I heard more Vin Scully tributes on the radio today and I heard a quote which I have said before and always loved. It was “Don’t be sad that it’s over, Smile [Be Happy] that it happened”. I’m sure Vin wasn’t the one who coined this phrase, but I am now sure that is where I first heard it. We move on to Thursday, which brings us a lack of A+ level pitching match-ups and an 8 game slate on DK with the STL/CHC second game of double-header being included there. WEATHER Well there is one weather spot we will monitor tonight as I am more cautious after missing the T-Storms in yesterdays article on the Cardinal game. Houston at Cleveland – Doesn’t look that bad at game time so they can get this one started and make the game official most likely. Tampa at Detroit – Similar deal here. [spacer height=”10px”] Justin Verlander and Alek Manoah are the two biggest names on this slate. Verlander faces a Cleveland team who has only struck out 7+ times at home vs a RHP once this entire season and that was Dylan Cease in a day game where they eventually got to him as well. JV is good yes, but JV isn’t 12 strikeout good here. Manoah had some arm issues in his last start and the Twins have too many LHB, I’ll pass big time on him. Carlos Carrasco could see some ownership since the game is in New York and the Braves strike out a ton, but I have a couple Braves hitters I like as one offs which is why I am not touching him. [spacer height=”10px”] JEFFREY SPRINGS This might be the first time I have not only wrote up Springs but also wrote him up as the top optoin. Yes, the price on him is coming into play a little bit as he is a comfortable 7.1k on DK and 7.4k on FD and he isn’t the type of pitcher I normally run towards because of limited depth (not going over 6 IP) and just average swing and miss stuff. The Tigers though aren’t exactly a team I would encourage stacking today and his heavery slider usage should get him a shot at 6 strikeouts today. I like Springs and the Rays to go into Detroit and take this one comfortably. KYLE WRIGHT Wright is our wild…...
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