After a weekend of doing well with slightly contrarian SP1 options I look for the offense to get going from my picks this week. There are 10 of this early week series which start off tonight that includes no Coors Field today and no games before 7pm either, which is very nice (for today). WEATHER SF/CIN: Chance of rain here lingering to cause a delay, but the game will play. MY THREE PITCHERS Logan Gilbert (DK: $9800, FD: $9900) … The Mariners are one of my top teams in the second half to watch and a big reason will be their SP carrying them. If that’s going to come to fruition then my belief that Logan Gilbert is their true Ace of the staff must start off strong. He’s been good vs LHH with a 25% strike-out rate and has three pitches that get a 30% whiff rate on the season. If you ask me who finishes the night with the most strikeouts, Gilbert is my pick, and he will need to go 7 IP again to outlast Sonny Gray on the other side, who also should pitch well. Paul Blackburn (DK: $6600, FD: $7400) … I wouldn’t encourage using Blackburn on FD mostly because Gilbert is under 10k and has 50 point upside there. However, the Red Sox annual trip to Oakland is an annual fade of their offense for me. No matter who the players are they tend to go into the Coliseum and go ice cold. Blackburn did make an appearance facing 7 batters in one inning against Boston a week ago, but again I lean heavily on the park shift going to his advantage tonight as he has been good (enough) at home. These two guys are my locked in 1-2 punch on DraftKings with honorable mention for Sonny Gray & Matt Manning. Nick Pivetta (DK: $7300, FD: $7000) Back in the starters saddle tonight once again and likely not with an opener before him. The shift into a big park should help Pivetta here as well and I would imagine he’s another popular pick for many today. OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS Promotions … Grayson Rodriguez is back in the bigs with the Orioles. I expect him to pitch extremely well in the second half, but see no point vs the Dodgers. The Pirates are promoting Quinn Priester, a 6’3 RHP who has a mediocre sinker. …...
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