DraftKings/Streamer Pitcher Rankings for Wednesday, June 10

Below you’ll find DFS and streamer rankings for Wednesday, June 10. I’m only focusing on the late games. Specifically, pitchers playing in the night games, I classified the pitchers by category and they’re ranked from best to worst in each category. I didn’t write about all the pitchers, but I chose the best options available. You’ll find the pitcher’s name, the DraftKings salary and where the game is being played.

Must Starts

Matt Harvey: $10,700 – SF

Harvey against a Giants offense that is missing Hunter Pence is too good to pass up. Some fantasy players may be wary to use Harvey because the Mets offense was no-hit last night, but I’m not worried about Harvey performing well. If you remove Lucas Duda, the Mets are a bad Triple-A offense, which means it’s going to be a struggle for the Mets to score runs. However, it’s going to be more of challenge against above average pitchers like Chris Heston, but not against below average pitchers like Tim Hudson.

Jake Arrieta: $9,800 – @DET

If you look at any advanced statistic Arrieta is a top ten starting pitcher in the majors, but there is always a slight hesitation any time a pitcher faces the Tigers, who have the seventh highest wOBA and hard hit average against righties. Arrieta has a very high percentage of providing a quality start, but his point potential is limited and a lot lower than the pitchers in the Almost Starts category. Arrieta has more value in double up format and less in a GPP.

Almost Starts

Tyson Ross: $9,300 – @ATL

Ross has a high variance skill set. He walks a lot of batters, generates a lot of ground balls (the most in the majors) and has a well above average strikeout rate. I’ve been hesitant to recommend Ross in the past, but on paper this seems like a great the matchup. However, the Braves offense is not as inadequate as I thought. They had high BABIP April so their season data is a little muddled. If you look only from May until now they are 15th and 14th in the majors in wOBA and hard hit rate. Ross should be able to perform well, but he’s not a lock.

Trevor Bauer: $8,700 – SEA

I’ve been a fan of Bauer’s fantasy and real life potential for the past three seasons. However, I always have to say when you start him you’re playing with fire because he’s a high walk pitcher and can lose command of the strike zone from batter to batter. However, this year he’s pitched better as the season has progressed and now he’s facing an OBP challenged Mariners offense. The Mariners are 20th in the majors in walks (12th against righties), which is higher than I thought. Also, they have third highest strikeout rate against righties. The Mariners are three outcome offense and if Bauer limits the home runs he should do very well.

High Risk, High Reward

Jose Quintana: $6,800 – HOU

The Astros have the highest strikeout rate against lefties this season, but they’re tenth in hard hit average so it’s going to be feast or famine for Quintana. I’ve been on record that he should improve his ERA and WHIP because his underlying peripherals suggest he was going to positively regress.

Brett Anderson: $6,600 – ARI

For the year Anderson has a third best soft hit average among starting pitchers. Also, he has the second best ground ball rate. For the year, the Diamondbacks have the second highest ground ball rate in the majors; against lefties they’re fourth. He should be able to generate a lot of ground balls and if the BABIP gods are nice he should have a nice game.

Jesse Hahn: $6,900 – TEX

I said two weeks ago Hahn has pitched better than his ERA and WHIP would indicate. Since I wrote that, in three starts, he has a 1.64 ERA, 0.864 WHIP and 3.5 percent walk rate. On the downside, during that same stretch, he only has a 16.5 percent strikeout rate. With the Rangers middle of the order hitters being left handed this matchup is a neutral one.

Edison Volquez: $6,700 – @MIN

Despite their record I’m not a fan of the Twins offense. To this point they’ve been incredibly lucky. Example, for the year are 24th in the majors in wOBA and 29th in wOBA against righties. I’ve been on record on previous DFS rankings that I’m not a fan of Volquez’s skill set, but against this matchup he is worth looking at.

Jered Weaver: $7,100 – @TB

The reason why Weaver could be useful is the ballpark and the lineup he’s facing. Weaver has a fly ball lean, but the ballpark is one of the best at limiting home runs. Also, the Rays have the second lowest hard hit rate and are 22nd in wOBA against righties in the majors.

Wei-Yin Chen: $7,000 – BOS

Since he’s a lefty and doesn’t throw an adjective that’s mostly used to describe him is crafty, but he’s better than that. Since he plays in a hitter’s ballpark you would think he has a wide home-road platoon split, but he has basically the same stats at home and on the road. The Red Sox are 25th in the majors wOBA and 23rd in hard hit rate against lefties. Chen has a fly ball lean, which makes him dangerous in that ballpark, but he could also throw seven innings and strike out 6-7.

No Thanks, But I’ll Pass

Taijuan Walker: $7,200 – @CLE

I’ve had reservations about Walker as a starting pitcher for two years and I’ve written about him extensively. The bottom line is I’m only using him in the best matchups.

Yovani Gallardo: $7,400 – @OAK

For the year the A’s have the sixth highest OPS against righties for the season. Since the game is in Oakland and Gallardo has the skill set of an average makes him a stream worth option in deep mixed leagues, but there’s too much downside.

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