according to the book, albeit without a reliable card count. It's easier to stomach the downturn when I'm still up $350 on the year too, but I'd like to hit it moderately big one more time before the end of the month. To that end, here are tonight's lineups below:

Pos$10 H H$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PGreinke12000Duffey5600Sale12800
CGattis3000Jaso2200Gomes2400
1BRuf2300Encarnacion5300Ortiz4300
2BAltuve3900Wong2200Wong2200
3BFrazier2600Donaldson6000Longoria2400
SSCorrea3900Tulowitzki3800Ramirez2700
OFMoss2300Murphy2200Bruce2500
OFGomez2800Bautista5500Gomez2800
OFPearce2200Sweeney2200Ozuna2900
Total35000Total35000Total35000
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally$
PCole10000Sale12800Shoemaker8000
CWieters2200Wieters2200Perez2300
1BRizzo4400Fielder2800Cron2400
2BCoghlan3100Rendon3200Coghlan3000
3BLongoria2400Longoria2400Bryant3800
SSRussell2200Suarez2500Correa3900
OFBruce2500Ellsbury3400Trout4400
OFTrout4400Bruce2500Calhoun2900
OFSchwarber4000Gardner3200Schwarber4000
Total35200Total35000Total34700
Pos$5 Rally$$5 Rally$$5 Rally
PSale12800Shoemaker8000Martin3000
CPerez2300McCann4300Gomes2400
1BVotto4500Ortiz4300Encarnacion5300
2BSchoop2300Coghlan3100Drew2700
3BFrazier2600Longoria2400Donaldson6000
SSSuarez2500Suarez2500Tulowitzki3800
OFBruce2500Ellsbury3400Calhoun2900
OFMoss2300Beltran3600Gardner3200
OFGomez2800Gardner3200Bautista5500
Total34600Total34800Total34800

I usually start with the pitcher and build my stacks around him, but this time I mixed it up, sometimes starting with hitters and plugging in the best starter I could afford. As a result, I used six different starters for nine lineups, including Chris Sale (3), Matt Shoemaker (2), Zack Greinke (1), Gerrit Cole (1), Tyler Duffey (1) and the great Cody Martin (1).

My most commonly owned hitters are: Jay Bruce (4), Evan Longoria (4), Eugenio Suarez (3), Chris Coghlan (3) and Carlos Gomez (3).