Happy Friday, fourteen total games as the Giants and Padres are off to Mexico for a brief weekend series at high altitude and high temps in Mexico this weekend. Not sure what slates they’ll throw those games on this weekend but you can hammer the overs in both games. The Royals and Twins … yes, the Royals and Twins are playing a 4:00 PM EST game today as an island showdown game. I can only assume they are doing it at 4PM because the prime ice fishing time is 1pm-3pm, but no doubt the people in Minnesota will be drunk for … checks notes … Jordan Lyles vs Pablo Lopez! The main slate has 11 games on it and a TON of great match-ups. So lets get to it. Programming Note I will have early article for Saturday and main on Sunday, but Rob Geriak and the Daily Diamond will fill in for Saturday night as I’ll be out of town this weekend. WEATHER Pirates at Nationals – Cross it off, should be 100% precipitation all day. Braves at Nationals – Similar, but I don’t think it is as definite of a PPD. There are some big names going tonight but the list falls off really quickly and then we get into some uneven spots tonight for SP2. The way it lays out, I would be comfortable going uncomfortable with SP2. JACOB deGROM New York is likely without Aaron Judge tonight, but that really doesn’t matter all that much. Good pitchers vs good teams is always a spot to look at because the ownership drops a little bit and … wait, this isn’t a good Yankee lineup, what am I trying to sell you on here? Everything looks clean with deGrom right now, so unless he goes full Anthony Davis and leaves in the third inning we’re going to get a 30 point night from him on DK. NICK PIVETTA I doubt Pivetta is going to be touched by anyone today, but the Guardians offense is ice cold and should not be feared much right now. Yes, they put the ball in play however his curveball is getting the job done vs LHH with a 32% CSW rate and the weather in Fenway tonight is setup to help keep the ball in the park too. ALEK MANOAH I have to mention Manoah because his price remains a…...
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