WEATHER All clear DRAFTKINGS COMBINATION Blake Snell and Luis Gil … Snell is the easy one as Gil has to face future HOF Salvador Perez who is murdering the Yankees right now, but I really think this is good spot for Gil to have a high amount of strikeouts tonight. Pivot Option (Contrarian Too):  Nick Pivetta   BEST FANDUEL OPTION Blake Snell   RED SOX Duran & Devers will both have double digits tonight.  Casas, Wong, Story are the value one offs to add in if you cant afford 3-5 part of order, which is understandable tonight.   REDS Elly, Friedl, Steer, Fraley   ASTROS Yordan, Tucker, Diaz, Singleton   CATCHER Yainer Diaz Tyler Stephenson Connor Wong   FIRST BASE Nolan Schanuel Ty France Triston Casas   SECOND BASE Jose Altuve Jonathan India Chris Taylor   THIRD BASE Rafael Devers Matt Chapman Nolan Arenado   SHORTSTOP Elly De La Cruz Trevor Story Zach Neto   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Aaron Judge Yordan Alvarez Jarren Duran Jake Fraley     Aaron Judge – OF – NY Yankees – Chairman of The Dongers Club   TOP BETS Yankees ML Reds ML Mariners ML

WEATHER All clear Highlight tonight is the two Asian pitchers facing off out in Dodger Stadium.  Shota is a potentially sleeper/low % owned option and I do not trust Yoshi coming off the IL. DRAFTKINGS COMBINATION Pablo Lopez (DK: $9100) Shota Imanaga (DK: $9700)   BEST FANDUEL OPTION Pablo Lopez ($10k)   CARDINALS Bad seasons eventually result in bad pricing and that’s what the Cardinals give us.  Rhett Lowler has had a great GB% so far in two starts, but has 4 walks in each start as well, things could become long innings tonight and BABIP kills him. Burleson, Arenado, Donovan   METS So Bassitt is now going tonight.  Copy+Paste last nights reasoning. Lindor, Nimmo, Alonso   PADRES Arraez, Tatis Jr., Profar, Bogaerts   ROYALS Witt, Massey, Isbel   CATCHER Salvador Perez William Contreras Pedro Pages   FIRST BASE Pete Alonso Luis Arraez Paul Goldschmidt   SECOND BASE Brendan Donovan Michael Massey Andres Gimenez   THIRD BASE Jose Ramirez Rafael Devers Josh Jung   SHORTSTOP Bobby Witt Jr. Francisco Lindor JP Crawford   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Fernando Tatis Jr. Aaron Judge Lawrence Butler Brandon Nimmo     Michael Massey – 2B – Kansas City Royals – Chairman of The Dongers Club   TOP BETS Royals ML Orioles ML Padres/Mariners OVER 7

Expect more of a cheat sheet format going forward through the end of the month on most slates.  Tonight is a short six gamer. WEATHER All clear There really are no consistent options to start with today as Carlos Rodon is the most likely “safe” option but I love 2 of my Royals tonight so I think I can fade him. DRAFTKINGS COMBINATION I guess we just gamestack the Angels/Twins game.  Feels dangerous, but both offenses have enough holes that you can go after them.  The riskier part is Detmers but Minnesota’s back to struggling with LHP. Reid Detmers (DK: $7700, FD: $7700) David Festa (DK: $8600, FD: $8500)   BEST FANDUEL OPTION Reid Detmers   YANKEES The small park and Singer vs lefties combines for a reason to look at Austin Wells & Jazz Chisholm KC is coming off a big home sweep, but there are a couple holes in the early part of their bullpen still. Pitching doesn’t cost much tonight, so you can use Soto.  Judge will walk.   METS Facing former Met Chris Bassit up in Toronto, nice spot for Lindor, Nimmo and yes, Jesse f’n Winker. Pete Alonso to homer is a sneaky spot tonight IMO, many will skip because of Bassitt’s splits.   GUARDIANS They always murder Chicago in Chi-Town. No word on if this is bullpen game or not for White Sox — not that it matters.   CATCHER Austin Wells Adley Rutschman Francisco Alvarez   FIRST BASE Salvador Perez Josh Naylor Pete Alonso   SECOND BASE Andres Gimenez Gleyber Torres   THIRD BASE Jazz Chisholm Jr. Max Muncy Isaac Parades   SHORTSTOP Francisco Lindor Dansby Swanson   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Juan Soto Tyler O’Neill Cody Bellinger Steven Kwan     Cody Bellinger – OF – Chicago Cubs – Chairman of The Dongers Club   TOP BETS Mets ML (-122) Orioles ML (+105)

