Just five games on the MAIN slate tonight, so this will be pretty brief. WEATHER All games play. ROOF OPEN in Texas Interesting thing tonight is that we have two of the five series with re-matches on the mound (Cease vs McClanahan & Gibson vs Wentz) TYLER MALHE The Royals are sitting their #1 option vs Mahle tonight in Salvador Perez and are coming off a trip out west where it was warm and comfortable and go into chilly Minnesota…. They might strikeout 12 times tonight as this could get ugly fast. SHANE McCLANAHAN Don’t mind me, just the guy who thought the White Sox would hit vs Toronto and wound up striking out 1/3 of the time and now they get to face Shane McClanahan for the second time in a week and probably strike out 50% of the time. Gerrit Cole for the Yankees is someone I think has a great outing tonight as well, but 11.2k for him vs 10k for Shane and this isn’t even a real tough debate. Also the wind is blowing in at Chicago as well. KYLE GIBSON Gibby was great at home vs Detroit and going to Comerica is not any time of downgrade in any, which way. I think it’s a HUGE mistake if you are riding Joey Lucchesi over him as a SP2 value pick. NATIONALS / METS This isn’t a slate where any team is hitting 4-5 HR, so going to Citi Field is not a concern for me. Neither Williams or Luchessi are arms I expect to repeat recent good starts tonight and that Nats bullpen is due for a blow up spot. Nationals: Alex Call, Lane Thomas, Joey Meneses … If you roll the Nats, you should be wise and pay up for both SP. Mets: Starling Marte, Francisco Lindor, Daniel Vogelbach … This is my #1 spot to start tonight. TWINS Good Dewpoint and wind blowing out to left should help the ball travel enough when contact is made and the contact comes from the Twins side of the plate. Greinke on the road remains way below average. Correa, Buxton, Larnach CATCHER No Salvador Perez tonight for KC, that just means he will hit one tomorrow night instead… Jose Trevino Adley Rutschman MJ Melendez FIRST BASE Joey Meneses Anthony Rizzo Daniel Vogelbach SECOND BASE Jorge Polanco Gleyber Torres THIRD…...
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