Finally done with some traveling (famous last words). It honestly feels like it’s September already so I am kinda happy we have another two weeks of quiet August Baseball.
WEATHER
Nats at Phillies/Red Sox at Orioles: Both these games can see afternoon storms/rain delays
We start with Framber Valdez, a guy who we’re fairly confident is going to deliver against the lowly White Sox. Even if he gets hit a little, he’s gonna find a way to get to 100 PC and 7+ strikeouts. No reason to over think that one. After him it gets a little dicey. Shota Imanaga is one play against Toronto who isn’t hitting LHP much outside of Vlad/Springer and has the wind blowing in as well to help things out.
The Lopez vs Mahle game to me is going to either be a 1-0 spot if I stack it, or 9-7 if I use both pitchers. So, I guess I’ll fade it entirely? I really like the hitters in that one though. So with a chalky Valdez, on DK it becomes a matter of going with his ownership and then finding someone who might fly under the radar. Oh, hey there Singer — yeah, no, not him.
All things considered, this slate looks like a low scoring one for offense, but no easy button pitching options.
- FRAMBER VALDEZ (DK: $8900, FD: $10.6k)
- SHOTA IMANAGA (DK: $9400, FD: $9400)
- ALBERT SUAREZ (DK: $6500)
SUNDAY SLEEPERS
- Taijuan Walker
- Clayton Kershaw
ORIOLES
- Cutter Crawford is gonna have to go through a lot of LHH today and that’s not good for him. Nor is the Boston bullpen consistently good, so Baltimore after losing two straight to Boston and being no-hit for a while last night is going to pop off today
- Colton Coswer, Anthony Santander, Ryan O’Hearn, Cedric Mullins
GUARDIANS
- They are ice cold but I still bite here. I don’t think that Rea can get Kwan out, so he gets on and you have a scenario where some big early innings happen
- Kwan + Brennan + Naylor & Ramirez
ROYALS / REDS
- Great spot to pluck some one off homers.
- Elly De La Cruz, Jake Fraley
- Bobby Witt Jr, Salvy, Renfroe
CATCHER
- JT Realmuto
- Cal Raleigh
- Salvador Perez
FIRST BASE
- Bryce Harper
- Josh Naylor
- Josh Bell
SECOND BASE
- Jose Altuve
- Jackson Holliday
- Maikel Garcia
THIRD BASE
- Josh Jung
- Nolan Arenado
- Alec Bohm
SHORTSTOP
Choose your stud fighter wisely here….
- Corey Seager … 4-6 with 3 HR vs Mahle
- Elly De La Cruz
- Bobby Witt Jr.
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Colton Cowser
- Cedric Mullins
- Hunter Renfroe
- Steven Kwan
OUTFIELD – Tier II
- Jackson Chourio
- Ryan O’Hearn
- Trevor Larnach
- Anthony Santander
- Jake Meyers
- Colton Cowser – OF – Orioles – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Jose Altuve – 2B – Astros
- Hunter Renfroe – OF – Royals
- Paul DeJong – 3B – Royals
- Elly De La Cruz – SS – Reds
- Josh Naylor – 1B – Guardians
- JT Realmuto – C – Phillies
- Trevor Larnach – OF – Twins
- BONUS …. Corey Seager – SS – Rangers
TOP BETS
- Mariners/Pirates under 8
- Pirates ML
- Twins/Rangers over 8