Top Tier
Bryce Harper, OF PHI - Harper’s incredible season continued on Saturday homering for the 34th time this year. He has hit 19 in the second half and has hit .347 with an OPS of 1.230 too. Harper has a fantastic match-up against a righty in Max Kranick who has struggled mightily. Kranick has allowed LHH to bat .349 with a .950 OPS and a .405 wOBA. Harper himself has dominated right-handed pitchers, hitting 30 HR with a .470 wOBA himself. Hard to ignore.
Marcus Semien, 2B TOR - There’s no reason Semien should be under 5K but here we are...he’s under 5K on DK. He homered for the 43rd time of the year on Saturday, which tied the record for second baseman. He’s homered three times over his last seven games, too. 33 of them have come against righties to pair with a .920 OPS. Griffin Jax has been bad this year, allowing both righties and lefties to tee off on him. Righties have a .370 wOBA against Jax this year and have taken him deep 14 times in just 43 innings. Love Semien and all the Jays, to be honest.
Mid Tier
Cedric Mullins, OF BAL - Whoever is on the mound, whether it’s Dunning or Allard, is in trouble facing off against Mullins. He hits righties at a .310 clip and has a near 1.000 OPS and against lefties, he has an .811 OPS and .348 wOBA as well. Dane Dunning has allowed a 38% hard-hit rate to LHH this year, which is a BAD sign considering this game is being played in Camden Yards. Mullins has 30 homers and 30 steals. He can do anything and everything and this is a match-up to show off all his skills.
Mike Zunino, C TB - There have been a handful of batters this year better than Zunino against southpaws and he gets a very hittable one here. Against left-handed hurlers, Zunino is slashing .343/.418/.870 with a .520 OPS. On the flipside of this match-up, Jesús Luzardo has allowed 18 homers to righties. Not good, Bob. It’s a .578 SLG% for RHH along with a .405 wOBA against Luzardo. This is dangerous waters and he can’t miss against Zunino here because he’ll make him pay.
Value Tier
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B STL - How hilarious is it to see Goldy’s price tag at 3.8K? Despite hitting .385 over his last 10 games, despite hitting .353 in September and despite hitting .337 since the All-Star break? VERY hilarious. His 1.100 OPS and .474 wOBA in September are elite numbers as well. Keegan Thompson, Cubs SP, has deceiving numbers. He has a 2.38 ERA as a reliever but that number is over SIX as a starter.
Ian Happ, OF CHC - I love the price here for Happ. It’s very hard to ignore on this Sunday slate. Happ has been tremendous all month, slashing .354/.416/.684 with a .456 wOBA to boot. He’s also swiped three bags over his last 10 games, which is a nice little bonus too. Happ’s opponent is Jake Woodford and Woodford has struggled with lefties this year, allowing a .318 AVG and a .367 wOBA.