WEATHER Couple spots to keep an eye on with even some heavy rain/PPD risk Washington at Philadelphia – The Nationals have told the Phillies they should call this game at 7:07pm. In fact, last night when the game was suspended and then called afterwards the Nationals supposedly filed a claim with the league offices asking if this was allowed. Word is that the Nats are PISSED about it, they were under the impression that you are only to call games AFTER the start time and they would be entirely PPD at that point — thus they do not accept last nights Loss and will be playing the rest of the season under protest by fielding a Beer League Softball lineup with Luke Voit as the team Captain. I’m joking of course…. About the Luke Voit Captain Part. Everyone knows Maikel Franco is the captain. Pittsburgh at Baltimore – The Pirates have brought their ships to the inner harbor and given how much that has declined in Baltimore over the years even they aren’t too thrilled about docking there. But here they come and lets enjoy a 1979 World Series Re-match. Oh wait, this is the weather section. Yeah, it could rain. [spacer height=”10px”] [spacer height=”10px”] DYLAN CEASE Simply put the AL Cy Young front runner is out pitching the field of late and 8 of the 9 projected hitters for Texas grade out extremely poorly against him and his stache. You bring a stache like that down into the heart of Texas and you better damn well pitch your brains out like he should tonight. Carrying a low .072 ISO and 29.7K% on the road Cease is easily the best SP going today. ERIC LAUER I would trust Matt Lauer with my Daughter more than I trust Eric Lauer most of the time, but lucky for me, I don’t have a daughter. I hope one day that I will have a Granddaughter who comes and listens to me tell stories about how Kevin Appier was robbed of the 1994 Cy Young when I am 93 years old and sitting in three day old urine but for now, I don’t have a daughter and I don’t have to sweat out those 12-18 teenage years nor do I have a problem using Lauer against the Cincinnati Reds tonight. ROBBIE RAY Give me Ray for upside over the other options like Valdez, Walker and…...
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