The weekend has arrived as Major League Baseball takes center stage leading into the Mid Summer Classic. For fantasy owners including daily fantasy players on sites like FanDuel and DraftKings we have three more exciting days of baseball before we get a break for a few days before we get ready for the second half of the 2016 MLB season.

Now Friday Night will be the first of those three action packed days and a day we will have a ton of fantasy options to build around as all 30 MLB teams will be on the diamond after 7pm ET. This leaves a few key matchups to build around including a few hitter friendly matchups at hitter friendly ball parks.

Those game include the St. Louis Cardinals traveling to take on the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park, the Philadelphia Phillies taking on the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field and the Los Angeles Angels traveling to Camden Yards to take on the Baltimore Orioles.

The heavy lineup not only delivers us a ton of options at the plate but it also delivers as a few solid fantasy options to build around on the mound. That list includes Jose Fernandez, Jake Arrieta, Chris Sale, Stephen Strasburg, Noah Syndergaard, Corey Kluber and Cole Hamels to name a bunch.

For us the name that stands out is Chris Sale as he has a very favorable matchup as he will look to lead his Chicago White Sox over the Atlanta Braves on Friday Night. Overall Sale has been dominant for most of the season including over his last four games for his fantasy owners posting no fewer than 45 fantasy points in those four starts.

FanDuel Hitters We Like On Friday July 8^th, 2016

David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox: Ortiz is putting together one heck of a first half for the Red Sox this season. Look for him to continue that success on Friday Night against Chris Archer who he has hit very well against in his career. Overall Ortiz is 12 for 31 with six extra base hits including two home runs to go along with 15 runs batted in.

Adrian Gonzalez, Los Angeles Dodgers: If you are looking for a little power potential the Dodgers first baseman could deliver that at a bargain price point. Entering tonight, Gonzalez has 11 career hits off of Andrew Cashner with four of them leaving the yard.

FanDuel Pitchers We Like On Friday July 8^th, 2016

Jake Arrieta, Chicago Cubs: While Sale is our first option tonight, Arrieta is a strong option as a backup. The Cubs starter has dominated the Pittsburgh Pirates in his career including holding their current lineup to just 31 hits over 160 career at bats. In two starts earlier this season Arrieta posted 63 fantasy points in each of those outings.

FanDuel Fantasy Sleepers We Like on Friday July 8^th, 2016

Sean O’Sullivan, Boston Red Sox: Here is another big time fantasy sleeper who could be a very valuable option on the mound in a matchup the Red Sox could very easily win against the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Stack List for Friday July 8^th, 2016

Trevor Story/ Carlos Gonzalez/Nolan Arenado: When the Colorado Rockies are at home they are just to hard to pass up on in our FanDuel lineup. Of the bunch Story posted a big time performance on Thursday Night picking up 50.6 fantasy points after connecting on his 20^th and 21^st home runs of the season.

Hyun Soo Kim/ Chris Davis/Pedro Alvarez: We are going to ride the Baltimore Orioles train much like the Rockies this weekend as they are at home at Camden Yards. We could have thrown Matt Wieters into this group as they will be facing off against a right hander.

Mike Trout/Albert Pujols: This stack will simply be based around the fact that Ubaldo Jimenez gets the nod. The Orioles starter has struggled at times with his command helping opposing teams to put runs on the board.

Conservative Lineup

SP – Chris Sale ($11,000)

C – Matt Wieters ($2,600)

1B – Prince Fielder ($2,800)

2B – Devon Travis ($2,700)

3B – Pedro Alvarez ($2,700)

SS – Trevor Story ($3,500)

OF – Hyun Soo Kim ($2,600)

OF – Matt Kemp ($3,300)

OF – Giancarlo Stanton ($3,600)

Swinging For The Big Pay Day Lineup

SP – Colin McHugh ($8,000)

C – A.J. Ellis ($2,400) or Robinson Chirinos ($2,400)

1B – Chris Davis ($4,000)

2B – Starlin Castro ($2,200)

3B – Pedro Alvarez ($2,700)

SS – Troy Tulowitzki ($3,200)

OF – Ichiro Suzuki ($2,900)

OF – Mike Trout ($4,900)

OF – Carlos Gonzalez ($4,600)

Tonight looks to be an interesting night for FanDuel owners with no top tier starter taking the hill. There is no Madison Bumgarner or Clayton Kershaw to anchor the rotation. That being said at the top of the starting pitching class sits Drew Pomeranz, Rich Hill and Trevor Bauer. The big question is any of these options the right starter to build our FanDuel lineup around tonight?

