We once again do not have Site Synchronicity between FanDuel and DraftKings MAIN slates today and once again it is FanDuel who has opted to have the bigger Sunday slate by including the Boston vs Texas and Kansas City vs Colorado games. What I find interesting about DraftKings removing these games this year is that the Sunday afternoon slates are beginning at 1:35 PM now, so it’s not like there is a big time gap.
You won’t be using any of Austin Davis, Martin Perez, Daniel Lynch or Austin Gomber on FanDuel, so just consider any hitters from those games the only things in play.
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WEATHER
All games play.
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Read what I actually write here and just don’t skim through the names.
TARIK SKUBAL
Skubal should become the anchor to however many lineups that are being entered on your behalf on DraftKings today. On FanDuel, just keep reading on.
Hopefully everyone else will see that the Orioles probably roll out a RHB heavy lineup which those who read Skubal’s 2021 numbers will see he gave up over 30 HR to righties last year. Not this season though, he has been much better at limiting damage to RHB and the Orioles RHB aren’t exactly a murders row of hitters.
He is our SP2, so we start with him to get that out of the way for DraftKings players.
ALEK MANOAH
In the climate controlled environment of a Costco Warehouse down in Tampa, Alek Manoah gets a lineup he has mastered and with as good as his slider is we’re going to see him have one of his 7+ strikeout dominant outings today.
Alek Manoah is my FanDuel SP1.
BRANDON WOODRUFF / ELISIER HERNANDEZ
We go down to South Beach for our third options on DraftKings this afternoon and I would prefer to play both of these guys together riding a potentially low scoring game in Miami.
Ride the SBT for the Hernandez side at low ownership and Woodruff has been very solid vs LHB which will be comforting in his Jazz & one of the come to Jesus moments he will have in this game.
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Also expect to pitch well: Joelan Ryan, Daniel Lynch/Austin Gomber but dont use them there’s no need being that cute on FD,
Had all the right teams and all the wrong players last night which was a little frustrating, but we move on to today and try to make amends for it.
MARINERS (& Mets)
Boy, the Jesse Winker vs Mets fans rivalry might be the best thing we got going right now. Why in the world don’t the Braves go out and make a deal with the Mariners so they can have a little hair on their chest when they finally face the Mets? Just a random thought.
As for this game, welcome to a fireworks fest today. Carlos Carrasco is way overdue to get blown up or injured, so lets assume both happens today. Love the Mariners and love Citi Field Sunday overs.
- SEA: Frazier, Crawford, Winker, Suarez, Souza, Raleigh
- NYM: Pete Alonso
ASTROS
You can keep talking yourself out of the Astros because Corbin has been “getting better”. Keep doing that, please, just keep doing that all the way to finishing DFL in contests. What are you stupid or something? Hammer the hell out of Alex Bregman today.
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CATCHER
- Cal Raleigh
- Tucker Barnhardt
- Tyler Stephenson
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FIRST BASE
- Pete Alonso
- Jose Abreu … Remains colder than tits on a monkey and remains a guy we want to take chances on because he has a breakout coming
- Josh Bell
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SECOND BASE
- Adam Frazier
- Jose Altuve
- Whit Merrifield
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THIRD BASE
- Alex Bregman
- Matt Chapman
- Eugenio Suarez
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SHORTSTOP
- JP Crawford
- Bo Bichette
- Jeremy Pena
- Francisco Lindor
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OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Kyle Tucker
- Teoscar Hernandez
- Bryan Reynolds
- Jesse Winker
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OUTFIELD – Tier 2
- Juan Soto
- Austin Meadows
- Yordan Alvarez
- Julio Rodriguez
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OUTFIELD – Value
- Steven Souza Jr
- Mark Canha
- Max Kepler
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- Pete Alonso – 1B – Mets – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Alex Bregman – 3B – Astros
- Bryan Reynolds – OF – Pirates
- Steven Souza Jr – OF – Mariners
- Adam Frazier – 2B – Mariners
- Juan Soto – OF – Nationals
- Salvador Perez -C – Royals
- Bo Bichette – SS – Blue Jays
- BONUS ……………………. Jose Abreu – 1B – White Sox
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Core Plays
- Tarik Skubal – DK SP2
- Pete Alonso
- Adam Frazier
- Alex Bregman
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Expected Chalk
- Doesn’t really matter but on FD Coors will be (bad) chalk today.
- Verlander, Woodruff, Skubal
- Astros, Pirates
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Best Low Owned Offense(s) / Pitchers
- Mariners, Mets
- Alek Manoah > Justin Verlander
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Favorite Bets
- Mariners / Mets OVER 7
- Mariners / Mets Runs in first inning OVER 0.5
- Astros + Tigers + Twins ML Parlay