Daily Dime: Starting Gerrit Cole and stacking Yankees

Tuesday was a bloodbath, you guys — at least for me. Between Strasburg's injury and weather in Colorado and Cashner's ordinariness ... well, it was a rough night. Let's see if we can't be better today. As always, we urge you to view the weather reports and double-check lineups before finalizing your selections.

Gerrit Cole, P, vs. Cin (Leake), $9200 at FanDuel: Cole has allowed just three earned runs and no homers over his last 25.2 innings. He basically always strikes out 6-8 batters, his WHIP is 0.98 and he's at home on Wednesday, facing a meh team. I'm on board.

David DeJesus, OF, at Bos (Masterson), $2300: If you're a left-handed hitting human, then you've probably had some success facing Justin Masterson at some point in your life. LHBs are slashing .270/.353/.419 against him this year, and they hit an utterly ridiculous .320/.408/.502 against him last season. DeJesus, as it happens, is a left-handed hitting human. He's also gone 2-for-4 in each of his last two games..

Victor Martinez, C, at CWS (Sale), $3100: If you don't want to mess around with Sale, I get it. Completely understandable. Probably a sound business decision. But I also feel compelled to mention that V-Mart has owned him. Martinez has gone 15-for-32 against Sale with three doubles, three homers, six RBIs and two bases on balls. Of course he's also slashing just .203/.316/.215 at the moment, which makes him a tricky play.

Andrelton Simmons, SS, vs. Phi (Williams), $2600 : For those who like to ride hot players, Simmons is an obvious target. He's 7-for-17 so far this month with seven runs scored, two doubles, a triple and four walks. He carries a friendly price tag on Wednesday, and he gets to take his hacks against Jerome Williams.

Kelly Johnson, OF, vs. Phi (Williams), $2700: And here's another hot-hitting member of the Braves, no doubt happy to see Jerome on the hill. Johnson is 9-for-23 with four walks in his career against Williams. He's been on a mini-tear lately, launching three homers over his past five games.

Eric Hosmer, 1B, vs. Cle (Carrasco), $3600: Yup, our theme today is clearly "Ride the streak." Hosmer has reached base safely in seven of his last eight games, with four multi-hit performances and three homers during this stretch. Carrasco is a quality opponent, no doubt, but he's been nothin' special in his last two appearances (9 ER), and Hosmer has a decent history against him (3-for-9, 2 XBHs).

Carlos Santana, 1B, at KC (Duffy), $3300: I'm starting Danny Duffy in a pair of seasonal leagues on Wednesday, and I'm kinda/sorta uptight about it. Santana seems like a nice hedge; he's 7-for-19 lifetime vs. Duffy with a triple and a homer. He's also been substantially better against lefties than righties over the course of his career (.281/.391/.458 vs. LHPs).

Aaron Hill, 2B, at Col (Matzek), $2900: Will they ever play another game in Coors Field? Or will the rain never, ever end? Dunno. But if they actually play a game, I like Hill's chances to make some noise. Hill has hit safely in four straight games and he hasn't struck out since April 25.

Brandon Belt, 1B, vs. SD (Kennedy), $2900: Belt has enjoyed facing Ian Kennedy (8-for-25, 2 HR), plus he has an extra-base hit in three straight games. Kennedy is off to a poor start this year (7.11 ERA, 1.50 WHIP) and the Giants are streaking, winners of five in a row. (I suppose I just made an argument for rolling with Chris Heston on Wednesday, didn't I?)

Various Yankees, at Tor (Buehrle): Jays starter Mark Buehrle has given up 24 hits, 13 runs (all earned) and three homers over his last 10.0 innings. He's been crushed by both lefties and righties. Thus, I'm stacking Yankees on Wednesday. Gimme Ellsbury, gimme Headley, gimme Tex ... whoever. I'm not picky.