Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 8/27/14

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Total Bases

Nelson Cruz
Adam Jones
Admittedly a few ways you can go with total bases today, but me? I'm grabbing the Os sluggers against the lefty Smyly. Smyly and his 36% ground ball rate will have a tough time keeping the likes of Cruz and Jones in the ball park, much less off the bases altogether. If anyone can be considered to be a favorite to get an extra base hit tonight, it's these two.

Hits

Jose Altuve
It always feels dirty when Altuve is off the top of the hits chart, so it's a welcome sign to see him there today. Not a lot to see here - Altuve and his 13.4% total Ks + BBs against Pomeranz's less than wipe out stuff. What you may not know is that most of Altuve's stellar year is coming from lefties - he's got a ridiculous .425 batting average against them this year. I'll call you craz if you consider anyone else for the top slot.

Joe Mauer
Not a banner year for Mauer, but he can still put hits together in bunches (and has done so recently), and Liam Hendriks is a failed reliever who has never proven a single thing as a starter. Assuming he doesn't just get walked, Mauer feels like a pretty easy play here.

Strikeouts

Clayton Kershaw
The Diamondbacks aren't the easiest team to strike out in the world, but they have a pretty bad offense, and if Kershaw gets to working through them, I could definitely see him getting up in that 7 K range. For the record - I'm not thinking it's likely that any pitcher crests 9 Ks today.

Zack Wheeler
The case for Wheeler is fairly straightforward. He strikes out about a guy per inning, the Braves are the 4th easiest team in the league to strike out, and they also own one of the 7 worst wOBAs in the league. Seems as good a bet as anyone to rack up a decent K game.