Happy Friday! We have Diamondbacks (ARENADO) vs the Cubs in Wrigley this afternoon, a decent Turbo slate and then an okay Main slate tonight. WEATHER All clear COLE RAGANS (DK: $8300 – FD: $8200) If your not really looking to use a pitcher off a ceiling start then I certainly can respect that, but like, hey, that’s your choice and all that. So, yeah, good luck. The command was on point vs the Angels and thus it kinda helps when you flip from 4+ walks a game to none and look at all those whiffs back on the scene. The Angels BTW are one of the top walk teams in the league this year. A mechanics fix and Ragans is in the midst of one of his multi game dominant streaks. Trust the southpaw up in the great north west tonight because this feels like a throwback Clayton Kershaw late night west coast hammer hot stuff… SHANE McCLANAHAN (DK: $8200 – FD: $8000) Everything after Ragans is even for me today. He’s the ace. The Giants could become a threat vs LHP if Willy Adames ever gets his head out of his ass — not likely going to happen yet. Handle Ramos and Chapman and this is not a tough spot for McClanahan. The downside as always is that he could easily just stop at 60 pitches and you’re left with a boring ole 8 FPTS. ZACK WHEELER (DK: $9500 – FD: $9000) Second start back for Wheels & he gets a Marlins team returning home from their west coast trip where they played extremely well in LA. The one guy who would scare me in normal simulations is Kyle Stowers but he has just one game in the last 5 with a hit and isn’t walking much either. His slump likely breaks soon but we’ll deal with that on Sunday. OTHER PITCHING NOTES Emmett Sheehan: The best of the other options. Noah Schultz: I love that he is coming out on fire. Tatis is not struggling, he’s just weak as hell and cannot get the ball over the fence, but he’s still making good contact and a big threat — as are Laureano and Machado. I’ll pass on road here. Bryan Woo: No. Hard no. HOUSTON ASTROS The Red Sox are calling up prospect Jake Bennett. Bennett is a 6’6 lefty who throws with long…...
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