Daily Fantasy Baseball News and Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/11/16

Welcome to the daily MLB updates and news article. We'll try and update it right up to line-up locks with as much information as comes across our desks. Let's get to it!

Last night's picks can be found here, so you can wrap your mind around what you need to be looking at before lineups lock today.

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What We Know

Only one weather concern

After a few rough days, it looks like the weather is finally going to slow down. This makes it much easier to build a roster without wondering whether or not a certain game is worth the risk. The only game that is worth paying attention to today is the Brewers @ Cardinals. It is looking like it should be fine but weather can change in an instant.

Matt Joyce is hitting 3rd

Matt Joyce has been inserted into the Pirates lineup and is batting 3rd against Justin Verlander. Joyce is a player that has crushed right handed pitching to a 121 wRC+ over the course of his career. While Justin Verlander is not a pitcher I like to pick on. the price on Joyce just may be too good to pass up.

Tournament Stacks

Detroit Tigers

The Tigers are in a terrific spot as a whole today against a weak left handed pitcher in Jon Niese. The Tigers hit southpaws extremely well as 8 of the 9 hitters in the lineup have a wRC+ of 100 or higher against them. Niese exhibited a .330 wOBA to righties and his peripheral stats did not shown any sign of improvement. The Tigers are going to tee off on Niese today and you need to have some exposure at the very least. My favorite 4 Tigers are Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler, Victor Martinez and Justin Upton.

Chicago Cubs

Here I am again writing up the Cubs as a good tournament stack. This is going to be a common trend as their offense is just so potent. The Cubs will be facing an average lefty in Brandon Finnegan tonight and will have no problem getting some runs across against him. Finnegan struggled against both sides of the plate last season evinced by his .320 combined wOBA. The Cubs are a team that will usually stagger lefties and righties to keep the pitcher on his toes. My favorite 4 Cubs tonight are Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler and Ben Zobrist.

Sneaky Pitcher

Aaron Nola FD 6800 DK 8600
Opponent - SD (Cashner) Park - @PHI
FD - 30.18 DK - 16.27

Nola is facing off against the lowly San Diego Padres in a game with a 7.5 over.under. The Phillies are also -128 so Vegas is expecting a win. Nola has showed strikeout upside in the past with some games over a 10 K/9 rate. This is the type of spot you want roster Nola in as there is no huge bat to be scared of. The Padres are coming out of Coors which is another factor I like to target. Nola is certainly more of a tournament play due to his low floor and high ceiling.

The "Every Lineup" Guys

Bryce Harper FD 5200 DK 5300
Opponent - ATL (Norris) Park - @WSH
FD - 15.88 DK - 12.39

I don't see any way around Playing Harper in ash today. I could see the tournament fade for the sole reason that tjis baseball, but I am personally not gonna go there. Bud Norris and Bryce Harper have a combined wOBA of .379 and Harper had a 207 wRC+ last year against righties. This is an average ballpark so that does not move the needle too much for me. get Harper into your lineups and watch him do his thing.

Robinson Cano FD 3800 DK 4600
Opponent - TEX (Lewis) Park - @SEA
FD - 12.91 DK - 10.31
Adam Lind FD 2300 DK 3800
Opponent - TEX (Lewis) Park - @SEA
FD - 12.38 DK - 9.81

I am not too sure how Colby Lewis is still in baseball, let alone a starting pitcher in the MLB. He is absolutely atrocious against everyone and somehow worse than that against lefties. The Mariners lefties are in a tremendous spot and these two are my favorite. Lind and Cano both have over a 140 wRC+ against righties over the course of their respective careers. Lind is at such a cheap price it is so hard not to just plug him and spend up elsewhere. I am comfortable with these guys in both cash and tournaments as they have a high floor and great ceiling.

John Jaso FD 2700 DK 3500
Opponent - DET (Greene) Park - @DET
FD - 13.57 DK - 10.75

The Optimizer is really loving John Jaso today against an average righty who struggles against lefties. As mentioned above, Verlander is not a pitcher I pick on a ton but you can find spots to attack him in. Verlander gave up a .268 wOBA and 4.42 xFIP to lefties last season. That basically shows he is due for some serious regression. There is no chance he is even close to that good this season and it is a good idea to attack him before people realize this. Jaso has always been a righty killer and has been a platoon guy for 3 years. Jaso has a 130+ wRC+ in 3 straight seasons against righties. I prefer Jaso in cash as he doesn't have too much pop.

One other note: There are big differences between DraftKings and FanDuel pricing so the optimal lineups are looking quite different.

These are players that show up in each of the top 10 lineups as produced by our lineup optimizer. This doesn't necessarily mean that they're "safe," it just means that their projected weighted-mean point total is a solid building block for a great lineup foundation today.

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