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FanDuel fantasy baseball tips: Top 10 batter vs pitcher matchups-6/13-Early edition

By Zachary Thompson

Jun 12, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Colorado Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez (5) hits a home run in the seventh inning in a game against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park. The Marlins won 5-1. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 12, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Colorado Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez (5) hits a home run in the seventh inning in a game against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park. The Marlins won 5-1. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 12, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Colorado Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez (5) hits a home run in the seventh inning in a game against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park. The Marlins won 5-1. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 12, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Colorado Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez (5) hits a home run in the seventh inning in a game against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park. The Marlins won 5-1. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports /

This Saturday, there are ten Major League Baseball games throughout the afternoon and five more tonight. Since there are so many divisional games and players with good matchups, for the first time ever I’ve split my top ten batter vs pitcher matchups into a double edition.  This post focuses on the top 10 from this afternoon’s games while you can click here for the top ten from the five games tonight.

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Batter vs pitcher matchup is an important factor to consider as you put together your lineup for fantasy baseball.  Each morning here on FanSided, you can find the top ten batter vs pitcher matchups to help you pinpoint the best matchups to attack. Since there are so many strong plays today, you should be able to stock up your lineup with players with good track records against their probable opponents.

In this post each day, I try to include a variety of teams and positions to help fill out as much of your lineup as possible. If you find this information helpful and would like to make our coverage part of your fantasy baseball regular routine, set a bookmark on our fantasy baseball hub.  You can also follow @FansidedFantasy on Twitter where I’ll send out links to the articles. I’ll also be glad to answer any questions about your personal fantasy baseball lineup.

If you are looking to try out daily league fantasy baseball today, one option to take a look at is FanDuel by clicking the link in the box above or the link at the end of the post. There are a number of great leagues you can enter this afternoon or tonight today using some of my top 10 batter vs pitcher matchups to fill out your lineup.

So let’s jump right in to the top 10 batter vs pitcher options for this Saturday afternoon, June 13.

10. Joe Mauer-1B-Minnesota Twins: Mauer and the Twins have struggled on the road this season despite great play at home.  They’ll look to turn things around as they take on Colby Lewis tonight in Texas.  Mauer is 5-11 (.455) with a home run and four RBI against Lewis in his career making him worth a look tonight s the first of three 1B on our top ten list for this afternoon.

9. Carlos Gonzalez-OF-Colorado Rockies: CarGo has been stepping things up in June hitting .349 this month with three home runs.  He hasn’t gotten much help from the rest of the Rockies lineup, but he should be able to keep things going tonight as he faces Mat Latos whom he has gone 6-19 (.316) with a double and a pair of home runs against in his career.

8. Jhonny Peralta-SS-St. Louis Cardinals: While Peralta doesn’t have the power numbers of some of the other options on this list against today’s opponent, he does have a solid history against Royals’ righty Jeremy Guthrie.  As the I-95 series continues, give Peralta a look today based on his 9-25 (.360) with three RBI against Guthrie in the past.

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