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FanDuel Lineup and Picks for Monday, May 7

By Adam Strangis

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: Stephen Strasburg
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LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 21: Stephen Strasburg #37 of the Washington Nationals pitches during the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on April 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 21: Stephen Strasburg #37 of the Washington Nationals pitches during the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on April 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

Nationals at Padres

Nationals Probable Starter – Stephen Strasburg, RHP

3.47 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 10.14 K/9

Vs LHH – .227 average, .305 wOBA and 18.4 hard contact rate

Vs RHH – .203 average, .263 wOBA and 34.8 hard contact rate

This is going to be short and sweet on this side of the ball. If you want to cash any 50/50 you play, just go ahead and lock in Strasburg in the pitching slot. He’s in a great spot because the Padres have the highest strikeout percentage against righties in baseball. Strasburg is the chalkiest play of the night and I won’t make the mistake of not playing him like I did Max Scherzer yesterday.

Padres Hitters to Target

Elite Options – None

Secondary Options – Eric Hosmer, Travis Janakowski

Padres Probable Starter – Tyson Ross, RHP

3.28 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 10.09 K/9

Vs LHH – .297 average, .342 wOBA and 39.1 hard contact rate

Vs RHH – .146 average, .196 wOBA and 33.3 hard contact rate

Seeing Tyson Ross be productive this year is pretty surprising as he faced an uncertain future when he needed thoracic outlet surgery in 2016. At least by the splits, there’s really only two Nationals hitters we should think about tonight. It’s Bryce Harper and Matt Adams. Harper is always in play and seems to like hitting leadoff. Matt Adams is interesting but I just have a hard time paying so much for him. He’s near $4,000 and that’s elite hitter territory. Other than those two, I’m mostly off the Nationals tonight. Ross looks like he could be back to pre-surgery levels and that’s not someone I want to target.

Nationals Hitters to Target

Elite Options – Bryce Harper

Secondary Options – Matt Adams

Home Run Pick – Wilmer Difo

DETROIT, MI – APRIL 22: Eric Skoglund #53 of the Kansas City Royals pitches to Nicholas Castellanos #9 of the Detroit Tigers during a MLB game at Comerica Park on April 22, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. The Royal defeated the Tigers 8-5. (Photo by Dave Reginek/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Eric Skoglund; Nicholas Castellanos
DETROIT, MI – APRIL 22: Eric Skoglund #53 of the Kansas City Royals pitches to Nicholas Castellanos #9 of the Detroit Tigers during a MLB game at Comerica Park on April 22, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. The Royal defeated the Tigers 8-5. (Photo by Dave Reginek/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Eric Skoglund; Nicholas Castellanos /

Sample Lineup

P – Stephen Strasburg

C/1B – James McCann

2B – Alen Hanson

3B – Alex Bregman

SS – Brandon Crawford

OF – Michael Conforto, Odubel Herrera, Leonys Martin

Utility – Nicholas Castellanos

Strasburg is 100 percent locked in for tonight so now we just need to build the offense around him. I want to pick on Matt Moore a bunch, so we have three Tigers isn the lineup. That could change if Castellanos is still sick tomorrow, but we’ll have plenty of notice on that one. From there, we get a couple of cheaper Giant bats. Sprinkle in Conforto, Herrera and Bregman and the lineup looks solid on paper.

Stacks to Consider – Tigers(at Texas), Phillies or Giants, Astros(at Oakland)

Next: MLB: Top 30 leadoff hitters of all-time

As always, may fortune be on your side and make sure to follow me on Twitter @bucn4life as MLB allows late swap. If there’s a late scratch and/or lineup cards aren’t put in for the late games, this article will always be updated on Twitter ASAP.