WEATHER No issues tonight. [spacer height=”20px”] FRAMBER VALDEZ Look for the Angels to once again rest Trout and once again be a good strike out boost for Framber Valdez. They don’t do anything after the Show from Ohtani it feels like and Valdez pitches very well away from home. CORBIN BURNES This is a very appealing game between Rodon and Burnes and I don’t think you make a wrong call with either stud but I also dont see how Valdez fails and Gausman should be fine as well. So there’s not much edge to be gained with these two other than Burnes on FanDuel where I think he gets passed over with his high price tag and still finishes as the top scoring pitcher. KEVIN GAUSMAN Gausman is coming off extended rest so I would imagine that there could be some limits on how much he does tonight, but he’s going to see a watered down version of the Royals lineup which is not exactly saying much these days. He should be the highest owned pitcher tonight and he should be just fine. KUTTER CRAWFORD Crawford went 5 1/3 vs Tampa and got 8 strikeouts with a 31%+ CSW rate in that game. The Rays likely adjust tonight and take less strikes but that is okay because Crawford has shown he can get plenty of whiffs on all his pitches in the big leagues and Tampa without Franco definitely has some whiffs in them. [spacer height=”12px”] Other Pitching Notes … Nestor Cortes and Martin Perez started the season off hot and have been struggling recently. I would look for both to have a better outing tonight than their recent form, kind of like when the stock market says hey look, I rebounded from a stretch of multiple -3% days with a +1.15% gain! [spacer height=”12px”] CUBS Alonso, Lindor, Escobar … Happ, Wisdom Something about Mets vs Cubs really stands out to me as a series which is going to be high scoring and full of drama. Maybe it’s the ghost of Daniel Murphy haunting the Cubs or maybe it’s something else. Just have an entry on this series all weekend for me. BLUE JAYS Bichette, Kirk, Gurriel Jr A great move yesterday by Toronto to fire Charlie Montoya. In my opinion there were two managers who really hold their teams back, Montoyo was one, La Russa is the obvious other. …...
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