A very happy Friday afternoon to each and every one of you, and happy Skenes-eve to all who celebrate. There are three early games today which begin in the 6PM Turbo window and then a well sized 12 game MAIN slate tonight.
WEATHER
We have a slight chance of a delayed start in the following games below, however each of them should play.
ARZ at BAL
ATL at NYM
WSH at BOS
TYLER GLASNOW (DK: $10,900, FD: $11,300) … Pitcher #1 is from the late night side & we are into May which means when you have an ace pitcher who is in great form every 5 days you just lock them in when the opponent isn’t that scary. The Padres, while hitting the ball hard of late, are not that scary in my book. Trust Glasnow to continue his very efficient run in Dodger Blue as he should go 7 innings and push 10+ strikeouts.
ANDREW ABBOTT (DK: $6700, FD: $8300) … Asking for a friend, who do you really trust on the fucking Giants to hit right now and with Jorge Soler out of the lineup that is one less lefty masher we have to worry about. Abbott’s lights out right now vs LHH as well, so if he see’s the good Giants lefties then that’s even more of an advantage to him.
CHARLIE MORTON (DK: $7900, FD: $9300) … The Mets have hit well away from Citi Field, but are back home in a chilly stadium that’s gonna play very friendly to Morton today. He has a projected 30% pitch-type whiff matchup against their projected lineup and like Glasnow is in good enough/consistent form. Something that matters big time for a veteran.
OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS
- Jon Gray back in Coors Field tonight – don’t be shocked if he pitches 4 innings really well and then falls apart.
- Robert Gasser (LHP) is making his debut for Milwaukee, he is 5k on DraftKings against a team I project to finally wake up (for a day).
CARDINALS
Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt, Dylan Carlson
Arenado and Goldy in Miller Park against a southpaw making his debut. I don’t care how much they suck this year, I smell fresh meat and I am going to eat.
PHILLIES
Alec Bohm, JT Realmuto, Nick Castellanos, Bryston Stott
Long time DFS players (includes me) have a bad habit sometimes of blindly ignoring certain parks for offense. But when you have a bullpen as bad as the Marlins and an offense as hot as the Phillies, we gotta remove those blinders. With the Phils being on the road, there’s a little extra upside in the bottom of the lineup, so guys like Stott and even Castellanos are good fill ins here.
TWINS
Carlos Correa, Manuel Margot, Ryan Jeffers
Look. Me and Kikuchi are gonna have it out one of these days if he keeps this up.
CATCHER
- Shea Langeliers
- Ryan Jeffers
- Gabriel Moreno
- JT Realmuto
FIRST BASE
- Paul Goldschmidt
- Josh Naylor
- Vinnie Pasquantino
SECOND BASE
- Marcus Semien
- Brendan Rodgers
- Jose Fermin
- Bryson Stott
THIRD BASE
- Nolan Arenado
- Austin Riley
- Jose Miranda
- Alec Bohm
SHORTSTOP
- Carlos Correa
- Elly De La Cruz
- Willy Adames
- Mookie Betts
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Christian Yelich
- Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
- Alec Burleson
- Robbie Grossman
OUTFIELD – Value / Secondary Options
- Hunter Renfroe
- Julio Rodriguez
- Brent Rooker
- Nolan Arenado – 3B – St. Louis Cardinals – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Ryan Jeffers – C – Twins
- Paul Goldschmidt – 1B – Cardinals
- Bryson Stott – 2B – Phillies
- Carlos Correa – SS – Twins
- Christian Yelich – OF – Brewers
- Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – OF – Diamondbacks
- Robbie Grossman – OF – Rangers
- BONUS …. Austin Riley – 3B – Braves
TOP BETS
Cardinals ML
Cardinals/Brewers OVER 8.5
Royals ML
Reds ML