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The scoring system for FanDuel is as follows:
Hitters: Single = 1pt, Double = 2pts, Triple = 3pts, Homerun = 4pts, RBI = 1pt, Run = 1pt, Walk = 1pt,
Stolen Base = 2pts, Hit By Pitch = 1, Out (calculated as at bats - hits) = -.25pt
Pitchers: Win = 4pts, Earned Run = -1pt, Strike Out = 1pt, Innings Pitched = 1pt
Good Value Players
Pitc?her
Jeff Locke, Pirates, $5,800: Locke (2-1) allowed three hits, two runs (one earned) and a walk with four strikeouts over eight innings Sunday against the Phillies. Locke appears to be over the command issues that plagued him late last season, as he has yet to walk more than two batters in a single 2014 outing. He's been a more-than-admirable fill-in option for the Pirates, as Sunday marked his sixth consecutive quality start. The lefty now owns a 3.08 ERA and 0.93 WHIP on the season, to go along with a 30:6 K:BB ratio over 49.2 innings. He faces a tough, but winnable matchup in his final scheduled start before the All-Star break, which is today against the injury ridden Reds.
Catcher
Salvador Perez, Royals, $3,300: Perez had a good day at the plate Monday, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored, an RBI and a home run. Perez has come to life this month after a slow start to the season. The backstop hit five home runs in June, bringing his total to 10 for the season after hitting a career-high 13 homers last season.
First Base
Mike Napoli, Red Sox, $3,600: Napoli was credited with a steal of home in Sunday's win over the Athletics. He made a break for the plate and eluded the tag, after the A's got Jonathan Herrera in a rundown between first and second base. Napoli later homered in the game to become the first Red Sox player in 47 years -- since Rico Petrocelli in September 1967 -- to homer and get credit for a steal of home in the same game.
Second Base
Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox, $3,300: Pedroia went 2-for-4 with just his fourth homer of the season in Thursday's loss to the A's. Pedroia hit just nine homers last season but was playing with a torn UCL in his thumb for almost all of the season, so it was considered likely that some of his power would return this year. However, the opposite has been true. He does have 23 doubles, but his batting average has taken a tumble and he entered play Thursday slugging just .372 after slugging .415 last year.
Third Base
Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals, $3,100: Zimmerman went 3-for-7 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 4-2 16 inning win over the Brewers. Zimmerman played the hero Tuesday, as his home run (his third of the year) in the 16th inning off Mike Fiers won the game for Washington. Zimmerman, who has been playing most of his games in left field since being activated on June 3, had been 2-for-19 in his previous five games. So maybe Tuesday's outing can get him going. He now has a .250/.305/.405 slash line in 116 at-bats this year.
Shortstop
Erick Aybar, Angels, $3,100: Aybar went 1-for-4 with a home run in a loss to the Royals on Sunday. He extended his hitting streak to five games Sunday, and is on pace for a career-high 12 home runs this season. Today he and the Angels face Hector Noesi who is sporting a 5.07 ERA. His last three starts consisted of 17.2 innings while giving up 23 base hits, eight earned runs, and only striking out 10 batters.
Outfield
Lorenzo Cain, Royals, $3,000: Cain went 2-for-5 with a home run, stolen base, two runs scored, and one RBI in Wednesday's loss to the Dodgers. That's the first time this season that Cain has both homered and stolen a base in the same game. He led off the game with his third homer of the season, and then stole his seventh base in the fifth. Cain doesn't stand out in any one category, but his .310/.349/.421 line makes him a usable in deep leagues.
My Lineup: $35,000 Cap
Pitcher – Jeff Locke, Pirates, $5,800
Catcher – Salvador Perez, Royals, $3,300
First Base – Mike Napoli, Red Sox, $3,600
Second Base – Dee Gordon, Dodgers, $4,000
Third Base – Evan Longoria, Rays, $3,700
Shortstop – Hanley Ramirez, Dodgers, $4,600
Outfield – Lorenzo Cain, Royals, $3,000
Outfield – Billy Hamilton, Reds, $4,600
Outfield – Jay Bruce, Reds, $3,800
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