The Dongers Club – June 16th

WEATHER

We might have one of my favorite under talked about narratives when it comes to weather and it’s against the team whom I am most pissed at right now.  So forgive me if I have 9 Texas Ranger lineups which each have 5 Texas Rangers in them tonight as they are the visitors in Comerica Park with the Winds blowing out to LF at 14+ MPH.

Nats Park will have Thunderstorms before and possibly during the game tonight.

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Luis Severino was going to be my #1 tonight but he has been scratched due to COVID-19.  I am guessing this will turn into a bullpen game for the Yankees.

With Wheeler potentially facing weather issues tonight (and not being someone I wanted to use) we now have to look at a couple spots I wasn’t thrilled with originally.

TylorD Megill

This isn’t one of those spots though.  I like Megill a good amount tonight.

This is going to be Megill’s second start off the IL, his first only lasted 3.1 IP and 64 pitches, so do not bother with him as an SP1 on FanDuel but consider him to pitch 75-85 maybe tonight against a high strikeout Brewers lineup.

Shohei Ohtani

Ohtani has not ever been as good on the road and I think a lot of it has to do with how well splitters from RHP do out in Anaheim, but we ignore that here because we have limited choices AND because the Mariners lineup is just ice cold (worse than the Angels honestly).

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RANGERS

Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Adolis Garcia, Kole Calhoun

I assume the Tigers plan to let Miguel Cabrera pitch the 6th and then turn things over to Robbie Grossman or Javy Baez after that right?  Fuck those assholes and their position player pitching half the game, I hope they give up 20 runs tonight.

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TIGERS

Willi Castro, Javy Baez

The wheels on the Martin Perez bus are flat and while the Tigers are near the bottom offensively they could benefit from a wind boost tonight and also should give you nice leverage on DK where Perez is likely to be popular with Severino scratched.

If they do anything it’s the Willi Castro, Javy Baez and Jonathan Schoop that should do the damage.

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Next Favorite Spots

1. Mets (Alonso)
2. Angels (Trout)
3. Phillies/Nationals (Bohm or Franco)

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Today’s BOOST+ Players

Nick Castellanos, Rhys Hoskins, Alec Bohm, Spencer Torkelson, Javier Baez, Ezequiel Duran

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CATCHER

1. Jonah Heim
2. Eric Haase

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FIRST BASE

The Polar Bear has been just off so far in this series and will either K or Homer 1st AB.  I’ll take the homer chances.

1. Pete Alonso
2. Spencer Torkelson

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SECOND BASE

1. Marcus Semien
2. Cesar Hernandez

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THIRD BASE

A weak position tonight so that might be why Bohm grades as my top 3B but you could also argue it’s because Corbin is going to pitch well to the Phillies studs and bad to their non studs.

1. Alec Bohm
2. Maikel Franco

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SHORTSTOP

We don’t need to overthink this.

1. Corey Seager

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OUTFIELD – MT RUSHMORE

1. Adolis garcia
2. Mike Trout
3. Christian Yelich
4. Brad Miller

OUTFIELD – Tier 2

1. Brandon Marsh
2. Julio Rodriguez
3. Victor Reyes

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The Dongers Club

1. Pete Alonso – 1B – Mets – Chairman of The Dongers Club
2. Mike Trout – OF – Angels
3. Alec Bohm – 3B – Phillies
4. Corey Seager – SS – Rangers

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BETTING PLAYS

Rangers/Tigers OVER 8.5

Tampa Bay Rays ML

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