For GPP players hunting cheap power, Morgan suggested Matt Mervis at $2,700. Although the lefty is hitting below the Mendoza Line, he sports a .449 slugging percentage and seven homers. That profile matches perfectly against Sean Burke, who carries a career 5.02 FIP and has yielded 1.83 HR/9 this season despite limiting lefties to a .194 average. Morgan likes the odds that one of Mervis’s hard-hit fly balls leaves the yard and pays off the salary.

Guy Boston wagered on Matt Mervis UNDER 1.5 hits + runs + RBI at ‑150 on MGM (-160 to ‑170 elsewhere). Mervis has fallen short in 9 of his last 10 contests and 17 of 25 overall. He is batting just .203 with a 101 wRC+ versus right-handers and faces Osvaldo Bido, who has limited left-handed bats to a .200 average, .280 wOBA and sub-0.25 HR/9. Bido leans on a fastball/slider mix; Mervis’s wOBA dips to .338 on heaters and even lower on sliders. Boston noted a six-game homer drought reduces the one-swing risk. Only worry is Bido’s slightly higher HR/9 vs LHBs, but overall matchup and recent form favor the under.