Main Slate for Sat, Aug 5th.
WEATHER
No concerns.
CORBIN BURNES
Burnes or bust today. Watch this be the night those fake Pirates loot our money away, but I see no reason to really fade Burnesy here.
STEVEN MATZ
Ugh. Vomit? Yeah, but Matz HAS been decent with back to back games not allowing a run. No he isn’t gonna post another 0 ER over 6 IP spot today, but as we’re seeing just dont worry about finding a 30 spot from your pitchers. The best bats in Colorado’s lineup are lefties now that Cron and Grichuk are gone.
Below are my favorite teams to build around today, using a 3-3-2 type roster construction. One game which is ugly on paper but viable for value is the Giants and Athletics. I actually lean on Oakland’s side against Chastity (aka the Stripper, aka, Ross Stripling) for the Giants, so we gotta like Zack Gelof who is on a tear and playing in a cloud at the moment.
BREWERS
- Christian Yelich
- William Contreras
- Brian Anderson
- Willy Adames
ORIOLES
Being at home I wouldn’t be rolling 5 Orioles out tonight. But Tylor Megil should have a rough 1st inning.
- Gunnar Henderson
- Ryan Mountcastle
METS
- Brandon Nimmo
- Francisco Lindor
- Jeff McNeil
OTHER NOTES:
- Michael Grove is listed as opener for the Dodgers with Ryan Yarbrough coming in after that tonight. So I lean the Padres RHH in that game.
CATCHER
- William and Willson Contreras…. The hit-men. Like both brothers today, prefer Willie more… You think he goes by Willie or does Willson go by Willie? I need an answer here.
- Francisco Alvarez
FIRST BASE
- Paul Goldschmidt
- Ryan Mountcastle
- Pete Alonso
SECOND BASE
- Zack Gelof
- Ha-Seong Kim
- Andres Gimenez
THIRD BASE
Very good position, Gunnar can be moved to SS here as well.
- Gunnar Henderson
- Brian Anderson
- Manny Machado
SHORTSTOP
- Willy Adames
- Francisco Lindor
- Amed Rosario … Him and Chris Taylor and Miguel Rojas present enough to have me avoiding Snell today. I think this is a low strikeout spot for Blake Snell.
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Christian Yelich
- Teoscar Hernandez
- Brandon Nimmo
- Anthony Santander
- William Contreras – C – Milwaukee Brewers – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Christian Yelich – OF – Brewers
- Paul Goldschmidt – 1B – Cardinals
- Francisco Lindor – SS – Mets
- Anthony Santander – OF – Orioles
- Zack Gelof – 2B – Athletics
TODAY’S BETTING ANALYSIS
Good Over Upside — Meaning these have best potential to go way over…
- Mets/Orioles
- Dodgers/Padres
Good Under Upside — Meaning best potential to be a 2-1 or 5-2 type game.
- White Sox/Guardians
ML Targets
- Athletics
- Dodgers