Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 7/12/14

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Total Bases

Troy Tulowitzki
Carlos Gonzalez
This is going to be a teammates version of the ScoreStreak picks, at least in terms of the hitters. Both Tulo and Cargo are in fantastic spots today to collect total bases in bunches. They face Kevin Correia who has one of the highest flyball rates of any qualified pitcher in the majors. That is bad, bad news in a place like Coors where we know the ball travels long distances. Tulo is the safer play of course as he's putting on a hitting display this season that is out of this world. Cargo is a bit riskier and I wouldn't blame you if you went with another of the Rockies lefties like Morneau, Blackmon or Dickerson. All are in play in this category. There is just a big chance the ball is flying out of the park on the regular.

Hits

Michael Brantley
Jason Kipnis
I feel like these guys are relatively easy calls in grabbing some points in the hits category. They both face a weaker pitcher in Scott Carroll who strikes out less than five batters per nine. And while he does walk a decent amount of guys, the reduced K rate means significantly more chances at hits and both of these guys are contact hitters. Brantley much more so as he doesn't walk or strike out with any great frequency. He would be my top hits guy today and I don't think it's really that close. Kipnis has a much higher rate in both of those categories, making him a little riskier. But lessening the chance at the K for him means a better chances of rapping one out. I like both of these guys today.

Total Bases

Stephen Strasburg
He is the top K's target it isn't even close as far as I'm concerned. Even with him pitching better at home and this game going in a hitter's park in Philly, Stras still rates out high on our K meter. He is striking out close to eleven batters per nine and limiting the walks to such a degree that he's able to go later in games. The Phillies are second to last in the league against righty pitching and just generally kind of stink. Wouldn't think twice about putting him in the 9 K slot and moving on to tougher decisions.

Mike Minor
Honestly, I'll have David Price in one of my spots today as well though it should be stated that the Blue Jays don't K a ton against lefties. But Price's K rate is too high to fade completely. I wanted to give another sneaky play that could yield some nice profit. Minor has been running bad this season, but is striking out nearly a batter an inning and the Cubs strike out almost 26% of the time against lefties. That's an insanely high rate. Just nuts really. They have power so there is risk here, but if you want to fade a guy like Wainwright, I'd do it with Minor.