Baseball is back! Check back here throughout the day for updated blurbs as teams confirm their lineup. We’ll keep you updated on some of the day’s highest-impact trends by utilizing our Models and Vegas dashboard. Projected and confirmed lineups for every game can be found on our MLB Daily Lineups page.
White Sox (-104) at Tigers (-104) — 7:10 PM EST
Tigers in: Nick Castellanos (sore right foot)
Nick Castellanos missed the previous game due to a sore right foot, but he’s back in the lineup vs. the White Sox and righty Reynaldo Lopez on Monday. The Tigers lead all teams with a 94 Team Value Rating on FanDuel and an 82 TVR on DraftKings, and Lopez has allowed nine combined homers in his last five starts. Lopez has also yielded a 51% recent fly ball rate, and the Tigers present the only lineup with seven hitters possessing a recent fly ball rate of at least 40%. In fact, James McCann is the only batter in the order with a negative recent batted ball distance. The Tigers are presently implied to score a modest 4.6 runs, but the value they offer is unparalleled by any other team on the main slate.
Nationals (+128) at Cardinals (-139) — 8:10 PM EST
Nationals in: Anthony Rendon (wrist)
Anthony Rendon will return to Monday’s lineup after missing the previous two games with a left wrist contusion. He’ll bat cleanup, but the Nationals are currently implied to score just 3.9 runs against the Cardinals and right-hander Miles Mikolas. Ryan Zimmerman is fresh off a Player of the Week award and has produced a FantasyLabs’ +6.47 Plus/Minus on DraftKings over the last 10 days with exceptional batted-ball data in the previous 15 days. He leads all confirmed first basemen on DraftKings in recent hard-hit percentage and exit velocity, and is the only Nationals hitter outside of Matt Wieters with at least five Pro Trends. Mikolas has held his opponents to three or fewer runs in nine consecutive starts but carries the third-worst strikeout projection out of all starting pitchers in Monday’s main slate.
