Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 6/21/14

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Total Bases

Ryan Braun
The Brewer is far and away the best option for total bases and hits today. He faces Christian Friedrich, at Coors. All of you are wondering, "Who the hell is Christian Friedrich?" Know this about him, he's awful. He hasn't pitched in the majors since 2012, and in 16 career starts, his record is 5-8, with an ERA over SIX. His FIP and xFIP are both over 4.00 as well. This season in the minors, he's 1-8 with an ERA over 7.00(!!), and a FIP over 5.00(!!!). Not to mention, Ryan Braun hits lefties crazy well. His .341 lifetime average against them makes him a clear cut favorite today.

Miguel Cabrera
Miguel Cabrera draws the right handed Trevor Bauer today, in Cleveland. The former triple crown winner makes a living off right handed pitching. Batting .348 this season against them, to go along with 10 home runs. His walks are down, and his strikeouts are up this season, but he's still raking the ball. His wRC+ is over 50 points above the league average, and his BABIP is well over .340, nothing we're not used to from Miggy. Bauer pitches better than his 4.20 ERA says, but he still gives up 3.5 walks a games and averages over a home run per.

Total Hits

Jacoby Ellsbury
The system has the Yankees' outfielder as the second best option in terms of hits today, being the aforementioned Ryan Braun. His weighted on-base average is also a tad above league average at .327. Bud Norris barely strikes out 6 per nine innings, and his xFIP is pretty inflated compared to his ERA- 4.40:3.73

Jonathon Lucroy
The system is not fond of Christian Friedrich, at all. You could take any Brewer today, really, and you'd be in good shape. Both Jonathon Lucroy and Aaramis Ramirez were top 10 hitters today based on the projections. My choice came down to one thing- Who is better against lefties? While Ramirez isn't bad against them, Lucroy is much, much better. Maybe the most underrated catcher in the league, Lucroy has a .333 average against southpaws this year, paired with an insane .363 BABIP. This kid is clearly an all star, and should be in your lineups.

Strikeouts-

Adam Wainwright
Projected to be the top pitcher today, and by no surprise. Today isn't full of flashy names at the starting position spot, at all. One thing is guaranteed today, and that's Adam Wainwright against the Phillies. The Phil's rank in the top half of the league in team strikeouts, and in the middle of the league in walks. Combine that, with Wainwright's K/9 over 8 and his BB/9 under 2, and he's easily the best pitcher for DFS today.

Jake Odorizzi
The system has Odorizzi as a top 5 pitcher today, and he could have the best game them all today. The Astros are one of only three teams in the majors with over 630 swings and misses as a team. It's not only the Astros' great strikeout ability, Odorizzi really is better than most think. His K/9 is well over 10.00, and his xFIP is much, much better than his ERA, at 3.57. The Tampa Bay right hander has also had at least five strikeouts in 9 of his last 10 games.