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 4 (4/24 – 4/30) 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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Arizona Diamondbacks hitters - Start just about every Arizona Diamondback you have, because they get seven games at home this week, and they'll likely be having the dome open the whole time. Chase Field is the second-best hitters park in baseball, and the Diamondbacks face a bunch of pitchers that don't scare you at all, with four games against San Diego and three games against Colorado. You'll be starting your studs anyways, but even people like Chris Owings, Yasmany Tomas, and Brandon Drury are worth a look.
In a weekly league would David Peralta be considered one of the ARI hitters to start? I haven’t followed them enough to see if they’re benching him for LHPs and see they face 3/4 lefties this week. Deciding between him and Conforto for my last OF spot since Fowler’s really slow start has me benching him.
Hahahaha wow that’s actually a HUGE break for the Cubs against the BoSox.