A very fine Happy Sunday in the Dongers Club to you and all those who celebrate this weekly tradition. Ten games on the Sunday Main slate today, which is just perfect before the TILT afternoon slate and then the TILT-TILT Showdown Slate. I re-designed the optimizer before the season and of course did not get to implement the Showdown Version of it just yet, I plan to get that working before tonight’s Single Game/Showdown spot but if for some reason it’s delayed I apologize and it will be ready for sure by next Sunday night’s game. WEATHER All games play, here’s the most relevant info … Once again Windy and the only potential hitting boost is in Kauffman Stadium where the winds are 20+ MPH out to Left Field Busch and Wrigley both have some strong winds but I think they’re a little more cross wind to left than directly out to LF, but certainly viable spots there too. Everything is chilly, offense should remain dormant due to that and hitters just not having their timing down yet. [spacer height=”20px”] A quick early observation would say that almost every SP is doing well because offense is slow starting. Yes, but there are a few teams who are kind of validating the thought that they are just horrific offenses. Nationals, Athletics, Guardians specifically are just bad overall and probably will be bad in that order all season long which is making it pretty easy to just open up the slate and try and pick on them. Not referencing that specifically for today, but I’ve seen no indication that those three teams are going to be good offensively. I also believe Milwaukee is worse than everyone projects. FREDDY PERALTA What is it with Peralta and getting to play the Cubs early in the season every year to start his season off with some dominant outings? He once again gets to face Chicago in cold Wrigley and has as much of a chance at putting up a 30 on DK today as anyone (I don’t expect 30, but I said he has a chance) ZACH EFLIN One of the major elements to the Phillies starting pitching has been that Nola and Gibson have not walked anyone on Oakland and that has as much to do with the Athletics as it does the Phillies pitching. Eflin grades very strong against the A’s projected top…...
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