WEATHER All clear   DYLAN CEASE (DK: $8300, FD: $9200) The one must own/start today IMO CASEY MIZE (DK: $7200, FD: $8900) CARLOS RODON (DK: 9300, FD: $9600)   Key individual bats from each game TIGERS vs GUARDIANS Tigers win 4-3 Riley Greene Spencer Torkelson Wenceel Perez   PADRES vs CUBS Honestly dont like much offense here, but if SD wakes up they will wake up in a big way. Padres win 1-0   RED SOX vs YANKEES Yankees win 9-3 Giancarlo Stanton Cody Bellinger Trent Grisham Rob Refsnyder   REDS vs DODGERS Reds win 6-4 Max Muncy Freddie Freeman Will Benson Tyler Stephenson Elly De La Cruz   Giancarlo Stanton – OF – Yankees – Chairman of The Dongers Club Elly De La Cruz – SS – Reds Cody Bellinger – OF – Yankees Max Muncy – 3B – Dodgers   BETS Tigers ML Padres ML Yankees/Sox OVER 7.5 Reds ML  

MLB Post-Season.  What a field we have and what a Wild Card round.  It is a very big shame that it’s only three game series, but MLB in some regards is still better than NFL just because they haven’t over done the playoffs too much. While I miss that first Friday of 4 games for the AL & NL Divisional Series, we get it now on Tuesday & Wednesday, which might actually offset that empty Friday slate this week. Here are my series predictions that you can roast me on a couple weeks from now Wild Card Winners Boston, Detroit, Cincinnati :eyes emoji:, San Diego Divisional Round Winners Detroit, Toronto, Philadelphia, Milwaukee LCS Winners Toronto, Philadelphia World Series Champion Phillies – They have been my pick since February, I am not changing it now.   WEATHER All clear   TARIK SKUBAL (DK: $10,000 / FD: $10,300) 8 strikeouts will happen here.  Skubal has that it factor for dominating right now.  He had a few hiccups late in the season but after seeing Cleveland on September 23rd, one week ago, Skubal returns & is just too damn good not to be used.  Much more comfortable here than Crochet & Fried — both I don’t mind, but doubt they have the strikeouts Skubal will. HUNTER GREENE (DK: $8200, FD: $9200) While Tito Francona has improve the Reds bullpen, there’s no way he pulls the plug on Greene early & I’m trusting my upset call here on the Reds shocking the world with a series win vs the Dodgers and that only happens if they win Game 1.   Also expect to pitch well… Blake Snell & Gavin Williams, but both will hit a bad inning mid-4th/5th innings somewhere in there and thus the ceiling game isn’t likely     PADRES vs CUBS … Weather is not going to be a huge factor here, but it won’t be miserable weather in Wrigley either.  Cubs pen is the one I trust the least in the Wild Card round. RED SOX REDS   CATCHER Moises Ballesteros Connor Wong   FIRST BASE Spencer Steer Michael Busch   SECOND BASE Nico Hoerner Matt McLain   THIRD BASE Manny Machado Sal Stewart Jose Ramirez   SHORTSTOP Dansby Swanson Trevor Story Xander Bogaerts   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Giancarlo Stanton Fernando Tatis Jr. Kyle Tucker Noelvi Marte   Sleeper Play:  If Austin Hays gets an AB he will be the […]

Tonight sets up as a night where you have one game with a team who is desperate (Miami) to show that they are not throwing in the towel and another game where one team (Denver) is just clearly better on one side (defensively) against a weakened Bengals offense. So the game theory for me is […]

One thing that is standing out to me early this week is how the NFL has schedule what would normally be a ‘marquee’ game so early in the season.  It’s as if they are worried about the early season ratings when everyone is already paying attention. Just look at the Ravens so far.  They played […]

Ohio State at Washington There’s points in this ‘Rose Bowl’ type rivalry game.  Is this the Jeremiah Smith actually show up in a big game spot?  He’s gonna have to do something against the 69th ranked pass defense for Washington.  Enough to justify 9k though I don’t think so.  Carnell Tate and CJ Donaldson should […]

I have thought long and hard about the NFL slate this week and I like it a good amount.  I can honestly say that I have been trending down and down and down on the excitement for NFL DFS for the last few seasons, losing the real consistency of my routine on how I do […]

ARKANSAS at MEMPHIS (OU: 60.5) Decent QB matchup as both guys will run the ball & you can do an easy QB game stack.  I believe this should be the highest owned QB stack on the slate, so fading one is worth considering & with Arkansas being the road favorite it should be Green if […]

