Now this is a great configuration of series this weekend. Lots of interesting spots going across the three days and it all caps off with the Tigers/Royals on Sunday Night Baseball which pleases me very much. I just hope Eric Hosmer takes shots at that fucktard AJ Pierzynski on the broadcast, but that’s another topic for Sunday night.
Today we feature at 13 game main draftkings slate after there are two 6PM window games ruling out the Astros/Reds and Rockies/Phillies from our DFS analysis for at least tonight.
WEATHER
Mostly clear with some rain changes in Cleveland for the Twins/Guardians, but I think they get through it just fine.
We have an OPEN roof in Arizona.
ROBBIE RAY (DK: $8800, FD: $9000)
Gimme, gimme, gimme the man after midnigiht. It’s Robbie Ray after dark, when he is dazzling you with his eloquent left handed delivery through 4 scoreless, no hit innings and racking up the strikeouts — giving you the confidence as your eyes start to get heavy that you will cash easily tonight. And then the clock strikes 12. The Gremlins grow hungry, the walks start to pile up and you find yourself snapping out of the recurring dream that your pet turtle is leaving you for family of donkeys and your eyes catch that the bases are loaded in the top of the 5th with no outs and Ray is suddenly at 150 pitches.
You begin to panic. No, not about your gay pet turtle, he is still just by your side. You panic about Ray, oh shit, he’s going to implode. How could he walk Triolo, Ozuna and who the hell is Billy Cook? Ah, christ, Jake Magnum PI is up to bat now. But fear not. Ray strikes him out. Then he gets the next guy and then the third. It’s a 75 pitch inning, but the Robbie Ray late Friday night experience had your heart racing, forehead sweating and palms … uh… well, nevermind.
It’s Robbie Ray – Friday’s After Dark
KRIS BUBIC (DK: $8600, FD: $9100)
No Tigers RHH is any fear to me. It’s possible that Spencer Torkelson has a good weekend but Bubic’s not going to walk the lefties ahead of him & that’s always his biggest risk (walks).
MAX FRIED (DK: $9200)
Fried is cruising enough that I’m not bothered with Chourio & Vaughn being back in this lineup to shift off him. Milwaukee always finds a way at home it seems, but that could just be off the bullpen tonight in a good 3-2 pitchers duel.
OTHERS …
- There’s definitely some strikeout throwers today with Cease & Misiorowski both being at home and probably do decent. Reid Detmers sometimes can pull some magic together – but it’s a negative park shift honestly for a LHP. Nolan McLean scares me, I would trust Fried over him & well, that’s it…
- The Marlins have called up Robby Snelling – a 6’3 lefty and yet another rookie they are promoting. He should get to work with fellow rookie catcher Joe Mack tonight which I think helps him a good deal. That said, we have rules in the Dongers Club and we do not use rookie pitchers making their debuts.
MARINERS
Maybe they’re staying up at the Waldorf, or maybe they love deep dish pizza. Who knows, it’s probably getting away from seafood and eating some real meat but the Mariners no matter who is on the roster go into Comiskey and fucking go bananas.
- Brendan Donovan
- Julio Rodriguez
- Josh Naylor
METS
Roof open & the Mets are going to be the sneaky team tonight that drops 10+ runs IMO. Second time getting Nelson this year – they should just sit fastball and make it a rough night for him.
- Juan Soto
- Bo Bichette
- Mark Vientos
- Francisco Alvarez
MARLINS
Foster Griffin for the Nationals is not terrible. But he is also not awesome. And the Nationals bullpen is also, not awesome. Some cheap bats from the fish side here too on a night when their young players are out front and center. It’s time to take the Marlins seriously. This is a team that will be in the Wild Card race into August and really just needs to try and add one power bat.
- Otto Lopez
- Christopher Morel
- Xavier Edwards
ATHLETICS
Opposite of the Marlins here because we want homers and that’s it.
- Nick Kurtz
- Tyler Soderstrom
- Carlos Cortes
CATCHER
- Shea Langaliers
- Cal Raleigh
- Francisco Alvarez
- Ivan Herrera
FIRST BASE
- Josh Naylor
- Vinnie Pasquantino
- Nick Kurtz
SECOND BASE
- Ketel Marte
- Jeff McNeil
- Marcus Semien
THIRD BASE
- Brendan Donovan: The key to the slate tonight. He is returning from the IL, likely leading off and is $3500 at the worst position on the slate tonight for the best stack on the board.
- Bo Bichette
- Roger Dorn
SHORTSTOP
- Bobby Witt Jr.
- Otto Lopez
- CJ Abrams
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Julio Rodriguez
- Juan Soto
- Taylor Ward
- Tyler Soderstrom
OUTFIELD – Tier II
- Dominic Canzone
- Teoscar Hernandez
- Randy Arozarena
- Carlos Cortes
- Cody Bellinger
- Julio Rodriguez – OF – Seattle Mariners – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Tyler Soderstrom – OF – Athletics
- Juan Soto – OF – Mets
- Brendan Donovan – 3B – Mariners
- Bobby Witt Jr – SS – Royals
- Josh Naylor – 1B – Mariners
- Ketel Marte – 2B – Diamondbacks
- Shea Langaliers – C – Athletics
- BONUS ….Teoscar Hernandez – OF – Dodgers
BETS
- Nationals / Marlins OVER 8.5
- Braves/Dodgers YRFI
- Mets/Diamondbacks OVER 8.5
- Tampa Bay ML