DFS Amateur Hour - Tuesday Lineups

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Published on July 28, 2015

I set 12 today, one $25 heads up against condia, one $25 MLB Grand Slam tournament entry and 10 $5 MLB Rallys:

Pos	$25 H to H	$	$25 GS	$	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$
P	Price	11400	Iwakuma	7600	Iwakuma	7600	Iwakuma	7600
C	Molina	2400	Schwarber	3300	Lucroy	2900	Perez	2200
1B	Abreu	3200	Encarnacion	4600	Encarnacion	4600	Fielder	3900
2B	Travis	2900	Travis	2900	Travis	2900	Odor	4300
3B	Bryant	3000	Donaldson	4700	Donaldson	4700	Beltre	3400
SS	Ramirez	2800	Ramirez	2800	Ramirez	2800	Escobar	2300
OF	Bautista	4400	Bautista	4400	Bautista	4400	Cain	3800
OF	Garcia	2200	Garcia	2200	Polanco	2500	Bautista	4400
OF	Polanco	2500	Polanco	2500	Soler	2400	Gonzalez	3000
	Total	34800	Total	35000	Total	34800	Total	34900

Pos	RWBC	$	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$
P	Iwakuma	7600	Iwakuma	7600	Fernandez	10700	Fernandez	10700
C	Martin	3400	Gattis	3300	Gattis	3300	Martin	3400
1B	Teixeira	3800	Abreu	3200	Carter	3000	Abreu	3200
2B	Travis	2900	Altuve	4400	Altuve	4400	Cano	3600
3B	Rodriguez	4000	Bryant	3000	Bryant	3000	Franco	3300
SS	Peralta	2900	Correa	3800	Correa	3800	Ramirez	2800
OF	Young	2900	Bautista	4400	Soler	2400	Garcia	2200
OF	Bautista	4400	Polanco	2500	Garcia	2200	Polanco	2500
OF	Colabello	2900	Moss	2600	Denorfia	2200	Gonzalez	3000
	Total	34800	Total	34800	Total	35000	Total	34700

Pos	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$
P	Fernandez	10700	Fernandez	10700	Fernandez	10700	Synderg.	8800
C	Martin	3400	Suzuki	2200	Perez	2200	Schwarber	3300
1B	Santana	3200	Mauer	2400	Abreu	3200	Encarnacion	4600
2B	Cano	3600	Dozier	3800	Cano	3600	Cano	3600
3B	Seager	3000	Sano	2700	Beltre	3400	Bryant	3000
SS	Lindor	2600	Escobar	2300	Ramirez	2800	Correa	3800
OF	Jackson	2600	McCutchen	4600	Bautista	4400	Polanco	2500
OF	Moss	2600	Polanco	2500	Soler	2400	Soler	2400
OF	Holliday	3300	Marte	3700	Garcia	2200	Fowler	2900
	Total	35000	Total	34900	Total	34900	Total	34900

I always start with the pitchers, and today nothing jumped out at me. I liked Syndergaard's matchup and upside, but he's not yet as consistent as a true ace, and I didn't want to load up on him in part because I have him going in a key season-long league too.

I liked David Price as a safe matchup (and used him in my heads up), but he was expensive and only a -111 favorite. Instead, I went with Jose Fernandez in five lineups and Hisashi Iwakuma in five. Fernandez was like Price, but a little cheaper, and Iwakuma was a big favorite, pitching at home and especially cheap. The money saved on the pitcher isn't as big a deal with the softer pricing, but I wanted to take advantage of the Blue Jays at home against lefty Adam Morgan and loaded up on them in several lineups.

Most commonly owned hitters were: Jose Bautista (7), Gregory Polanco (7), Avisail Garcia (5), Alexei Ramirez (5), Jose Abreu (4), Devon Travis (4), Robinson Cano (4), Kris Bryant (4) and Jorge Soler (4).