Happy Jac Caglianone call-up day, and the Mets to follow along with the Royals have called up Ronny Mauricio (who played some in 2023) as well. It’s prospect hitter season ladies and gentlemen! Enjoy it.
WEATHER
TEX at TB: Chance of rain here in the evening.
THE TOP ‘ANCHOR’ ARMS
SPENCER STRIDER (DK: $8500, FD: $9200)
I think Spencer Strider is getting closer to being who we think he is, or at least who we remember him being two years ago, but realistically there’s no reason to think he is winning a major tournament tonight and probably not until after the ASB. That said, $8500 is really tempting on him. I don’t have any issues using him.
BETTER THAN NORMAL OPTIONS
Three guys tonight who are normally targets, that I think are going to pitch well.
FREDDY PERALTA (DK: $9000, FD: $9300)
Oddly enough, Cincinnati is better vs LHP lately & Elly De La Cruz also seems to be mentally checked out following the death of his sister and he has upcoming bereavement leave coming up too. He’s in tonight – but only TJ Friedl has had any success against Peralta in the Reds lineup. It’s warm, yes, in Cincinnati, but Peralta’s got upside here.
BRAYAN BELLO (DK: $6300, FD: $7700)
We should be calling Bello Baby Berrios, because he’s a poor mans Jose Berrios. And every once and a while Berrios gets hot and you are like, woah, where did this guy come from? Okay, Berrios is much better than Bello, but like Berrios, you pause when considering using him on a big slate. The Angels have power, we know that —
TOMOYUKI SUGANO (DK: $6500, FD: $7900)
Asians in Seattle, bro!
OTHER PITCHING NOTES
- Similar deal with Hunter Greene. They seem to be a little cautious with him after a brief injury stint and I could see him stopping around 95 pitches tonight max.
- Rodon, Sanchez and Rasmussen are all OK – not great. Prefer Sanchez & Rass the most of these three
ORIOLES
Holliday, Rutschman, O’Hearn, Cowser, Mayo
Great reason to build two lineups tonight? The Orioles. WHAT? Yes, the fucking Orioles, are you deaf? They’re going to be the hottest team in the MLB this week and you’re going to be sitting there on the toilet Thursday morning and be like, fuck me, why didn’t I listen to Steve? No Mountcastle stinks but the return of Cowser is going to help immensely.
PHILLIES
Harper, Kepler, Bohm
RED SOX
Refsnyder, Narvaez, Gonzalez, Story
CATCHER
- Adley Rutschman
- Austin Wells
- Carlos Narvaez
FIRST BASE
- Bryce Harper
- Romy Gonzalez
- Ty France
SECOND BASE
- Kristian Campbell … Not known for his power he is an aggressive swinger who is going to smack the shit out of a Kikuchi inside fastball down the left field line for a double.
- Brendan Donovan
- Angel Martinez
THIRD BASE
- Royce Lewis
- Max Muncy
- Alec Bohm
SHORTSTOP
- Jackson Holliday
- Carlos Correa
- Trevor Story
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Ryan O’Hearn
- Rob Refsnyder
- Max Kepler
- Colton Cowser
OUTFIELD – Tier II
- Jac Caglianone
- Byron Buxton
- Nick Castellanos
- Cody Bellinger
- Royce Lewis – 3B – Minnesota Twins – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Jac Caglianone – OF – Royals –
- Kristian Campbell – 2B – Red Sox
- Trevor Story – SS – Red Sox
- Max Kepler – OF – Phillies
- Bryce Harper – 1B – Phillies
- Adley Rutschman – C – Orioles
- Colton Cowser – OF – Orioles
- BONUS …. Cody Bellinger – OF – Yankees
TOP BETS