This fine Thursday while The Open is on in the morning gives us Noon/Early afternoon Baseball as there is a 7 game MAIN slate and then a small and quiet 3 game night slate tonight that features the Orioles and Rays on it, the Cardinals in Wrigley and Houston at Oakland. WEATHER Rain will roll in to Cincinnati at some point, but it shouldn’t be too heavy and shouldn’t cause this game to not finish. MY THREE PITCHERS PABLO LOPEZ (DK: $10,200, FD: $10,400) / GEORGE KIRBY (DK: $8300, FD: $9700) Classic mid-week day game out in Seattle which you forget to bet the under on pre game and then see it’s 1-0 through 4 innings and you wanna jump on that U4.5. We’re gonna go back to where the ball has been carrying well and take a risk on both of these guys today. Lopez finally had his rough outing last week against Oakland, but overall 6 of his last 7 starts he has gotten 30% or better CSW rates and the Mariners, well, they’re still striking out folks. Kirby is my sneaky favorite in this game to slow down a HR happy Twins lineup. CORBIN BURNES (DK: $8500, FD: $9300) I do not expect Burnes to be as dominant as he was vs the Reds, therefore his price is about the right spot, but I do expect him to get through 6 innings, keep the Phillies from scoring more than 2 runs and still get 7 strikeouts or so. OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS I have no issue with Strider today, I just cannot work it to justify building him and one of the cheap SP’s. Greinke will get you 6-8 points. Why bother. Michael Lorenzen wont make it out of the 5th inning. More like Jose Quinta-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-hey-hey-hey-good-bye and Michael NoPech… So yeah, don’t go cheap and cute. FAVORITE CORES … This is a one off slate, and the chalk today isn’t going to be that strong in my mind. The Giants/Reds could get some attention due to being in the best park for offense, same could be said for the Braves/Diamondbacks but those are very good pitchers that most will not bother with going against. I would imagine the Twins pop off a good deal, they are cheap and they are hot, but they are also a team I expect to pack their bags and…...
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