Tuesday – May 9th – Dongers Club Bigger ten game slate, but lots of AWESOME games that are going to be in that 6pm window today which we will miss out on unfortunately. Including Jays at Phillies and Mets at Cincinnati. If you wanna dabble there, load up on the Mets. WEATHER Nearing 90 degrees in Kauffman Stadium which makes sense given how hot the Royals offense has been in terms of all the underlying statcast metrics. Now they are finally putting the runs together as well. The only game tonight with some rain concerns is Padres at Twins, and we’re most definitely NOT using pitchers in that game so a little delay won’t bother us one bit. Well, well, well. Logan Webb is pitching in a night game today, what in the world is going on here? I can’t wait for the 6PM EST notification that he has been scratched just to push him back to tomorrow’s day game. SHOHEI OHTANI One pitcher that Houston hasn’t figured out is Mr. Ohtani. Yes, I am still loading up on Kyle Tucker on his annual destruction of Anaheim tour but the big question is can Ohtani reach 10K today vs Houston at home. The answer to me is, yes. His 34% strikeout rate vs RHH is going to come in handy today and should get the job done vs a team often perceived as not a strikeout team but has been middle of the pack of late. Don’t be shocked though if he winds up in a 1-0 duel with Framber Valdez here too. Can’t stack both of them together but I most definitely see the pitchers dominating in Anaheim today. FRAMBER VALDEZ I looked long and hard at the 2nd tier of pitchers tonight to find a cheaper pivot off Ohtani and the answer is right in front of our face. It’s Framber in the same spot. If you wanna pivot off Ohtani, stay in the same game for a little leverage boost and trust that we get a lot of good ole ground ball innings where Framber pitches 8+ and finishes with a solid strikeout game. The Angels haven’t been as bad vs LHP in terms of strikeouts this year though so that could limit his ceiling. GEORGE KIRBY Fine, I’ll bite here. Kirby loves to just pound the zone and isn’t going to wal many batters. The Rangers…...
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