Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 7/13/14

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Total Bases

Troy Tulowitzki
Mike Trout
Tulo seems to be atop our total base projections every single day when he's hitting at home, and the system likes him today for good reason. Hughes is a fly ball pitcher who relies on good breaking stuff, and Coors Field is less than kind to pitchers with either of those attributes, much less both. Trout is simply a young Adonis who can hit anyone, who now has the opportunity to face the pitch-to-contact Scott Baker. 32 Ks and 9 walks in 54 innings means Baker is going to allow guys to put balls in play, which makes Trout a must start at either the top of the hits or total bases categories.

Hits

David Wright
Ian Kinsler
On the surface, these look like two pretty similar plays. Right handed hitters who crush left handed pitching with the opportunity to face a pretty poor left hander. Ian Kinsler has the more attractive year to date performance, but Wright has a bit going for him as well. Brad Hand is a considerably worse pitcher than Bruce Chen (somehow!), and Wright has actually amassed a batting average over .400 against left handers this year - it's those pesky righties that have been giving him fits. All in all, both of these guys will top my list in the hits category and I won't lose a bit of sleep over it.

Strike Outs

Francisco Liriano
It's tough to match the strikeout upside of Liriano, who Ks more than a guy per inning and has the opportunity to face the Reds, who trot out guys that are hopeless against left handed pitching like Billy Hamilton and Jay Bruce. I'm not saying you can pencil him in for 9 Ks, but he's a guy you should be very seriously considering.

Julio Teheran
While Teheran isn't quite the strikeout per inning guy that a lot of aces are, he pairs his still very good stuff with excellent control, allowing him to rack up a bunch of innings. His major edge in this contest? Facing the Cubs, who strike out 4th most out of any team in the majors. I think Teheran is a very safe bet to hit at least the 6 K threshold, with upside for more.