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DraftKings contributors Garion Thorne and Nick Friar join The Sweat to give their favorite DraftKings plays for Wednesday’s MLB slate.
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Video Transcript
Garion Thorne:
It’s gotta be (Paul) Goldschmidt as your No. 1 option tonight. He’s got a 282 wRC+ against left-handed pitching. Kyle Freeland, when pitching at Coors Field this season, (is) giving up an opponent batting average above .300 and a .520 slugging percentage. It’s also going to be nice and hot and sticky in Colorado tonight. The winds bowing out — little weather update for everybody. So, I think there’s going to be a lot of runs scored in this game.
Nick Friar:
Look, I like Goldschmidt a lot. Definitely the first hitter that jumps out when you see him goin up a lefty — especially a guy like Kyle Freeland, who gives up a lot of quality contact at Coors. But another guy I like — who’s a little bit cheaper, but I expect to be quite a bit less popular tonight — is Yordan Alvarez. Obviously, a guy we talk about quite a bit.
He’s at $5.9K. But at the same time, this is a guy who hasn’t done a whole heck of a lot this month. He doesn’t have a home run this month yet — I know it’s kind of early. He also doesn’t have a career home run against Glenn Otto. Couple doubles. I do think both of those trends are going to end tonight. Otto has given up a 40.7% fly-ball rate to the last 76 left-handed hitters he has seen.
Alvarez, again, we talk about small sample size: Only 24 plate appearances against right-handed pitching this month. But a .214 BABIP is ridiculous no matter what for Yordan Alvarez against right-handed pitching. Especially when you consider he’s only got a 28.6% ground-ball rate during that stretch and a 71.4% hard-contact rate.
Garion’s Pick: Paul Goldschmidt ($6,200)
Nick’s Pick: Yordan Alvarez ($5,900)
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