TONIGHTS SLATE Before you go any further in this article today, please be aware that I think I am going to wind up sounding completely contrarian to the natural instinct on tonight’s slate and I have a few things that I just cannot get past my gut feeling on. So let’s go ahead and summarize it for you… Monday begins with an 8 game slate that locks at 6:40 PM and has three games in that early 6pm/Turbo window. Of the eight games going tonight it includes a wrap-around Monday night game between the Dodgers & Rockies (absolutely retarded scheduling IMO) and then 7 new series — including BOTH Sunday Night Baseball teams playing on the road today. Weather is not much of a factor anywhere. It’s cool, comfortable and all games will play. The best pitchers though are in spots where I think there’s going to be offense tonight. The worst pitchers are going to be okay but have one or two spots they cannot get around. It’s a weird Monday. Last Monday was weird with all the guys hitting 2 homers. So, you know what, I think tonight is your contrarian night where the chalk flops massively. Enjoy. While I like contrarian tonight, I do want to point out that Cease, Detmers, Lugo or even Bradish can all go for 20 FPTS on any given day. But I only expect one of them at best to do that today — so choose wisely. JAKE IRVIN (DK: $6100, FD: $7100) Right now Matt Olson cannot hit a beach ball to save his life. So much for crowning him the new Mr. Philadelphia after that horrific weekend he just displayed. For all the ‘weather’ folks hyping up the warm weather lets talk about how its now chilly in DC here too and Jake Irvin is doing a good job limiting HR this year as well. Do not expect one of those 7 homer Atlanta Brave games, in fact, expect 7 strikeouts for Irvin tonight. I also think Bryce Elder has an okay start — but I prefer Irvin by a wide margin. DYLAN CEASE (DK: $9800, FD: $10,400) Alright, I guess I will go with one chalky pitcher tonight. I want him to get beat up, but the Angels are terrible against sliders and swing too much for him not to get a bunch of whiffs and reach 7…...
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