Chicago Cubs (Wood) at Pittsburgh Pirates (Liriano)
Another game where I’m just staying away from both pitchers. The Cubs are actually a top-5 team in baseball against left-handed pitching while the Pirates aren’t bad (mid-pack). Also, Wood just hasn’t pitched well this year and hasn’t had a real dominant performance in a month and a half.
Anthony Rizzo is on a pretty good heater right now but he’s a bit expensive to really trust him against a lefty. I’m looking at a couple of their other infielders that have pretty good prices for tonight, though. Pittsburgh also has a couple of guys I’m looking at but may pay the price of admission for Andrew McCutchen tonight. He’s murdered lefty pitching this year and is on a pretty good tear right now. Like the other, though, we’ll see how the weather plays out.
Starlin Castro (CHC-SS) – $5174
Mike Olt (CHC-3B) – $2793
Andrew McCutchen (PIT-OF) – $9283
Jordy Mercer (PIT-SS) – $4125