Very lovely eight game slate we have here on the next to last Monday of July. One that bring us three divisional series and a few 1st Basemen who are popping off quite a bit today for some obvious reasons. First is Paul Goldschmidt going back to Arizona and second is Joey Votto going into Milwaukee, a place he has absolutely LOVED hitting in his career. WEATHER No issues tonight. MY NUMBER ONE YU DARVISH (DK – $9400, FD – $10k) Trust Darvish here with a very young bottom of the lineup from the Pirates to get him easily through the order twice and allow him to pitch around Reynolds/McCutchen/Santana if he has too. I wouldn’t be shocked if we saw vintage Yu with a 10 strikeout game. SECONDARY OPTIONS JON GRAY (DK – $8700, FD: $8800) Until Yordan Alvarez is officially back in the lineup and also without formerly good Jose Altuve this Astros lineup CAN be attacked despite the stigma that you don’t wanna use SP vs Houston. They carry a 27% strikeout rate vs RHP over the last week, are still rolling out Jose Abreu in the heart of the order and Gray has owned Bregman and Tucker historically. JOSE BERRIOS (DK – $9200, FD: $9800) My sleeper pick today, mainly a pivot off Darvish if you want someone contrarian instead. OTHER NOTES Both Ryan Yarbrough and Quinn Priester will be good enough to give you 2x today, but that’s not really anything flashy from either. They are more guys to not donkey chalk stack against them. Luis Castillo and Kenta Maeda in a warm Target Field after both teams have seen each other recently feels like a firework special. If I am wrong here, this game will finish 2-1 and a SP game stack will work, but I feel good about avoiding both guys today. FAVORITE CORES … CARDINALS Goldschmidt, Contreras, Arenado, Gorman Goldy back in Zona. Arenado back in the NL West and road catchers in Chase Field. A great way to kick off the MLB week by getting some red-birds in the game where most will want Snakes against Waino (which isn’t a bad spot either) … And before anyone asks, yes I believe Contreras will suit up tonight after sitting out Sunday. If he doesn’t then take his replacement. ROCKIES Jurickson Profar, Ezequiel Tovar, CJ Cron If Colorado…...
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