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Hump Day!  It’s Wednesday and that normally means multiple slates.  Tonight is different though as we have a massive 12-game slate of MLB DFS.  The sites have adjusted and this slate starts 30 minutes earlier than normal thanks to the 6:35 games being included.  With just 12 days left in the season, we have more than a handful of teams still battling for just a few playoff spots. 

With their win last night and the Dbacks and Braves losses, the Mets are now tied for the 2nd WC spot and have a 2-game edge over the Braves.  The Tigers are trying to do the impossible and come back from 9.5 games just a few weeks to make the playoffs. They are smoking hot and sit just 1.5 games outside of Minnesota.  This 12 day sprint to the finish line is going to be a fun one!

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Tarik Skubal ($10.6k on DK/$11k on FD) vs. Kansas City Royals

Tarik Skubal is the odds-on favorite to win the AL Cy Young award this year.  After setting a career-low ERA last season at 2.80, all he has done this season is far surpass it heading into the final 2 weeks of the season as it sits at just 2.50.  With a matchup against the division rival Kansas City Royals, I’m expecting him to continue to dominate hitters.  Over the last month, Skubal has been brilliant. 

He has an ERA of 2.55 and his K rate is sitting nearly 31%.  He also owns a WHIP of just 1.01 over the last month.  The matchup against the Royals is actually better than expected.  Over the last 30 days, the Royals have struggled vs. lefties as they have a 26% K rate and just a .286 wOBA.  Of course, guys like Witt and Perez can get drive in a run or 2 vs. Skubal, but I like this spot a lot for Skubal.  He’s my SP1 tonight and I’m not going to overthink it. 

Sonny Gray ($9.4k on DK/$10.9k on FD) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

For me, Gray is a DK play only tonight as that FD price is outrageous.  Just find the extra $100 and go to Skubal.  Sonny Gray gets one of the better matchups tonight as the Pirates’ offense has really fallen asleep over the last few weeks.  This week they’ve been especially terrible as they’ve struck out 32% of the time and have scored just 11 runs.  We saw Lance Lynn dominate this very team last night, going 6 innings and only allowing 1 run to score while striking out 5.  That’s about as good as it’s going to get for the big fella. 

Gray should be able to replicate that and more tonight as he a ton more upside than Lynn.  Gray has been dominant of late, allowing only 3 ER over his last 3 games, while striking out 20 hitters.  He should be able to continue his dominance in a plus matchup tonight. 

Other pitchers that I like tonight if I decided to elsewhere would be Framber Valdez vs. San Diego, Bowden Francis vs. Texas and Dylan Cease vs. Houston.

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Detroit Tigers vs. Alec Marsh

I love this spot for the Tigers today to continue their winning ways.  Alec Marsh has a very clear weakness and that’s lefties.  Over the last month, lefties have a .444 wOBA vs. him and a .366 ISO.  They also aren’t striking out much vs. him as they have just a 17% K rate vs. him over the last 30 days. 

With how the Tigers lineup shakes out, this is a worst-case scenario for Marsh as the bread and butter of this crew is all left-handed. They should be able to trot out up to 6 lefties tonight.  Look for them to put up a bunch of runs tonight. 

Core Plays: Parker Meadows, Kerry Carpenter, Riley Greene

Secondary Plays: Spencer Torkelson,

Value Plays: Everyone else in this lineup is under $4k. 

Baltimore Oriole vs. Hayden Birdsong

The Baltimore Orioles are due for a big game and I think that big game comes tonight against Hayden Birdsong.  While Birdsong isn’t a bad pitcher, he does struggle with his command at times and this is an Orioles team you don’t want to be off against.  The Orioles mostly play into Birdsong’s weakness.  Although he has a 27.5% K rate against lefties over the last month, he also has a laughable 22.5% BB rate.  That’s a whole lot of walks against lefties.  He’s also allowing a nearly 74% hard-hit rate against them. 

So when he’s not walking them, he’s letting up a ton of balls into play that are hit rather hard.  Birdsong has also really struggled away from San Fran.  His ERA jumps from 3.67 at home to a massive 5.70 on the road.  This is a get-right spot for the O’s after really struggling last night vs. Snellzilla. 

