Another day of Wednesday baseball is upon us as all 30 MLB teams are in action today.
We’ll give you some of the best MLB DFS picks today, with a combination of pitcher and hitter projections to target for June 18 in the PrizePicks MLB Cheat Sheet.
Headlining the Wednesday MLB DFS slate is the Mets (45-28) vs. Braves (32-39) NL East matchup at 7:15 p.m. ET, and the Los Angeles Angels (35-37) vs. the New York Yankees (42-30) at 7:05 p.m. ET on Prime Video, as the Yankees are looking to snap their five-game losing streak and avoid their fourth shutout in a row.
Whether you are targeting hitter fantasy score or first inning runs allowed projections, there are plenty of ways to win real money on PrizePicks with your MLB predictions. Below, we’ll give you some MLB DFS picks and analysis to help you craft your Lineup today.
MLB DFS Picks: Wednesday, June 18
Here are four of the top MLB DFS picks and projections to target on PrizePicks today. Use this analysis to help you build your MLB lineup on PrizePicks on Wednesday, June 18. Click each pick to read more.
- Astros P Framber Valdez — 18.5 Pitching Outs
- Rockies P German Marquez — 3.5 Pitcher Strikeouts
- Tigers LF Riley Greene — 6.5 Hitter Fantasy Score
- Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — 6.5 Hitter Fantasy Score
Astros P Framber Valdez — 18.5 Pitching Outs
Houston Astros vs. Athletics – 10:05 p.m. ET
- Although Framber Valdez has only reached this projection in seven of his 14 games this season, his average innings pitched is around 6.42 per game, which paces him around 19 outs per game.
- The Athletics have the tenth worst batting average in the league and against left handed pitching, they have just a .312 OBP.
- Framber Valdez on the other hand maintains a .213 opponent batting average as well as a .283 OBP against right-handed batters. His splits against left-handed hitters is just as good with a .234 average and a .294 OBP. The Athletics are projected to have six right-handed batters in their lineup tonight.
- Valdez also produces a ground ball on 59.7% of plate appearances along with a 26.7 K%.
Rockies P German Marquez — 3.5 Pitcher Strikeouts
Colorado Rockies vs. Washington Nationals — 6:45 p.m. ET
- Rockies P German Marquez struggled heavily with striking out batters, producing just a 15.1% strikeout rate along with a 1.66 WHIP.
- Against left-handed batters, Marquez is allowing a .315 average with a .383 OBP.
- His splits against right handed batters are fairly similar as well as he has a 15 K% against both sides this season.
- The Nationals are projected to have seven left-handed batters start tonight (two switch hitters).
- The Nationals against right-handed pitching produce a .312 OBP along with just a 21.6 K%.
- Marquez also has just a 20 Whiff% and a whopping 47.3 Hard-hit% this season.
Tigers LF Riley Greene — 6.5 Hitter Fantasy Score
Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates – 6:40 p.m. ET
- Tigers OF Riley Greene doesn’t post the best batting average against same sided pitching, however, his OBP is still near .300 even with a .210 average.
- Greene also posts a 19.1 Barrel%, 48.6 Hard-hit%, which leads to his .527 xSLG this season.
- Pirates P Andrew Heaney on the other hand also struggles against same sided matchups. Heaney allows a .266 average with a .301 OBP. His left-handed strikeout rate is also just 17.7%.
Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — 6.5 Hitter Fantasy Score
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Arizona Diamondbacks — 7:07 p.m. ET
- Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. crushes left-handed pitching, posting a .333 average, .420 OBP, with a .550 SLG and a .970 OPS.
- His counterpart, Diamondbacks P Eduardo Rodriguez, has struggled this season against both sides of the plate. He is allowing over .300 batting average to both sides as well as a .333 and .354 OBP to left-handed and right-handed batters respectively. Rodriguez is also posting a 1.59 WHIP.
- Guerrero Jr. has an xBA of .322 which is in the top 1% of all MLB and the only category in which he isn't posting stats in the top third of MLB hitters is LA Sweet-spot%.
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