Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 7/4/14

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Total Bases

Dodger's Righties
Yup, big old blanket statement coming here again, but how do you get away from Coors when Jorge de la Rosa is on the mound? Just doesn't seem prudent. Guys like Hanley Ramirez, Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp are all in play again in this one. I know last night was something of a disappointment for those (like me) looking for a hit and home run barrage from this group. But today's another day and the atmosphere around Denver didn't change overnight. Put these guys in your total bases slots for sure.

Hits

Daniel Murphy
Really like Murphy's chance of collecting some hits today against Nick Tepesch whose K rate is among the lowest you'll see in the class of starting pitchers. Murphy doesn't walk much or strike out to any great degree. When trying to forecast hits these are a few of the metrics to look at as it puts the expectation higher for him to have the bat on the ball. He's also a guy who flies off many a radar meaning you can grab some separation when he takes the wide turn at first after collecting another single.

Jacobty Ellsbury
The ballpark and speed are a key here. The wide alleys and Ellsbury's wheels make him a nice value against Kyle Gibson who isn't as bad as first blush but still can't really get anyone out through a swing and miss. It's this latter part that has me even higher on Ells as when the ball's in play he can make things happen with his legs.

Strikeouts

Chris Sale
The Mariners must hate seeing lefties on the schedule. Don't you hate waiting for the inevitable failure in your own life? I wouldn't know about it personally, choosing to be a champion in all facets, but I'm assuming you know what I'm talking about. Knowing you have to do something for which you are ill-equipped. So goes the Mariners against lefties as they rank near the bottom og the league in team wOBA against them and strike out more than 20% of the time. Sale is a top K play today because of the matchup and his own awesome peripherals that are high on punchouts and low on walks.

Clayton Kershaw
Only second on the list because of Coors though honestly in a format like this, where salary isn't a concern, Kershaw probably has to be somewhere in your top three. In twelve starts this season Kershaw has struck out less than seven batter exactly one time. Even his last start in Colorado he was able to put down nine batters in only five innings. In a format just dedicated to K's I don't see why you'd want fade him across the board even with the ballpark considerations.