I am back and so too is Walker Buehler as he makes his Dodgers season debut tonight and first appearance in the Majors since 2022. The main slate tonight doesn’t lock until 7:40 because God forbid that we include the three early games starting at 6:10, 6:40 and 6:40 on the Main slate as well. This means you miss out on Tigers/Guardians, Angels/Pirates and White Sox/Rays. You know what. Thank you DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are playing with those teams or even watching those games then I am truly sorry. WEATHER Milwaukee at Kansas City: Not ideal here as lots of storms are coming through while Cole Ragans takes the mound. This definitely could be a delay-start-delay-start-finish type scenario. Update – They have moved the start time up to 6:10 on this game. But I haven’t seen anything from DraftKings yet as to what they are doing with the game on the slate. IF they move the slate up, I would be shocked, but we would want to take Ragans LUIS CASTILLO (DK: $9600, FD: $10200) I can’t find a legit sales pitch to you on not playing Castillo today. The Twins win streak has ended & they’re not destroying Castillo tonight to avoid using him. This series SHOULD have some homers in it though and there will be one from a Twins lefty off Castillo tonight, likely early from Kiriloff. There will also be a 7 strikeout finishing number for Castillo today. ANDREW HEANEY (DK: $6600, FD: $7700) Yes, Oakland is winning games and just had a WILD series with the Marlins. This is a divisional spot, I trust the pitching battery on the Rangers side to handle things and a night Oakland Coliseum game is favorable for the pitching to not get murdered. OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS Cole Ragans is without a doubt the top option today but weather is going to be a huge risk. If the game starts in a delay then we are hoping they see a clear window to let him go out and pitch and in that scenario I trust it, if not then I would avoid. DFS players are smart enough and most risk adverse by default (despite blowing their money on shitty teams) so I don’t think he is heavy chalk if they start in a delay. The other nice thing is that it’s the first game on the slate,…...
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