We kick things off on what should be a better week this week and it’s because this is May Appreciation Contest Week! Look for the first contest to be tomorrow a fine random Tuesday, May the 24th with round two being on Friday and then the third round being May 31st. Contest rules will be officially announced tomorrow but the contest will be weighted based upon how the Chairman Does in each of those nights. Look, it’s a free contest for you and I am the one paying out the prizes, so I am going to make up the crazy rules how I see fit. Remember to use our new and improved Daily Lineups page for information on starting lineups and a quick snapshot of the match-ups. MLB Lineups Page – Daily Ambush [spacer height=”20px”] WEATHER All games play, unless of course they don’t. We could see a delay in Washington or Atlanta, but both are pretty low risk IMO. Roof closed in Arizona. Greinke must be in town! [spacer height=”20px”] Last Monday I mentioned that we likely were going into a week of Mt. Rushmore negative numbers from pitchers. Well, I personally think I found one a day and am glad to say that is out of our system now. Hopefully nobody is breaking down from our selection pool this week, but it sure does feel like the pitchers are breaking down lately. The other thing which continues to stand out to me is that your going to be in the running each night if you simply take two good pitchers (assuming they dont have shoulder issues like Peralta) and ride them for 60 fantasy points as a nice floor. The days of needing that stack that put up 12 runs and 3 homers just aren’t consistent. [spacer height=”12px”] ZACK WHEELER So all of that leads me into Wheeler and Cole below this. These two are facing offenses that have high strike-out upside on them and for Wheeler he is trending up in terms of his usage and durability as he got a late start and is now looking like his 2021 dominant self. Atlanta chases a good amount and all nine hitters have K% rates vs RHP sliders that are above 20%. Look for a potential 10+ K game from Wheeler today. ADRIAN HOUSER Prior to yesterday vs Alex Wood, the Padres had not beaten up any SP…...
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