It's a summer holiday weekend and nothing is better than MLB baseball and some barbecue on the grill! Before you slap down those burgers and hot dogs on the grill make sure that your MLB DFS lineups are ready to go! We will be focusing on the 4:05p ET slate this afternoon and that means nine games on FanDuel (Main) and DraftKings (Early) and 12 games on Yahoo Fantasy. Dylan Cease will be the top pitcher and he will be joined by mid-value plays like George Kirby and Spencer Strider. On the offense, the top stacks will be the Phillies and Brewers and I am looking at some sneaky fireworks from the Tigers and Marlins. The weather may come into play for today's STL/PHI and MIA/WAS game so make sure to keep an eye on the MLB Weather center for the latest updates. Be sure to check out our MLB Tools page for MLB Vegas Odds, batter versus pitcher, MLB Lineup Generator, Player Projections and the MLB Lineups page. Now it's time to see the core plays for Saturday afternoon MLB baseball..
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FD | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Dylan Cease | George Kirby | Spencer Strider |
| 1B | Rhys Hoskins | Rowdy Tellez | Joseph Votto |
| 2B | Jose Altuve | Javier Báez | Kolten Wong |
| 3B | Austin Riley | Alec Bohm | Jace Peterson |
| SS | Willy Adames | Corey Seager | Javier Báez |
| OF | Mike Trout | Christian Yelich | Nick Castellanos |
DK | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Dylan Cease | Spencer Strider | George Kirby |
| C | J.T. Realmuto | Eric Haase | Tomás Nido |
| 1B | Rhys Hoskins | Rowdy Tellez | Jesús Aguilar |
| 2B | Jon Berti | Kolten Wong | Luis UrÃas |
| 3B | Austin Riley | Alec Bohm | Jace Peterson |
| SS | Javier Báez | Willy Adames | Tommy Edman |
| OF | Mike Trout | Nick Castellanos | Riley Greene |
Y!DFS | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Dylan Cease | Logan Webb | George Kirby |
| 1B | Christopher Cron | Christian Walker | Hunter Dozier |
| 2B | Jose Altuve | Luis UrÃas | Buddy Kennedy |
| 3B | Austin Riley | Jace Peterson | Max Muncy |
| SS | Willy Adames | Javier Báez | Jose Iglesias |
| OF | Mike Trout | Jordan Luplow | Nick Castellanos |
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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.
Garrett Crochet yielded five runs in six innings and struck out nine in a win over the Yankees on Saturday.
Crochet gave up three runs in the second, two of which came on an Austin Wells homer that would have left only three ballparks. The other two came in the fourth. Crochet faced the minimum after that, with the only batter reaching against him doing so on catcher interference. That runner was erased on a double play. Crochet is expected face the Yankees again next time out, probably on on Friday.