Welcome to a Saturday night in August but no NFL Pre-season on to distract you, so it’s just this fine 10 game slate to play with.
WEATHER
White Sox at Twins: Late game storms, which could force a suspension or really late finish, but game will play.
Who is facing the White Sox today and do they have a pulse, one arm and XY chromosomes?
BAILEY OBER – Great! Next question.
NON “FACING WHITE SOX” PITCHING OPTIONS …
There’s a few old faces in new places tonight that all grade out kinda well. I’ll slide past my usual hesitation to use a pitcher changing teams in his first start and give these guys a long glance.
JACK FLAHERTY (DK: $9800, FD: $10,500) … The Athletics vs RHP have a K% over 30% in the last week & Flaherty should not fall off by now wearing Dodger Blue. He might even be higher ranked than Bailey Ober tonight if we are being honest.
MARTIN PEREZ (DK: $6200, FD: $7400) … I would be shocked if the Padres lost two in a row to the Rockies and newly acquired Martin Perez gets to make his home debut in pitcher friendly PETCO. More importantly it’s a favorable Colorado lineup that he can get soft contact from to be 5 to 6 IP with limited damage in consideration as a cheap SP2.
TAMPA BAY RAYS
Brandon Lowe, Josh Lowe, Jose Caballero, Kameron Misner
We start things off with a team and a stack from out in left field. The chairman is in here and if you can spot him now then congrats to you.
NY METS
Brandon Nimmo, JD Martinez, Jesse Winker
Jose Soriano is keeping the ball in the park but he’s getting hit and using up too many pitches. The Mets can get 3-4 runs off him and then feast on a bad/tired bullpen here as well.
PHILLIES
Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper, Brandon Marsh
Alright so the weather in Seattle is worth noting. It was warm last night with the roof open and should be that way again tonight. Unusual conditions for what we have seen in Seattle and this falls into the opposite theory after a blowout category.
OTHER TEAMS I LIKE
- Red Sox — They could have another big game and Devers is locked in.
- Giants/Reds
- Padres
CATCHER
- Kyle Higashioka
- J.T. Realmuto
- Christian Vazquez
FIRST BASE
- Bryce Harper
- J.D. Martinez
- Ty France
SECOND BASE
- Brandon Lowe
- Andres Gimenez
- Jonathan India
THIRD BASE
- Rafael Devers
- Christopher Morel
- Manny Machado
SHORTSTOP
- Orlando Arcia
- Francisco Lindor
- Jose Caballero
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Josh Lowe
- Eloy Jimenez
- Brandon Nimmo
- Jarred Kelenic
OUTFIELD – Tier 2
- Kameron Misner
- Spencer Steer
- Kyle Schwarber
- Brandon Lowe – 2B – Tampa Bay Rays – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Josh Lowe – OF – Rays
- Eloy Jimenez – OF – Orioles
- Jarred Kelenic – OF – Braves
- Bryce Harper – 1B – Phillies
- Francisco Lindor – SS – Mets
- Rafael Devers – 3B – Red Sox
- Kyle Higashioka – C – Padres
TOP BETS
- Boston ML (-120)
- Rays/Astros OVER 8
- Mets ML (-125)
- Phillies ML