Yahoo MLB DFS Heart of the Order May 21: Justin Verlander Is Worth Every Penny
Published: May 21, 2022
Today's MLB DFS main slate on Yahoo Fantasy includes five games. Before building those MLB daily fantasy lineups check out the MLB Weather report page and MLB lineups. The Heart of the Order video for Saturday May 21st features a pitcher with a 0.68 WHIP. One of the bats has five home runs and a .459 wOBA against left-handed pitching. Let's jump into the MLB DFS top plays to build around on Yahoo Fantasy. To round out our lineup, check out the MLB daily projections and MLB DFS lineup generator to see what other stars could be big winners for your MLB DFS lineups for Saturday, May 21st. Good luck!
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. went 3-for-5 with a homer, four RBI and two steals as the Yankees bested the Red Sox 9-6 on Friday.
That makes nine homers and nine steals in 34 games for Chisholm, who started the scoring with a three-run homer off the top of the wall in center during the first. He would have been a solid bet to go 30-30 had he been able to start 140 games this season. Alas, he already sat out 28 due to his strained oblique, and there’s a pretty good chance he’ll miss additional time at some point.
Will Warren won despite allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings Friday against the Red Sox.
The Yankees were up 8-1 before Warren gave up a triple and three walks while retiring just one batter in the sixth. It might actually have been better for Warren’s ERA had the game been closer, because then the hook almost certainly would have come more quickly. Still, the win is the bigger deal for fantasy leaguers. Warren has three of those in his last six starts and is 4-3 with a 5.34 ERA overall. He’s a decent play in mixed leagues with the Royals next on the schedule.
Devin Williams worked a hitless ninth with a three-run lead for his seventh save Friday against the Red Sox.
It looked like Williams might open the door for the Red Sox when an awful sequence to Jarren Duran led to a HBP on a 3-0 pitch with one out. However, he rebounded to retire Rafael Devers and Kristen Campbell. Williams improved to 7-for-8 in his save chances this season.
Walker Buehler was pummeled for seven runs — five earned — in two innings by the Yankees on Friday.
Too bad the Bombers couldn’t do that seven months ago. Buehler might not have deserved it anyway, but he didn’t have much luck tonight. Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s three-run homer came on a curve well below the knees and hit the top of the wall before bouncing over. Anthony Volpe’s three-run homer was a 369-footer that would have left three ballparks. Buehler dropped to 4-4 with a 5.18 ERA ahead of a start at home next week against Tampa Bay.
Marcelo Mayer hit his first big-league homer Friday in the loss to the Yankees.
Mayer homered off Will Warren in his second at-bat and then was pulled for a pinch-hitter before he could get a third. That did work out for the Red Sox, as Romy Gonzalez hit a two-run single while batting in his place against lefty Brent Headrick in the sixth. Still, it’s disappointing to see Mayer being treated like this.
Anthony Volpe was removed from Friday night’s game against the Red Sox after being hit by a pitch on the left elbow.
Volpe remained in the game for another couple of innings before being lifted. He did undergo precautionary X-rays and a CT scan which came back negative for any structural damage. He’s considered day-to-day and should return to the Yankees’ lineup before the weekend is through.