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Quick LOOGY Notes

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LOOGY stands for Lefty One Out Guy, and it describes pitchers who get called in at critical moments to shut down a left-handed hitting threat. But they are often sub-par against righties, and therefore quickly removed after recording their one out. The Twins will have Pedro Hernandez pitching tonight to...
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How to Afford Harvey

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How to pay for Mets P Matt Harvey ($9,200) today: D’Backs pitcher Brandon McCarthy is not having a good year, and lefties are hitting him .358. Ryan Howard is cold at the plate right now, hitless in his last four, but today may be a day to use him for...
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Saturday Pitching Options

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This is a busy weekend for me, but not so busy that I can’t notice that early rookie-of-the-year candidate P Hyun-Jin Ryu is going to get a chance to eat up some innings against the team that has already been shut out 6 times this year (and held to one...
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Pick on Phils Pt II

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Last night I picked on the Phillies a bit, going with D’Backs starter Corbin. I am repeating, but more on the offensive side. Tonight the Phils are going to send Tyler Cloyd to pitch against the Arizona D’Backs on Friday. You may recall that Cloyd made a couple of decent...
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Picking on Phils

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Yesterday’s pitching pick of Allen Webster was not a good one. I’d like to get back onto winning ways, and I think the way to do it is to against the Phillies tonight and roll with Arizona P Patrick Corbin ($6,700). The Phils had a great three game set against...
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Repeat Wednesday

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On Monday I suggested Maholm on the mound and one hedge hitter against him. Last night I advocated for Eric Stults and one hitter to hedge. In both cases the pitcher produced over 2 points per $1,000 in salary cap space, and the hitters also turned in decent nights (between...
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Darkhorse Pitcher

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Too often I fall into a trap of reacting to one result from the night before and making it my play the next day. That could be what is going on here, but I am willing to do it anyway. After three games against the Phillies where they scored a...
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Go with Maholm

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There is a small slate of games available for daily fantasy baseball tonight, and one pitcher stands out to me as a good value: the Braves Paul Maholm for $6,600. Maholm definitely seems to be a better pitcher with the Braves than he was with the Pirates. His strikeout numbers...
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Howard Heats Up

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1B Ryan Howard is available for only $3,200 in salary on Fan Duel because he has not been having a very good year. But he has had a pretty good weekend against the Marlins. Even with yesterday’s 3 strikeout day, Howard has gone 3 for 8, all extra base hits...
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Saturday Night Bats

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If you missed setting an early roster today like I did, there are still plenty of Saturday night games to support daily fantasy contests at FanDuel. And one of them presents a great chance to pick up a sleeper pitcher. Dodgers rookie pitcher Matt Magill ($3,000) throws strikeouts, gets ground...
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