Hopefully you were on the Value Vault yesterday, namely Tyler Naquin and his productive evening! There are so many bags on tonight’s slate that I had to double-and-triple check their price tags to make sure I wasn’t seeing things! Some of the pitchers on the slate have some massive splits, and we are going to attack them in route to a profitable Tuesday evening. Without further ado, lets jump into tonight’s slate to find the best value bats to round out your lineup.
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Akil Baddoo, OF DET ($2,900 FD/$3,100 DK) - Texas’ Dane Dunning has allowed a .284 average to left-handed hitters this year, but more importantly, he has a whopping 6.55 ERA across eight road starts. Furthermore, his strikeout numbers are way down on the road and he’s failed to make it through five innings in any of his last five road starts. Baddoo just gets on base as he has a .387 OBP and .953 OPS against righties this season. Over the last seven days, he’s hitting .385 and he should pack on the fantasy points tonight atop the Detroit lineup.
Tyler Naquin, OF CIN ($2,200 FD/$2,300 DK) - Another righty for the Mets? Okay. Naquin it is! He’s hitting .267 against righties, and Robert Stock has surrendered a .286 average and .446 wOBA to left-handed hitters. Naquin has a .831 OPS at home, and he’s coming off a five-hit night where he also had four RBI.
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Paul DeJong, SS STL ($3,100) - DeJong is 7-for-20 with a home run in his career against Trevor Williams and DeJong is heating up a bit. He’s hitting .350 in July with a 1.047 OPS and over the last 15 days in particular, he’s hitting .400 with a whopping 1.264 OPS! He’s homered three times on this heater, and July is shaping up to be his best month yet. For what it’s worth, he’s homered three times against the Cubs already this season, and he has a 1.022 OPS against them in 2021.
Nick Ahmed, SS ARI ($2,100) - Pittsburgh’s Tyler Anderson has been far better against lefties than righties, and the latter has put up a respectable .270 average and .344 wOBA against him. In comes Ahmed, who is hitting .301 against southpaws this season, and has three hits in his last seven at-bats. His upside is a bit capped, but he should be able to post a couple base knocks and score a run or two today against Anderson.
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Travis Jankowski, OF PHI ($2,000) - Minimum price, yes please! New York’s Domingo Germán has a 4.89 ERA at home this season, allowing an insane 13 home runs in just 38.2 innings of work. Jankowski is hitting .410 with a 1.075 OPS against righties thus far in 2021, and over his last 11 at-bats, he has seven hits, four RBI and a stolen base. Even if he’s stuck at the bottom of the order, I love pairing him with the top part of the Philadelphia lineup tonight against the New York right-hander.
Austin Hays, OF BAL ($2,500) - Tampa’s Shane McClanahan has been tougher on righties than lefties in terms of batting average, when you have the numbers that Hays does against lefties in 2021, you throw that out the window! Hays is hitting .349 with a .407 wOBA against southpaws this year,not to mention a .960 OPS. Hays has a .729 OPS on the road this year, and over his last 30 at-bats, he’s hitting an even .300 with a .905 OPS. I’ll trust Hays against a lefty today, especially at this price.
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Carlos Narváez went 2-for-4 and clubbed a three-run homer on Sunday night, propelling the Red Sox to an 11-7 victory over the Yankees.
The 26-year-old backstop crushed a 372-foot (101.0 mph EV) three-run shot off of Carlos Rodón in the sixth inning that turned a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 advantage for the Red Sox. Narváez also drew a walk and singled in the ballgame. On the season, he has slashed a respectable .282/.361/.459 with six homers and 22 RBI in his first 191 plate appearances.
Kristian Campbell launched a two-run homer on Sunday night, helping to lead the Red Sox past the Yankees in New York.
The 22-year-old rookie infielder tagged Yankees’ starter Carlos Rodón for a 349-foot (99.0 mph EV) two-run shot in the fifth inning that tied the game at two runs apiece. It was just his second home run since April 29 and first since May 13. Campbell also drew a walk and singled in the ballgame, finishing the night 2-for-3. On the season, he’s now slashing .233/.323/.364 with five long balls, 20 RBI and two stolen bases in 234 plate appearances.
Rafael Devers went 1-for-4 with a solo homer and a pair of runs scored on Sunday night as the Red Sox bested the Yankees in New York.
Devers did his damage in the ninth inning, crushing a leadoff 393-foot (111.2 mph EV) solo shot off of Brent Headrick that extended the Red Sox’ advantage to 10-5. He was also hit by a pitch in the sixth inning and rode home on a three-run shot by Carlos Narvaez. The 28-year-old slugger is now slashing a healthy .283/.407/.522 with 14 homers and 57 RBI on the season.
Aroldis Chapman picked up his easiest save of the season on Sunday, recording the final out against the Yankees to protect a four-run advantage.
That out came after Robert Stock had given up a couple of runs at put another couple of runners on with two outs, putting the tying run in the on-deck circle. That’s when Red Sox’ skipper Alex Cora turned to Chapman to end the threat. The 37-year-old southpaw needed just three pitches to strike out Anthony Volpe to end it. On the season, he sports a brilliant 1.71 ERA to go with a 35/9 K/BB ratio over 26 1/3 innings and 11 saves in his first 12 chances.
Hunter Dobbins picked up his third victory of the season on Sunday evening, limiting the Yankees to three runs on four hits over his five innings of work.
The 25-year-old right-hander surprisingly did not walk or strike out a batter in the ballgame. He served up a mammoth two-run homer to Aaron Judge before he had even recorded an out in the contest, but settled in nicely afterwards and allowed just a solo shot to DJ LeMahieu in the fifth the rest of the way. Dobbins got four whiffs on 64 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 28 percent. Now 3-1 on the season, he’ll tote a 4.20 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and a 37/10 K/BB ratio (49 1/3 innings) into a rematch against the Yankees on Saturday evening at Fenway Park.
Aaron Judge went 3-for-4 and clobbered his 22nd and 23rd home runs of the season on Sunday night, but it wasn’t enough to power the Yankees past the Red Sox.
Judge absolutely demolished a first-pitch fastball from Hunter Dobbins for a 436-foot (108.6 mph EV) opposite-field two-run shot that gave the Yankees an early 2-0 advantage. He also drew a one-out walk in the sixth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Jazz Chisholm Jr. Jude also pulverized a 1-2 fastball from Robert Stock for a 398-foot (108.9 mph EV) two-run shot in the ninth inning. The 33-year-old outfielder is having a season for the ages, slashing an utterly ridiculous .396/.493/.771 with 23 homers, 55 RBI and five stolen bases through his first 64 games.