WEATHER SF @ CHC: Hot and wind blowing out to LF CWS @ KC: Hot and wind blowing out to LF COL @ ARI: Assume roof will remain closed My top options today: Cole Ragans (DK: $7200, FD: $9000) … August pitcher of the month was a Royal. Damn straight I am firing up the Ragans train here vs Chicago. The heat and wind does lend one to think that there could be a HR from the White Sox RHH but considering Eloy/Robert are both trying hard to get placed on the season ending IL list, Tim Anderson sucks, Jake Burger is gone then what are we worried about here — Trayce Thompson hitting a homer? Big deal… Fire away Ragans. Merrill Kelly (DK: $9300, FD: $10.3k) … MK is great at home usually and the Rockies are obviously not a great road hitting team even though historically they have hit well in Chase Field as an organization no matter who is there. But this isn’t an easy pitching slate so I will take Kelly to bounce back after a rough game in Dodger Stadium and be closer to the 18-24 DK point range. GUT CALL Jose Berrios (DK: $8800, FD: $10.1k) … Coming out of Coors, the Jays could use Berrios to give them some length today and quickly get this one over with. Oakland actually has a drastic .315 BA and a low 17% strikeout rate vs RHH over the last week & they hit curves well. So I don’t think Berrios has a smash game, but he will do ‘fine’ Top games/teams today: Mariners (Suarez, Hernandez, Raleigh) … They go into a tiny park on a warm weather day with a bullpen scenario from Cincinnati. If Seattle disappoints then we just take that L, but I do not see that happening. Houston (McCormick, Bregman) … You can’t be a LHP that the Astros know and just fire 4-seamers at them all game. Good luck to Heaney who will get torched if his off-speed is bad. CATCHER Cal Raleigh Patrick Bailey Mitch Garver FIRST BASE Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Christian Walker Wilmer Flores SECOND BASE Marcus Semien Michael Massey Ketel Marte THIRD BASE Couple guys going back into their old stomping grounds today. Chapman in Oakland and Suarez in Cincinnati. Major upside for Suarez over Chapman in that debate. Eugenio Suarez Alex…...
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