The Dongers Club – July 27th

A lot of Baseball for a Monday but they did is wrong in cutting the Turbo slate into its own early window set of games.  There’s even a 4th game in Texas today between the Mariners and Rangers if you are into that sort of thing. But then, it’s a Monday in July, what else are you doing at 2PM?   WEATHER Delays, Delays, Delays.  Lets see what we get here…. Guardians at Reds:  This should start on time and then rush to a finish Cubs at Cardinals:  Likely chance of storms, but they get the game in.  Extremely hot here.   There is a general feeling that after the All-Star break you simply lock in on your model & ratings and trust it on a daily basis, with a few pivots here or there.  Simplify the process with MLB and trust the data to cover 70% of what you have.  Well, tonight is one of those nights my friends with pitching. The bottom line is you need to obviously factor in a chance of storms in the Cleveland / Cincinnati game, but I think they start on time and get through enough before any bad weather comes in.  This puts Mr. Burns at the top.  After him though, we’re basically leaning into the trust that the Angels lineup is more ass than not most nights & Imai can post back to back 6 inning quality starts. THE MODELS RANKINGS…. Chase Burns (DK: $11,300) Tatsuya Imai (DK: $6,800) Max Fried (DK: $8,600)   MY PERSONAL FAVORITES Max Fried (DK: $8600):  Second start off the IL, and Fried is probably going to be over owned considering the White Sox are decent at home.  That aside, the southpaw was fantastic in his return & is a favorable 3k below Chase Burns.  I’d start here because he is the anchor and should have enough room to go up to 75-85 pitches tonight.  He’s essentially an SP2, with upside as an SP1 until they are comfortable letting him pitch until Boone has to stomach going out there to remove him in a 1-0 game. Brandon Sproat (DK: $7300):   Keep scrolling, yep, keep going.  There it is.  The Brewers at the Giants.  Yes, that’s the game & series we want to be invested in for pitching.  Who’s going for the Brewers?  Who cares.  We’re using them all series.   MY PERSONAL FAVORITES Payton Tolle:  Going…...