For us we don’t like either Pomeranz or Hill tonight based on their matchups. Pomeranz will take the hill for the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. The same Dodgers team that has won 10 of their last 12 games at home. Meanwhile Hill will look to cool off a red hot Houston Astros team that has won three straight games, seven of their last ten and sit 23-16 at home on the year.

Bauer on the other hand is a solid fantasy option tonight going against a New York Yankees team that have been up and down all season. Over his last 10 starts, the Cleveland Indians starter has posted at least 30 fantasy points in seven of those games including his last four starts.

Could Bauer pitch us into the green tonight? Guess we shall all see when we build our FanDuel lineup tonight.

FanDuel Hitters We Like On Thursday July 7^th, 2016

Justin Smoak, Toronto Blue Jays: Some nights you just have to play the matchup and that is what we are doing with Smoak tonight. The Blue Jays first baseman is five for 15 off of Justin Verlander in his career with three home runs.

Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado Rockies: For us we could have added a bunch of players from tonight’s Philadelphia Phillies/Colorado Rockies game at Coors Field. Prior to the Rockies hitting the road for six straight games, Cargo had been red hot at home going nine for 15 with three home runs, six runs scored and 12 runs batted in.

FanDuel Pitchers We Like On Thursday July 7^th, 2016

Trevor Bauer, Cleveland Indians: Along with his solid success this season, Bauer has pitched well against this current group of New York Yankees. Overall the Yankees have gone just 17 for 76 against the Indians starter with 16 strikeouts to just one home run.

Hyun-Jin Ryu, Los Angeles Dodgers: Ryu is an interesting and intriguing option tonight for a Dodgers team that has won 10 of their last 12 games at home. Along with that Ryu showed at times last season he can be a solid fantasy options while pitching to a 3.38 earned run average to go with 14 wins.

FanDuel Fantasy Sleepers We Like on Thursday July 7^th, 2016

Chi Chi Gonzalez, Texas Rangers: Now this is a big question mark as Gonzalez has only made a few starts this season while struggling at times. That being said the Rangers are one of the top teams in all of baseball that have been able to put up runs on the board to help their starter add that to the fact that he will get a chance to start against a struggling Minnesota Twins team makes him a nice sleeper option.

The Stack List for Thursday July 7^th, 2016

Nolan Arenado/Trevor Story/Carlos Gonzalez: We could have gone a few directions tonight from the Rockies. In the end we couldn’t pass up these three options simply based on the fact they have combined to hit 60 home runs on the season.

Conservative Lineup

SP – Trevor Bauer ($9,200)

C – Willson Contreras ($2,800) or Miguel Montero ($2,300)

1B – Freddi Freeman ($3,500)

2B – DJ LeMahieu ($3,400)

3B – Jose Ramirez ($3,000)

SS – Trevor Story ($3,200)

OF – Bryce Harper ($3,900)

OF – Ezequiel Carrera ($3,200)

OF – Justin Upton ($2,700)

Swinging For The Big Pay Day Lineup

SP – Lucas Giolito ($7,200)

C – Robinson Chirinos ($2,400) or Miguel Montero ($2,300)

1B – Ryan Howard ($3,200)

2B – Ian Kinsler ($4,000)

3B – Nolan Arenado ($4,400)

SS – Freddy Galvis ($3,100)

OF – Carlos Gonzalez ($4,300)

OF – Josh Reddick ($2,700)

OF – Michael Saunders ($3,500)

The Mid-Week Special has arrived as we look to bounce back on FanDuel tonight. This comes after an interesting Tuesday were we saw star powers like Mike Trout and Jake Lamb both get the night off before making pinch hit appearances late in the game to go along with Russell Martin in Toronto. Hopefully that won’t be the case tonight and that you all were able to catch it before it was to late last night.

