Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 9/12/14

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Total Bases

Edwin Encarnacion
Welcome to the league, Nate Karns! You have the opportunity to face Edwin Encarnacion, who has turned right handed pitching into essentially pinata offerings all season long. With all due respect to Nate Karns, who I am sure is a nice guy, he had a 7.5 and 5.08 ERA in AAA this year. This won't be pleasant for him.

Evan Gattis
If you've followed us at DFSR for any period of time, you'll know that Evan Gattis has tortured left handed pitching like a super-duper-uber-star this season. With a 1.044 OPS, he should give Derek Holland everything he can handle. I know Holland has had a nice 2 starts this year, but in that Texas heat, I think Gattis could really get a hold of one.

Hits

Jose Reyes
Jose Altuve
I'm going Joses in the hits category today. The case for Reyes is essentially the same as the case for Encarnacion - I'm just having trouble picturing Karns getting any outs today. The case for Altuve is similarly easy - the guy never walks, rarely strikes out, and has a sustainably high BABIP. Try as he might, Wilson hasn't totally gotten it together this year, and Altuve won't need much of a chance to put some hard hit balls in play.

Strikeouts

Gio Gonzalez
With a strikeout per inning this year, Gio is one of the top strikeout talents going today. The real charm of the selection, however, is in his opponent. With a sub .300 wOBA and the league's 11th worst strikeout rate, the Mets are generous with allowing pitchers to go deep and rack up nice K days.

Cole Hamels
Hamels is simply having a terrific year, and with a K rate similar to Gio's, he's an excellent bet on any given day to compile a nice strikeout total. On this fine day he draws the Miami Marlins, who own the league's 3rd worst strikeout rate. 7 Ks and a solid outing feels downright likely.