RAMS at LIONS Rams control the clock and limit the plays by the Lions, so there are some good values on Lions under props tonight. Jahmyr Gibbs UNDER 52.5 rushing yards (-110) Jahmyr Gibbs UNDER 10.5 rushing attempts (+100) Colby Parkinson TD (+370) Rams +4.5   Top Showdown Picks Lions: David Montgomery … I dont […]

It’s another NFL season upon us and I’ll go short of a long rant about how writing about NFL DFS is just so dull and boring for me and jump straight to the end result of what my mind came to while driving down the road and thinking about my article for this season — […]

What stands out to me on this slate Baylor at Utah:  I know Baylor is not what they once were considered but this feels like a big time statement game for Utah. Kansas State at Tulane:  This game is an early (11am) start like a couple others, but sure does have a 90 point feel […]

WEATHER All clear   Two big name aces going tonight against perceived bad lineups in Wheeler (vs Miami) and Skubal (vs Oakland).  There’s also Nick Pivetta at home vs the White Sox, but hey they won a game and now they might try to make it a winning streak.  It has happened before. Zack Wheeler (DK: $10k, FD: $11.5k) … Lean Wheeler over Skubal. Tarik Skubal (DK: $10.2k, FD: $12k) Mitch Spence (DK: $6600)   ANGELS / RANGERS LAA:  Schanuel, Pillar, Ward, Rendon TEX:  Semien, Langford, Jung, Lowe Lean more on the Texas side here.  Two unknown/young arms facing off and two lineups that could use a feel good series.  Texas is playing well enough to trust them. ORIOLES Henderson, O’Hearn, Coswer, Rutschman ROYALS Witt, Pham, Massey KC has been a great home team on Friday’s all season long.  Can it continue in a must win series vs the Twins?  Witt we know is a core play, but I think Pham stays hot. RED SOX Devers, Wong, Abreu   CATCHER Francisco Alvarez Connor Wong J.T. Realmuto   FIRST BASE Nolan Schanuel Ryan O’Hearn Christian Walker   SECOND BASE Marcus Semien Brandon Lowe Jose Altuve   THIRD BASE Manny Machado Rafael Devers Royce Lewis   SHORTSTOP Bobby WItt Jr. Trea Turner Elly De La Cruz   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Fernando Tatis Jr. Colton Cowser J.D. Martinez Sir Thomas Pham   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore MJ Melendez Wilyer Abreu/All the Boston guys Luis Robert Jr. Michael Harris II     JD Martinez – OF – Mets – Chairman of The Dongers Club Marcus Semien – 2B – Rangers Fernando Tatis Jr – SS – Padres Bobby WItt JR – SS – Royals Thomas Pham – OF – Royals Nolan Schanuel – 1B – Angels Anthon Rendon – 3B – Angels   TOP BETS Twins/Royals OVER 7.5 Angels/Rangers OVER 9 Diamondbacks +150

