Championships are won by making the right little decisions through the season and micromanaging your lineup well can be the difference maker. Each week, I’ll be taking a look at five hitting matchups you should take advantage of this week, and five hitting matchups you should avoid this week. Here are the batters you should start and avoid for Week 6 (5/8 – 5/14) of the fantasy baseball season.
Note: This article is geared toward middle-of-the-road players, meaning you should be starting top of the line bats regardless of the matchup. Always start your studs.
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San Diego Padres hitters - The Padres play seven games this week, and really only two of the matchups are scary, which would be their games against Yu Darvish and Jose Quintana. Other than that, the rest of the matchups should be cake. You're already starting Wil Myers regardless of matchup, and likely already starting Yangervis Solarte and Manuel Margot, but maybe even consider Austin Hedges and even Ryan Schimpf this week. Maybe even consider Jabari Blash in the two matchups the Padres have against lefties (against Quintana and Martin Perez).
