The Dongers Club – July 9th (Afternoon)

I like Saturday’s like today where the majority of the games are all in the 4PM window.  There is a 4 game late slate tonight and I’ll cover any thoughts on that in Discord if I have any, just note they will likely be intoxicated thoughts. Wait.  So are these…. [spacer height=”20px”] WEATHER Rain showers for Nats and Braves – Stormy weather mostly. Wind IN in Kauffman Stadium.  Big Help for McKenzie here. Assume roof is OPEN in Milwaukee Roof is still BROKEN, on the IL and likely in need of many booster shots in Arizona And when we look OVER at Citi Field we see a warm day game. [spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] BRANDON WOODRUFF This is Woody’s third start off the IL and his second in a row against Pittsburgh.  You may recall last weekend he went 6 innings on 94 pitches with 0 ER, 6 hits and 8 K against the Buccos in PNC Park.  In Milwaukee the stadium isn’t as pitcher friendly but it’s still good enough and he should get a good amount of run support this afternoon too. I wouldn’t expect a perfectly clean game though, so for his price on DraftKings and FanDuel he can be passed over for some other options without too much concern. But I am not saying you should just run away from Woody. FRAMBER VALDEZ Has not struggled with the Athletics this year at all and should not struggle with them today at all.  Should we expect another 9 inning dominant start like on May 30th?  Of course not, but anything under 7 strong innings from Valdez is what we consider “oh thats just Baseball for ya”.  So, lets not do that “oh thats just Baseball for ya” shit today, lets do what should happen please. TRISTON McKENZIE We are back on the T-Mac train for the second straight start.  He has owned the Royals and I have always found that KC strikes out more in home day games for some odd reason.  The potential is for another 7 strikeout game today PATRICK SANDOVAL The Birds are extremely hot and the Angels are extremely cold.  But that doesn’t mean that Sandoval cannot continue to start his big second half run today vs the O’s. [spacer height=”20px”] OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS … Everything in the data tonight says that Smeltzer and Perez get hit after a high scoring game last…...