The purpose of this column is to highlight some players with upside and well-suited for tournaments. While the majority of the hitter picks will likely have power upside, that's not necessarily the case for all the listed options. Other contextual factors such as batting order, ballpark, opposing pitcher, price, speed, etc also come into play, and you'll see these items sprinkled into the write-ups below. Along with that, we'll be gauging the ownership levels, giving you some plausible pivots from the popular choices in a given game slate.

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Felix Hernandez

FanDuel SalaryDraftKings SalaryOpponentFIPK%GB%Vegas
Run Total & ML
$11,100$10,600@TEX2.5627.256.27.5 and -160

Felix Hernandez won't come with the low ownership we usually covet in GPPs, but his ceiling exceeds that of any other pitcher tonight. Last year, he ranked sixth in strikeout rate and K-BB% (22.2%) and third in FIP while finishing second in the American League Cy Young Award voting. As amazing as he was last year ...

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Comments
bigitaly42
Morneau is one of my favorite plays on the slate. I'm hoping he stays under the radar somewhat. I'm rolling him out in my COL mini stack on FD with Lyles.
ArtVandelay10
Loving the Felix/Martinez combo on DK, I'm with you on Ethier, love the DOdg!