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FanDuel MLB Lineup and Picks for Monday April 23

By Adam Strangis

ARLINGTON, TX - MARCH 29: Josh Reddick No. 22, Carlos Correa No. 1, and George Springer No. 4 of the Houston Astros celebrate the 4-1 win over the Texas Rangers at the Opening Day baseball game at Globe Life Park in Arlington on March 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - MARCH 29: Josh Reddick No. 22, Carlos Correa No. 1, and George Springer No. 4 of the Houston Astros celebrate the 4-1 win over the Texas Rangers at the Opening Day baseball game at Globe Life Park in Arlington on March 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) /
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SAN DIEGO, CA – APRIL 18: Matt Kemp #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats during a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park on April 18, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA – APRIL 18: Matt Kemp #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats during a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park on April 18, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images) /

Outfield, High End Spend

Charlie Blackmon, $5,200

.667/.667/1.333 with 0 HR in 3 at-bats

The Rockies outfielder has a ton of metrics that favor him tonight. First, he’s at home. Secondly, he’s facing a righty pitcher. Through his career, he’s hit righties in Coors to a .339 average, .974 OPS, .229 ISO and a .412 wOBA. Tonight, he gets to face a pitcher who throws a fastball or a curve about 77 percent of the time. Since the start of 2017, Blackmon is third against fastballs and first against the curve. It’s very difficult to find a start or metric not working in Blackmon’s favor. He’s obviously expensive but he’s going to be hard to turn away from tonight.

Also Consider – George Springer, $4,700 and Khris Davis, $4,000

Mid-Range

Mark Canha, $3,000

N/A

Canha represents one of the cheapest ways to get a righty bat against Texas lefty Matt Moore and that’s a situation that we want to target. Moore has been getting whacked by right handers so far this season and it’s an interesting decision between Canha and teammate Stephen Piscotty. Both players are fine choices and I slightly suspect that Piscotty will be higher owned. He carries little more name value and is $100 cheaper. In the extremely small sample size of 2018, Canha is hitting better and could be the better play this evening.

Also Consider – Will Myers, $3,100 and Franchy Cordero, $3,000

Value

Matt Kemp, $2,500

N/A 

Kemp has kind of been the punch line to a bunch of jokes these past few seasons as he’s on the downside of his career. His career totals against lefties are excellent and he’s started hot against them this season as well. It’s only 19 plate appearances but his average and wOBA are sky high and he can actually still be a useful player. At just $2,500, he’s a great way to save some salary and fit in Astros or A’s or your offense of choice.

Also Consider – Max Kepler, $2,400 and Tyler Naquin, $2,200