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 3 (4/17 – 4/23) of the fantasy baseball season.
Note: 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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St. Louis Cardinals lefties - Fortunately for the Cardinals, they get to play seven games this week. And, on top of that, all seven will be against right-handed pitchers. And, even better, four of those games will be at Miller Park, which is a pretty homer-friendly park. They also get to face some pretty unthreatening pitchers, like Ivan Nova, Chad Kuhl, Wily Peralta, and Jimmy Nelson. So be sure to start guys like Dexter Fowler and Matt Carpenter, despite their slow starts. They should have a good week. And maybe, in a deeper league, take a look at Kolton Wong and even Matt Adams, if they get starts.
Glad to hear the confidence about Fowler considering he’s been hot garbage to start the year. Don’t have a better option until JBJ gets back so hope you’re right!
Bird is a lefty…so if he is facing righties he should play