And now we have a full real Week 1 slate.  Back to the routine on Saturdays for the next 2 and a half months with the Noon kickoff, mid-afternoon tilt on the chalk coming up and then the always fun 7PM and sometimes late night slates as well.  It’s the most wonderful way to enjoy…...

WEATHER All clear   Three aces up top and you need one of them for certain. Max Fried (DK: $9000):  You cannot fade west coast Max Fried.  You should not fade west coast Max Fried. Blake Snell (DK: $11,000):  I know James Wood is back but the Nats have still cooled off a little bit enough & should be negated by some splits here vs Snell enough to justify paying for him. Logan Gilbert (DK: $9500):  Got about 3 weeks left of Gilbert this season, who has just hated me with a passion.  Tout him and he sucks, fade him and he rocks.  We’re gonna sync up here soon.   BEST VALUE SP2 Cristian Javier – Houston – $6200 Walker Buehler – If you wanna game stack with Fried   The Cardinals probably should be heavily owned tonight given their recent surge & the Coors effect.  But with paying up on pitching focus more on the mid range guys there as core plays.  Baltimore & Tampa are two ML picks tonight that I am backing & more of it should come from their lineups for production, but neither team is a clean stack. Cardinals – Hot again and going into Coors, what a combination to fade on a Friday night.  You, uh, shouldn’t fade. Baltimore Tampa Bay BEST ALL IN GAMES In terms of full stacks, it’s one of these two games. Twins vs White Sox Blue Jays vs Royals   CATCHER Alejandro Kirk Leo Bernal Carter Jensen   FIRST BASE Pete Alonso Alec Burleson Vinnie Pasquantino   SECOND BASE Marcus Semien Cole Young Tommy Edman   THIRD BASE Junior Caminero Coby Mayo Bo Bichette   SHORTSTOP Mookie Betts Trevor Story Colson Montgomery   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore George Springer Luke Keaschall Joshua Baez Daulton Varsho   OUTFIELD – TIER II Yordan Alvarez Jordan Walker Sam Antonacci     George Springer – OF – Toronto Blue Jays – Chairman of The Dongers Club Mookie Betts – SS – Dodgers Luke Keaschall – OF – Twins Pete Alonso – 1B – Orioles Alejandro Kirk – C – Blue Jays Tommy Edman – 2B – Dodgers Junior Caminero – 3B – Rays Yordan Alvarez – OF – Astros BONUS ………………… Josh Baez – OF – Cardinals   BETTING CARD Orioles ML Yankees / Padres UNDER 7.5 Tampa Bay ML… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready...

I think the whole world is going to jump on Colorado vs Georgia Tech tonight and likely for very good reasons.  With a short three game slate it’s not really about what game to stack when that’s the breakdown.  But for me, the Akron vs Wake Forest game is definitely equal in quality.  While, yes,…...

WEATHER Brewers at Cubs:  Hot and stormy Marlins at Royals:  Hot, low humidity.   Jake Bennett (DK: $7500):  Definitely my top play today, with Baltimore returning from Coors Field & the value bump that lefties usually get pitching in Camden Yards now.  Plus he gets to face Luis Robert Tarik Skubal (DK: $10,500):  Not sure why we dont still have him at 12k given the potential & upside.  Cardinals beat up Lauer (a shitty lefty) now they’ll suck ass vs a good lefty. Kade Anderson (DK: $7200):  Safe to use being at home   MARLINS Please, let me know when the Griffin Conine homer lands.   The only question is will his first or second one be the oppo-field one.  And then the other homer is pulled down right into the bullpen. Griffin Conine Kyle Stowers Heriberto Hernandez   DODGERS Mookie Betts Will Smith Teoscar Hernandez   RED SOX Adley returning to Baltimore gets attention if he suits up, but who else is excited for Nick Sogard/Caleb Durbin night? Nick Sogard Caleb Durbin Roman Anthony     CATCHER Adley Rutschman Will Smith   FIRST BASE Kyle Stowers Vinnie Pasquantino   SECOND BASE Nick Sogard Brice Turang   THIRD BASE Caleb Durbin Alex Bregman   SHORTSTOP Mookie Betts Taylor Walls   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Griffin Conine, Jeff Conine, The Conine Family Dog….   All the Conines Heriberto Hernandez Jakob Marsee Seiya Suzuki   Griffin Conine – OF – Miami Marlins – Chairman of The Dongers Club Seiya Suzuki – OF – Cubs Brice Turang – 2B – Brewers Mookie Betts – SS – Dodgers Caleb Durbin – 3B – Red Sox   BETTING CARD Red Sox ML Marlins / Royals OVER 9… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

