Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 8/10/14

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Writing this post as Mr. March takes me to the emergency room to treat an ankle that I broke yesterday. But that’s how we do in the DFSR. This machine doesn’t stop. Even with a non-displaced fracture to the left fibula. So please excuse us if these picks are bit truncated, medical situations and all.  

Total Bases

Mike Trout
There are a couple of high end dudes worth considering today, but I think I'll go with Trout against Rubby de la Rosa. Trout has no real distinction in his platoon splits: he crushes everyone without remorse. de la Rosa has been below average and outside of a big K effort in his debut hasn't shown a ton of swing and miss ability. Oh and Trout is Trout.

Mark Trumbo
Loved him yesterday and he paid big. Going back for more today against Franklin Morales, a righty hitter batting practice machine. Trumbo's been running bad since coming back from injury. But he's a solid guy against lefty pitching and Chase Field boosts power for righty batters.

Hits

Jose Altuve
Assuming he returns to the lineup today, Altuve makes a great play for hits considering his matchup against Nick Martinez. Martinez K's almost no one, though he does has a high walk rate. I'm not so worried about the latter because Altuve isn't interested in free things. And Altuve's contact rate is so high there is almost no way Martinez strikes him out.

Ian Kinsler
Here's another guy facing a low K guy, this time it's Mark Buehrle. Buehrle strikes out less than six batters per nine and doesn't walk many. That means hitters are getting the bat on the ball. Kinsler is in a good spot hitting at the top of the lineup on the stronger side of his split.

Strikeouts

Clayton Kershaw
I'm in a decent amount of pain so thankfully I don't need to think too terribly hard about this one. I will say that I probably will put him in my 7 K slot to be safe mostly because the Brewers do hit lefty pitching well enough. Kershaw is no normal lefty pitcher though so the upside is for sure there. Clayton's been from another planet this season with only a slight hiccup in his last outing.

Johnny Cueto
The Fish strike out a ton, almost a 25% rate. Cueto rarely heads to the double digit strike out category, but he's consistent in limiting his walks. The latter point helps him go longer in games. The ballpark is no help, but like I said, the Marlins strikeout at the highest rate in the league against right handed pitching.