Giving you all a bonus article for the 4 game afternoon slate because it’s a good one. Also make sure to lock in lineups for the Showdown slate tonight and jump into Discord if you want to kick around thoughts on the Mets-Phils game tonight.
- Dylan Bundy (LAA) – Has done well versus Seattle and is starting to show that dominant 2020 form that he had last year. Mariners have cooled off a little bit enough to lock him in as one of our 2 pitchers on DK and he is my favorite on FanDuel as well.
- Merrill Kelly (ARI) – He has some trouble spots in this lineup with Blackmon and yes Matt Adams, but with the roof closed Kelly should have enough strikeouts and limited damage on the long ball to get through 6 IP
Padres/Giants
This is the sneaky gamestack on this slate as PETCO plays really well for hitting in day games and I think lots will consider Gausman or Musgrove. Love doing a stack of this game considering it’s just a four game slate and would lean mostly on the Padres CORE Bats (Girsham/Machado/Tatis) while looking at the Giants lefties.
Orioles / Athletics
I don’t trust either lefty in this game to survive for good reason. There is also some good sneaky power on both sides at the top of the order (Hayes/Mancini/Franco vs Canha/Laureano/Murphy).
Angels
Trout vs Seattle is an auto-play for many but you need Fletcher/Upton to come through here in good spots. Both are cheap and we’ve seen Anthony Rendon really get into a groove. Fading Trout might feel stupid but for your balanced builds I don’t hate it today.
AFTERNOON SLATE DONGERS CLUB
Manny Machado – 3B – Padres – Chairman
Mike Tauchman – OF – Giants
Austin Hays – OF – Orioles
Mark Canha – OF – Athletics
LINEUP CONSTRUCTION THOUGHTS
Chalkiest Stacks
- Angels
- Diamondbacks
Team with most upside getting overlooked and also not being attacked with a SP
- Padres
Best Leverage Team
- Giants