The Dongers Club – Opening Day 2021
We are back and we are ready to get this show on the road or off the rails really quickly. My decision to launch my own personal site was 100% done in time ahead of the MLB season and it’s something that I quite honestly have wanted to do ever since I started writing and had you generous readers looking for my input, humor and whatever other insight I could provide. But to do it in the middle of a season or during another sport would have just not felt quite natural as doing it before a 162-game full MLB season. Not only is the season back to 162 games, but it’s starting in April and the only nostalgia we are missing out on is a Monday Opening Day and the ability to stack against Zack Greinke on the main slate today. But don’t worry, we do have a nice evening slate with ole Greinke pitching on it and we can no doubt load up on Oakland bats because Mr. Greinke is not too fond of your Opening Day ceremonies. Quick note on the Optimizer / Dashboard. I’ve been working on it quite a bit to get ready for Opening Day but ultimately there’s just so much more to do with it that it’s not 100% prime time yet. That’s okay because a lot of the data benefits from it will come as the season progresses. The Optimizer for DK is working and the FanDuel one is coming very soon as I test some things out with it. I did a ful overhaul of the back-end for this to make it easier to update stats and make the thing smoother and more automated going forward. That said, yes, there will be some bugs here and there likely for the next few days while things get settled… Over the course of the next six months I will provide these articles in just about the same format every day. Relatively the same way that it has evolved in the past as you’ll get a very brief introduction 90% of the time, then a weather breakdown which hopefully is also very brief and then the different core sections. Pitching. Lineups to target. Positional One offs And finally, The Dongers Club. Within the Weather I will tell you what you need to know on relevant games. If I don’t mention a risk spot then […]