Identifying the top high salary and value first baseman plays from around Major League Baseball for your June 21 DraftKings lineup.
Our goal is to help you win DraftKings contests with consistently strong lineups. To accomplish that, we’ll be highlighting some higher salary players worth paying up for, and some value picks that will help you save salary in key areas. These picks are specifically for DraftKings lineups, so all references to prices and fantasy points are based on DK figures.
As always, be sure to double-check final MLB lineups and monitor weather situations before locking in your DFS lineups.
High Salary
Chris Davis, Orioles (5,400): Davis hasn’t homered since going deep in five straight games earlier in the month of June, but he has a nice chance to change that on Tuesday. The Orioles host the San Diego Padres and rookie right-hander Luis Perdomo (2-2, 8.79 ERA) in what is expected to be a high-scoring game. Davis isn’t cheap, but he could be due for a monster game.
Edwin Encarnacion, Blue Jays (5,300): Encarnacion has been red-hot in June, hitting .317 with eight home runs. The Blue Jays, winners of seven of their last 10 games, are also beginning to heat up. Toronto welcomes the Arizona Diamondbacks and lefty Patrick Corbin to the Rogers Centre on Tuesday. Encarnacion is hitting .283 against left-handers, so he’s a strong play.
High Value
Justin Bour, Marlins (3,700): Bour has been on a little run of late, going a combined 7-for-13 with a home run and four RBIs over his last four starts. He’s in a great spot to continue that success Tuesday against Atlanta Braves righty Bud Norris (2-7, 4.81 ERA). Bour is 2-for-2 in his career against Norris and has hit all 11 of his home runs this season against right-handers.
Mark Reynolds, Rockies (3,200): Reynolds is probably more of a GPP play, but again, the game between New York and Colorado in the Bronx should be high-scoring. Reynolds offers a reasonably priced avenue for exposure to the game. Reynolds homered twice on Monday, an encouraging sign for a player that once hit 44 home runs in a season.
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