WEATHER
All clear.
Chase Field Roof is OPEN tonight and should be open for a while!
And just like that, we have a ton of pitchers that nobody really wants to use on the slate.
CLAY HOLMES (DK: $8200, $9300)
It’s the Cardinals. Opponents matter when searching for safe. The FanDuel price does not really seem that tempting, 5 innings and a chance at a win does seem tempting though.
BRYCE ELDER (DK: $6500, FD: $8600)
Guys, I hate to say it – but he is in the top tier of options today. Sure, he’s terrible vs LHH and the Athletics have a guy named Nick and another named Tyler, along with Larry, Max and Jeff (those are their primary lefties) – but they’re also the highest K% team & lets not act like it’s summer in Atlanta tonight. The ball may not carry like you think it will.
This is as much about the depth (or lack there of) of pitching tonight as it is me buying into him doing good but a 6-7 strikeout spot is more than enough to offset one or two bad AB.
ABSOLUTELY NO THANK YOU
- Ranger Suarez
- Ryan Weather: Tempting because of the park being a benefactor, but has not been great in the Spring & I doubt he goes 5 full.
TIGERS / D’BACKS
I’m like a fat guy standing in line at the office pot luck waiting for my share of food at the start of the season when we get a Chase Field roof open series. Then you are telling me this buffet has 50 year old Justin Verlander versus Michael Soroka? On a Monday??? C’mon, how do I get 9 hitters from this game in a lineup please. Anyone hyping up any other game besides this one is blind.
- DET: Kerry Carpenter
- DET: Riley Greene
- DET: Dillon Dingler
- ARI: Ketel Marte
- ARI: Corbin Carroll
BLUE JAYS
On this slate with four west coast games, this is the ‘Early’ game to get some action on. Tomoyuki Sugano was so bad with the Orioles in his first year in America that his only option was the Rockies in free agency. Buddy, it’s straight to Hiroshima after this.
- Vlad Guerrero Jr
- Addison Barger
- Alejandro Kirk
- Daulton Varsho
OTHER SPOTS / THOUGHTS
- Another Wrigley game with good wind that will draw eyes over there, but it is a night game & it is April — although kinda warm and comfortable.
- Expect some ‘stars’ to go off tonight. Raleigh gets his first. Ohtani probably homers (hey, cool) and Soto too. All randoms, all expensive.
CATCHER
- Alejandro Kirk
- Dillon Dingler
- Cal Raleigh
FIRST BASE
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
- Spencer Torkelson
- Nick Kurtz
SECOND BASE
- Ketel Marte
- Jose Altuve
- Jazz Chisholm Jr
THIRD BASE
- Addison Barger
- Isaac Paredes
- Kevin McGonigle
SHORTSTOP
- Geraldo Perdomo
- Dansby Swanson
- Zach Neto
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Riley Greene
- Kerry Carpenter
- Corbin Carroll
- Daulton Varsho
- Kerry Carpenter – OF – Detroit Tigers – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Isaac Paredes – 3B – Astros
- Dansby Swanson – SS – Cubs
- Juan Soto – OF – NY Mets
- Vlad Guerrero Jr – 1B – Blue Jays
- Cal Raleigh – C – Mariners
BETS
- Tigers/Diamondbacks OVER 9
- Tigers/Diamondbacks YRFI
- Angels ML