Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 8/29/14

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Total Bases

Edwin Encarnacion
It's easy to forget about guys who have missed a portion of the season, because their year to date counting stats don't look all too impressive, but don't make that mistake with Encarnacion. 27 homers in 422 PA is nothing to shrug off, and neither is the .394 wOBA. But E5's raw talent isn't all that's driving this ranking. There's also Chris Capuano. The 36 year old Yankee's lefty is getting by this season, but he shouldn't be able to fool a hitter of Encarnacion's caliber. Could be a huge game.

Miguel Cabrera
I've been known to get Miggy with it on more than one occasion, so it shouldn't surprise you that our projection system loves him against Scott Carroll and his 50 Ks and 38 walks in 100 innings pitched this year. Those peripherals are arguably the very worst in all of baseball. Combine that with a great hitter's park, and Carroll's opportunities against Cabrera have "Sportscenter Highlight" written all over them.

Hits

Melky Cabrera
With his .325 BABIP, Cabrera is just terrific at turning balls near the zone into base hits. Capuano will have to stay in the zone against Cabrera with the huge right handed bats lurking behind him, and the Melk-man could put together a pretty solid outing.

Ryan Braun
Another case of a high BABIP guy against a pitch to contact guy. Vogelsong has barely more Ks+BBs than IP this year, which puts Braun and his max-effort swing in great position to rap out a hit or two.

Strikeouts

Felix Hernandez
King Felix pulls what amounts to being a pretty solid match-up today. The Nats are the 7th easiest team in the bigs to strike out (they do so 21.2% of the time), and their offensive production places them right about league average overall. Could be a long outing for Felix, and if it is, the Ks should follow.

Ervin Santana
It bucks our projection system just a little bit, but I actually like Ervin better than some of the other high K options today. The reason? The Marlins of Miami. They're the 3rd easiest team in the majors to strike out, and they're even worse against right handed pitching. Big Erv isn't in his prime or anything, but he's still hanging out around a K per inning this year, and he could produce for you in the second strikeout slot for sure.