Another day and more pitchers making their ML debut. Last night the Mariners got quite the perofrmance from Bryce Miller striking out 10 and walking none. Let me inform you that what he did (10K) in a debut has only been done twice and it was done by Johnny Cueto and Stephen Strasburg. So before you go crowning his ass and claiming that using rookie pitchers in DFS is the way to go, just think of all the shitty ones who have come up and struggled. What I had originally wrote yesterday when I was thinking Gilbert was Tue and Miller was Wed is how the Athletics offense was good in April but as we turn into May they’ll cool off and Miller for sure benefited from that. He’s a one pitch pitcher at best who got a very generous draw, now that one pitch is VERY good with some wild movement on it, but lets pump the brakes here considering he wasn’t even the best Miller on the mound in Oaktown last night. Today we have one really good prospect in Brandon Pfaadt who long term projects to be a front of the rotation potential guy for the Diamondbacks. Pfaadt is 6’4, 230, which makes me feel good about my physique potential to be a MLB starting pitcher, but unfortunately nobody wants to see an old Phil Niekro pitch anymore and my command surely wasn’t that great.(there’s a good reason why I played 1B I guess). He has a solid fastball, slider, change balance to his arsenal, long term we might be biting on him more. But today, well… It doesn’t matter because they didn’t have him in the player pool at first. We also have Gavin Stone who either dawns the nickname Stone Cold or Kidney Stones based on how he performs. Stone has a little bit of Sonny Gray in him and how well he manages to control his command with 4-5 pitches available is going to be key. Doing that vs a veteran Phillies lineup isn’t ideal for your first start and I would bet some good $ that he allows runs in the 2nd inning. Slate Differences FanDuel has included G1 of the Mets (Luchessi) Tigers (Wentz) doubleheader in chilly Detroit. WEATHER Only two games in California that are outdoors and both are fine. Oh Look! Logan Webb is pitching. Must be a day…...
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