Core Bats: Gunnar Henderson, Anthony Santander, Adley Rutschman, Colton Cowser

Secondary Bats: Ryan O’hearn, Cedric Mullins

Value Bats: Heston Kjerstad, Jackson Holliday

Other bats I like tonight will be the Cards vs. Jake Woodford, Twins vs. Bibee, Mets vs. DJ Hertz, and Blue Jays vs. Cody Bradford  

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Taco Tuesday!  It’s Tuesday and we have a fairly large slate tonight with 10 games of MLB DFS on the docket.  With no NFL, that means prize pools are mostly back to normal.   With less than 2 weeks left in the season, there are only a handful of teams that have anything left to play for.  We can also add the White Sox into the mix as they are playing hard to not be the worst team in the history of baseball. 

The NL Wild Card race is heating up as the Mets now have a 1-game lead over the Braves for the final spot and are only 1 game back of the Dbacks for the second spot.  The AL Wild Card is just as tight as both the Mariners and Tigers are clinging to their playoff lives as the Tigers sit just 1.5 games behind the Twins and the Mariners are just 2 games out.  Say what you want about the expanded playoffs, but it’s kept more teams in play and that has also meant fewer teams “mailing it in” at the end of the season.  This also makes for more interesting MLB DFS towards the end of the season. 

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Cole Ragans ($9.8k on DK) vs. Detroit Tigers

While the Tigers lineup has been much improved lately, that’s mostly against righties.  The heart and soul of this lineup are Riley Greene, Parker Meadows, and Kory Carpenter.  All guys that hit from the left side and are way better against righties.  I expect A.J. Hinch to load up on righties tonight and that should be music to our ears. 

If we look at Ragans season-long stats, his K rate jumps to 32% against righties and just 21% against lefties.  Over the last month, those numbers jump to 39% against righties and 22% against lefties.  He’s clearly a reverse splits pitcher who should face a lineup of at least 5 righties tonight if not more.  The projected lineup for the Tigers tonight has a 34% K rate vs. lefties over the last month.  This is a solid matchup for Ragans tonight and he’s going to be my SP1. 

Lance Lynn ($7.5k on DK) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Lance Lynn returned last week after a more than 2-month absence and boy was he solid.  Although it took him just 5 innings to throw 90 pitches, he did a whole bunch with those 90.  Across the 5 innings of work, he struck out 7 Reds and allowed just 1 ER on 5 hits.  That equated to 19 DK points and if we can get something similar at his current price point, I’m all for it.  This matchup says he should as the Pirates are coming into this one with a pretty anemic offense.

Over the last week, they’ve scored just 17 runs, with 2 homers and just 7 barrels.  For context, Brent Rooker has 6 all by himself over the last week.  They also have struck out 30% of the time.  Lynn does have a lower ceiling than most, but he’ll also provide a nice floor.  I normally chase higher strike-out pitchers in GPP’s, but with the way pitching has been of late, I also want someone who will give us a nice floor and Lynn does that.  He’s nothing flashy, but he should get the job done and with the Cards being a -140 favorite tonight in a low-scoring matchup, we should also get that much-needed 4-point win bonus. 

I won’t talk you out of Zack Wheeler tonight.  He is a top 5 pitcher in all of baseball and he’s coming into this matchup pitching as well as anyone on this slate.  That said, I don’t make it a business of using righties against the Brewers.  This is a Brewers lineup that has just a 21% K rate vs. righties over the last month and hits for power and average.  He’s the most expensive pitcher on this slate with arguably the worst matchup. I’m out, but if your gut says to go there, go for it. 

Other pitchers I like tonight will be Tylor Megill vs. Washington (especially if Abrams is still hurt), Nathan Eovaldi vs. Toronto, and Luis Gill vs. Seattle

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Both sides of the Coors game are again in play tonight.  Last night was a dud as they combined to score just 5 runs.  That’s a rarity for Coors and I just don’t see it happening again.  After making 4 consecutive relief appearances, Jordan Montgomery is back in the rotation tonight and makes his first start since late August.  His time in Arizona has been an utter disaster.  He has a career-worst 6.25 ERA (I’m not counting 2019) and now enters a hitter’s environment. 

I’m going to prioritize all the righties here as they have a .509 slugging % vs him and 12 of the 13 homers he’s allowed this season have been by righties.  That means guys like Ezequiel Tovar, Brenton Doyle, Michael Toglia, and Brendan Rodgers will be on my radar.  If you want to chase some value in Coors, guys like Hunter Goodman and Jordan Beck will do the trick. 

On the other side of this one, we have Ryan Feltner.  Feltner has been a disaster at home this season as he has a 6.25 ERA in Denver.  That said, a lot of the damage done to him at home was earlier in the year.  He’s allowed more than 2 ER at home just once over his last 5 outings.  The Diamondbacks will always be in play as they are the best offense in baseball.  I’m going to be a bit contrarian and side with the Rockies though here as last night they were all in single digits in terms of ownership. 

