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DFS Amateur Hour - Thursday Lineups

I actually won for a change last night, taking down $49.83 on a $20 investment for a profit of $29.83, thanks largely to some late-night stacks of Astros and Diamondbacks. That brought my bankroll to $1235.07 before I burned $5 on an early-game lineup, so I now have $1230.07.

Today I set five lineups, four $5 Rallys, one of which I doubled up on (accidentally) and a $10 Happy Hour:

Pos$5 Rally*2$$5 Rally$$10 H H$$5 Rally$
PHill7800Fernandez10900Odorizzi8400Strasburg11200
CChirinos2500Castillo2700Chirinos2500Castillo2700
1BGoldschmidt4300Cron2500Pujols3100Cron2500
2BRendon3000Gosselin2600Gosselin2600Gosselin2600
3BBeltre3500Freese2500Freese2500Lamb2600
SSTurner2200Aybar2300Aybar2300Aybar2300
OFHarper5200Pollock4300Trout4800Peralta3200
OFRobinson2200Trout4800Harper5200Trout4800
OFPollock4300Castillo2300Betts3600DeShields3100
Total35000Total34900Total35000Total35000

I started four different pitchers - the two obvious ones in Jose Fernandez and Stephen Strasburg, Rich Hill, who's on a great run and Jake Odorizzi who has a great matchup at home and is reliable against weaker teams.

I used a lot of Diamondbacks and Angels, Vegas' projected highest-scoring offenses today. Most commonly owned players are: Bryce Harper (3), Mike Trout (3), A.J. Pollock (3), Robinson Chirinos (3), Eric Aybar (3), Phil Gosselin (3), C.J. Cron (2), Paul Goldschmidt (2), David Freese (2), Adrian Beltre (2), Wellington Castillo (2), Anthony Rendon (2), Trea Turner (2) and Clint Robinson (2).