Ben Palmer here and I'm excited for the first edition of Hitter Matchups for the 2017 season. Championships are won by making the right little decisions through the season and micromanaging your lineup well can be the difference maker. Each week, I'll be taking a look at five hitting matchups you should take advantage of this week, and five hitting matchups you should avoid this week. Here are the batters you should start and avoid for Week 1 (4/2 - 4/9) of the fantasy baseball season.
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Evan Longoria - Typically, I tend to avoid games at Tropicana Field, it's a park that tends to lean pitcher-friendly in just about every category, but Longoria has handled Tropicana pretty well, with even home/road splits. What I'm specifically interested in is Longoria's matchup against CC Sabathia on Tuesday, as Longoria has had Sabathia's number throughout his career. In 72 at-bats against Sabathia, Longoria is batting .403/.500/.819 with seven home runs and 16 RBIs. Those are some really solid numbers, and you should take advantage of them.
Wow this is exactly what I was looking for as I’m in a weekly categories league. Thanks for starting this serise! Thoughts on starting Hunter Renfroe this week? I gotta choose 3 OF and the options I have are Trumbo (only have 5 games this week), Piscotty, Kiermaier, DeShields, and Kiermaier.
Need a quick answer here- weekly league would you start jhonny peralta or steve pearce?
Hmmm this sounds familiar, did I answer this question on Reddit?