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 15 (7/17 – 7/23) of the fantasy baseball season.
Notes: All pitching matchups mentioned here are based off of projections as of this writing. It is entirely possible that the actual matchups could change either because of injury, weather, or anything else. Keep in mind, this article is geared toward middle-of-the-road players, meaning you should be starting top of the line bats regardless of the matchup. Always start your studs.
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Pittsburgh Pirates hitters - The nice thing about the Pirates schedule this week is that they get to play a full seven games, with three those games being in Coors Field against the Rockies. Plus, they'll have four games at home against the Brewers, and aside from a matchup against Jimmy Nelson, none of the pitchers they're slated to go against look intimidating at all. Not only that, they'll be facing at least five righties (one Brewers pitcher is still TBD as of this writing, so it could be six), which means Josh Bell should definitely be started, and in deeper leagues, so should Adam Frazier. And if you've been concerned about Gregory Polanco, don't worry, I think this could be a good week for him.
joe ross is getting tommy john surgery? lol
you must really be an expert lmao
Ben wrote this article before the news broke and I thought I had edited it out. This is on me and not him.