WEATHER All clear   SHOTA IMANAGA (DK: $9500, FD: $9900) CHARLIE MORTON (DK: $8200, FD: $9100) JP SEARS (DK: $7700, FD: $8500)   ROYALS … Witt Jr., Pham, Melendez, Massey I believe firmly that Bobby Witt Jr will homer off Ben Lively, maybe hit a triple off the bullpen.  That’s great Bobby.  We need MJ and Massey to wake up and Massey sliding down to 7th might get him going.  If it does, the Royals drop 13 tonight on Cleveland. CARDINALS … Arenado, Burleson Nolan gets his Milwaukee HR tonight.  St. Louis takes a lead, not sure if they can hold it though.   CATCHER Freddy Fermin Jake Rogers Travis d’Arnaud   FIRST BASE Triston Casas Alec Burleson Christian Walker   SECOND BASE Michael Massey Brendan Donovan Gavin Lux   THIRD BASE Nolan Arenado Rafael Devers Gio Urshela – Value   SHORTSTOP Bobby Witt Jr. … Love Bobby tonight. Corey Seager JP Crawford   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Fernando Tatis Jr. MJ Melendez Sir Thomas Pham Marcell Ozuna     Bobby Witt Jr – SS – Kansas City Royals – Chairman of The Dongers Club Fernando Tatis Jr – OF – Padres Marcell Ozuna – OF – Braves   TOP BETS Boston 1st 5 Innings ML Guardians/Royals OVER 8 Royals -135 ML

Someone at the MLB scheduling offices definitely was having some fun putting the Phillies/Blue Jays and Red Sox/Mets together to signify some historical World Series match-ups … at least for a couple fan bases. WEATHER All clear   Before we get into the hitting and before I go deep into the pitching there’s a few one off hitters that I need to note tonight. Shohei Ohtani is back in Angel Stadium.  Aaron Judge is in Texas against a bad lefty.  And Jose Ramirez … well, he’s facing his whipping boy.  So yeah, you have some heavy duty studs that could absolutely go bananas tonight and I haven’t even touched upon the team that’s going to hit 5 HR. CHRIS SALE (DK: $10.8k, FD: $11.6k) On a night when paying for hitting feels like a smart play, you have the possibility of 7 innings, 14 strikeouts and 0 ER from Chris Sale.  I honestly cannot find a ton of trust in going Colorado hitting as a leverage play. WALKER BUEHLER (DK: $7000, FD: $6900) The last three starts for Buehler have started to look a little better, slowly, like an ant marching to his kingdom.  I will love to make fun of the Dodgers when it comes playoff time because their lineup despite having studs at the top really falls off, but two things I really love about them are a) the Michael Kopech trade and the possibility that Buehler can pitch in the playoffs and give them some of his old form.  The signs are getting there for him & the Angels as an opponent tonight should boost the strikeouts the way a few guys are swinging of late.  On a night when taking a risk on SP is mandatory, I would go with my old faithful. RYNE NELSON (DK: $7200, FD: $8800) Credit Arizona for learning how to develop guys who don’t appear to have a ton of “Stuff”.  Nelson is one of the better pitchers nobody talks about and will be getting a soft Giants opponent.  There’s some temptation to use a risky cheap pitcher but you get a safe 12-18 from Nelson tonight, so take it.   PHILLIES Ah.  Yes.  The Joe Carter series.  Touch ’em all.  Well.  Sorry Toronto, it’s pay back time.  The key tonight is the Phillies RHH against Chris Bassitt, not the obvious lefties, as Turner, Castellanos and Realmuto are all FANTASTIC plays — […]

Terrible job with MLB having too many teams not playing today and not enough day games.  This is a quick break down on a short five game slate. Cardinals at Brewers White Sox at Orioles Dodgers at Diamondbacks Astros at Reds Guardians at Royals   WEATHER All games play   Expect all three of these guys to pitch well, score over 20 fpts and lead their clubs to victory today.  Burnes and Verlander make roster construction much easier so Flaherty is just a wild pivot off one of them if you are trying to be different with cheaper hitting too. Corbin Burnes Justin Verlander Jack Flaherty     Astros Royals Cardinals     CATCHER Will Smith William Contreras Salvador Perez   FIRST BASE Paul Goldschmidt Yainer Diaz Rhys Hoskins   SECOND BASE Michael Massey   THIRD BASE Nolan Arenado Alex Bregman Jose Ramirez   SHORTSTOP Tommy Edman Masyn Winn   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Teoscar Hernandez Eloy Jimenez Anthony Santander Jason Heyward   Paul Goldschmidt – 1B – Cardinals – Chairman of The Dongers Club   TOP BETS Cardinals, Dodgers, Astros, Royals ML Parlay