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 25 (9/18 – 9/24) 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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Minnesota Twins hitters - I feel like I've been recommending Twins hitters just about every week, but they've had an excellent schedule and their hitters have been ridiculously hot. Luckily for the Twins, they get to see the Detroit Tigers this week, who have the worst ERA and WHIP in the majors over the past month (6.69 and 1.74 respectively). They also see the New York Yankees and Sonny Gray and Masahiro Tanaka, so that's not exactly great, but aside from those two matchups, start your Twins. If you're in a daily league, maybe try and avoid the Gray and Tanaka matchups, but in a weekly league, go ahead and start them, because that's just two games out of seven that aren't hitter friendly, there's plenty of value to go around.
trumbo or holliday this week?