WEATHER Royals at Cardinals: Already PPD Rockies at Reds: There is a long history of when storms/rain happens in Cincinnati the ball carries a TON more and in that small ballpark it can lead to some really high scoring games. The risk here though is that they might PPD this one entirely, but the field does drain very well and I cannot remember the last time a game in Cincinnati which started or waited did not end up playing. They’ll play. Twins at White Sox: Storms/Rain/Consistently Bad. This is also a pass for me, I like both pitchers but we can’t trust them in the weather. ZAC GALLEN (DK: $8900, FD: $9700) Obviously we look at Chris Sale getting bumped back and ask why is he not rolling over to today as our top pick? Because we didnt love him yesterday either and now we’ve got ourselves a near full slate of options. It does lessen ownership for those who want to play that game, but I really like Gallen and the price against a K% high team in Atlanta is very desirable. The Riley and road catcher in Chase Field Murphy homers came last night – which leads us to Gallen needing to not mess up to Matt Olson and Eddie Rosario — who remains out of the player pool on both sites for some reason — and he’ll finish with a 8+ strikeout performance. Gallen at home is good to go. LOGAN GILBERT (DK: $9700, FD: $10200) I promise you that Gilbert allows a solo HR to either Profar or Merrill today. That won’t bother us though as the Padres as a whole are not hitting RHH very well and over their last ~200 PA have almost a 40% strikeout rate. Gilbert’s not tired with his PC being below 100 each of the last three outings and the newly minted all-star should shine in PETCO tonight. His K Prop sits at just 4.5, which is an easy over as well. OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS Yusei Kikuchi – I can’t. I just can’t. Sure, this is a west coast Asian pitcher. Whatever. The regression has been building back up on him and there’s gonna be a ton of HR seeking RHH at the top of the lineup waiting to Ambush him. Not worth ruining my night with a 10PM Notification of 2 HR allowed. Bailey Ober and Nick Lodolo…...
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