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Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice for August 29

Published Aug. 29, 2016 8:11 a.m. ET

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For those who are unfamiliar with my thought process, I aim to add as many home run hitters as possible to my daily fantasy baseball lineups. One way of doing that is to look at a player's isolated power numbers (ISO). The ISO statistic removes singles and provides a larger weight for each extra-base hit.

I also use the weighted on-base average (wOBA) metric. This stat takes every positive outcome into consideration.

Last year, the league average was a .150 ISO and a .313 wOBA. So, when you see me list a player's ISO or wOBA, you know why I do it.

5 Things to Watch:

1. Here are the three highest over/unders for Monday, provided by OddsShark...

2. Jake Arrieta runs away as the strongest favorite of the night at -260 against the Pirates. Rick Porcello for Boston (-200) and Tanner Roark (-200) of the Nats are also large favorites to earn the win on Monday night. Matt Boyd's odds are up there, too, but his over/under is around 20.

3. Speaking of Porcello, he is phenomenal at home. This season, he is 12-0 with a 2.96 ERA at Fenway Park. Unreal. Porcello has also faced the Rays four times in 2016 (3-0 with a 2.60 ERA).

4. There is a little rain in the forecast for NYY/KC and LAD/COL. Hopefully, all is clear in Colorado by first pitch.

5. For the BvP readers: Mike Trout is 7-for-17 (.412) against Dan Straily...J.D. Martinez is 9-for-21 (.429) with four extra-base hits against James Shields...Also, Miguel Cabrera is 24-for-63 (.381) with 13 extra-base hits against Shields.

Yesterday's recap:

The Toronto Blue Jays were D.J. Foster's stack and they delivered. They scored nine runs and I hope you had the recommended play of Josh Donaldson: 3 HR, 4 RBI.

Must-Start of the day: Miguel Cabrera, DET

He has quite the sample size against Shields (see "5 Things") and leads Detroit with a .256 ISO against right-handed pitchers this season.

Deal of the day: Andrew Toles, LAD

Finding a deal in a Coors Field game is tough. However, Toles is only $3,000 on both FD and DK. Toles is 7-for-15 (.467) with four extra-base hits in the past week.

Avoid of the day: Ian Desmond, TEX

He is 1-for-14 (.071) with five strikeouts against Hisashi Iwakuma.

Stack of the day: Detroit Tigers

Any offense facing James Shields will make my stack suggestion. He's allowed at least six earned runs in four of the past starts. On the road, Shields is 1-6 with a 7.22 ERA. Also, Miguel Cabrera and J.D. Martinez have great BvP matchups against Shields. I would add Cameron Maybin, Ian Kinsler and Victor Martinez, too.

Starting pitchers:

Rick Porcello, BOS - (See "5 Things")

Jose Fernandez, MIA - He's allowed two earned runs or less in two of the past three starts and has struck out at least six batters in 10 consecutive outings.

Yu Darvish, TEX - He's struck out at least five batters in 10 straight starts. Also, at home, Darvish is 4-0 with a 2.80 ERA in 2016.

Catchers:

Victor Martinez, DET - He has a .500 AVG in the past week and is part of the "Stack of the day."

Yasmani Grandal, LAD - He has a .272 ISO against righties in 2016.

First basemen:

Miguel Cabrera, DET - "Must-start of the day."

Adrian Gonzalez, LAD - He has a .370 wOBA against righties and has tallied four home runs in the past seven days.

Edwin Encarnacion, TOR - He has a .286 ISO against lefties this season.

Second basemen:

Ian Kinsler, DET - "Stack of the day."

Dustin Pedroia, BOS - He has a .367 wOBA against righties and a .556 AVG in the past week

Daniel Murphy, WAS - He has a .281 ISO against righties this year.