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.
TOP PITCHERS
James Shields, R, Padres | ||||||
| FanDuel Salary | DraftKings Salary | Opponent | FIP | K% | GB% | Vegas Opp. Run Total & ML |
| $8,700 | $9,500 | @Mariners | 4.99 | 30.4 | 42.6 | 3.5 and +119 |
I'll start by addressing the elephant in the room with James Shields. Big Game James has coughed up 11 homers in seven starts, the most homers allowed by any pitcher this year. If you believe he's going to continue to serve up dingers at a 25.0% HR/FB rate (11.5% for his career), I'm sure we could arrange a friendly wager of some sort on Twitter. Suffice to say, I'm of the belief his homer rate will normalize, and when that happens, you'll see his ERA drop closer to his 3.07 xFIP. Besides the homer issues, Shields has ...
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