Fantasy Baseball DFS: Research and analysis for May 24 main slate

If you’re looking to win a quick cash game in DFS, make sure you have these players in your lineup. They have racked up points all season.

MLB DFS can be a tornado of data that can absolutely be overwhelming if you don’t stay organized along the way. Sometimes we can get lost in small details, with varying importance, and become paralyzed by the research itself.

Whatever process you choose to roll with make sure it is one that doesn’t leave you more confused than before you started. For the large MLB main slate, it is imperative to stay focused and be structured with your research.

Luckily for you, I will be doing this for your benefit. In this article, I will present to you several strong plays and five nuggets that support each choice.

Gary Sanchez, (R) C, KC@NYY

The young catcher is back to his power-hitting ways and has been awarded the number two spot in the loaded Yankees lineup. Sanchez has four home runs in just 48 at-bats against right-handed pitchers in 2017.

Since returning from the DL he has gone 17-for-50 with three home runs and nine RBI. The Yanks face the right-handed pitcher, Jason Hammel, who looks all but cooked.

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Hammel has given up six home runs in the past four games and could run into some serious trouble pitching in Yankee Stadium.

In 2017, Sanchez has a 38.6% hard hit rating with a .381 wOBA and .221 ISO when facing righties. He is the type of player I love to pay up while a lot of MLB DFS players pay down for cheap catchers.

Aaron Judge, (R) OF, KC@NYY

I am sticking with the Yankees as their matchup at home against Jason Hammel doesn’t get any better. The Vegas opening line has the Yanks projected to score 5.0 runs.

In Hammel’s last two starts he has given up 22 combined hits, four home runs, and 11 earned runs. Opponents are blasting the ball for an average batted ball distance of 248 feet over those two games.

Stacking Sanchez with the mammoth Judge instantly raises the ceiling of your lineup while also provide a solid floor. Judge leads the Majors with 15 home runs and is a good bet to put another one or two into the bleachers against Hammel.

Over the past two weeks, he’s made hard contact on 45% of batted ball events with an average exit velocity of 95 MPH. All rise for the honorable home run smashing, Aaron Judge.

Corey Dickerson, (L) OF, LAA@TAM

The Rays get to tee off against the right-handed pitcher Ricky Nolasco on Wednesday as the Angels come to town. Nolasco has been getting shelled in his past four starts.

His last start was the first time in four games that he had not given up multiple home runs. Over his nine starts this season Nolasco has given up multiple home runs in six of them. Corey Dickerson is on fire over the past month.

In 2017, Corey has 11 home runs in one hundred and 22 at-bats against righties. His splits against righties are quite comical. In addition to his home runs, he has a .336 batting average and a .435 wOBA. His aforementioned power stroke is buoyed by a ridiculous .336 ISO and 42.6% hard hit rating.

The best part about Dickerson is that he bats leadoff. I cannot wait to plug him in and build around him. He’s going to tee off on Nolasco.

Michael Conforto, (L) OF, SD@NYM

I am sticking with another elite leadoff hitter with Michael Conforto. Against righties in 2017, Michael has belted eight home runs, eight doubles, a triple, 23 RBI, and has 17 walks in just 107 at bats. Half of MLB wishes they had a stat line like that, nevermind it being just his splits versus right-handed pitchers.

Conforto has been on a tear at the plate and just hit another home run while this article is being written. That makes it his third game in the last five that he’s hit at least one home run.

Against righties, Conforto has a .433 wOBA and a .318 ISO. His BABIP sits at .370 and he has a 171 wRC+ rating. In every facet of the game, he is destroying righties. His 44.4% hard hit rating against them is elite.

You have nothing to fear if Jarred Cosart gets pulled early and a lefty comes in because Conforto’s hard hit percentage is 55.6%. These are incredible numbers for a leadoff hitter.

Chris Sale, (L) Pitcher, TEX@BOS

Right now it is unfair how good Sale is on the mound. He has eight straight games with double-digit strikeouts. His only game that he has not had 10 or more was in his first game of the season when he threw a measly seven strikeouts. He faces the Texas Rangers at home and Vegas has projected them to score 3.2 runs, the lowest total on the entire slate.

The Rangers have a handful of hitters with high strikeout ratings but ultimately it really doesn’t matter who steps up to the plate. It’s all on Sale, whether he’s pitching to contact that at bat or going for the strikeout. Against the free-swinging Rangers, he shouldn’t have to worry about his pitch count and I can see him racking up double-digit strikeouts in a hurry.

In 2017, he has an elite .79 WHIP and opposing batters are only hitting .169 against him. He’s done a fantastic job keeping hitters off the base paths. He has a 38.6% strikeout percentage and a 16.4% swinging strike percentage. In addition to his ridiculous strikeout stats, his 1.78 BB/9 and .55 HR/9 are the lowest in his entire career. He’s an early front-runner to win the AL Cy Young award. He’s the ultimate cash game lock at pitcher.

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The day is young and we have plenty of time to organize our research. Roster construction will be imperative to being successful on a ten game slate. Whether you build around these players as one-off plays or add them to a team stack, make sure you make them your core. If they do as well as their matchups say they could, then I will see you at the top of the leaderboards.

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