I would like to go on record right now and say that there’s a swift kick in the balls coming to MLB DFS players and Sports Betters here in May. That swift kick in the nuts is going to be the random Friday night when seemingly every player in the league finds a way to hit a home run and teams post 8 and 9 run games. Especially with the uptick in position player pitching decisions being made. Is that night tonight? Maybe not, although I think there’s a good chance it’s tonight or next Friday and then again Memorial Day weekend. Just reminding you, don’t trust MLB to not mix things up just for a random spark. EARLY/TURBO SLATE THOUGHTS Love all three road teams in these series all weekend. Expect fireworks in each game too WEATHER Dodgers at Braves: Slight chance of some storms during the game, but nothing that would make me think we get any PPD risk TARIK SKUBAL (DK: $10,500, FD: $10,600) Zac Gallen was dominant as I thought he would be yesterday and it’s continuing the trend of these ‘Ace’ pitchers who are hitting their stride right now. Skubal’s coming off back to back games with 35%+ or higher CSW rates and only had to throw 91 pitches to strikeout 11 Orioles last Sunday. Now the Angels, without Trout and a 33% strikeout rate vs LHP over the last 10 days are supposed to make us sweat only 10.5k in salary tonight? Uh. Alright, lets not be stupid here. ROBBIE RAY (DK: $8600, FD: $8400) Nothing better than some late Friday night Robbie Ray after dark magic. The… Uh.. The, Rockies have won two games in a row. They win tonight, that’s called a winning streak — it has happened before. But it’s not happening here. CLAY HOLMES (DK: $8100, FD: $9100) There might be some other teams who are on the struggle bus right now, but how about the Cardinals who have only scored 1 run in each of their last 4 losses. So when they’re gonna lose, it’s the offense that is doing them in. OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS Despite my instinct(s) that we could see juiced ball explosions for a Friday night slate, there’s a depth of pitching tonight but one where ownership is going to Skubal and Ray if people aren’t just full blown dumb… This opens up some…...
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