The ball was flying in Yankee Stadium last night, as Manny Machado hit the longest home run of the season – 470 feet. Â Judge had another home run that had the fastest exit velocity of the season. However the real excitement came when the Yankees scored 3 in the 9th to tie and then won it in the 10th. Madison Bumgarner is most likely out until the All Star break. Â The Giants were the best team at the All Star break last year, and it doesn’t seem like that will be the case this year.
We have a full slate of games today so let’s get to it.
Low-Scoring Plays
Los Angeles Angels @ Texas Rangers – Â The Angels are struggling this season as they are 20th in the league in runs scored. Â They are batting .238 as a team and they are batting .232 off of Yu Darvish. Â Darvish has 31 K’s in 5 appearances this season. Â On the other side, Chavez is 2-3 on the season. Â However, he has played well against the Rangers in his career as they have .262 off of him with 4 home runs in 90 at bats.
Targets: Darvish, Napoli, Andrus
Oakland Athletics @ Houston Astros – Andrew Triggs is a pick that I always love. Â He is 3-1 on the season with a 2.42 ERA. Â The only downfall is he doesn’t strike out a lot of batters. Â He averages 15.6 points per game and which is a good play for $6800. Â Houston had a strong offensive night last night look for them to be shut down tonight.
Targets: Triggs Plouffe, Vogt
High-Scoring Play
New York Mets @ Washington Nationals – The Mets finally broke their losing streak as they scored some runs without Cespedes. Â Two nights ago the Nationals scored 16 runs so it could have been expected that they wouldn’t score a lot last night – if you count 5 as a little. Look for the Nationals to bounceback and jump all over Zach Wheeler. Â I even like Strasburg as a play.
Targets: Strasburg, Turner, Harper
Undervalued Plays
Andrew Triggs – SP – OAK – I targeted him above but I love this play. Â Greinke was cheap early in the season but now his price has rose. Â Look for Triggs to fill this spot where you used to use Greinke. Â He is a good pitcher and can give you a solid 20 points any given start.
Robinson Chirinos – C – TEX – Chirinos didn’t play last night so he should be rested up. Â For $3000 you can get a catcher batting .364 with 4 homeruns. Â If he is in the starting lineup today grab him because he will be a steal.
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