As you can see below, there is no shortage of values and stacking options, but as is often the case on days like this, there are only a handful of high-quality pitching options. It’s tempting to pay up for one of the aces, but you might be better off just going for a mid-level pitcher with a good matchup (David Phelps, Chad Kuhl, Brandon Finnegan, etc.).
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Daily fantasy baseball advice, August 20
Teams facing lefties and their players who currently or traditionally hit well vs. LHPs:
Mets (vs. Matt Moore): OF Yoenis Cespedes, 3B Wilmer Flores
Red Sox (vs. Daniel Norris): 1B Hanley Ramirez, SS Xander Bogaerts, 2B Dustin Pedroia, C Sandy Leon
Tigers (vs. Drew Pomeranz): C Victor Martinez, 2B Ian Kinsler, 1B Miguel Cabrera, C James McCann, OF J.D. Martinez
Reds (vs. Brett Anderson): 3B Eugenio Suarez, 1B Joey Votto*
Dodgers (vs. Brandon Finnegan): OF Kike Hernandez, C Yasmani Grandal, SS Corey Seager*
White Sox (vs. Ross Detwiler): 3B Todd Frazier, OF Melky Cabrera, OF Adam Eaton*
A’s (vs. Chris Sale): 3B Danny Valencia, SS Marcus Semien, OF Khris Davis, OF Jake Smolinski
Royals (vs. Hector Santiago): OF Lorenzo Cain, 1B Kendrys Morales, OF Paulo Orlando, 3B Cheslor Cuthbert
Rockies (vs. Mike Montgomery): 3B Nolan Arenado, 2B DJ LeMahieu, C Nick Hundley, OF Ryan Raburn
D-backs (vs. Clayton Richard): 1B Paul Goldschmidt, C Welington Castillo, OF Rickie Weeks, OF Yasmany Tomas, SS Jean Segura
Padres (vs. Robbie Ray): 1B Wil Myers, C Derek Norris, 3B Yangervis Solarte, OF Jabari Blash
- Lefthanded batters
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably bad splits vs. lefthanded hitters (i.e. stack lefties):
Wily Peralta (vs. Mariners)
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably bad splits vs. righthanded hitters (i.e. stack righties):
Josh Tomlin (vs. Blue Jays)
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably good splits vs. lefthanded hitters (i.e. fade lefties):
Jake Odorizzi (vs. Rangers)
Josh Tomlin (vs. Blue Jays)
Righthanded pitchers (non-aces) with noticeably good splits vs. righthanded hitters (i.ee fade righties):
Aaron Sanchez (vs. Indians)
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