Alright, we are back!
What the hell is this crap of a schedule for today?
This is like going to a Metallica concert and finding out that the Gin Blossoms are opening up. I mean, you’ll listen to them, they aren’t the worst thing in the world, but we didn’t come here for Rangers-Marlins or a Tigers-Athletics double header now did we?
It’s Baseball though, and at least it is AFTERNOON Baseball in the summer which is rare these days.
So here is what we have, we have a THREE game slate synchronicity which includes:
- Tigers at Athletics – G1 of the double header
- Yankees at Astros – G1 of the double header … Amazing that they’re just sweeping Yanks at Astros under the rug here.
- Rangers at Marlins – Island game, they don’t play tomorrow. So this begs the obvious question. Did the Rangers non all-stars get to fly to Miami ahead of time on their own to spend their ASB in south beach?
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WEATHER
All games are fine.
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As of the time I am writing this the Yankees probable starter is between Taillon or Jordan Montgomery. Neither of which will be among the top options today.
JON GRAY
Crazy that Gray is now one of the more consistent and reliable pitchers in the game, but not having every other start in Coors Field might just be a good thing for him (who knew!). Gray is dominating RHH so far this season with a 28% K rate against them and he’ll see a heavy RHH lineup today as Jazz Chisholm Jr remains out for Miami.
TARIK SKUBAL
The park size combined with an opponent who is very bad 1-9 vs Sliders means that Skubal is in line for a 20+ point game this afternoon. He is someone to be very optimistic about in the second half as well.
PABLO LOPEZ
The Rangers are one of my potential second half sleeper teams, but that would come in August or September most likely. Given that Lopez pitches very well at home, I would consider him over anyone else as a third option today and think he is good leverage vs chalky Jon Gray on FanDuel.
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YANKEES
Stanton – Rizzo – Hicks
Even though Cristian Javier was able to no-hit the Yankees a few weeks back Im not envisioning things going very smoothly today. They should hit 2 HR today which is likely to be the winners on a 3 game slate.
If Gallo plays he is the sneakiest play today as he has great history in Houston.
TIGERS
Baez, Grossman, Haase, Cabrera
Hey cool, we probably have a Tiger chalk today and yes there’s ‘leverage’ in just going opposite but everyone else is thinking the same thing and I am just thinking of the Tigers having 2+ men on base in many innings today. The question is do they get the key hit to drive them in.
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Top Boost+ Players:
Literally nobody.
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CATCHER
Eric Haase
That is it, that is the list, and if he isn’t starting then find someone close to you and ask them to pick a letter in the alphabet and take whichever player is closest to that letter, because it really doesn’t matter.
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FIRST BASE
Anthony Rizzo
Miguel Cabrera
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SECOND BASE
Jose Altuve – Yankee’s Owner
Jonathan Schoop
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THIRD BASE
Alex Bregman
DJ LeMahieu
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SHORTSTOP
Javier Baez
Elvis Andrus
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OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
Giancarlo Stanton
Robbie Grossman – I wouldn’t expect a HR from Grossman, but I think he is the top must own on this slate.
Adolis Garcia
Riley Greene
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- Anthony Rizzo – 1B – Yankees – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Javier Baez – SS – Tigers
- Jose Altuve – 2B – Astros
- Eric Haase – C – Tigers
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CORE PLAYS
Robbie Grossman, Rizzo, Altuve, Baez
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RANDOM THOUGHTS
This might be the worst slate in the history of DFS slates, but we haven’t had a real DFS slate in a few days so lets just not talk about that and move on.
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BETTING PLAYS
No Runs First Inning parlay on all three games
Yankees ML (Game 1)
Rangers ML
Tigers ML (Game 1)
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