Kansas City Royals vs. Casey Mize

On paper, this seems like a great spot for the Royals against Casey Mize this evening.  Across 19 starts this season, Mize just hasn’t been very good.  He owns a 4.47 ERA and has more bad starts than he has good ones, especially if we look at recent stats.  Since his 2 month stint on the IL, Mize has made 3 starts and has given up at least 3 ER in all of them.  While he did K 7 in his last outing against the Rockies, he also managed to give up 4 ER to them. 

This game was played in Detroit and not Colorado.  When you give up that many to the Rockies away from Coors, well that’s just not ideal.  He’s been especially bad vs. righties since coming back as his K rate is just 13% and he’s allowed a .310 ISO and a .379 wOBA.  It just so happens that the bread and butter of this team is righty. 

Core Plays: Bobby MVP Witt Jr., Salvador Perez, Tommy Pham

Secondary Plays: Michael Massey,

Value Plays: MJ Melendez, Hunter Renfroe, Kyle Isbel, Freddy Fermin

Chicago White Sox vs. Griffin Canning

Don’t look now, but the Chicago White Sox are smoking hot.  Winners of 3 in a row, they’ll look to make it 4 in a row tonight vs. one of my all-time favorite pitchers to stack against in Griffin Canning.  Over his last 10 starts, Canning has given up at least 6 ER in 4 of them.  Most pitchers can go years without giving up that many 6 ER games and Canning has done it in the span of less than 2 months. 

IMO, he’s one of the worst pitchers in all of baseball and he continues to be a fantasy haven for opposing hitters.  Even though he’s facing a terrible team in the White Sox, he’ll be facing a team that is actually hitting the ball well right now.  They are also extremely inexpensive, making paying up for either pitching or another pricey stack very easy. 

Core and Value Bats: Andrew Benintendi, Andrew Vaughn, Gavin Sheets, and Nickey Lopez

Other bats I like tonight will be the Cubs vs. Mitch Spence, Mets vs. Mitchell Parker, and A’s vs. Jordan Wicks. 

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Happy Saturday Y’all!  We’ve got a nice-looking 8-game slate of MLB DFS tonight.  This is a slate that brings us 2 of the top pitchers in the game facing off against each other as the Dodgers take on the Braves tonight.  We’re at the point in the season where there are really only a handful of teams that are playing for anything.  The Braves being one of them as they sit a game behind the Mets in the Wild Card race.  We’re also at the point in the season where many pitchers are up against their innings “limit” so we’ll need to consider that when selecting them for DFS purposes. 

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I’m out on Chris Sale tonight.  I’m not paying a premium for a pitcher against the Dodgers.  Sale can throw a gem here as he’s one of the best in the game.  I don’t see this as a ceiling game for him though and I’m not paying nearly $11k for someone that isn’t in a ceiling-type game. 

I’m also going to be out on Jack Flaherty who’s the second most expensive pitcher on this slate.  While the Braves are a watered-down lineup these days thanks to injuries, they are still very competitive.  Outside of his gem against the Guardians earlier this week, he hasn’t really been the Flaherty we saw earlier in the season.  That said, as a Mets fan, I’d love nothing more than to see him throw a gem tonight.  Go, Jack!

Joe Musgrove ($8.7k on DK/$9.4k on FD) vs. San Francisco Giants

Last night we saw a struggling Dylan Cease return to glory against this Giants team, twirling a 10-k gem against them.  This is a Giants team that is struggling offensively of late, especially against righties.  This is a high-strikeout team against righties.  The projected lineup tonight for the Giants has a nearly 27% K rate vs. righties over the last month.  The team as a whole has struck out 29% of the time over the last week. 

This shouldn’t take anything away from Musgrove though as I’d use him in most matchups.  While he did struggle in his last outing against the Giants, he did suffer from a bit of bad luck as the Giants had a .455 BABIP in that game.  He still struck out 7 and has 15 K’s across his last 2 outings.  I’m looking for Musgrove to bounce back and get some retribution against the Giants. 

JT Ginn ($7.2k on DK/$7.4k on FD) vs. Chicago White Sox

And the next contest on the “Beat the White Sox” will be JT Ginn.  We saw Brady Basso throw a solid game against the White Sox last night in just his second start of his career, going 5 innings while not allowing a run.  We should see another strong outing from an A’s starter tonight as this White Sox team is just historically terrible. 

