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Squad Up Daily MLB Fantasy Dose: Jered Weaver serves up easy choices for owners

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Here is a look at the Squad Up daily MLB fantasy picture for the four-game evening slate beginning at 8:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 11:

Hitter Stacks

  • Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres (RHP Jered Weaver): Weaver and his maximum fastball velocity of 85.9 mph pay a visit to Coors Field. The 34-year-old allowed three walks, five hits, two home runs, and four earned runs over five innings in his Padres debut. Colorado will not be friendly toward his rapidly soaring HR/9 rate which peaked at 1.87 in 2016. The over/under for this game is 12 runs.

4-player stack: OF Charlie Blackmon (62K), 3B Nolan Arenado (69K), 2B DJ LeMahieu (58K), C Tony Wolters (37K)

  • Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels (LHP Tyler Skaggs): The Rangers owned the league's eighth-best team wOBA against left-handed pitching last season. Skaggs allowed three walks, five hits and five earned runs in his season debut against the Oakland Athletics. The Rangers have scored at least five runs in four of their six games to open the season.

3-player stack: OF Carlos Gomez (41K), 1B Mike Napoli (38K), SS Elvis Andrus (40K)

Bargain Plays

  • 3B Aaron Hill (26K), Giants (vs. Diamondbacks): Hill should draw the start at second base against Diamondbacks LHP Robbie Ray. Hill has hit as high as second in the order against a lefty this season. He is a career .268/.334/.432 hitter on the strong side and has two walks and two hits -- including a home run - in eight plate appearances against southpaws this year.
  • OF Ryan Rua (32K), Rangers (at Angels): The right-handed Rua is a career .283/.337/.455 hitter against lefties. He has been hitting sixth or eighth this season, but he has still scored four runs in seven PAs from the sixth spot this season.

Top Fades

  • 2B Rougned Odor (40K), Rangers (at Angels): Odor should be left out of any Rangers stack, despite a reasonable salary. While he hangs onto the fifth spot in the order against both righties and lefties, he doesn't have a hit against a lefty yet this season and owns a career strikeout rate of 20.3 percent against southpaws.
  • 3B Alex Bregman (53K), Astros (at Mariners): The conditions are too appealing for hitters involved in the Rockies/Padres game to opt for a high-priced position player from any other game. Bregman will be playing in the significantly more pitcher-friendly Safeco Field in Seattle. While the matchup against LHP Ariel Miranda isn't intimidating, Bregman has opened the year just 5-for-28 at the plate.

Contrarian Plays

  • RHP Antonio Senzatela (29K), Rockies (vs. Padres): Not only is Senzatela pitching in Coors Field, he's also making just his second major-league start. He struck out six Milwaukee Brewers on the road in his debut. The Brewers were the only team in the majors to strike out more often against right-handed pitching than the Padres last season.
  • 2B Robinson Cano (54K), Mariners (vs. Astros): Cano's power numbers weren't affected by his home park last season, as he hit 17 of his 39 homers at Safeco. The lefty slugger is a career .316/.365/.527 hitter against right-handed pitching. He's the one to use as a pivot from the Rockies.

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