Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 9/28/14

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Total Bases

Miguel Cabrera
Miggy has been one of the best hitters in baseball against right-handed pitching this season, sporting an OPS over .900 to go with a .375 wOBA in that split. One reason I like him for the total bases category is that his OPS is driven (at least in this split) by his slugging percentage. He walks only around 8% of the time. Which means he's getting the bat on the ball with power. Should be able to make something happen against Kyle Gibson.

Evan Longoria
Hasn't been his usual self against lefties this season, but T.J. House has made it a habit letting righties pad their stats a bit against him. Dude has been bombed by lefties, allowing over an .800 OPS in that split this season. Longo, for many of his struggles, is still above avaerge against lefty pitching and I'm buying him on that split until the very end.
 

Hits

Ben Zobrist
As I said with Longo, T.J. House is a batting practice machine against righty pitching. Zobrist has been much better against lefty pitching on the season and I like him in the hit category because both his K and BB percentage are identically low at 9.2%. That leaves some room for contact and with him hitting near the top of the order the opportunity should be there.

Coco Crisp
He's a bit of an odd pick for this format because his walk rate is a little high (usually a good thing, except for this format) and he strikes out a bit. But both of those things (especially the strikeouts) get put on hold against a guy like Nick Martinez. Martinez is awful, one of the worst everyday pitchers going every five days. I will have many, many shares of A's players today and like Crisp getting a hit or two from the leadoff spot.

Strikeouts

David Price
He may be on a pitch count today leading into the playoffs and not wanting to tax his arm. It's a tough call with pitchers today. But I live price facing the Twins who strike out about 22% of the time against lefties for the season. Price's efficiency allows his K/9 look close to his actual game logs than most pitchers simply because he doesn't muddy the waters at all with the walks. I like him as a safer option on the day.

Cole Hamels
If you want to target a little upside, consider Hamels against the Braves. Atlanta is good against lefties, ranking in the top third of the league on that side of the split. But they strike out more than 23% of the time in that platoon as well. Hamels is another guy that should hit the 6-7 K range and has the stuff to go a little higher. I don't think he'll be on a lot of radars with the other studs taking the mound, giving you a little separation if he hits.