This is the best slate of the season. It is not a coincidence that it comes as we are so close to June (the best MLB DFS month) and
WEATHER
Padres at Royals — Rain all day in KC area, so they may have a delay possible.
Ronel Blanco is the highest priced pitcher? Seriously? Hard pass…
WALKER ‘Fn’ BUEHLER (DK: $8700 – FD: $8300)
Mr. Friday Night at home and he gets the Rockies off a hot home stand going back on the road to only cool the hell off. You think Brendan Rodgers, Brenton Doyle and Ezequiel Tovar are gonna hit on the road against Buehler? No, fucking, chance. 6 innings, 0 ER, 9 strikeouts as Buehler is getting the training wheels taken back off of him coming off a 90+ pitch game and should be ahead in the count often and pitching with confidence at home.
TANNER HOUCK (DK: $9600 – FD: $10,600)
Too much on FD given the Buehler spot, but easily in the top 4 on DraftKings overall tonight. There’s no being sneaky here, he is a logical pick tonight who won’t burn you.
MARCUS STROMAN (DK: $8400 – FD $9200)
It would not shock me if Stroman finished with a no decision in a low scoring game, but his risk should be lower than Jordan Hicks on the other side. All total I like an under here and Stroman getting a ton of ground balls in a night San Francisco game is gonna be the key for him to do such.
Other Pitching Thoughts
- Pablo Lopez has a “nice” bounce back start tonight after two rough ones vs Washington & Texas.
- Jose Urena is returning to Miami. Should go well … for the Marlins!
- A few guys that I kinda like and would understand if you took darts on them are Jose Soriano (ANA) and Reynaldo Lopez (ATL)
- It’s Kenta Maeda’s birthday. Happy birthday to him. I like Boston, not enough to stack them though.
While we could see the return of “Friday Juiced Balls” tonight, I would still lean on a 2-2-2 type core build for lineups, avoiding that 5-2-1 type build is the best route in my mind unless you are going many multi-entry lineups.
THE PIRATES
Oneil Cruz, Bryan Reynolds
Berrios can be really frustrating to stack against at times and the Pirates are equally a frustrating stack. But we don’t expect them to go off 1-7, it’s just Reynolds and Cruz that should really have a fun time in Canada.
RANGERS vs MARLINS
Corey Seager, Adolis Garcia || Bryan De La Cruz, Jake Burger
They know Cease and they will give him hell. When Cease see’s Salvy’s face he will give him hell, give him hell.
KC ROYALS
Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez, MJ Melendez
They know Cease and they will give him hell. When Cease see’s Salvy’s face he will give him hell, give him hell.
CATCHER
- Sean Murphy
- Salvador Perez
- Shea Langeliers
FIRST BASE
- Matt Olson
- Connor Joe
- Jake Bauers
SECOND BASE
- Jake Cronenworth
- Brice Turang
- Brandon Lowe
- Nicky Lopez
THIRD BASE
- Rafael Devers
- Jake Burger
- Kyle Farmer
SHORTSTOP
- Oneil Cruz
- Bobby Witt Jr.
- Corey Seager
- Willy Adames
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Bryan Reynolds
- Eddie Rosario … #LeftiesInCleveland
- Yordan Alvarez … There is definitely a remember me type game from Yordan coming. 1st PA vs Pablo Lopez really decides a lot in this game tonight.
- Teoscar Hernandez
OUTFIELD – Tier 2
- Colton Cowser
- Joc Pederson
- Wilyer Abreu
- Adolis Garcia
OUTFIELD – Value
- George Springer
- Leody Taveras
- Bryan De La Cruz
- Bryan Reynolds – OF – Pittsburgh Pirates – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Oneil Cruz – SS – Pirates
- Teoscar Hernandez – OF – Dodgers
- Eddie Rosario – OF – Nationals
- Jake Burger – 3B – Marlins
- Brandon Lowe – 2B – Rays
- Salvador Perez – C – Royals
- Matt Olson – 1B – Braves
- BONUS ……… Colton Cowser – OF – Orioles
TOP BETS
Pirates ML (Early Win)
Rangers/Marlins over 8.5
Royals ML