Doesn’t get much better than two good slates on a Friday in April. We even have Luis Castillo pitching on a Friday as well. No, not that Luis Castillo. You see, this is Luis F Castillo, which as you accurately can predict, stands for Luis Fucking Castillo and yes, he too is a Mariners RHP. What are the chances? Naturally, DraftKings was able to figure out this science when they cannot get two Shohei Ohtani entries on the same team when he returns to pitching, but for some reason we had to sacrifice Jorge Polanco’s spot in the player pool there as he returns from paternity leave. Poor guy left to see his kid born and came back and he’s removed from existence. It happens bud…
Let’s dive into this early 6 gamer which has Opening Day’s in Fenway, Wrigley, Citi, Coors, PNC and Oracle…
WEATHER
All clear
SHOTA IMANAGA (DK: $9000)
Generally I would look at Shota vs the Padres with how they are hitting and think it’s a bad spot for him – but it’s a cooler Wrigley home game today & he is the type of guy who will be very locked in for the teams home opener. Plus, San Diego actually gets a negative park shift with the weather factor of going from San Diego to Chicago.
The options after Shota really fall off. I have a hard no against Max Fried this early in the year, but he is priced in a spot that should make him the highest owned pitcher today. That’s enough for me to stick to my guns and skip over him.
TYLOR MEGILL (DK: $7000)
Eh. Good enough? That’s how I feel about Megill. Final stat line could read as 5 1/3 IP with 6 strikeouts and 1 ER allowed. More than good enough. But that’s really his ceiling.
RED SOX
Duran, Devers, Campbell, Narvaez
It might have clicked for Boston who returns home and Devers should get his first HR of the season this weekend with today being a distinct possibility of it happening. As always with a good home stack you need the bottom of the order to do well and should tap into the Campbell value once more.
ATHLETICS
The Coors boost is not a HR boost so much as it is the Rockies bullpen and the big gaps in the outfield for doubles and key hits with men on base. Oakland will score 5+ today and is worthy of stacking because of that.
ALSO DONT MIND
- GIANTS: I can’t pass up an opportunity to attack the new Luis Castillo
- CARDINALS: Buehler is going to struggle
CATCHER
- Austin Wells
- Carlos Narvaez
- Hunter Goodman
FIRST BASE
- Tyler Soderstrom
- LaMonte Wade Jr.
- Pete Alonso
SECOND BASE
- Kristian Campbell
- Brendan Donovan
THIRD BASE
- Rafael Devers
- Nolan Arenado
- Ryan McMahon
SHORTSTOP
- Ezequeil Tovar
- Willy Adames
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Lawrence Butler
- Bryan Reynolds
- Victor Robles
- Wilyer Abreu
- Rafael Devers – 3B – Boston Red Sox – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Victor Robles – OF – Mariners
TOP BETS
Padres/Cubs UNDER 7
Mets ML
Pirates ML