WEATHER
All clear
WILL WARREN (DK: $8000)
Warren definitely won’t bring the same velocity that Schlitter did last night and I really underestimated how bad the Reds are versus the high velocity fastballs right now. That said, he does lean into it a lot and should be repeating what we saw last night enough to work out. I equally like his opponent Andrew Abbott today – who no, is not related to Jim Abbott who of course threw a no hitter in Yankee stadium.
MAX MEYER (DK: $9900)
His rating (which is like a projection, yes) for us today is lower than it is expected. The strikeouts could be low today vs the Giants, so I’m bumping him down for that reason, but he is still the top arm on the slate — even with Sale being an option.
NATE EOVALDI (DK: $9300)
No clue what the hell that was from deGrom last night, but maybe the Padres just hit slams in Texas. Eovaldi’s risk is that San Diego basically just sits dead red. His advantage is that I still think they just suck.
Eovaldi scratched and MacKenzie Gore bumped up today. Obviously Gore is facing the team who originally brought him up, and obviously I love the guy, so yeah, I like him but I am definitely conflicted here.
WILL BE OKAY TOO
- I probably like too many pitchers for a Saturday afternoon slate today, but both Chris Sale and Kyle Harrison are likely to do just fine for you, yet I want neither because I think both have long innings & the game gets into two good bullpens.
MARLINS
Trevor McDonald threw a pitch. HER-I-BER-T-O. And after this pitch he threw another. S-T-O-WER-S. With a Hicks Hicks here. Caissie there. Here a Mack there a Jakob, I ran out of names to rhyme now. Just play … the fish …. my friends
- Heriberto Hernandez
- Kyle Stowers
WHITE SOX vs TIGERS
Oooooh, we almost had some brawl potential last night and seeing the AL Central have some fight in it is always a good thing. Both teams benefit from good weather & wind blowing out to left center here in Comerica today. They also thrive on bad pitching with Troy Melton not being able strikeout any lefties & the White Sox are once again going with the opener route.
- Miguel Vargas
- Dillon Dingler
RAYS
After Cade was scratched for illness last night, he is slated to be going today & we’re right back on the Caminero/Palacios combination.
- Richie Palacios
- Junior Caminero
CATCHER
- Dillon Dingler
- William Contreras
- Liam Hicks
FIRST BASE
- Kyle Stowers
- Miguel Vargas
- Paul Goldschmidt
SECOND BASE
- Nico Hoerner
- Matt Shaw – Reeally like Shaw today but Hoerner is smart too. So we can play both if you slide Shaw to OF
THIRD BASE
- Junior Caminero
- Kevin McGonigle
SHORTSTOP
- Colson Montgomery
- Ezequiel Duran
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Matt Shaw
- Owen Caissie
- Jakob Marsee
- Heriberto Hernandez
OUTFIELD – TIER II
- Seiya Suzuki
- Andrew Benintendi
- Riley Greene
- Heriberto Hernandez – OF – Miami Marlins – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Kyle Stowers – 1B – Marlins
- Miguel Vargas – 3B – White Sox
- Matt Shaw – OF – Cubs
- Andrew Benintendi – OF – White Sox
- Dillon Dingler – C – Tigers
BETS
- White Sox / Tigers OVER 8.5
- Reds / Yankees UNDER 9.5
- Giants / Marlins OVER 8
- Marlins ML + Cubs ML Parlay