Another Sunday edition of the Dongers Club, as we set lineups while the Brunch game between the Yankees and Reds is going on in Cincinnati, which I am sure will find a way to make it into extra innings as all those Sunday Brunch games seem to do. DraftKings has kept the Mets and Guardians on the slate. They are playing a double header with the second game being the Sunday Night Baseball night capper. New York suddenly turned on their “lets win the pennant before Memorial Day” fever sparked by the young kids delivering clutch hits and Pete Alonso humping everything in sight. Now they get a double header with Max and Verlander both pitching? Yeah, if you wanna bet the Guardians go right ahead my friends, but the Mets are winning both these games today. All in all this is a big Sunday slate, with 11 games on the docket and some quality depth among the names taking the mound today. Lots to break down, so lets get this show on the road. WEATHER No concerns, great day. TOP ARM Framber Valdez (DK: $10.8k, FD: $11.2k) … The only knock I have on Valdez is that he generally is about ~10% worse at home and thus might not get a 40 today. Uhh, okay, so what’s the problem exactly? Valdez gets an Oakland team who is really bad against southpaw sinkers, ranking 28th overall this season and is probably the chalky option who I just can’t imagine won’t come through with a good enough score. The downside is maybe he walks too many guys, the upside is that he flirts with a no-hitter. SP2 OPTIONS Josiah Gray (DK: $8000, FD: $9200) … Getting someone with high whiff potential against Detroit sounds too good to be true, and honestly maybe it is but lets dive on in shall we. Gray is following very similarly to the path of Triston McKenzie for the Guardians, a young prospect who came up with some nasty stuff very early but had his fair share of struggles before settling in when the expectations were low. I believe we could see a strong second have surge from Josiah which is based on the fact that he’s getting the ball for 90-100 pitches every time out and limiting damage with favorable CSW% rates and avoiding a blow up inning. Detroit’s got lots of ways for…...
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