A smaller slate tonight, with a couple weather concerns that we’ll need to monitor as the day progresses. There are quite a few bats that I love, and there’s one arm in particular that I think is grossly mispriced for the matchup tonight. He’s the perfect SP2 on DraftKings today and pairing him with some other value bats will unlock the ability to get those top tier studs you want to sprinkle throughout your lineup! Without further ado, let’s check out tonight’s value plays for the main slate!

Both Sites

Wil Myers, OF SDP ($2,300 FD/$3,400 DK) - Myers is 5-for-13 in his career against Cincinnati’s Luis Castillo with one home run, and while the Cincinnati right-hander has been better of late, this Padres lineup is tough on righties. The San Diego slugger has hit righties at a .270 clip this season, and has a .333 wOBA on the road. I prefer the price point on FanDuel, but I’ll still buy into the upside at his price on DraftKings, too.

Yonathan Daza, OF COL ($3,000 FD/$3,200 DK) - I’m pretty surprised we are getting Daza in such a positive situation at such a value price. Daza hit .327 in the month of June and has hit righties at a .302 clip this season. Furthermore, he has a massive .365 average and .890 OPS at home, and St. Louis right-hander Adam Wainwright has a 6.31 ERA in five road starts this year, including six home runs in just 25.2 innings of work.

Albert Pujols, 1B LAD ($2,200 FD/$3,100 DK) - Pujols versus a lefty! Eight of his 11 home runs have come against lefties, and in fact, against lefties in 2021, he’s homering once every nine at-bats, hitting .319 and has a 1.036 OPS. Washington’s Patrick Corbin has allowed a .366 wOBA to righties, and Pujols’ successes against left-handers are well-documented this year. Pujols in GPPs tonight is something I endorse.

FanDuel

Wily Adames, SS MIL ($3,100) - Adames has an .856 OPS in the month of June, but over his last three games, he has two home runs, seven RBI, one stolen bases and five runs scored. He’s hitting .320 over the last two weeks with an insane 1.094 OPS. Pittsburgh’s Wil Crowe has allowed righties to hit at a .327 clip, and Adames is hitting a cool .256 with a .778 OPS versus righties this year, not to mention seven of his 12 home runs.

Justin Turner, 3B LAD ($3,100) - Turner has a .342 average (13-for-38) against Patrick Corbin in his career with two home runs and seven RBI. The veteran third baseman has a .277 average against righties this season, and he’s been solid on the road as well, posting a .288 average and .381 wOBA. Over the last two weeks, Turner is hitting .333 with an .857 OPS, and against Washington alone in 2021, he’s hitting .455 with a 1.364 OPS. Love Turner in GPPs and cash games today.

Eric Hosmer, 1B SDP ($2,700) - Hosmer is another San Diego slugger with good numbers against Castillo, perhaps even better than Wil Myers. In 13 at-bats against Castillo, Hosmer has eight hits (1 HR), good for a .615 batting average and .571 wOBA. Sheesh! Hosmer has a .252 batting average on the road this year and he’s in a great park today to pad those stats.

He’s struggling of late, so I can’t trust him in cash, but I’ll take a Myers-Hosmer-Tatis stack in GPPs today.

DraftKings

Lars Nootbaar, OF STL ($2,700) - Nootbar has struggled of late, but playing at Coors Field, I like the value in some GPPs with Nootbar. A lot of people will gravitate towards Tyler O’Neill, Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, and rightfully so, but I like Nootbar at a value and likely lower ownership. The Colorado righty has been better at home, believe it or not, but righties have an .833 OPS against him this year, and prior to being called up to the bigs, Nootbaar was hitting righties in the minors at a .338 clip, which was better than his .273 mark against southpaws. UPDATE: Nootbaar is not starting for St. Louis. If you can’t get any of the three aforementioned Cardinals but you want some exposure to this lineup, consider Paul DeJong.

Ian Anderson, SP ATL ($7,100) - Over the last two weeks, the Mets’ offense has been abysmal. Only the Cubs (.180) have a lower batting average than the Mets (.199). Furthermore, the Mets are striking out at the third-highest clip over the last two weeks and their team’s 68 wRC+ is the lowest over the last two weeks. They have been just as bad against righties specifically, and while Anderson has been better on the road this year than at home, this Mets offense is struggling, and Anderson is coming off a nine-strikeout outing against the Reds. I love this price point for Anderson.