Despite a heavy MLB lineup the options will be thin tonight as a handful of games are slated to get underway in the afternoon. That being said we do have a few solid options including at the starting pitcher slot that features Johnny Cueto headlining the bunch.

Heading into tonight Cueto has been solid for fantasy owners posting at least 33 fantasy points in all but one of his last ten starts. In that stretch the San Francisco Giants starter has posted four games between 40-50 fantasy points, three games with between 54-60 fantasy points and one game with 60 fantasy points. One of those 42 point fantasy performances came against the same Colorado Rockies team that he will face off against tonight but at a pitchers ball park.

The other starter we really like tonight is Micheal Pineda for the Chicago White Sox. Only concern we have with him is a chance of rain in the forecast could force a short outing or a postponement. The New York Yankees starter has posted at least 34 fantasy points in six straight starts while the team managed to only help him pick up one win in that stretch. If the Yankees could get him some more run support his fantasy numbers would be higher!

Look to build around these two starters tonight on FanDuel.

FanDuel Hitters We Like On Wednesday July 6th, 2016

Troy Tulowitzki, Toronto Blue Jays: The Blue Jays short stop is coming off his third 20 plus fantasy performance over his last four games. Tonight he will face off against Ian Kennedy of the Kansas City Royals who he has some solid success against. In 31 career at bats Tulowitzki has five extra base hits including three of those going for home runs.

C.J. Cron, Los Angeles Angels: We are looking at Cron as one of those hot rides you just have to roll with. The Angels outfielder has posted three games with at least four runs batted in over his last five games. Along with the rbi’s, Cron has five home runs and eight runs scored in that same stretch.

FanDuel Pitchers We Like On Wednesday July 6th, 2016

Wade LeBlanc, Seattle Mariners: Since arriving to the Mariners, LeBlanc has been solid in both of his outings this year. In his two starts the Mariners starter has gone six innings in each outing while picking up 27 and 39 fantasy points. Now we still like Cueto and Pineda on a higher side but LeBlanc is a great fantasy option at just $6,500.

FanDuel Fantasy Sleepers We Like on Wednesday July 6^th, 2016

Colin Rea, San Diego Padres: Now Rea is an interesting option tonight after posting at least 34 fantasy points in three straight starts. While we still like the options above he will provide you a chance to stack the lineup with some additional fire power at the plate if you would like.

The Stack List for Wednesday July 6^th, 2016

Troy Tulowitzki/Josh Donaldson/Edwin Encarnacion: The Blue Jays are one of those teams that we could stack each night along with teams like the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. Tonight they will have a chance to face off against Kennedy who has allowed the third most home runs in all of baseball at 20.

Logan Morrison/Evan Longoria/Brandon Guyer: Much like the Blue Jays stack this is simply based on the face that Jered Weaver has struggled at keeping the ball in the yard. In his career Longoria has picked up four extra base hits in 23 career at bats against the Angels starter.

Conservative Lineup

SP – Johnny Cueto ($10,800)  – Michael Pineda ($9,100)

C – Russell Martin ($2,600) – Sandy Leon ($2,700)

1B – Edwin Encarnacion ($4,500)

2B – Johnny Giavotella ($2,500)

3B – Travis Shaw ($2,900)

SS – Troy Tulowitzki ($3,300)

OF – Brandon Guyer ($2,700)

OF – Andrew McCutchen ($2,800)

OF – Matt Holliday ($2,800)

Swinging For The Big Pay Day Lineup

SP – Wade LeBlanc ($6,500)

C – Brian McCann ($3,800)

1B – Paul Goldschmidt ($4,600) – Edwin Encarnacion ($4,500)

2B – Robinson Cano ($3,300)

3B – Josh Donaldson ($4,200) – Evan Longoria ($3,400)

SS – Alexei Ramirez ($2,300) – Troy Tulowitzki ($3,300)

OF – Michael Bourn ($2,200)

OF – Mike Trout ($4,100)

OF – Michael Saunders ($3,400) – Nelson Cruz ($3,900)

The 2016 Major League Baseball season rolls on tonight with a near full slate for FanDuel owners to cash in on. In all 28 of the 30 Major League Clubs are in action tonight including some very solid starting pitching options starting with Madison Bumgarner for the San Francisco Giants.

