The daily grind: 8-7

The Daily Grind provides daily match-up advice based on my every-morning waiver wire search. I welcome advice to help make this column more effective. Ownership rates are from Yahoo!

The Fanduel picks are a mixture of Daily League specific advice and information for the more typical fantasy owner.

Today’s grind

Those in leagues with same-day moves should refer back to yesterday’s table.

The Fanduel Daily League Players of the Day are:

Pitcher (to start):No exciting options; today’s pitchers dabble in various brands of mediocrity. Ross Detwiler against the Astros may be the best, or maybe it’s Wade LeBlanc against the Mets. There’s also Patrick Corbin and Samuel Deduno to consider, although neither is anywhere close to a “must start.”

Pitcher (bum): Corey Kluber got hammered his first time out and the Twins’ lefty-heavy lineup won’t be terribly friendly to him.

If you want a more established bag of suck, The Cubs and their shiny new call-ups face Ross Ohlendorf. Meanwhile, the Nationals will see Jordan Lyles. He’s been struggling of late.

Hitter (power): Scott Hairston might be the best power option of the day. The new Cubs, Brett Jackson and Josh Vitters, also have a good match-up for showing off some power.

Hitter (speed): Dial up the Twins, namely Denard Span and Ben Revere.

Tomorrow’s grind

People paid anywhere between $8 and $100 FAAB to acquire Dan Straily in my leagues, but he’s still available in most leagues.

Carlos Villanueva has been homer-prone his last three outings, but he’s still done solid work. Not a bad play against the Rays.

Clayton Richard at home against a patchwork Cubs offense might just work out. On the other side of that match-up is Jeff Samardzija, who also stands to have a solid outing.

There aren’t too many batter match-ups worth getting giddy over tomorrow. I like the slew of Mariners against Tommy Hunter, but expectations must be tempered given that they are the Mariners.

Anthony Gose would be a good threat on the bases if he manages to get on. A start for him is never assured.

Todd Frazier and Zack Cozart stand to gain from their match-up against Randy Wolf

Reliever watch

Nothing to report.