I very much likely these games that we have here tonight. On FanDuel you will not be subject to sweating Albert Pujols and the special baseballs which are being rotated in when he comes up (its a joke, or is it?) to bat tonight in game 2 of the Cardinals-Cubs double-header. The schedule SP in that game are Jake Woodford (STL) and Adrian Sampson (CHC). [spacer height=”10px”] WEATHER Toronto at Boston – Hah. Poor Red Sox. It’s muggy/humid up in Fenway tonight with temps in the low 70’s and some stray showers around the area. Game should play. Outside of that I see no issues, a couple higher humidity spots tonight but nothing which is really overwhelming. [spacer height=”10px”] I think we might have seen a trend starter last night with Max Scherzer and Edward Cabrera being two prime examples. The first end of the trend, which is common this time of season, is that Ace pitchers who have playoffs in their future tend to slow down around this time of year and paying extreme prices on them isn’t always justified in late August and early September. The other end of that spectrum are the younger pitchers who are up and trying to make a name for themselves without many restriction (Cabrera). Tonight we see Justin Verlander who has an ice cold Twins lineup which is likely without Byron Buxton coming into town. I just don’t think we need JV on a massive slate tonight. Similar scenario for Tony Gonsolin and even though LA lost to Milwaukee last night, they have no need for him to over extend his pitch count tonight — but he should be good and all that. [spacer height=”10px”] All that said, I’m not ignoring guys just based off price and definitely value paying up today with so many value hitters to find. MAX FRIED Fried on the other hand is too hard to pass up vs the Pirates. Fried is not someone who has to have a massive strikeout game to justify using him since he can go 7 or 8 strong with a bunch of quick innings when he is commanding the zone well. Pittsburgh has been very strikeout friendly against lefties and Fried under 10k on DraftKings should finish with a score north of 25 points today. PABLO LOPEZ Pablo will face the three S’s today in Sean, Seth and Shea and they…...
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