Eight games to kick off the week with two early 6:40 PM games on the Turbo Slate. The Turbo Slate features Paul Skenes on one game and the ice cold Phillies likely losing to the Giants on the other game WEATHER All games play. Mets at Twins: Very windy out to RF but chilly There’s too many good options tonight and a couple that look like clear cut plays. TARIK SKUBAL (DK: $10,500, FD: $10,300) Milwaukee returns back home and they come back with a 38% strikeout rate over their last 76 PA against left handed pitchers. Welcome to the 2025 season Mr. Tarik Skubal, who had his first really good start last week versus the Yankees throwing 87 pitches over 6 innings & allowing 0 ER. We eat this ace chalk tonight and then try to figure out the rest of the lineup from there. TANNER HOUCK (DK: $7200, FD: $7600) Houck should be good with avoiding walks tonight & hopefully this stadium is cool enough in the evening and the lighting is poor enough that he’s not giving up too many homers — which is often something he does very well at. DUSTIN MAY (DK: $9300, FD: $8700) Using Dustin May tonight against the Rockies is like ordering a water with lunch before you have to go into a church or courtroom or school. you really dont want to do it, but its the right thing to do. OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS Framber Valdez is someone that I expect to pitch decent but give up a HR today. That HR is going to Arenado. Dylan Cease is coming off a bad start, which makes me like him slightly more tonight and he also could get overlooked being split between Skubal and May at $9800 on DK. He’s a steal on FanDuel at $8400. Joe Ryan, Sonny Gray, Clay Holmes … All okay BRAVES Bryan De La Cruz, Austin Riley, Orlando Arcia The pitching headlines the slate tonight along with a couple really bad “touting” spots for offenses, but this one has me licking my chops like I’m staring at a Tomahawk steak on a Saturday night. Getting a soft tossing lefty who hasn’t allowed an ER through two games will mean they gotta jump on him early to put him into situations he hasn’t experienced at the MLB level yet, so we’re backing this with a…...
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