San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Spread: Giants -112

Total: 7.0

**Please note that players not listed below are not necessarily a complete fade and any player listed can certainly be used as the MVP/Captain. These are merely suggestions for players to use when setting Showdown lineups.

MVP/Captain

Logan Webb, SP SF – Webb was unbelievable this season for the Giants and that success came against these Dodgers hitters as well as he held them to just four runs over 23.2 innings while striking out 27. We saw Webb toss 7.2 innings of shutout baseball against the Dodgers in this series while striking out 10. He is the gorse of this Giants staff right now and it’s hard not to think he doesn’t get them to the NLCS tonight.

Buster Posey, C SF – Big time BvP matchup here if you believe in those sort of things as Posey is 9-for-18 with three doubles in his career off Julio Urías. Posey hit .365 with an OPS of 1.051 against LHP this season as well. He had a great season after taking last year off and he is in a perfect spot tonight.

Justin Turner, 3B LAD – If looking for a Dodgers player to play tonight then maybe Turner is your guy. He is 3-for-7 with three doubles in his career off Logan Webb. Turner is not having a great series but maybe he sees the ball well out of the hand of Webb and could be a catalyst if the Dodgers are going to come away with this one with a victory.

Julio Urías, SP LAD – I hate that they are using an Opener to start the game because I have to wonder if it impacts a pitcher like Urias who is used to taking the ball right out of the gate. That said, Urias had a fantastic season for the Dodgers and pitched well against these Giants as well, going 3-1 with a 3.15 ERA while striking out 38 over 34.1 innings.

UTIL

Mookie Betts, OF LAD – He homered last night and we know he is a special player. He is 5-for-16 in this series and while Betts has not had a great season, he is a player that impacts the game both with his power and speed upside.

Evan Longoria, 3B SF – Longoria mashed left-handed pitching this season, hitting .318 with an OPS of 1.088 on the year. Against Urias during his career he is 4-for-16. Longoria homered in this series already and has hits in back-to-back games.

Trea Turner, 2B LAD – He is expensive, but much like Betts, he is a player that can win you a slate with his power and speed upside. If you want to use him as your MVP/CPT tonight I wouldn’t blame you there either. He is a special player that went 2-for-5 with a double in Game 4.

Kris Bryant, OF SF – While the Dodgers are going with relief pitcher Corey Knebel as the opener we know that Julio Urías is expected to see the bulk of the work for tonight’s matchup for the Dodgers. Bryant handled left-handed pitching well this season, posting an OPS over .900. He is also 4-for-13 with a home run off Urias in his career.

Corey Seager, SS LAD – Left-handed hitters have a .260 average against Webb this season with a close to .700 OPS so if there was a hitter that could have the splits advantage here tonight for the Dodgers it would be someone like Seager who came into this series on a heater and has four hits in the four games to this point, including a two-hit effort in Game 4.

Chris Taylor, OF LAD – If looking for another BvP type play then Taylor could be your man. He is 4-for-13 with a home run off Webb in their prior meetings. He is hitless in his last two games but did go 2-for-4 with three runs scored in Game 1.

Dart Throw

Cody Bellinger, 1B LAD – We said that lefties are the ones with the better splits against Webb and while Bellinger did not have a good season he did collect two hits in Game 4 and had a double in Game 2. He is 3-for-13 with a double in his career off Logan Webb.

Wilmer Flores, 1B SF – Another good splits/BvP matchup here. Flores had an OPS over .800 against LHP while hitting .288. He is also 4-for-15 with an RBI in his career off Urias.