Finally a perfect Friday. A 15 game MLB slate with a 2:20 Showdown Cubs game, a couple senior citizen circuit turbo games and then our main 12 game slate tonight which includes Yusei Kikuchi vs the Yankees and the Royals trying to solve Shohei Ohtani. WEATHER WSH at MIN: Cold, ugly, miserable, depressing. Also known as, Minnesota. MIA at CLE: Rain in Cleveland, which sucks because we miss LiC with Jazz going there. I dont see how they get the game in. Chase Field Roof = Open AARON NOLA It’s a pay up for pitching Friday night, with Nola being in a fantastic setup to bring home 10-12 strikeout performance vs the Rockies. I would even rank him above Ohtani on FanDuel considering not just the $2100 price difference but also because I hvae him getting 10+ strikeouts tonight. A nice ladder opportunity on his K props today as well. SHOHEI OHTANI What should I tell you? You want me, the Royals homer, to try and sell you on Royals in Anaheim? A place they always rake in? You want me to say that they’re getting out of cold Missouri and into warm LA and they suddenly start getting offense from Melendez, Salvy and Massey? Do you wan’t me to tell you that they’re going to magically bring back Kevin Seitzer, Danny Tartabull and Rookie Year Bob Hamelin here tonight? No. They’re not. Move on… TYLER MAHLE If this game does go, we gotta like Mahle vs the Nationals. They might not whiff a ton versus most pitchers, but Mahle can get 7 strikeouts out of this bad lineup in a cold and ugly Minnesota night. Gave some consideration for: Nick Pivetta, JP Sears (value) Do not like at all: George Kirby, Zac Gallen, Jon Gray BLUE JAYS Bichette, Guerrero, Merrifield, Chapman Yes, I do actually believe Max Scherzer and other pitchers are using a modified rosin bag to get extra sticky stuff and this includes Domingo German. The only difference is that Domingo used soap to wash his hands and not alcohol, which is way more sticky. The bottom line is that Domingo’s about to get shellacked once again by RHH and seeing Toronto is not great for him in any way — well, no Teoscar Hernandez here helps, but he’ll smell his former Jays vs Domingo and do something on his own (more on that…...
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