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MLB DFS Picks and Pivots: July 16 – A Spark-Lynn slate!

By Brian Tulloch

ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - JUNE 28: Lance Lynn #35 of the Texas Rangers pitches during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on June 28, 2019 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - JUNE 28: Lance Lynn #35 of the Texas Rangers pitches during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on June 28, 2019 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – APRIL 14: Nolan Arenado #28 of the Colorado Rockies is congratulated by Trevor Story #27 after hitting a three run home run against the San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning at Oracle Park on April 14, 2019 in San Francisco, California. The Colorado Rockies defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-0. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images) /

MLB DFS – Building Our Bats:

Let’s not pretend there is any other place to start here tonight with our bats than Coors Field and while the nightcap was a massive let down on Monday, any time there is a lefty in Coors – the first two guys in my builds are going to be Trevor Story and Nolan Arenado.

When you factor in that the opposing lefty is Drew Pomeranz, a pitcher with a .275 ISO mark to RHB this season, Story and Arenado simply become building block type plays that you ignore ownership and just lock-in.

Since the start of 2018, the Rockies have 5 of their top 6 bats in the line-up with .200+ ISO marks against LHP with Arenado leading the crew at a massive .348 clip but with Story at .284 and Ian Desmond at .265, there is a path here to an all-in stack or a mini three-man righty based build to go against Pomeranz’s struggles with RHB.

Much like Monday Night, this offensive slate comes back to the same two teams for me – the Rockies and Dodgers. After bludgeoning Zach Eflin and the Phillies bullpen last night, the Dodgers left-handed heavy roster gets to face-off with another RHP who struggles with lefties in Vincent Velazquez.

VV has given up a .255 ISO mark to LHB since the start of 2018 and the same trio we mentioned yesterday – Cody Bellinger, Joc Pederson and Max Muncy – all have .280+ ISO marks against RHP since the start of last season.

At home versus LHB this season, Velazquez as given up 3.2 HR/9 and a 60% fly-ball rate which when you are throwing your fastball nearly 70% of the time to LHB at the Major League level is likely a reason for the bloated metrics.

A Dodgers/Rockies core is once again front and center here today in all formats!