It is very fitting of FanDuel to have a Sunday slate that resembles NFL season today with a HEAVY doze of games there. Normal sized DK slate without Coors Field on it. [spacer height=”10px”] WEATHER Phillies at Pirates — Rain mid game. Potential delay, no PPD risk though. Diamondbacks at Braves — Potential pop up thunderstorms. All games play. [spacer height=”10px”] DYLAN CEASE Big spot for Dylan Cease today against the white hot Athletics, right? He needs to try to prove he can go 7 innings or maybe throw over 100 pitches as well. But more notably, Cease has not allowed an ER in his last three starts and over his last 7 he hasn’t given up more than 1 ER in any start total. He’s pitching fantastic right now and can cement his name among the top AL Cy Young Candidates with another double digit strikeout game. JORDAN MONTGOMERY There’s a couple crafty lefties on this slate, one of them is good and the other is Jordan Montgomery. But Jordan Montgomery for DFS is the correct play in my mind against Kansas City who outside of Whit Merrifield and Salvy (who just got back) they don’t have much consistency vs lefties and I don’t like either of them today. Monty is coming off a tough start in Citi Field but should go through 6 today before giving up some dumb solo homer to Michael A Taylor to ruin his shutout. PABLO LOPEZ A little South Beach Sunday potentially? Data doesn’t say that Lopez balls but he also should not get rocked which helps play into our confidence on the South Beach Theory. Honestly I cannot find a good reason beyond “oh, its Sunday” to tell you not to play Taijuan Walker in the same game either, but we do have a good amount of pitching options so I’ll pass. [spacer height=”10px”] Other pitching thoughts. This is a very good pitching slate and some other guys like Walker, Fried, McClanahan and Nola will eat up ownership. Nola should not have any issues with Pittsburgh but rain could cause his start to get cut short and McClanahan has a team in the Guardians who obviously have low strikeout rates but I am more concerned with the Innings wall he is driving towards. I like Fried a little, not a lot, just a little. [spacer height=”10px”] The Sunday Sleeper Nobody that I…...
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