Twelve games today.
Round 2 of the August Dongers Club Contest:
https://www.draftkings.com/draft/contest/131019896
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WEATHER
OAK at WAS: Stormy. Lack of fans likely attending as well. Godspeed Nationals….
LAD at NYM: Light Rain, game likely plays. Happy Cody Bellinger series.
Comerica Wind: 14 MPH out to Left Center. Hello!
All else is clear
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Kevin Gausman
Cubs have been better lately about not striking out but are still a weak lineup and still have Franmil Reyes, who should strike out 3 times tonight.
George Kirby
I can’t believe I like Kirby tonight, nor can I believe my model likes Kirby. Well, yes I can. If he can keep the ball down he will have a 9 strikeout dominant performance with a ton of run support.
Max Fried
This isn’t an elite Fried type spot today but it’s a very safe one. Colorado should produce lots of ground ball outs for him.
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Other pitching notes
The Fanduel pricing tonight is very good and anyone below say Lucas Giolito (who I don’t love but could have one of those 7 K, 5 ER games) is just not someone I want to even bother with. Maybe Kutter Crawford could be a viable option for Boston (5500 on DK, 6400 on FD) but he’s more of a SP2 type with a limited ceiling.
Cole Irvin has not been as good away from Oakland
Taijuan Walker is the type of guy who shows up in a big spot, has certainly had some nice spots vs the Dodgers historically but rain, wind out to right and some Dodgers hitting well in Citi Field have me off him.
Erick Fedde Erick Fedde and blah.
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Seattle Mariners
J-Rod, Winker, Haniger, Frazier
Tigers young pitcher Matt Manning has had a fine second half to the season, but the Mariners are better than his last two opponents (SF/LAA) and come in with a bunch of hitters who are solid fastball and slider hitters.
If they can knock him out and get some bad Tigers pen, the Mariners will score 10+ tonight.
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Boston Red Sox
Xander, Story, Devers, Verdugo
Hello, this is me chasing a team I think should rake in Target Field. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Atlanta Braves
Harris, Riley, Olson, d’Arnaud
Shocked to see Ronnie Acuna sitting tonight as Jose Urena, the man who has plunked him twice, is coming into Atlanta.
Urena had a nice start to his time with the Rockies but has massively come back to earth recently. His sinker should not be able to get by Michael Harris batting 2nd, Austin Riley doubling him home and TDA cleaning them up afterwards.
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Team I want to stack … but wont
Toronto Blue Jays
There is no scenario in which Marcus Stroman going back into Toronto doesn’t either end with him giving up 6 runs in the third inning or throwing a no hitter through 7.
But Toronto is just a tough team to stack. With Bichette hitting 6th, Teoscar up and down and Vlad nearly 6k it’s hard to bite on this team in a stack scenario. One offs only and good luck picking the right one.
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CATCHER
- Travis d’Arnaud
- Salvaor Perez
- Gary Sanchez
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FIRST BASE
- Freddie Freeman
- Matt Olson
- Nick Pratto – FD Value
- Ty France
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SECOND BASE
Great value spot tonight. Kolten Wong is our one off here with Frazier/Massey being values — especially if Massey has a nice spot in the order for KC
- Kolten Wong
- Adam Frazier
- Michael Massey
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THIRD BASE
- Justin Turner
- Rafael Devers – Colder than tits on a monkey. Due for a big game.
- Austin Riley
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SHORTSTOP
Back to my boys here today.
- Xander Bogaerts
- Oneil Cruz – Owns the damn Brewers, this is becoming comical at this point.
- Corey Seager
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OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Michael Harris II
- Mitchell Haniger
- Cody Bellinger
- Alex Verdugo
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OUTFIELD – Tier 2
- Jesse Winker / Julio Rodriguez
- JD Martinez
- Kyle Tucker
- Bryan Reynolds
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OUTFIELD – Value
- Darin Ruf
- Max Kepler
- Tony Kemp
- Corbin Carroll
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- Mitch Haniger – OF – Seattle Mariners – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Freddie Freeman – 1B – Dodgers
- Austin Riley – 3B – Braves
- Alex Verdugo – OF – Red Sox
- Xander Bogaerts – SS – Red Sox
- Darin Ruf – OF – Mets
- Kolten Wong – 2B – Brewers
- Salvador Perez – C – Royals
- Cody Bellinger – OF – Dodgers
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CORE PLAYS
Good value in the OF tonight, so no need to overload on 5k+ guys there.
Core Plays are …
Kolten Wong
Mitch Haniger
Michael Harris
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BETTING PLAYS
Mariners/Tigers OVER 7.5
Mariners + Blue Jays ML Parlay
Giants ML
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