Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 9/8/14

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Total Bases

Jose Bautista
Edwin Encarnacion
Jacob Turner crushed a little piece of my sould last time out when he shut down the Brewers. It was by far his best performance and kind of came out of nowhere. I don't like his chances of a repeat performance today against the Blue Jays. Both Bautista and Encarnacion hit righties really well. They have an .873 and .931 OPS on that side of the platoon split and the Rogers Center is one of the better hitter's parks in baseball. By and large Turner's been a below average pitcher this season with an xFIP close to four and strike out rate of only about six batters per nine. I think the Blue Jays get to him today and I'll take the two bats in the middle of the lineup for some extra bases.

Hits

Robinson Cano
Kyle Seager
Brad Peacock is not a good pitcher. While he can get a strikeout or two, he also walks the building and has an xFIP in the mid 4's. The walks are the only concern for me when recommending Seager and Cano today. It's not that I don't think they will have solid days. It's just that when I'm looking for hits specifically, it makes me a little worried playing guys against a wild pitcher. That being said, both Seager and Cano hit righty pitching so well that I think you can run them out there today either in hits or extra bases. Both OPS in the high .800's on this side of the split and have been among the qualified leaders in that platoon this season. Like I said, they could end up walking more times than would be ideal in this prop category. But I'm going to run them nonetheless.

Strikeouts

Felix Hernandez
This first one is easy with King Felix facing the Astros today in Safeco. Houston comes in the lower third of the league against righty pitching and they strike out a ton, more than 23% of the time. Felix has worked a fair amount of magic all season and should keep it going today. I'm a little concerned with his recent dip in strikeouts, so I might stick him in the 7K slot. But I'm still buying on the guy, recent performance not withstanding.

Yovani Gallardo
There aren't very many big strikeot guys going today, and some of the dudes who do get the swings and misses are in tough matchups. This pick doesn't make me feel great as Gallardo doesn't generate a lot of K's. But I think he can get six today against the Marlins who strike out almost 24% of the time against righty pitching. That's such a huge number that is raises Gallardo's modest K expectation right to the point where we can buy him here.