Daily Dime: Paying up for Syndergaard and digging for bargains

As always when playing Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball, be sure to check the final lineups and the weather.

With more options available for contests that start at 7:05 ET, I’m going to concentrate on Friday’s later batch of games.

My full lineup:

SP: Noah Syndergaard $57

SP: Wei-Yin Chen $41

C: Tucker Barnhart $10

1B: Joey Votto $18

2B: Brian Dozier $16

3B: Todd Frazier $17

SS: Jed Lowrie $12

OF: Kirk Nieuwenhuis $7

OF: Brandon Drury $8

OF: Carlos Beltran $13

I’m ponying up for Syndergaard, who’s been dominant this season despite coming off a small hiccup versus the Giants. The Mets are the biggest favorites on the board Friday, and this game in Petco Park has a tiny over/under of 6.5...Wei-Yi Chen hasn’t been as great as hoped after moving from the A.L East to the National League, but he still owns a 4:1 K:BB ratio and is at home facing a Phillies team with the second-lowest OPS in baseball this season.

Barnhart is cheap and has been getting more playing time since Devin Mesoraco went down, but as usual with catchers, double-check he’s in the lineup...Votto is off to an extremely slow start, but that’s why he’s priced as a discount. This is still someone who posted a .362/.535/.617 line after the All-Star break last year.

Frazier has hit much better at home all season, and after paying up for starting pitching Friday, I went a cheap route with a trio of outfielders in Nieuwenhuis, Drury and Beltran.

Good luck with your contests Friday.

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