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The Dongers Club – April 8th

The Marlins and Mets game has been moved up to 4PM so it will not be on either sites scoring tonight despite the game originally being in the slate.

WEATHER

All games should play, but it’s COLD.

Literally everywhere except Coors Field.  Even Atlanta is below 50 degrees which is like 28 degrees below their average.  This leaves us with just 3 good hitting spots tonight from a weather standpoint

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#1.  Chase FIeld (Arirzona)

#2.  Coors Field (Colorado)

#3.  Del Boca Vista (Tampa)

 

CHRIS SALE (DK: $9300, FD: $9900)

I saw the Wheeler vs Sale matchup and kinda just wanted to move along and not pay those prices in early April.  The next game down the list was Corbin vs Taillon, so yeah, I turned the fucking car around and drove right back to this game.

Then we got the news that Sean Murphy is back.  Last season with Atlanta, Chris Sale was resurgent, and wouldnt you know it, in the 12 starts with Murph catching him he had a 1.68 ERA, versus 2.87 with Chad Tromp and 2.90 with TDA in 14 starts.

COLE RAGANS (DK: $8100, FD: $9300)

Didn’t take much, but I talked myself into Ragans.  Twins can be bad vs LHP when they dont have HR favorable weather conditions.  Plus he limits the homers quite well.

SHANE BAZ (DK: $8600, FD: $9600)

Trust the gut or trust the data?  The gut says the Angels will hit 3+ HR tonight, the data says that Baz has them swinging and missing quite a ton.  Which do we get with someone who is probably 3% owned but nobody uses the hitters against him either?  Ward, Soler, O’Hoppe are all the guys he has to get strikeouts against.  Otherwise Nolan Schanuel or Trout will hit 2 or 3 run homers.

OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS

  • Freddy Peralta does the most important thing in Coors – he just blows it by you.  His career history here is good and is worth using.
  • Honestly, we could do many dumber things than using Jameson Taillon against the cold Rangers right now.  He’s not that bad of a play.

 

D’BACKS

Corbin Carroll, Geraldo Perdomo, Pavin Smith, Alek Thomas

Like sands through the hourglass, these are the trends of Charlie Morton.  He is good, then bad, then good, then bad, and now its time for a bad spot.

RAYS

Yandy Diaz, Brandon Lowe, Junior Caminero (Jonathan Aranda and Magnum PI good value plays)

Gonna need to hit something big with the Rays soon before I ban them from my mind for the season, but I cannot quit yet and nor can Kyle Hendricks – who is a fine cocktail but a terrible pitcher.

BREWERS

Jackson Chourio, William Contreras, Joey Ortiz

 

CATCHER

  1. Gabriel Moreno
  2. Sean Murphy
  3. William Contreras
  4. Yainer Diaz

 

FIRST BASE

  1. Pavin Smith
  2. Rhys Hoskins
  3. Jonathan Aranda / Yandy Diaz
  4. Ryan Mountcastle

 

SECOND BASE

  1. Jorge Polanco
  2. Brandon Lowe
  3. Jackson Holliday

 

THIRD BASE

  1. Junior Caminero
  2. Eugenio Suarez
  3. Matt Chapman

 

SHORTSTOP

  1. Geraldo Perdomo
  2. Gunnar Henderson
  3. Joey Ortiz

 

OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore

  1. Jackson Chourio
  2. Seiya Suzuki
  3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
  4. Corbin Carroll

 

OUTFIELD – Tier II

  1. Yordan Alvarez
  2. Heliot Ramos
  3. Zac Veen (FD Only)
  4. Jake Mangum
  5. Spencer Steer

 

  1. Corbin Carroll – OF – Diamondbacks – Chairman of The Dongers Club
  2. William Contreras – C – Brewers
  3. Pavin Smith – 1B – Diamondbacks
  4. Matt Chapman – 3B – Giants
  5. Joey Ortiz – SS – Brewers
  6. Yordan Alvarez – OF – Astros
  7. Lourdes Gurriel Jr – OF – Diamondbacks
  8. Seiya Suzuki – OF – Cubs
  9. BONUS … Brandon Lowe – 2B – Rays

 

TOP BETS

Phillies/Braves UNDER 7