Happy Easter!
The Cubs and Guardians are making up their PPD game with a traditional double header today. The first game (Cabrera vs Cecconi) is on the DraftKings main slate locking at 1:10 PM.
FanDuel has the game listed as 1:40. They clearly have no idea what is going on here, which is kinda interesting if they use the first game stats which starts 30 minutes before their slate locks…
Or maybe it’s G2. Who the hell knows. They sure as heck dont, but it appears they think this is G1.
WEATHER
All games should play today with brief stretches of rain for delays in
- Boston: Could delay mid game
- New York: Should delay the START of the game and then go
- Washington: Who the hell knows what they’ll do. Game has to play though, there’s no reason for a PPD
JACK LEITER (DK: $8300, FD: $9300)
It feels like the entire Baseball world forgot that Jack Leiter was not that long ago a very top end prospect and there’s no reason for him to not be considered even the best young arm in this game against Chase Burns.
KRIS BUBIC (DK: $7800, FD: $9800)
The only red flag I really have on Bubic is KC usually does not extend him above 90 pitches, but I’m banking on a little extra leash given that yesterday was a DH and they do play tomorrow.
THE SUNDAY SLEEPER
NICK MARTINEZ (DK: $6700, FD: $7300): Nobody’s gonna win a million dollars with Nick Martinez – but he’s also a sneaky good value here for a heavy stack build. 6 innings, 4 strikeouts, 0 ER. The Twins just flat out stink.
FADES
- Max Fried: This is the classic Fried early season on the east cost bad start.
- Chase Burns: I don’t hate him, just going Leiter in the same game instead.
RED SOX
Someone should see if there is a prop on total games started by Walker Buehler this season. It’s over man, just hang them up and see if you can go pitch in the KBO. For those who are wondering when Boston is going to wake up offensively, today. The answer is … Today.
- Jarren Duran
- Willson Contreras
- Wilyer Abreu
- Ceddane Rafaela
PIRATES
Despite the larger park dimensions keeping the lefties tanks in the park, there’s still going to be gap problems for Chris Bassitt vs Lowe, Cruz, Reynolds, and O’Hearn.
- Brandon Lowe
- Oneil Cruz
- Ryan O’Hearn
The flip side here though is we have a ‘Its really hard to sweep’ theory on this game. Can the Pirates really sweep Baltimore? The path would be the Orioles hitters waking up most likely — lefties in Pittsburgh usually favor given the dimensions, so Gunnar/Adley/Beavers/Basallo/Cowser being the benefactors. Gunnar is the lean for me in this group.
CATCHER
- Agustin Ramirez
- Austin Wells
- Edgar Quero
FIRST BASE
Really deep position today.
- Michael Busch
- Willson Contreras
- Kyle Manzardo
SECOND BASE
- Brandon Lowe
- Jazz Chisholm Jr.
THIRD BASE
- Jose Ramirez
- Manny Machado
- Addison Barger
SHORTSTOP
- Xander Bogaerts
- Colson Montgomery
- Gunnar Henderson
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Teoscar Hernandez
- Jarren Duran
- Jesus Sanchez
- Chase DeLauter
OUTFIELD – Tier II
- Ryan O’Hearn
- Wilyer Abreu
- George Springer
- Roman Anthony
- Brandon Lowe – 2B – Pittsburgh Pirates – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Teoscar Hernandez – OF – Dodgers
- Colson Montgomery – SS – White Sox
- Michael Busch – 1B – Cubs
- Jarren Duran – OF – Red Sox
- George Springer – OF – Blue Jays
- Jose Ramirez – 3B – Guardians
- Austin Wells – C – Yankees
- BONUS … Jazz Chisholm – 2B – Yankees
BETS
- Tampa Bay ML
- Guardians ML (Game 1)
- Brewers/Royals UNDER 7.5