Yahoo Fantasy Baseball - MLB DFS Heart Of The Order June 11: Wheelin' and Dealin' With Zack Wheeler
Published: Jun 11, 2022
Today's MLB DFS main slate on Yahoo Fantasy includes 11 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 June 11th features Zack Wheeler, who has a 1.61 ERA over his last seven starts. Bobby Witt Jr. has multiple hits in three straight games. Let's jump into the MLB DFS top plays to build around on Yahoo Fantasy.
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X-rays returned negative on Julio RodrÃguez’s ankle after leaving Saturday’s game against the Angels.
The Mariners are calling RodrÃguez day-to-day, and manager Dan Wilson told reporters after the loss to Los Angeles that the team is optimistic that RodrÃguez can avoid a stint on the injured list. The outfielder was confident that he’s avoided a significant injury as well, noting that the swelling has already gone down after he wa hit in the ankle by a Randy Arozarena line drive while RodrÃguez was attempting to steal third. Seattle might be more cautious than that, but it does seem very likely he’s avoided a long-term setback.
Caleb Durbin went 2-for-4 with a walkoff homer as the Brewers edged the Padres 4-3 on Saturday.
The Padres decided against using Robert Suarez in a tie game in the ninth, and Durbin immediately walked it off with a homer off David Morgan, who was making his fifth big-league appearance. It was Durbin’s second career homer. He’s batting .302 with seven doubles and eight RBI in his last 14 games.
Jose Quintana surrendered one run over five innings Saturday against the Padres.
Quintana won his first four starts for the Brewers, but he’s had no luck since, even though he’s struggled just once in giving up six runs to the Cubs. He’s allowed four earned runs over 15 1/3 innings in his last three starts, all of which turned into no-decisions. He’ll make his next start Thursday against the Cardinals.
Trevor Megill gave up two runs to take a blown save in the ninth Saturday against the Padres.
The Brewers scored in the bottom of the ninth afterwards, giving Megill a victory, so this won’t do too much harm to his standing. Working with a two-run lead, Megill gave up a single and a walk before Luis Arraez dropped a game-tying double down the left-field line. He then got Manny Machado out to keep it tied. It’s his second blown save in 14 chances.
Stephen Kolek shut out the Brewers for 5 2/3 innings in a no-decision Saturday.
Kolek walked four tonight, but all three hits he allowed were soft singles. While he did give up seven hard-hit balls, none turned into hits and two actually became double plays. Kolek now has a 3.00 ERA through seven big-league starts. Still, between the 17% strikeout rate and the 49% hard-hit rate, we’re not big fans, even if he does get plenty of groundballs. He’ll pitch in Arizona next.
Trevor Story went 3-for-5 with a double and five RBI as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 10-7 on Saturday.
It’s his seventh career five-RBI game. All three knocks left the bat at over 103 mph, which is nice. But Story’s issue hasn’t been exit velocity nearly so much as a lack of contact and an unusual amount of his contact coming on the ground. Maybe the worst of his slump is over, but we’re still not sure a big turnaround is on the way.