WEATHER All clear   Yet again – the elite pitchers are syncing up their starts like women in the Navy…   So it is Miz in Wrigley, Yoshi at home vs the Cardinals off a power game or Cam in LA vs the Angels.  Fade Miz. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (DK: $10,500) Hayden Wesneski (DK: $7000) Cam Schlittler (DK: $11,000)   If you see this list below and you don’t feel like vomiting then you are a stronger person than I. TIGERS Probably a lower scoring night for hitters, so finding a cheap stack is where to begin Riley Greene Hao-Yu Lee Spencer Torkelson Colt Keith   DODGERS Mookie Betts Shohei Ohtani Tommy Edman   ROYALS Insert something something about hey they are cheap too. Jac Caglianone John Rave Kyle Isbel     CATCHER Agustin Ramirez Ali Sanchez   FIRST BASE Colt Keith or Spencer Torkelson:  I firmly believe Tork homers but wouldnt be shocked if Keith at $3300 was the chalk 1B you need going 3-5. Paul Goldschmidt   SECOND BASE Tommy Edman Kody Clemens   THIRD BASE Hao-Yu Lee Kevin McGonigle   SHORTSTOP Jeremy Pena Bobby Witt Jr   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Jac Caglianone Teoscar Hernandez Riley Greene Ian Happ   Riley Greene – OF – Detroit Tigers – Chairman of The Dongers Club Ian Happ – OF – Cubs Jeremy Pena – SS – Astros   BETTING CARD Astros ML… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

A gem of an early September afternoon slate today.  Really really like this one a lot. One big theme for me on this slate is that after two low scoring games the Orioles & Rockies in the afternoon with Sugano facing his former team is the OVER game in the series.  And after two high scoring games the Mariners/Red Sox in a 4PM September game at Fenway winds up going under but both pitchers feel like they’re in high stress all game long.   WEATHER All clear   Andrew Painter (DK: $6700) As you can tell … Cody Braford (DK: $6800) … we are not paying … Jacob Lopez (DK: $7000) … for pitching today.     ORIOLES Gunnar Henderson Jackson Holliday Dylan Beavers PADRES Manny Machado Xander Bogaerts Austin Hays BRAVES Matt Olson Drake Baldwin Michael Harris II   CATCHER Mickey Gasper – Fine, he’s Babe Ruth, just play him. Drake Baldwin Freddy Fermin   FIRST BASE Ty France Matt Olson Sal Stewart   SECOND BASE Jackson Holliday Matt McLain Connor Norby   THIRD BASE Manny Machado Coby Mayo   SHORTSTOP Xander Bogaerts CJ Abrams Trea Turner   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Jackson Merrill Julio Rodriguez Michael Harris II Dylan Beavers   OUTFIELD – TIER II Fernando Tatis Jr. Austin Hays Colton Cowser Cole Carrigg   Austin Hays – OF – San Diego Padres – Chairman of The Dongers Club Gunnar Henderson – SS – Orioles Jackson Holliday – 2B – Orioles Matt Olson – 1B – Braves Manny Machado – 3B – Padres Drake Baldwin – C – Braves   BETTING CARD Orioles / Rockies OVER 11 Mariners / Red Sox UNDER 8.5  … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

WEATHER All clear   Gerrit Cole (DK: $9500) Now that we got that loss after the Boston series out of the way, you can safely go back to hammering the Yankees ML tonight. Sean Burke (DK: $8500) MacKenzie Gore (DK: $8800)     ROYALS September.  Royals.  Random NL team who isn’t very good.  This is a Adalberto Raul Mondesi type game if he were still relevant and playing Baseball.  Alas, he is not.  Pour one out for Mr. September. Bobby Witt Jr. Jac Caglianone Nick Loftin   ORIOLES Right back to the well here.  Gabriel Hughes is an awful pitcher, he’s not even AAAA Good.    Curious if Luis Robert Jr gets a start and it would be hilarious if all of the sudden he ………………. no, you know what, don’t do it. Christian Encarnacion-Strand Dylan Beavers Samuel Basallo   CATCHER Gary Sanchez Carter Jensen Samuel Basallo   FIRST BASE Griffin “Hey, my Dad played here” Conine Spencer Torkelson Ben Rice   SECOND BASE Nick Loftin Jackson Holliday Ildemaro Vargas   THIRD BASE Christian Encarnacion-Strand Max Muncy (LAD) Kevin McGonigle   SHORTSTOP Bobby Witt Jr. Trea Turner Mookie Betts   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Jackson Chourio Cody Bellinger Jac Caglianone Dylan Beavers   OUTFIELD – TIER II Trent Grisham Jordan Walker Braden Montgomery Wyatt Langford   Bobby Witt JR – SS – Kansas City Royals – Chairman of The Dongers Club Cody Bellinger – OF – Yankees Jackson Chourio – OF – Brewers Braden Montgomery – OF – White Sox Spencer Torkelson – 1B – Tigers Gary Sanchez – C – Brewers Ildemargo Vargas – 2B – Diamondbacks Max Muncy – 3B – Dodgers BONUS … Jordan Walker – OF – Cardinals   BETTING CARD Rangers + Yankees ML Parlay Marlins / Royals OVER 9.5 Tigers ML  … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

