Today brings us a decent balance of early and late, although the Early does not include Toronto at Baltimore around 12:35 PM EST. Instead we have a six gamer with mostly mid-west games on the slate and that means some pop-up storms in both Kansas City & Chicago. WEATHER Phillies at White Sox: This could and should be an ugly weather spot with HEAVY rain in the forecast and big time storms. The Phils are one of the best hitting spots on the slate too, so there is some risk upside in using them for DFS purposes but zero reason to sweat either pitcher in this one. MACKENZIE GORE … A thin slate for those who want to point out that MacKenzie Gore is having a reverse 2024 in 2025 and is going backwards over the last month, but he is still the best arm going today & while the Astros have a ton of RHH (likely 9) he is still the third highest in K% splits against that hand on this slate. RYNE NELSON … Man, it gets really bad after Gore and Peralta. So pivoting off one of them is going to be pretty contrarian but not the worst idea in the world. Nelson vs Paddack has the makings of two guys going 5 IP, not getting many strikeouts and also not allowing much damage. When that scenario is presented, I want the one who has at least been with his team longer than five seconds. Although Paddack is tempting here too. FREDDY PERALTA … Just like Logan Webb only seems to pitch in day games (ahem, he’s going at 3:45 today but that’s not on this slate), Freddy Master Peralta only seems to face the Cubs. Familiarity is the advantage of the hitter. So I don’t think he has some 30 point outing, but he’ll be good enough. BRAVES | ROYALS Did you know that over the last month the Royals have a top 10 offense in most major categories? I bet you didn’t know that. Unfortunately they’ll be losing early with Angel Zerpa opening the game and I don’t see how he gets through clean. ROYALS: Jonathan India is really hitting well of late, Witt is having a ncie series & even against a LHP starting, Vinnie Pasquantino $3900 is a fricken steal. PHILLIES Weather concerns, but this is the second best spot. CATCHER Sean…...
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