The Giants ace has been on the mediocre side of the fantasy world of late posting just 31 fantasy points in each of his last two starts. Along with that back on May 28^th, 2016, Bumgarner turned in just 33 fantasy points against the same Colorado Rockies team he will be facing tonight.

Now the fantasy options don’t stop their as you have a few other top tier options you could go with as well including Carlos Carrasco of the Cleveland Indians and David Price for the Boston Red Sox. Carrasco might be the more appealing option after he turned in a brilliant 73 point fantasy performance against the Toronto Blue Jays in his last outing.

At the plate the big question of the night is whether or not we should build our lineup around Carlos Gonzalez. Cargo is a dangerous pick with Bumgarner on the mound and one that we only suggest going with if you elect to skip the Giants ace on the mound. In his career the Rockies slugger has 17 career hits in 53 at bats including five home runs to go with 10 runs batted in.

Who will get the best of the other tonight, will it be Bumgarner or Cargo?

FanDuel Hitters We Like On Tuesday July 5^th, 2016

Yan Gomes, Cleveland Indians: Gomes is another option we like at the plate tonight based on his past success against Anibal Sanchez. In 16 career at bats, Gomes has seven hits off of the Detroit Tigers starter with two of those hits leaving the ball field.

Danny Espinosa, Washington Nationals: The Nationals short stop has been on a tear of late posting six double digit fantasy performances over his last 10 games. That includes two 54 point contests over his last five games. Look for that success to continue tonight against the Milwaukee Brewers.

FanDuel Pitchers We Like On Tuesday July 5^th, 2016

Dallas Kuechel, Houston Astros: For us this is a solid option tonight as he warrants a salary of just $8,300. Along with the salary the Astros starter has been solid posting at least 30 fantasy points in five of his last seven games. If Keuchel can find a way to turn in a start like we saw last year we could see a big time fantasy outing tonight.

FanDuel Fantasy Sleepers We Like on Tuesday July 5^th, 2016

Mike Foltynewicz, Atlanta Braves: We could have even threw Zach Efflin’s name into the bunch for a fantasy sleeper tonight as the Braves and Philadelphia Phillies square off. Entering tonight the Phillies rank 29^th in team OPS, 25 in Home Runs and 29^th in Runs scored.  Meanwhile for Efflin, the Braves rank below them in each of those stats as well.

The Stack List:

Jose Altuve / Evan Gattis / Colby Rasmus, Houston Astros: Looking at past success this trio of Astros have hit Taijuan Walker well in their careers. The three have combined to go 18 for 52 with four home runs.

Salvador Perez / Eric Hosmer / Alex Gordon, Kansas City Royals: When we looked for stacks for tonight we looked at pitchers who have struggled to give up the long ball. That landed us with looking at the Royals as they will face off against R.A. Dickey who ranks 5^th in Major League Baseball with 19 home runs allowed. You could also look to the Royals for a few bargains as well.

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Conservative Lineup

SP – Gio Gonzalez ($8,900)

C – Evan Gattis ($2,500)

1B – Chris Davis ($3,700)

2B – Jose Altuve ($3,600)

3B – Travis Shaw ($2,600)

SS – Danny Espinosa ($3,100)

OF – Yoenis Cespedes ($3,200)

OF – Andrew McCutchen ($3,600)

OF – Bryce Harper ($3,800)

Swinging For The Big Pay Day Lineup

SP – Carlos Carrasco ($10,200)

C – Russell Martin ($2,400)

1B – Paul Goldschmidt ($4,100)

2B – DJ LeMahieu ($2,200)

3B – Jake Lamb ($3,500)

SS – Troy Tulowitzki ($3,100)

OF – Hyun Soo Kim ($2,700)

OF – Mike Trout ($4,200)

OF – Marcell Ozuna ($2,600)