WEATHER
Wind blowing out to RF in Wrigley over 10 MPH and temps above 70 degrees. Not extreme, but favorable.
Roof Closed in Arizona
Roof Closed in Houston
Roof Closed in Texas
All games play.
MacKenzie Gore (DK: $7800)
Gore at home and a LH heavy lineup. The Twins are 24th in AVG/SLG vs LHP on the season and not really a big breaking ball hitting team. Should be a Gore 8+ strikeout game.
Ryne Nelson (DK: $6500)
Roof closed season in Arizona now. Angels offer lots of strikeout upside still. They’ve got the second highest projected K% tonight & not enough lefties to really offset that with power surge. A Trout double is fine, the rest of the team will be quiet.
MY SLEEPER PICK
After those two there’s really not much else. I can see Walbert Urena and Shota Imanaga being popular plays, and obviously Chase Burns is the ace going today that everyone will use. I have no desire for that group. Shota’s gonna be okay but is seeing Colorado in back to back starts.
Jared Jones (DK: $7000)
Jones should still be a little restricted on his PC and yes it is scary to use pitchers in Sacramento, but the weather isn’t insane and don’t confuse this with the Vegas series. Jones has been pitching fine since coming back, he should be good here.
TIGERS
A very underrated park shift and one that Spencer Torkelson loves. Kai-Wei Teng also really struggles with lefties, walking them almost 14%, so throw in that the RHH should be able to power to LF and the lefties are on base and we have a fantastic 8 or 9 spot opportunity.
- Spencer Torkelson
- Riley Greene
- Kerry Carpenter
CUBS
Chicago kinda woke up out in San Francisco, which being in San Francisco can definitely help with the ‘woke’ if you know what I mean. Okay, bad jokes, but hey, I tried. Back at home they’ll be a chalky spot versus Mikey Lorenzen & we should just be chasing a couple guys for solo homers.
- Ian Happ
- Moises Ballesteros
METS
On the opposite end of the chalk spectrum is the Mets. Oh, they’re on the spectrum all right, or at least being a Mets fan probably is. However, the Mets into Cincinati historically no matter who is on their team tends to boost their stats. It’s one of the best park shifts you can find and I’m sure as hell not trusting Chase Burns for 11k as the only ‘ace’ tonight. I think you use the leverage play and attack him here.
- Juan Soto
- Bo Bichette
- Jared Young
- MJ Melendez
- Francisco Alvarez
CATCHER
Four guys here with good power in good power situations. Dont try to get cute with some douchebag like Nick Fortes.
- Francisco Alvarez
- Dillon Dingler
- Hunter Goodman
- Moises Ballesteros
FIRST BASE
- Spencer Torkelson
- Michael Busch
- Jared Young
SECOND BASE
- Brandon Lowe
- Gleyber Torres
- Spencer Steer
THIRD BASE
- Blaze Gordon: Gotta throw a shout out to my man Blaze here. In his first three games he has gone 8, 28 and 3 for his DK FPTS. My man woulda been chairman with that kinda back to back days had I not already had someone else in mind. As you can see from the names below, this isn’t anything special to write home about for paying up with studs today.
- Isaac Paredes
- Kevin McGonigle
- Nick Gonzales
SHORTSTOP
Two guys who have been back to what they once were recently. Mookie is the benefactor also of potentially a huge Ohtani game.
- Bo Bichette
- Mookie Betts
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Shohei Ohtani
- MJ Melendez
- Riley Greene
- Ian Happ
OUTFIELD – TIER II
- Juan Soto
- Kerry Carpenter
- Bryan Reynolds
- Ryan O’Hearn
- Spencer Torkelson – 1B – Detroit Tigers – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Shohei Ohtani – DH – Dodgers
- Ian Happ – OF – Cubs
- MJ Melendez – OF – Mets
- Dillon Dingler – C – Tigers
- Spencer Steer – 2B – Reds
- Isaac Paredes – 3B – Astros
- Bo Bichette – SS – Mets
- BONUS …. Jordan Walker – OF – Cardinals
BETS
- Tigers ML (+109)
- Mets ML (+119)
- Angels / Diamondbacks UNDER 9
- Dodgers -1.5 [I cant use Lauer, just cant, but I’m really smelling a big Ohtani game]