By the time you are reading this article the Marlins and Cubs should be well on their way to entertaining a crowd full of drunks at 1060 West Addison in Chicago, Illinois. Home of the Chicago Cubs and home of Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues of course.
If you are a late reader then you’re probably sitting at a watering hole as Justin Verlander prepares to make his 2024 debut against MacKenzie Gore and the Washington Nationals. Verlander might have a no-hitter through 5.
The other Turbo slate games include the Angels in Cincinnati for what should be a high scoring series, the Red Sox and Pirates squaring off in PNC and the White Sox versus the Phillies.
WEATHER
SEA @ COL – This is the big one tonight. Definitely got rain in the forecast in Coors and the Mariners (like most AL teams) going into Coors really smells like a high scoring spot.
TEX @ ATL – Chance of Storms, should play
YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO (DK: $9600, FD: $9300) … I doubt he is going to be highly owned but he is pitching very well now & can put up a 7 strikeout performance even though there’s going to be 1 or 2 homers hit by the Mets. This is the type of series where you have a 3-2 game, then an 11-9 game and then a 5-3 game. Meaning, one goes under easy, one goes over easy and the other is right on the number. Hopefully this is not that 11-9 game and we’ll know right away if Nimmo whiffs or hits some bullshit homer.
JOE RYAN (DK: $8900, FD: $10.2k) … Ryan is facing the Tigers for a second straight start and coming off his break the seal start last time. Can he match it cleanly tonight? Probably not, which is why I have him ranked second but the pitching tonight is not very comforting, while facing the Tigers right now is comforting.
CLARKE SCHMIDT (DK: $7900) … Clarke doesn’t do much extremely well, but then neither do the Rays offensively right now either. It’s chilly in Yankee Stadium tonight & his blow-up risk is very low IMO.
Other Pitching Notes
- If you play Freddy Peralta on FanDuel, God speed to you my friend. 11k? Hell no. DK is reasonable, but I prefer Yoshi.
- Chris Sale is another “could shock you at low ownership” option today to keep an eye on.
OAKLAND
Seth Brown, Zack Gelof, Shea Langeliers
Commence LiC time my friends. It has come out that Triston McKenzie is pitching with a busted up elbow and the results definitely align with that on this young season. Oakland’s cheap and a great starting point tonight to lock in on the upper end pitching prices out there. Seth Brown loves hitting in Cleveland, loves facing McKenzie and is an optimal pick today.
SEATTLE
JP Crawford, Julio Rodriguez, Ty France, Jorge Polanco
This is obviously weather dependent, but I am biting into all the donkey Mariners in Coors chalk today. If JP Crawford cannot get going this weekend then it’s either because they rained out the entire series or he officially just sucks.
BRAVES
Acuna, Duvall, Riley
Andrew Heaney gets worked over tonight
CATCHER
- Cal Raleigh
- Shea Langeliers
- William Contreras — The brother battle.
FIRST BASE
- Ty France
- Ryan O’Hearn
- Shohei Ohtani
SECOND BASE
- Jorge Polanco
- Zack Gelof
- Mookie Betts
THIRD BASE
- Austin Riley
- Ezequiel Duran
- Abraham Toro
SHORTSTOP
- Willy Adames
- Willi Castro
- Gunnar Henderson
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Seth Brown
- Julio Rodriguez / Mitch Haniger
- Adam Duvall
- Nolan Jones
- Seth Brown – OF – Oakland Athletics – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Julio Rodriguez – OF – Mariners
- William Contreras – C- Brewers
- Ryan O’Hearn – 1B – Orioles
- Austin Riley – 3B – Braves
TOP BETS
Braves/Rangers OVER 9.5
Oakland ML
Kansas City ML