The Dongers Club – June 29th (Early)

Here is the breakdown for the afternoon slates between FanDuel and DraftKings FD:  Five game early slate including the Milwaukee/Tampa game DK:  Four game early slate Both sites have an ‘Afternoon’ Tilt slate as well, which will not have written content for it but as always is available via the Tools/Dashboard. [spacer height=”20px”] WEATHER Mother nature has blessed us with the rare Weather Synchronicity.  Outside of the game down in Tampa the other four games all have wind blowing OUT between 6-10 MPH and temps between 75 and 85 degrees. [spacer height=”20px”] You’re not going to find two pitchers on DraftKings that make you feel comfortable so don’t sweat it too much and this is a slate where I take a short slate approach of loading up on pitching in one game (if you can), hitting in another and just letting the chips fall where they may. JAMESON TAILLON (& Cole Irvin) Yankee Stadium in the day time just seems to play quiet, no matter the day of the week, the pitchers or anything else.  New York is going for a sweep today and should get a bounce back performance from Taillon that puts him into the mix. Cole Irvin is a very risky pitcher for sure given that he has allowed all 9 of his HR on the road and 7 of them to RHB.  Look for him to just work nothing but sinkers on Judge (walk) and then hopefully put away Rizzo and Stanton so that Donaldson/Torres in the danger part do not come up with men on base. ERIC LAUER (FD) When Tampa is bad they are generally bad against LHP but this year they’re a little better in that split.  That said Lauer when he is on and not walking batters will figure to do just fine against a lineup that probably has 8+ righties in it.  Lauer’s got a 25% strike-out rate this year vs RHB and I love the under in this game as I think its low scoring all around. [spacer height=”20px”] ASTROS vs METS Alvarez, Bregman, Lindor, Canha, McCannon I simply love how the Houston Astros are taking their nutsack and dropping it square on the chin of these New York fans in both leagues.  Do not be fooled that Taijuan Walker had 3 good starts against the Angels and Marlins because he is walking into a buzz-saw with this Astros lineup…...