Daily Fantasy: 3 Cheap Pitching Options for June 25 (All Day)

For those looking for cheap pitching options for their daily fantasy roster, here are three pitchers that are worth using for Saturday June 25.

Despite the controversy surrounding the game, daily fantasy sports are still big in this country. Fantasy owners looking to win a few bucks, have bragging rights over their friends, or need a rush compared to their season-long league should target these three cheap pitchers for the June 25 slate.

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The prices I reference are based off DraftKings website. I’ve used the site before am familiar with their roster structure. My price for cheap is anything under $7,000. More than that qualifies as less of a bargain play.

DraftKings have a list of the pitchers that, unless something last-minute happens like Stephen Strasburg, will be pitching on Saturday.

My recommendations, along with price, will obviously be based on matchup and current trends. All of these factor into my suggestions. So, without further ado, here are the best cheapest pitchers to use on your roster.

Jered Weaver, vs OAK, $6,400

Choosing Weaver is based more on recency bias than his full-season stats. In his last start, on the road against Oakland, he pitched a three-hit shutout. The only negative is that he only had one strikeout. He ended with 28.9 fantasy points. Using him last week would have been the better bargain, but this is still a good price.

The Oakland Athletics offense have not hit well this month. They have a .249/.305/.382 line with 16 home runs (29th), 66 RBI (29th) and 68 runs scored (29th). With no true power hitter, Weaver should have no problem keeping the A’s off the bases.

Jake Peavy, vs PHI, $6,900

Just a couple hundred dollars more, Peavy has a good matchup on Saturday and he faces the Philadelphia Phillies. He’s averaged 10.9 points per game this season and has 20-plus-point games in three of his last four games, against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays.

The Phillies, very similar to the A’s, have a bad offense. There are some players worth owning in season-long formats, but from a day-to-day basis, there is no one that scares you. The team is hitting .223/.270/.398 this month. While they do have 23 home runs and 77 RBI, they do have 171 strikeouts.

Peavy isn’t primarily a strikeout guy, but he did have eight in his last outing. The benefit is that he doesn’t let many opposing baserunners get on base. Over his last five starts, 30.2 innings, he has allowed 20 hits and five walks, 0.815 WHIP.

Tyler Anderson, vs ARI, $6,800

Of the three pitchers listed, Anderson has the fewest amount of games played, two. The Colorado Rockies recalled Anderson June 11 and he made his first start the next day. He went 6.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits and struck out six. His next outing was worse, but not by much.

He went 5.2 innings and gave up two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four. The highlight is that he induces a lot of ground balls. Over his first two games, he’s induced 22 grounders compared to just six fly balls.

Anderson faces the Arizona Diamondbacks, an offense that is struggling in June. They are 12th in home runs, 19th in RBI, 18th in batting average and first in strikeouts. The power is there, but the lineup is swinging for the fences and missing more than usual. This could be a prime time to use Anderson for the potential double-digit strikeout game.

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However you go about structuring your lineup, I recommend using at least one of these pitchers. You could use two and go upper-tier with your offense, but you want one ace in your lineup. Daily fantasy is a bit trickier than the season-long variety, but it is more fun.

There is a lot more strategy that goes into constructing your lineup and using cheap pitchers with good matchups is one of those tactics. Whichever way you go, I wish your lineup luck.

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