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 GPP Pitcher

Jake Junis (P), Royals

FanDuelDraftKingsOppFIPK%GB%Opp Run TotalMoneyline
$6,400$5,600Athletics5.5318.8%N/A5.25-106

Jake Junis is my GPP pitcher of the night. Wow. But man he's been good as of late. Oakland is not an offense that I'm scared of, and Junis pitched really well the last time out. This is an interesting slate tonight with all of the stacks that are in play, an the lack of top-tier pitching. Junis is someone I really want on DraftKings, and is a GPP play that I think will be popular but worth it on this slate.

Top GPP Hitters

Charlie Blackmon (OF), Rockies

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Run Total
$5,100$5,800Teheran-R0.4200.28914916.75

It's hard to ignore how good Charlie Blackmon has been this year. He's been the key to this offense's eruption, and should have a big game tonight against the struggling Julio Teheran. Teheran has struggled against opposing left-handed bats this year, and Blackmon has a great chance to take him deep here tonight. Blackmon is expensive on both sites, but for good reason. I like him a lot here tonight. In play in all formats.

Justin Upton (OF), Tigers

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Run Total
$3,900$4,500Perez-L0.4390.29912034.75

Justin Upton has been mashing lefties all year, and gets another one to knock around here tonight in a great ballpark. The Tigers are a very sneaky stack tonight in one of the MLB's top ballparks for hitters. He has been on a tear this season, and should continue to do so here tonight. I like Upton to go deep here, and have a big game. He's one of my favorite GPP plays on the night, and is in play in all formats at his price.

Jonathan Schoop (2B) Orioles

FanDuelDraftKingsOpp Pitcher
& Handedness
wOBA vs RHPISO vs RHPwRC+ vs RHPBatting
Order
Team
Run Total
$3,800$3,800Gallardo-R0.3670.21712135.25

The Orioles are easily my top offense of the night, and I love Jonathan Schoop's upside here on this slate. Schoop has been killing right-handed pitchers this year, and Yovani Gallardo has a tougher time with righties than lefties. Schoop has tons of upside tonight, as do the Orioles as a team, who are my favorite stack of the night. Load up the righties here against Gallardo, but make sure to have Schoop as he, Machado and Mancini are my favorite three from the Orioles tonight.

Dansby Swanson (SS), Braves

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$3,000$2,700Bettis-R0.2330.0753785.25

Dansby Swanson hasn't been good this year. He's split time between AAA and the majors, and is only up right now due to the injury of Johan Camargo. I think this is a great time for him to capitalize, and make a statement that he should be up in the MLB for good. He is ridiculously cheap for being in Coors, and will be significantly under-owned in GPP's. He is a guy I'm looking to plug in to get top stacks, or use as my SS in a Braves stack. GPP only play on this slate.



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