Today’s MAIN slate for 4th of July is a 6PM slate. Yes, this is a horrible job by Rob Manfred as there are a couple teams who aren’t even playing today. Like, the Cardinals and Phillies couldn’t play one more game tonight at 6PM before a fireworks show? Lame. Both FanDuel and DraftKings have 7 game slates. Oh, nice, you say. No, they’re not synchronized. FanDuel has included the Giants and Diamondbacks. DraftKings has said screw that game and included the second game of the Guardians vs Tigers double-header. So this means Shane Bieber and Alex Faedo are in play on DraftKings, while on FanDuel you have Carlos Rodon and Madison Bumgarner. [spacer height=”20px”] WEATHER All clear and hot as hell in Cincinnati. [spacer height=”20px”] There really isn’t much in the way of cheap pitching that could produce well today. Yesterday we saw just about every pitcher come out and have a really strong strikeout performance but today it’s more about riding the aces in most spots where they are facing bad offenses. ALEK MANOAH Very hard to lock in an 11k Manoah on FanDuel but he has very little risk against Oakland. This is a lineup that has a couple lefties but not the kind which I see giving him fits in this huge ballpark. Lock him in on DraftKings. CHRIS FLEXEN There are two big series in MLB which I have an odd narrative around. The Yanks/Red Sox and Dodgers/Padres. When those teams have a series I bet against them in their immediate game afterwards and that’s what we have with the Padres who managed to steal one vs the Dodgers yesterday and now return home, but still not hitting the ball very well. Jake Cronenworth is the only hitter who I think would take him deep. SEAN MANAEA Had an update on who was starting G2 for the Guardians, so we bump up Manaea in the same game with Flexen. He should get through 6-7 strong without much damage but I don’t think he gets any run support. Take the under and consider this a nice Mana-Mana slate. [spacer height=”20px”] OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS … Kyle Freeland is worthy of a dart on DraftKings. Riding my theory on the LAD/SD both losing tonight he would be the other arm to benefit from that. On FanDuel I could see Bumgarner winding up with 25+ points but he won’t have…...
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