Every day this season, our team shares who we believe has the best chance to leave the yard. From one-off plays to core parts of daily stacks, we hope this fun article will help you build winning MLB DFS lineups along the way.
As always, FantasyCruncher has several daily articles from pitching to stacking, to home run picks, to general cheat sheets to help you build your daily lineups. And the best news, it is all free! This year for 2022, we are changing up the scoring for the home run calls to be weighted based on the player’s salary. If one of our writers chooses a player with a salary over $5,000 it will be worth 0.5 points. Between $4-$4.9k is 1 point, $3-$3.9k is 2 points, and anyone $2.9k or below is worth 3 points. In terms of salary, we are going off of DraftKings salary for this article. Again, the scoring system is just a fun and friendly competition between our MLB content writers.
Today’s Picks
James: Julio Rodriguez ($6,000) – The long ball for Glenn Otto doesn’t kill him, but pitching games at home in Texas does. When Otto pitches at home he is allowing a 1.87 WHIP, 8.07 ERA, and an opponent average of .300. Righties are tagging him for a .293 average and the Mariners just won their 12th straight. The hitting environment in Texas heavily leans hitters and the Rangers used five different arms on Saturday. One last slate before the All-Star Game so I am sticking with the young superstar here.
Zach: Rhys Hoskins ($4,800) – Trevor Rogers has taken a major step back this year, seeing his ERA more than double (5.42 vs 2.64) with his HR/FB more than doubling as well. RHBs have a .357 wOBA against Rogers this year, with a 1.36 HR/9 which is nearly 3x higher than the split vs LHBs. Couple that with Hoskins’ prowess against LHP (174 wRC+, 1.002 OPS, .312 ISO) and you have yourself a situation where the Philly 1B could easily take advantage.
Jared: Carlos Santana ($3,300) – Santana was my pick a couple of nights ago, and unfortunately he was out of the lineup due to a family emergency. Of course, he comes back his next game and goes yard in his next opportunity. Nevertheless, he remains a strong hitter with power in great recent form, and I am more than happy to go back to the well here. He leads his team in barrel rate (13.3%) in his last 5 games and holds a .500 ISO, 204 wRC+ and .449 wOBA that time, too. Meanwhile, Glenn Otto hasn’t been going deep into games lately and should last only 4 or 5 innings before coughing things up to a below-average TEX bullpen, so I like his chances to leave the yard here today once again.
Overall Standings
| James | 24.5 (21 total home runs) |
| Zach | 36.5 (22 total home runs) |
| Jared | 28 (18 total home runs) |
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