DFS Amateur Hour - Thursday Lineups

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Published on August 20, 2015

Why am I setting lineups virtually every day? Because I keep making picks on the SXM show, and I have to play them in case they're the big score. Also Kevin Payne emailed me about the "Happy Hour" overlay, something I couldn't skip in good conscience. Updating the budget, I played one $5 Rally yesterday and cashed for $30, thanks to Joe Kelly and a Cubs-Tigers stack. (You'd think when you stack both teams in a 15-8 game and have a $6200 pitcher score 13 points you'd win more than that, but in these big tournaments you have to be almost perfect.) As a result, my bankroll jumped $25 to $1,650.11.

I set five lineups tonight, four $5 Rally and the $10 Happy Hour one:

Pos	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$	$5 Rally	$
P	McHugh	8600	McHugh	8600	McHugh	8600
C	Schwarber	4300	Castillo	3400	Martinez	3000
1B	Rizzo	4400	Goldschmidt	4500	Cabrera	5300
2B	Rendon	3400	Kinsler	4100	Rendon	3400
3B	Bryant	3300	Castellanos	2800	Castellanos	2800
SS	Desmond	4200	Russell	2300	Russell	2300
OF	Ozuna	2300	Pollock	4300	Martinez	3600
OF	Rios	2200	Tomas	2500	Betts	3500
OF	Davis	2300	Davis	2300	Tomas	2500
	Total	35000	Total	34800	Total	35000

Pos	$5 Rally	$	$10 Happy Hour	$
P	McHugh	8600	McHugh	8600
C	Ramos	2800	Martinez	3000
1B	Zimmerman	4000	Fielder	3400
2B	Rendon	3400	Rendon	3400
3B	Machado	4100	Frazier	2800
SS	Russell	2300	Crawford	3400
OF	Werth	3800	Martinez	3600
OF	Buxton	2400	Soler	2800
OF	Martinez	3600	Werth	3800
	Total	35000	Total	34800

I used Colin McHugh in all five lineups because I like the matchup at home against the Rays. Other players in whom I have multiple shares are: Anthony Rendon (4), Addison Russell (3), J.D. Martinez (3), Nick Castellanos (2), Victor Martinez (2), Jayson Werth (2), Rajai Davis (2) and Yasmani Tomas (2).