This will be the final Dongers Club for the 2025 Regular Season.   WEATHER Cleveland at Minnesota – Rain chances here early for a delay.   Hunter Brown (DK: $9500, FD: $10,400) … No doubt this is a HUGE series in Houston this weekend & if Brown doesn’t show up tonight with a dominant performance then just stick a fork in the Astros IMO. Sonny Gray (DK: $8700, FD: $9000) … I expect a low Sonny strikeout game, but a clean one tonight.   FAREWELL LEGEND … Clayton Kershaw (DK: $7000, FD: $8300) … No shock but Kershaw has announced he is retiring after this season – thus this is one last home game against the hated Giants and he’s not gonna go out with a negative score I can assure you of that.  Over the life of his career I would put Kershaw on the Mt. Rushmore of guys that I locked in when they were in their prime and so I want to go out with him in a lineup tonight for sure.  Farewell king, give us 5 strong 0 ER innings.   PHILLIES … Sucks that the Roof will not be open in Chase tonight. GUARDIANS / TWINS … Runs in this game if the rain goes away METS BLUE JAYS   CATCHER J.T. Realmuto Salvador Perez Carlos Narvaez   FIRST BASE Kyle Manzardo Vinnie Pasquantino Harper, Bryce Vladamir Guerrero Jr.   SECOND BASE Austin Martin Davis Schneider Jackson Holliday   THIRD BASE Manny Machado Mark Vientos Yoan Moncada   SHORTSTOP Gunnar Henderson Mookie Betts Jeremy Pena   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Kyle Schwarber George Springer Byron Buxton Starling Marte   Manny Machado – 3B – San Diego Padres – Chairman of The Dongers Club Kyle Manzardo – 1B – Cleveland Guardians JT Realmuto – C – Philadelphia Phillies BETS Mariners / Astros UNDER 7.5

WEATHER No issues tonight.   Two guys who could easily be about 1k higher in price considering their talent & opponent here, so no reason to get cute tonight IMO. Brandon Woodruff (DK: $9700 – FD: $10,800) Jacob deGrom (DK: $9300 – FD: $10,200)   MARLINS ROYALS DODGERS   CATCHER William Contreras Agustin Ramirez Shea Langeliers (FD)   FIRST BASE Vinnie Pasquantino Vlad Guerrero Jr. Jake Burger   SECOND BASE Brice Turang Mookie Betts Jorge Polanco   THIRD BASE Ugly spot on MAIN DK slate.  Play Bregman on FD Alex Bregman Maikel Garcia Miguel Rojas   SHORTSTOP Bobby Witt Jr. Zeke Tovar   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Teoscar Hernandez Ramon Laureno Jakob Marsee Giancarlo Stanton   Teoscar Hernandez – OF – LA Dodgers – Chairman of The Dongers Club Ramon Laureano – OF – Padres Bobby Witt Jr – SS – Royals Mookie Betts – 2B – Dodgers Jakob Marsee – OF – Marlins BETS Dodgers + Royals ML Parlay

WEATHER No issues tonight.   Merrill Kelly (DK: $8700, FD: $9100) Clay Holmes (DK: $7500, FD: $7800) Andrew Abbott (DK: $8500, FD: $9200)   MARINERS Love some runs in this game.  The Royals hit 2 HR off Gilbert tonight.  The Mariners might score 13. MARLINS The Marlins do their annual “Hey, lets go to Coors and score 30 runs” trip today. GIANTS / DBACKS Sadly no roof open yet in Arizona.  Both teams are somehow very much alive.  So yeah, you know the bullpen usage should be ideal but at the same time I don’t trust either SP in this game.   CATCHER Cal Raleigh Patrick Bailey Alejandro Kirk   FIRST BASE Josh Naylor Vinnie Pasquantino Eric Wagaman   SECOND BASE Ketel Marte Brice Turang Jackson Holliday   THIRD BASE Jazz Chisholm Jr. Caleb Durbin Eeric Wagaman   SHORTSTOP Elly De La Cruz Willy Adames Otto Lopez   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Christian Yelich Heriberto Hernandez Giancarlo Stanton Heliot Ramos   Josh Naylor – 1B – Seattle Mariners – Chairman of The Dongers Club Christian Yelich – OF – Brewers Ketel Marte – 2B – Diamondbacks Giancarlo Stanton – OF – Yankees Heriberto Hernandez – OF – Marlins BETS Mariners/Royals OVER 8.5