WEATHER All clear I was going to give you a full rant on Shohei Ohtani not being duplicated in either site player pool despite them being able to do it, but hey, bigger frish to fry. Ohtani is back as an opener tonight Logan Gilbert is back off the IL Lance McCullers is out and going to the IL, Ryan Gusto will start instead. TONIGHTS BEST PITCHER There is no ‘Ace’ I want to force upon you today. Dylan Cease in the division is always too risky as teams wait him out and make him work & Clarke Schmidt against the Angels in Yankee Stadium just feels like a dangerous trap. Mick Abel (DK: $9000, FD: $8500) … Unlike SP vs Colorado, the sites still have the prices on pitchers in Miami priced correctly. Abel is coming off a bad start after breaking onto the scene. Tonight he should recover and be worth using. TONIGHTS CHALK PITCHER Jake Irvin (DK: $8100, FD: $8000) … SP vs Colorado outside of Coors. That’s the chalk every night when it presents itself until further notice. TONIGHTS SLEEPER Lucas Giolito (DK: $7300, FD: $7400) … Sleeper in Seattle. Lucas Giolito appears to be getting into form and is likely going to be trusted for 95+ pitches Boston Red Sox While Logan Gilbert is back tonight, this first return off the IL is the best spot he could give up 2+ HR in, and after the Devers deal I think people may automatically overlook Boston Houston Astros This lineup really looks dead at the moment after their day of rest yesterday – but the park shift is tremendous and the one thing you can’t do vs Houston is roll out a LHP. With Ryan Gusto starting, we should be interested in the Athletics as well. Great spot for Butler, Soderstrom and Kurtz ALSO LIKE Angels/Yankees … Bumping this one up over the Orioles/Rays. Too many upside homer plays here. Padres … If they Ambush Ohtani that is one thing. But the Dodgers pen options are not great even after that. CATCHER Carlos Narvaez Yainer Diaz Danny Jansen FIRST BASE Paul Goldschmidt Nick Kurtz Nolan Schanuel SECOND BASE Xavier Edwards Jose Altuve Marcelo Mayer … 3B is deeper so use him here in Boston stacks THIRD BASE Isaac Paredes Amed Rosario Junior Caminero SHORTSTOP Trea Turner Jeremy Pena Brady House…...
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