*Top hitters and pitchers highlight exceptional matchups that may include stars, lesser-known players and those on your waiver wires.

When I put together my top hitters and pitchers I factor in several things. First, prior matchup history, whether the hitter is hot and the pitcher’s history against that type of batter. Also, these matchups are normally released in the morning so make sure that you double-check the weather leading up to games in case they were postponed or the player got the day off.

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Top DFS hitters for today:

Trevor Plouffe vs. Corey Kluber – hitting .412 (7/17) with a 2B, 2 HRs & 6 RBIs

Jon Jay vs. Johnny Cueto – hitting .522 (12/23) with a 2B, 3 HRs, 7 RBIs & a BB

Jonathan Lucroy vs. Nathan Eovaldi – hitting .800 (4/5) with 2 2Bs, a HR & 2 RBIs

Devin Mesoraco vs. Lance Lynn – hitting .333 (2/6) with 2 2Bs
Mesoraco is hot at the plate hitting .400 with 3 bombs in the last week, love him today against Lynn

Jay Bruce vs. Lance Lynn – hitting .500 (11/22) with a 2B, 2 3Bs, 2 HRs, 8 RBIs & 2 BBs
This is just a numbers matchup for me.

Ricky’s HR Guarantee: Jay Bruce  

Top DFS Pitcher for today:

Francisco Liriano vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Liriano in his last 3 starts 19 innings, 12 hits, 2 ERs & 22 Ks. Love his matchup with the Phillies today.

Movie of the Day – Pacific Rim – This movie should’ve gotten more love than it did, it was a fantastic movie. Good acting, good story and really fun action scenes.

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