WEATHER Very low chance of rain in New York and St. Louis. No reason to expect any issues. SHOHEI OHTANI The time of fading Ohtani post all-star break ended clearly when he went full God mode against the Tigers in a double header start a week ago. Now he welcomes in Seattle, who is striking out slightly less and usually hits well in Anaheim, but fear not, Ohtani will reign supreme tonight. If you need stats to back it up, please, go enter a NFL Pre-Season Showdown contest instead of playing MLB tonight. CRISTIAN JAVIER Hey nice, Yankees found a way to hit Shane McClanahan, who now has an injury just like every other Rays pitcher. Cool, lets bring in the guy who has a prior no hitter off the teams most recent no hitter upon acquiring a guy with 3 no hitters back onto the roster tonight. The heart of the Yankees order should not be able to hit Javier. MITCH KELLER Keller is the one SP to consider as a pivot off either Javier or Ohtani. After a rough middle of the season I believe we’ll see the young kid get back to his early dominant form late and Milwaukee is 18th on the season against Cutter and 27th against Sinker, his two primary options. OTHER NOTES … There is no benefit for me to justify recommending any of the cheaper spots today. Guys like Clarke Schmidt, Matthew Liberatore, Jameson Taillon, Luke Weaver, just none of that is worth going with today. Sorry to be boring with the two SP mentioned above, but it is what it is. DraftKings Pairs Ranked Ohtani & Javier Javier & Keller FanDuel Options Ranked Ohtani Javier CUBS Happ, Bellinger, Swanson Not sure what is in the coffee in Chicago these days, but the pricing on Ian Happ against a near 50% fast ball pitcher in Luke Weaver should set him up for great success again today. Cincinnati’s issue is NOT their offense, it’s the bullpen, so going both sides in this game once again should not hurt. PIRATES Reynolds, Suwinski, McCutchen, Davis, Hayes That’s a lot of Pirates folks. I do not expect them to put up 11 runs, but they should get 4+ off Adrian Houser. I simply laid out the ones who have the most interest for me today. Hayes is kind of a one off…...
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