WEATHER All clear There are two projected starters who are min priced (DK $4000) tonight in Keider Montero (Tigers) and Cristian Mena (Diamondbacks). I actually like Mena because he is more than a one trick pony but there is no reason to use a “just a guy” making his debut vs the Dodgers. In other news, Corbin Burnes’ wife just gave birth to twins and the Orioles will turn to Dean Kremer off the IL tonight to face the Mariners. GAVIN STONE (DK: $8500, FD: $9800) Tough to really say what the ownership on Stone will be tonight. He is pitching fantastic for the Dodgers and is coming off a CGSO of the White Sox where he threw just 103 pitches over 9 innings, so the workload wasnt so high that we avoid. He’s been great against LHH as well so Carroll, Marte, Joc all kinda slide down on the rankings and while Christian Walker loves hitting in Dodger stadium, he can probably pitch around him to face a struggling 6-9 for Arizona. SHOTA IMANAGA (DK: $8700, FD: $9700) We know for almost a fact that Imanaga has been tipping his pitches but the start to the correction ocured in his last game vs San Francisco and can carry over against the Phillies who you would think are okay vs LHP without Harper/Schwarber, but the reality is that they’re not. Trea Turner should stay hot, but Whit Merrifield is not the old Whit and the rest of the lineup probably is a little too optimistic vs Shota. CHRIS SALE (DK: $10.2k, FD: $11,300) It is so nice to have automatic Chris Sale back in our lives and I don’t sweat that the Giants will try to be “smart” with nothing but RHH tonight. That means we get guys like David Villar, Nick Ahmed, Curt Casali…. Wait. Nick Ahmed kinda worries me. Okay, not really, I am just toying with you. This is a 7-8 strikeout floor spot for Sale assuming he isn’t walking the top of the lineup which is where the serious trouble lies. Heliot Ramos, Jorge Soler and Matt Chapman are all dangerous spots against Sale, but if I told you he would give up 2 solo homers and strikeout nine batters, you would say, okay, I can live with that. OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS Zack Wheeler: Suzuki and Morel are both dead fastball hitters, which is what Wheeler…...
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