Dream11 Fantasy NPB: Buffaloes at Marines

Juan Pablo Aravena breaks down Sunday's Chiba Lotte Marines vs. Orix Buffaloes game in Nippon Professional Baseball for Dream11 contests.
Dream11 Fantasy NPB: Buffaloes at Marines

Chiba Lotte Marines (7-1) vs Orix Buffaloes (1-7)

Sunday, June 28th, 5:00 AM EDT

Projected starters

RHP Manabu Mima (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

Game Preview

The Marines and the Buffaloes have had opposite seasons so far. The Marines currently sit at the top of the Pacific League with a 7-1 mark following the first eight games and have won each of their last seven contests. The Buffaloes, on the other hand, sit at the bottom with a 1-7 mark and five straight losses. On paper, the Marines are strong candidates to complete the sweep here. The pitching matchup for this contest will feature Manabu Mima for the Marines and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Buffaloes. Both are coming off a win in their opening starts of the campaign, although Yamamoto was more impressive, tossing eight scoreless innings, fanning 10 and allowing just three hits. That start led to the Buffaloes' lone win of the season.

Marines Expected Lineup

CF – Shuhei Fukuda

DH – Katsuya Kakunaka

LF – Takashi Ogino

3B – Brandon Laird

RF – Leonys Martin

2B – Shogo Nakamura

C – Tatsuhiro Tamura

SS – Yudai Fujioka

1B – Seiya Inoue

Buffaloes Expected Lineup

1B – Takahiro Okada

DH – Aderlin Rodriguez

LF – Masataka Yoshida

RF – Adam Jones

3B – Keita Nakagawa

2B – Koji Ohshiro

C – Kenya Wakatsuki

SS – Ryoichi Adachi

CF – Shunta Gotoh

Top picks

Brandon Laird, Marines: Laird has averaged 30 home runs per

Chiba Lotte Marines (7-1) vs Orix Buffaloes (1-7)

Sunday, June 28th, 5:00 AM EDT

Projected starters

RHP Manabu Mima (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

Game Preview

The Marines and the Buffaloes have had opposite seasons so far. The Marines currently sit at the top of the Pacific League with a 7-1 mark following the first eight games and have won each of their last seven contests. The Buffaloes, on the other hand, sit at the bottom with a 1-7 mark and five straight losses. On paper, the Marines are strong candidates to complete the sweep here. The pitching matchup for this contest will feature Manabu Mima for the Marines and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Buffaloes. Both are coming off a win in their opening starts of the campaign, although Yamamoto was more impressive, tossing eight scoreless innings, fanning 10 and allowing just three hits. That start led to the Buffaloes' lone win of the season.

Marines Expected Lineup

CF – Shuhei Fukuda

DH – Katsuya Kakunaka

LF – Takashi Ogino

3B – Brandon Laird

RF – Leonys Martin

2B – Shogo Nakamura

C – Tatsuhiro Tamura

SS – Yudai Fujioka

1B – Seiya Inoue

Buffaloes Expected Lineup

1B – Takahiro Okada

DH – Aderlin Rodriguez

LF – Masataka Yoshida

RF – Adam Jones

3B – Keita Nakagawa

2B – Koji Ohshiro

C – Kenya Wakatsuki

SS – Ryoichi Adachi

CF – Shunta Gotoh

Top picks

Brandon Laird, Marines: Laird has averaged 30 home runs per season over the last three years, and he's gotten off to a strong start in 2020 with four home runs over his first eight contests. He has gone 9-for-28 at the plate this season and has quickly established himself as one of the most dangerous hitters in the league.

Manabu Mima, Marines: Mima struck out nine and allowed just one run in five innings during his first start of the season. He has the possibility to deliver another strong performance considering how much the Buffaloes have struggled to begin the season.

Ryoichi Adachi, Buffaloes: Adachi has put up decent numbers to start the season, going 6-for-16 with a home run, two RBI and a stolen base for the struggling Buffaloes. He seems to be one of the team's most reliable bats.

Seiya Inoue, Marines: Inoue might hit near the bottom of the order most games, but that hasn't stopped him from doing damage. He's hitting .364 (8-for-22) and has already racked up seven RBI and one home run.

Captaincy Options

1. Brandon Laird

2. Manabu Mima

3. Ryoichi Adachi

Dream11 Team

P – Manabu Mima (VC)

C – Masato Matsui

IF – Shogo Nakamura

IF – Brandon Laird (C)

IF – Seiya Inoue

IF – Ryoichi Adachi

IF – Kenji Nishimaki

OF – Leonys Martin

OF – Yusuke Matsui

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