Happy Jac Caglianone call-up day, and the Mets to follow along with the Royals have called up Ronny Mauricio (who played some in 2023) as well. It’s prospect hitter season ladies and gentlemen! Enjoy it. WEATHER TEX at TB: Chance of rain here in the evening. THE TOP ‘ANCHOR’ ARMS SPENCER STRIDER (DK: $8500, FD: $9200) I think Spencer Strider is getting closer to being who we think he is, or at least who we remember him being two years ago, but realistically there’s no reason to think he is winning a major tournament tonight and probably not until after the ASB. That said, $8500 is really tempting on him. I don’t have any issues using him. BETTER THAN NORMAL OPTIONS Three guys tonight who are normally targets, that I think are going to pitch well. FREDDY PERALTA (DK: $9000, FD: $9300) Oddly enough, Cincinnati is better vs LHP lately & Elly De La Cruz also seems to be mentally checked out following the death of his sister and he has upcoming bereavement leave coming up too. He’s in tonight – but only TJ Friedl has had any success against Peralta in the Reds lineup. It’s warm, yes, in Cincinnati, but Peralta’s got upside here. BRAYAN BELLO (DK: $6300, FD: $7700) We should be calling Bello Baby Berrios, because he’s a poor mans Jose Berrios. And every once and a while Berrios gets hot and you are like, woah, where did this guy come from? Okay, Berrios is much better than Bello, but like Berrios, you pause when considering using him on a big slate. The Angels have power, we know that — TOMOYUKI SUGANO (DK: $6500, FD: $7900) Asians in Seattle, bro! OTHER PITCHING NOTES Similar deal with Hunter Greene. They seem to be a little cautious with him after a brief injury stint and I could see him stopping around 95 pitches tonight max. Rodon, Sanchez and Rasmussen are all OK – not great. Prefer Sanchez & Rass the most of these three ORIOLES Holliday, Rutschman, O’Hearn, Cowser, Mayo Great reason to build two lineups tonight? The Orioles. WHAT? Yes, the fucking Orioles, are you deaf? They’re going to be the hottest team in the MLB this week and you’re going to be sitting there on the toilet Thursday morning and be like, fuck me, why didn’t I listen to Steve? No Mountcastle stinks but the return of…...
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