If you like mid range (8 games) slates then tonight is your kind of night. [spacer height=”20px”] WEATHER There are no PPD risks tonight and two games with some very warm conditions but low humidity in Atlanta and Chicago (Comiskey). [spacer height=”20px”] GERRIT COLE We are back to ride on the Gerrit Cole experience, which for someone with his talent shouldn’t feel like we’re on the Carlos Martinez or Julio Teheran type experience train but given that neither of those guys play in the MLB anymore it’s a nice little throw back for some of us who actually would play those guys. Cole is coming off one of his good starts, a 6 inning, 7 strikeout performance and now draws the lowly Rays down in the Finest Costco Warehouse in Florida, that being Tropicana Field. I believe Cole has gotten the shits out of him for a while now and will pitch the next 1-2 months very quietly before some random blow up game in late August. YU DARVISH Zona is a lefty heavy team which is good for Darvish right now. 80% of his pitches to lefties are being hit below .200 and only 1 has left the yard, which is good because they’re playing in a Park tonight and not a Yard… Right? MAX FRIED Fried will be close to Darvish but he is also $1,400 more expensive. We still latch onto this idea that the Giants are going to mash LHP but they’re really inconsistent this season and Fried is going to bounce back into the 20’s overall on DK tonight. KRIS BUBIC When you look at the Angels lineup against LHP they look like the Stock Market YTD. Basically starts off good and then goes straight down hill. So with Bubic he needs to command the zone against the top 3 guys well enough to not be forced into high leverage spots when the likes of Walsh, Stassi, Marsh, etc. come up because he’s far better off giving up a solo homer to Trout than he is walking the bases loaded and being pulled at 2-3 IP. So don’t fear the Trout heater and take a gamble for a cheap SP2 tonight with Bubic. [spacer height=”20px”] Don’t Mind: Burnes, Fried … Yes, they’re both fine, but Cole/Darvish get the edge for me. [spacer height=”20px”] RED SOX Duran, Martinez, Bogaerts, Bradley Boston was only good for really one game…...
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