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MLB · August 3, 2025

Sunday Dongers Club – Aug 3rd

For once I was able to fall asleep and wound up waking up way before I needed for my flight, so you get a bonus Sunday Dongers Club.  That said, I may not be able to make edits if there’s unexpected lineup changes.

WEATHER

All clear

On FanDuel you definitely have more options with deGrom and Cease available from the afternoon games which are on the MAIN slate there.  For DraftKings it gets really thin.  Here’s quick thoughts on the “top” options …

  1. Seth Lugo … Lugo and Bassitt should draw attention as names that can at least be trusted to go 6 IP and find a way to end up positive, but both are likely to give up 3 ER and so I wouldn’t assume you are getting a clear path on either guy.
  2. Edward Cabrera … Just because people think Luis Gil is a good pitcher doesn’t mean he is the better one and not facing the team who has had every Miami club booked up for the last few days.  Plus, he might get the benefit of Jazz being benched today — and that should help
  3. Joey Cantillo … He draws the Twins who’s best hitters are lefties right now and going into bad splits.   Although Martin/Lewis both should have nice days.

OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS

JACOB MISIOROWSKI … The Nationals might hit a little better at home, but lets not fool ourselves into thinking they should be touching Misi that much.  However, I am fading him because a guy with a 4 or 5 IP limit at 10k is not worth going after even if he could strikeout a bunch of hitters.  Any ownership here over 2% is stupid.

 

TIER 1

  1. METS
  2. CUBS
  3. BREWERS

TIER 2

  1. ROYALS
  2. ORIOLES
  3. MARLINS

 

CATCHER

  1. Adley Rutschman
  2. Carson Kelly
  3. William Contreras

 

FIRST BASE

  1. Vinnie Pasquantino
  2. Rafael Devers
  3. Michael Busch

 

SECOND BASE

  1. Jeff McNeil
  2. Jackson Holliday
  3. Brice Turang

 

THIRD BASE

  1. Addison Barger
  2. Matt Chapman
  3. Royce Lewis

 

SHORTSTOP

  1. Willy Adames
  2. Bo Bichette
  3. Bobby Baseball

 

OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore

  1. Pete-Crow Armstrong
  2. Kyle Stowers
  3. Giancarlo Stanton
  4. Brandon Nimmo

 

OUTFIELD – Tier II

  1. Robert Hasssell III
  2. Cedric Mullins
  3. Austin Martin
  4. Mike Yastrzymski

 

  1. Vinnie Pasquantino – 1B – Kansas City Royals – Chairman of The Dongers Club
  2. Adley Rutschman – C – Orioles
  3. Willy Adames – SS – Brewers
  4. Giancarlo Stanton – OF – Yankees
  5. Jeff McNeil – 2B – Mets
  6. Kyle Stowers – OF – Marlins
  7. Robert Hassell III – OF – Nationals

BETS

  • Royals/Blue Jays YRFI
  • Orioles/Cubs OVER 8.5

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