There are 12 main slate games this evening as the Cubs are back to having a Friday afternoon home game and then there are two early window spots with a rare 5PM start on the Friday Turbo slate. We’re going to be missing out on Padres @ Reds and Nationals @ Phillies. If you wanna dabble on those spots I love Jake Cronenworth/Roughned Odor for San Diego and welcome to the summer of Alec Bohm for the Phillies. WEATHER Possible storms in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Atlanta, Kansas City, St. Louis, Colorado, but really I think all of them are going to be okay. Summer storms though can be unpredictable so the St. Louis/Atlanta ones are probably the most likely for an in game storm tonight which really only impacts pitching and no, I don’t want any pitcher from those games which would be Bryan Hoeing, Michael Soroka, Luis Severino, Matthew Liberatore. SP1 SHANE McCLANAHAN (Both Sites: $11,000) Not a lot of great pitching options tonight, so this means even at $11k McClanahan is going to be a highly owned option on DK (and definitely on FD as a single SP site). So yeah, there’s the logic that hey I can try to fade McClanahan at high ownership and out smart everyone seeing as he left his last start early and has not been having as much SwStr% over the last 8-12 starts as he normally has had. Then again, there is the reality of waking up at 3am and seeing he had how many vs the Mariners — who have had troubles hitting lefties of late?? Yeah, the upside here is tremendous if he really is back to form, especially considering the rest of the options are kinda dogshit. SP2 OPTION(s) PABLO LOPEZ (DK: $9900, FD: $9500) I love Lopez for $9500 on FanDuel in what feels like an easy steal there. Give me talent and reliability tonight on this slate. I don’t need a 60 from anyone on FD and you can play him on DK with Miller as well. Lopez will give you 6 innings, limited damage, enough strikeouts. There’s no depth on aces today that you have to beat, so throw out all the %’s and splits and ride the trusted arm to compile outs. BOBBY MILLER (DK: $8900, FD: $9800) There have been some comparisons between Bobby Miller and Walker Buehler. Speaking of…...
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