Happy Labor Day to everyone out there. We begin the week with an early 6:05 PM EST slate tonight that is small but not too small (6 games) and both sites are rolling out the same slate of games with a small 3 game early slate before the main appetizer. Just as a reminder, even with NFL starting up now the Dongers Club will continue through to the end of the season and I am very likely to continue into the playoffs where there will be 16 teams and hopefully some great contests out there (won’t hold my breathe). The one day you can expect to see a drop off from the Dongers Club though will be Sunday’s and it’s likely because there just won’t be any tournaments on the DFS sites to warrant an article. Given how Sunday’s in the pandemic season have gone, that’s probably not gonna draw any complaints. WEATHER Two games to monitor tonight, nothing heavy but definite rain… Royals at Indians – Light Rain Yankees at Blue Jays – Light Rain … Buffalo can be worse so monitor this one for sure. Zach Plesac With Soler banged up, Whit Merrifield cold, Salvy Perez still out and Bubba Swing and Miss Starling back in the lineup these Royals are back to being an auto play against with a SP. Plesac at home in a game that should be fairly low scoring is the safest #1 SP today to lock in. Zac Gallen While he’s facing them (the Giants) for the third time in a shot period, it’s not like he has gotten hammered against them. The only challenge has been his own control at times and Gallen is pitching exceptionally well of late. I prefer him by a wide margin over Max if spending up. Kevin Gausman With only six games tonight a common DraftKings build in tournaments that we should consider is game stacking pitchers in one game and game stacking hitters in another with the “optimal” one offs as necessary. The game to load up on pitchers is either Arizona/San Francisco or Kansas City/Cleveland and Gausman should beat out Keller in strikeouts tonight, so that’s why I’d prefer this spot if you want to stack up the SP’s in a game. Guys I am not on Max Scherzer: Just prefer Gallen and Plesac. He’ll do Max things. Give up a couple…...
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