Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice for April 22

By foxsports
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Everybody plays at 7:05pm (EST) or later and I'm back from Vegas. Let's make some money on your daily fantasy baseball sites tonight! 

5 Things to Watch:

1. First things first, here are the three highest over/unders for Friday, provided by OddsShark...

2. Weather is a concern for MIN/WAS and CHC/CIN tonight. Keep an eye out if you plan on starting Jon Lester.

3. Seven games tonight have an over/under of at least 8.5 total runs. Look for a lot of offense tonight, especially from these games. When lineups are released, aim for punts and other stacks from those games.

4. Coors Field will host the LAD/COL game tonight. The Rockies have scored the third-most runs in baseball (81 runs) and the Dodgers have scored the eighth-most (73 runs). Also, Colorado has scored 38 runs in six home games this season. With neither team as the heavy favorite, it could be wise to make a double-stack from these two clubs.

5. For the BvP crowd, Evan Longoria has a large sample-size against CC Sabathia: 24-64 (.375 AVG) with six home runs and 14 extra-base hits. Carlos Santana doesn't have a great batting average against Justin Verlander, but he makes the contact count. He's 11-53 (.208 AVG) with six home runs.

Yesterday's recap:

John Halpin is three-for-three when it comes to picking must-starts who hit home runs. Three-consecutive Thursdays! Can't wait for that streak to extend next week. Make sure you check out his pick for that day.

Must-Start of the day: Corey Seager, LAD

Seager will bat towards the top of the orrder and he had a solid .259 ISO and .437 wOBA last year against righties.

Deal of the day: Ryan Raburn, COL

He loves left-handed pitching and is playing in a homer-friendly park. Raburn is batting .400 this season against southpaws.

Avoid of the day: Jason Kipnis, CLE

He struggles mightily against Justin Verlander. In his career, Kipnis is 4-42 (.095) with 14 strikeouts against the Tigers ace.

Stack of the day: Houston Astros

The Dodgers and Rockies will likely be in a high-scoring affair. However, there isn't a clear-cut favorite between the two. So, I'll look at the other high over/under games and choose the team with a high projected run total. Houston is about a -140 favorite and should produce some runs against Steven Wright. I'd add Carlos Correa, Colby Rasmus, and potentially any more cheap, right-handed bats in the starting lineup.

Starting pitchers:

Jon Lester, CHC - The Cubs starter on Friday is an expensive arm, but he could be worth every penny. Jake Arrieta pitched a no-hit bid against the Reds on Thursday. Now, Lester gets his turn against Cincinnati. In his last outing, Lester punched out 10 Rockies.

Gio Gonzalez, WAS - He's only allowed one combined earned run in his first two outings of the season, and it was a home run (Carlos Ruiz). Last year, at Nationals Park, Gonzalez was 6-4 with a 3.35 ERA. His opponent, the Twins, have struck out the ninth-most times this season (130 Ks).

Aaron Nola, PHI - He's a cheap option who has 10.9 K/9 this season. The Brewers have also struck out 138 times this year (fifth-most).

Andrew Cashner, SD - In your two-starting pitcher DFS sites, Cashner is a solid salary relief player. In three games this year, he's struck out at least five batters. The Cardinals have the eighth-most strikeouts of 2016 (131 Ks).

Catchers:

Yasmani Grandal, LAD - He had a .185 ISO against righties last year and the Dodgers should score plenty in Colorado.

Welington Castillo, ARI - Last year, he had a .228 ISO against lefties. Castillo also took Thursday off, so he should start on Friday.

Tony Wolters, COL - Add him to your Rockies stack.

First basemen:

Paul Goldschmidt, ARI - In 2015, he had a whopping .256 ISO against southpaws.

Adrian Gonzalez, LAD - He had a .230 ISO against righties in 2015.

Chris Davis, BAL - He had an amazing .350 ISO against RHP in 2015.

Second basemen:

Jose Altuve, HOU - Great addition to the Astros stack.

Jonathan Schoop, BAL - Could be a decent pick to save money. He had a .262 ISO against righties last year.

Third basemen:

Justin Turner, LAD - I'm looking for as much exposure to LAD/COL as I can get. Turner had two ABs yesterday, so he should be back in the starting lineup today.

Kris Bryant, CHC - Last year, he had a .215 ISO against righties.

Evan Longoria, TB - (See "5 Things")

Yasmany Tomas, ARI - In the past week, Tomas has a .379 AVG with three home runs. He hits lefties well, too.

Shortstops:

Corey Seager, LAD - "Must-start of the day."

Carlos Correa, HOU - You almost can't have an Astros stack without including Correa.

Outfielders:

Joc Pederson, LAD - Moved to the cleanup spot yesterday. Last year, he had a .214 ISO against righties.

Colby Rasmus, HOU - He hit two home runs last night. In 2015, Rasmus had a .243 ISO against RHP.

Carlos Gonzalez, COL - More bats for LAD/COL. Scott Kazmir also struggles against left-handed hitters.

J.D. Martinez, DET - Detroit is the sleeper stack of the day. Martinez had a .248 ISO against righties last year.

Justin Upton, DET - Continuing with Detroit, Upton had a .227 ISO against righties in 2015.

Ryan Raburn, COL - "Deal of the day."