WEATHER The only game that looks of slight concern is once again in Boston, where they are playing two today and the night game is on the MAIN slates but has some potential for showers or a delay. Talk about a reverse/backwards type slate. A couple pitchers that I would use are in the few spots that are in warmer/good hitting environments. Specifically Zack Wheeler out in Sacramento, Clarke Schmidt in Coors vs the Rockies and Drew Assmuffin in Tampa vs the Jays. Then there is my old friend, and not too much of a friend of the Dongers Club, Yusei Kikuchi in Anaheim against those Fish. Meanwhile, Chris Sale is the other big name tonight. He draws the Padres who were a massive let down in Toronto but are poised to take part in the Ronald Acuna/Ozzie Albies bromance re-union tonight with their own set of homers as well. Should Sale go off? Probably. I don’t hate him, but I am going to be on the Padres one more time, which either pays off, or allows me to say Go F*** Yourself San Diego once again. As you can deduce, I am quickly just finding reasons to not want to use anyone tonight on pitching. ZAC GALLEN (DK: $8800, FD: $9300) I always try to take an initial gut instinct when looking at the games, and this one read as one with some runs in it — but the more we dive into the details the more we realize it’s all on the Arizona side. Gallen, a former Cardinals draft pick, has struggled in recent home starts, so going on the road here is probably a nice relief into a better pitchers park as it’s not as hot out in St. Louis quite yet. SANDY ALCANTARA (DK: $7700, FD: $8000) Sandy is going to figure it out. He has just been walking a few too many hitters and had the unfortunate luck of facing the Dodgers twice while trying to do so. His PC is back up and so the strength and confidence is there, which is good because he should give up 2 ER vs the Angels, but if he can get through 6 IP then he’s going to wind up posting his best start of the year. Angels are thin on left handed hitters & those are the ones which could make his outing shorter. CLARKE SCHMIDT…...
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