The Dongers Club – 8/19

WEATHER All clear   Parker Messick (DK: $9200) Ho-hum, a heavy mix of fastball and change-ups against a lineup that does hit changes well but has never seen Messick — this is the big advantage to him as he keeps them off balance and puts up another ~6 inning, 2 ER, 6 strikeout line to start things off. Logan Gilbert (DK: $10,000) It’s a little bit of the reverse blowout theory, although bragging about 22 runs when you had a position player pitching and Julio Rodriguez throwing the ball into the stands with two outs is kinda lame.  So, lets bank on the theory here and hope Gilbert is fine.  Not a glowing endorsement, but the options are thin. Seth Lugo (DK: $6800) I’m of the belief that the Royals should have taken a box of cracker jacks for Lugo at the trade deadline if they could have.  He’s 36 years sold & the decline is there.  But he’s still good at home in Kauffman stadium & should do fine against a young Athletics lineup. OTHER SP THOUGHTS Walbert Urena makes the short list tonight.   CARDS vs REDS Fourth game of a five game series.  There’s gonna be a 13 run game and I am not shocked if we get it tonight even with Burns going for the Reds. STL:  Ivan Herrera / Alec Burleson / JJ Wetherholt CIN:  Sal Stewart / Elly De La Cruz NATIONALS CJ Abrams Dylan Crews Daylen Lile MARINERS Brendan Donovan Cole Young Randy Arozarena   CATCHER Ben Rice:  1B much deeper, so slide him in here. Ivan Herrera Salvador Perez   FIRST BASE Sal Stewart Josh Naylor Luis Garcia Jr.   SECOND BASE JJ Wetherholt Travis Bazzana Willi Castro   THIRD BASE Brendan Donovan Eugenio Suarez Brady House   SHORTSTOP CJ Abrams Bobby Witt Jr. Elly De La Cruz   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Randy Arozarena Dylan Crews Jordan Walker Wade Meckler   Brendan Donovan – 3B – Seattle Mariners – Chairman of The Dongers Club Ben Rice – C – Yankees CJ Abrams – SS – Nationals Dylan Crews – OF – Nationals Randy Arozarena – OF – Mariners Jordan Walker – OF – Cardinals JJ Wetherholt – 2B – Cardinals Sal Stewart – 1B – Reds   BETTING CARD Mariners ML Cardinals / Reds OVER 8.5 Giants / Guardians UNDER 7.5 Fuck it … Angels ML… Membership Required You must be...