| Position | Player | Salary |
|---|
| MVP | Junior Caminero | $15,600 |
| UTIL | Ryan Vilade | $6,200 |
| UTIL | Mookie Betts | $7,200 |
| UTIL | Shohei Ohtani | $13,600 |
| UTIL | Yandy Diaz | $11,800 |
| UTIL | Ben Williamson | $5,400 |
We've got a Single Game Showdown tonight — TB @ LAD at Dodger Stadium, first pitch 10:10PM EDT. We're captaining Junior Caminero at the 1.5x and attacking both arms: a four-man Rays stack going after lefty Eric Lauer, with Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani taking on Nick Martinez on the Dodgers side.
**Junior Caminero (MVP, $15,600)**
In limited AB's vs Eric Lauer — **.250 AVG / .500 OBP / .500 SLG / 1.000 OPS in 4 AB** (1 H, 1 XBH). Caminero takes the 1.5x captain slot and the matchup makes him the right bat to multiply: Lauer is a lefty serving up a brutal **2.56 HR/9** with a **5.23 xERA**, and Dodger Stadium leans mildly hitter-friendly tonight. Caminero punishes lefties to a **.871 OPS** with a **19.5% walk rate vs LHP**, and his **49.5% HardHit%** and **.217 ISO** give the captain spot real ceiling.
**Ryan Vilade (UTIL, $6,200)**
In limited AB's vs Eric Lauer — **.500 AVG / .500 OBP / 2.000 SLG / 2.500 OPS in 2 AB** (1 H, 1 XBH, 1 HR). Vilade is in the same Rays group attacking Lauer's home-run problem. He's hitting **.311 with a .830 OPS vs LHP**, a strong value piece next to the captain in a plus matchup.
**Mookie Betts (UTIL, $7,200)**
Betts is a buy-low on elite talent in a regression spot. Nick Martinez carries a shiny **2.43 ERA**, but his **4.45 xERA** and a **sub-5.10 K/9** flag a contact pitcher due to give it back, and Betts brings the bat-to-ball skill — a **12.2% strikeout rate vs RHP** — to do damage when the regression comes.
**Shohei Ohtani (UTIL, $13,600)**
Doesn't matter what the splits say — Ohtani is the biggest bat on the slate every night, and at the top of the Dodgers order against Martinez he carries the highest ceiling in the game. He's the pay-up that anchors the Dodgers side, and against a contact pitcher in a regression spot, one swing flips the whole lineup.
**Yandy Díaz (UTIL, $11,800)**
Díaz is one of the best bats in the game against left-handed pitching — a **.913 OPS** with a **.319 average** and a **.208 ISO vs LHP**, paired with elite contact at a **44.7% HardHit%** and a tiny **14.5% strikeout rate**. Against Lauer's exposed line, he's a high-floor, high-contact anchor for the Rays stack.
**Ben Williamson (UTIL, $5,400)**
In limited AB's vs Eric Lauer — **.500 AVG / .500 OBP / .500 SLG / 1.000 OPS in 2 AB** (1 H). Williamson is the value piece rounding out the four-man Rays group, a **.710 OPS vs LHP** in the same matchup against Lauer's home-run problem, and a cheap way to extend the stack.
The lineup at a glance — Junior Caminero captains a four-man Rays stack teeing off on Eric Lauer's home-run problem at a mildly hitter-friendly Dodger Stadium, with Vilade, Yandy Díaz and Ben Williamson filling out the group. Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani handle the Dodgers side against Nick Martinez's regression-spot profile. Three of the six bats — Caminero, Vilade and Williamson — line up against the exact pitcher they've performed against historically. We're under cap.
Let's have a big night! 💰🔥