MLB DFS Recapalooza - July 5th

Another day, another dollar in DFS land, and Chris $ale continued to dish out strikeouts this week. He had another double-digit strikeout performance against the Cardinals, but once again did not receive a win. In face he is winless in his last four starts. Another no-hitter was flirted with this week, as Carlos Carrasco took one eight and two-thirds against the Rays. Your standout performers of the week are Clay Buchholz, Justin Bour, Adam Lind, Gerardo Parra, Erick Aybar, and Kendall Graveman. You know, your usual cash game studs... While this weeks DFS downers are Jesse Chavez, Jason Hammel, Anthony Rizzo, Adam Jones, and Joey Votto. Once again, your usual cash game studs.

A Warm Round Of Applause For Jose Fernandez

Going down with Tommy John Surgery last season, and missing half of this year, Jose Fernandez is back and ready to go. He picked up a win in his first start back, allowing three runs over six innings. He also totaled six strikeouts, with a 12.4% swinging strike rate. It is safe to say he is healthy and ready to be inserted into cash games. Fernandez's pitching is more his second talent, as he decided to fill in for Giancarlo Stanton. He crushed a homer to left field, mainly because he knew run support was going to be nonexistent. Oh and also welcome back Matt Cain.

Kris Bryant Has To Do Everything Around Here

It was quiet, too quiet. Bryant had been homer-less over the last week or two, until he decided to provide most of the offense in Saturday's game. He totaled two homers, and six RBI, and these were no cheap shots. He is turning those new bleachers into a landing zone. He had 15.5 FanDuel points, and 36 DraftKings points. Check out these two blasts below, as well as thousands of Cubs fans emotions skyrocket. It was a 4th of July show, and Bryant brought the fireworks.

It's Alive!!!

After some sluggish starts for talented offenses, things have turned around of late. You can blame it on the warm weather, a manager's kick in the ass, whatever you want, but teams are starting to rake. Over the last two weeks, the Brewers, Phillies, Angels, Red Sox, and White Sox all ranked in the top ten in wRC+. This is a good sign, as DFS begins to be a free for all here in the summer.

Giancarlo Stanton Who?

Just kidding Stanton, we all miss you, and get well soon. Justin Bour homered in four consecutive games this week, including all three games against the Giants. He is now into double-digit homers on the season, and is trying to provide some pop in that lineup. Although Bour homered three times he was rarely owned throughout the four games, maybe for a fear of him not continuing his streak. Bour demolished pitches, including this walk-off homer. If you want to say baseball is not a popular sport, just listen to this crowed noise for all six people there. It sounds like game 7 of the World Series.

Holy Rizzo

You have to do something special to crack this list for a non-dfs scoring play, and Anthony Rizzo did. He used cat like reflexes and a swift kick combo to avoid a tag at third base. Daniel Murphy just looks helpless on the play. Rizzo may have superhero powers, or some sort of witchcraft in his body. The Mets may want to have him touch all their bats so they can start hitting the ball. Just a thought.