Only a six game slate which could turn into a five game slate tonight.
The Orioles are in Chicago taking on the White Sox and we likely see this game PPD well before the slate locks.
The roof in Arizona is OPEN between Cardinals and Diamondbacks. Yes, that should trigger a hair on the back of your neck…. Do I even need to write this article now?
Cincinnati at Washington is a 7 inning game tonight and is not on FanDuel.
Alex Wood
I’m still not respecting the Dodgers lineup much and not against a LHP who is pitching fairly well like Wood is. With L.A. coming off a big emotional 2 game set vs the Astros they’re back home but should be safe to target against with Wood, who is holding opposing righties to a .243 xwOBA this season.
Sonny Gray
This is only going to be a 7-inning game tonight, so despite the fact that the Nationals are not striking out very much (20%) we’re going to look at Sonny Gray because I definitely can see him going all 7 innings tonight or at least going 6 with only needing one inning from the bullpen to secure a W.
CARDINALS
Goldy, Arenado, Carlson, Edman
I shouldn’t have to explain Goldschmidt here and Arenado is the best at a weak position tonight at 3B.
RANGERS
Ride the hot hands of the Texas Rangers, words I did not expect to type up this season but here we are. Chris Flexen has finally lost whatever he brought back from the KBO this season and he got absolutely murdered by the Padres last week and should struggle some tonight vs Texas too. With all the Cardinals top bats being infielders we also have a perfect pairing to lock in Calhoun, Garcia and Gallo with a nice 4-3-1 type configuration stack.
ATHLETICS
I don’t mind going against Ohtani tonight. He hasn’t been as dominant vs LH hitters and the Angels bullpen is hot garbage. They just made some guy named Matt Wise their pitching coach which certainly brings into lots of questions as well. At any rate, the Olson-Brown-Laureano-Chapman stack tonight is a good leverage/under the radar play tonight when some will still use Ohtani.
CATCHER
- Yadier Molina
FIRST BASE
- America’s First Baseman, Paul Goldschmidt
- Matt Olson
SECOND BASE
- Tommy Edman
- Jed Lowrie
THIRD BASE
- Nolan Arenado
- Eduardo Escobar
SHORTSTOP
- Nick Ahmed
OUTFIELD – Mt Rushmore
- Ketel Marte
- Joey Gallo
- Ramon Laureano
- Adolis Garcia
OUTFIELD – Tier 2
- Seth Brown
- Jesse Winker
- Dylan Carlson
- David Peralta
OUTFIELD – Value
- Willie Calhoun – Borderline Mt. Rushmore
- Kyle Lewis
The Dongers Club
- Paul Goldschmidt – 1B – Cardinals – Chairman of the Dongers Club
- Willie Calhoun – OF – Rangers
- Jesse Winker – OF – Reds
- Nolan Arenado – 3B – Cardinals
- Seth Brown – OF – Athletics
- Nick Ahmed – SS – Diamondbacks
LINEUP CONSTRUCTION THOUGHTS
Chalkiest Stacks
I don’t mind any of the hitting chalk tonight. Pitching is the difference today.
- Cardinals
- Diamondbacks
- Rangers
Team(s) with most upside getting overlooked and also not being attacked with a SP (i.e. Low owned secondary stacks)
- Seattle
LEVERAGE PLAYS
- Athletics
- Cincinnati
DK SE SP Recommendations in Order
- Wood & Gray
FD SE Recommendations in Order
- Wood