What could have been a cool 11 game slate is just 7 tonight starting later at 7:40 PM EST.  The four Turbo series feature San Diego at Cincinnati, Mets down in Tampa, Mariners in Fenway & a 4th wrap-around Monday game between the Marlins and the Nationals — if you do not take the over there you do not like money.   WEATHER Despite temps not in the 100’s the Phillies/Diamondbacks series is scheduled to have the roof closed all series.  A major whiff. Wind OUT in Wrigley & mid 80 degree temps.   Jacob deGrom (DK: $8800) All the Athletics who have historically raked in Texas are out & this is one climate controlled game on a generally warm slate tonight. Walbert Urena (DK: $8000) Sleeper pick tonight & I am backing the Angels for the upset.  Fed by the Yankee/Red Sox long standing theory that both teams lose after they play a long series — but especially whoever wins the series.  So back the Halos and do it with Urena.   OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS / OPTIONS Peter Lambert & Taj Bradley the best alternate options to take shots on today.  Neither is clean.   ORIOLES Hey, cool.  Orioles going into Coors for Tanner Gordon to get whipped around.  Sneaky play here is loading up on Rockies as well in a spot everyones gonna run to. Jackson Holliday Samuel Bassallo Mickey Moniak (COL)   PHILLIES The Phillies are the most interesting stack tonight and outside of “Coors” they are the #1 draw.  The hit 11 fly balls against Pfaadt earlier this year & he has had to actually face non NL West lineups of lately and it’s led to some poor production again.  Shame the roof is closed here to limit the big time upside, but the Zona pen is still a mess.  I can see Philly being good value if Bohm / Turner / Stott’s of the world produce. Alec Bohm Bryce Harper Trea Turner   BREWERS / CUBS Should get favorable hitting conditions enough & the Cubs on a long homestand always come through. Seiya Suzuki Alex Bregman     CATCHER Samuel Basallo J.T. Realmuto Miguel Amaya   FIRST BASE Spencer Torkelson Alec Bohm Coby Mayo   SECOND BASE Jackson Holliday Brice Turang Jose Altuve   THIRD BASE Alex Bregman Isaac Paredes Miguel Vargas   SHORTSTOP Gunnar Henderson Trea Turner Colson Montgomery   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore…...

I know you guys think I am losing my mind and getting old because I often just throw up content with the wrong date on the title.  But, listen, my brain is a little complicated – okay?  However, why are we done with NFL pre-season and we now have two more weeks before an actual regular season game?  Maybe the last time August 31st was to fall on a Monday was a leap year, because this weekend just feels like Labor Day weekend and the end of MLB Sunday’s and the start of Fall Football. But, alas, you have one more week of MLB Sunday content left.  I guess it’s just me, but it feels very strange.   WEATHER All clear   This is certainly a top heavy slate with Tyler Glasnow being the best overall option on paper – but in just a second start off the long IL stint he probably (definitely) is limited – so why pay a premium for that.  The other guys I am going to take a pass on include Parker Messick and Braxton Ashcraft. LOGAN GILBERT (DK: $9900) The Jays will feel like a minor league team compared to the last two spots Gilbert had to deal with.  He’s gonna get through the first two innings cleanly today and then start thinking about going 8 or even 9 full.  A shutdown spot, 8 strikeouts, no walks.  Smooth sailing. ZEBBY MATTHEWS (DK: $5600) Why is Matthews only $5600?  What the **** is going on here?  I assume the DK pricing algo basically just got turned off and has not been adjusting in season beacuse Matthew’s had one bad (alright, horrific) month in July but has been back to very good in his last 5 starts.  So he had one game in Wrigley that got inflated.  Big deal.  Chicago’s got Benintendi as a threat here in Target Field and that’s fine, but man this is a steal of a price for someone who is gonna give you 6 innings no more than 3 ER and has 8-10 K upside. SUNDAY SLEEPER Mason Adams (DK: $7400):  We’ll probably consider the Braves as a stack, but when you smell a 3-1 get away game you just run away.  This game smells like that big time.  Adams has good zone command, a good curve ball and hasn’t really been tarnished by pitching in Coors yet to ruin the…...

Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. We Are Back! Lets fucking jump right in.  As always, we give a quick slate breakdown in the Games to Target overview, then my personal rankings on QB, RB, WR and then we go intno the Tailgate plays which breaks down what the CORE lineup is, what your allocation of FLEX/S-FLEX…...