Oustide of Luis Robert and Andrew Benintendi, there probably isn’t another bat in this lineup that would crack another lineup in MLB.  It would likely struggle against most AAA pitchers.  Ginn has shown some flashes so far of being a decent arm as he struck out 7 Mariners in early September.  He also struck out 5 Tigers in his last outing.  Look for Ginn to follow in Basso’s footsteps and throw another strong outing here. 

Another pitcher that I really like tonight will be Logan Gilbert against the Rangers.  At the end of the night, I may very well just go with Gilbert/Musgrove as my 2 pitchers on DK.  Outside of a rough outing vs. Boston, Gilbert has thrown gems in 3 of his last 4 outings, and the last time he faced the Rangers he struck out 9 over 8 innings. 

Without Seager, this is a very average Rangers lineup and I would not be shocked to see Gilbert as the highest-scoring pitcher on this slate.  My reasoning for highlighting Ginn above is to give you a value arm if you want to fully spend up on bats.  Outside of the pitchers I’ve mentioned so far, there isn’t much to go with tonight. 

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Houston Astros vs. Tyler Anderson

Overall, the full season has been pretty good for Tyler Anderson.  His 3.50 ERA for the season is one of the best numbers of his career.  That said, he’s been performing way above what the rest of the numbers say how he should be performing and we’ve seen some kinks in the armor recently.  Over the his last 5 outings, he’s been tagged in 3 of them for at least 4 runs. 

He’s mostly a low-strikeout pitcher who relies on his fielders to do his dirty work for him.  Of late, Anderson has shown a lack of control as he has at least 2 walks in 6 of his last 7 games.  Against a strong Astros lineup, if he continues to be wild the Astros are going to wait on their pitches and it could be an early exit for the Angels southpaw.  I’m looking for the Astros to put up a whole bunch of runs today.

Core Plays: Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Jeremy Pena, Yordan Alvarez, Yainer Diaz

Secondary Plays: Kyle Tucker

Value Plays: Mauricio Dubon, Jake Meyers, Victor Caratini

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Brandon Pfaadt

Brando Pfaadt is coming into this one in less-than-top form.  Over the last month, Pfaadt has really struggled as he’s pitched to an ERA of 7.52.  He’s allowed at least 4 ER in 4 of his last 5 outings and in the one game that he didn’t, he still let in 3 ER.  To make matters worse for Pfaadt tonight, he’ll be facing off against a very strong Brewers lineup and a Brewers lineup that is typically way better vs. righties than it is lefties. 

Against righties this season, the Brewers have a .321 wOBA and a .733 OPS.  The projected lineup tonight for the Brewers has a .175 ISO against righties over the last month.  I would not be shocked to see the Brewers put up a massive number against Pfaadt tonight.  This matchup also plays right into their hands as Pfaadt has given up a .448 wOBA to righties over the last month and the heart of his lineup is righty. 

Core Bats: Willy Adames, William Conteras, Jackson Chourio

Value Bats: Garrett Mitchell, Joey Ortiz, Rhys Hoskins

Other bats I like tonight will be both sides of the Coors game, I absolutely love the A’s vs. Chris Flexen, Dbacks vs. Tobias Myers, and Padres vs. Mason Black.   The Angels vs. Justin Verlander are also in play. Verlander looks to be in the twilight of his career and if this is it, what a career he’s had.

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TGIF!  It’s Friday and there’s no football this week.  We have a massive 11-game slate of MLB DFS tonight and it’s a slate that brings back one of the best pitchers of our generation in Jacob deGrom.  This is a slate that at first glance brings a lot of punch.  What is also brings is a not a single pitcher priced over $10k on DK and just one priced over $10k on the duel.  We should be able to spend for whatever bats we want, for the most part. 

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One of the night’s questions will be what to do with Dylan Cease.  This is a dream matchup for him as the Giants offense has been very suspect over the last couple of weeks.  They were blanked by Frankie Montas last night and if ever there was a matchup that would enable him to get back to his glory days, this is it.  We said that however of his last 2 outings, one against this same Giants team less than a week ago.  I’m out on Cease tonight.  I’m unwilling to pay a premium for a pitcher who hasn’t topped 20 DK points in nearly 2 months.  Cease gem incoming. 

Another question of the night will be what to do with Jacob deGrom.  deGrom is making his first appearance in the bigs since early last season after missing a whole bunch of time with yet another arm injury.  The upside with deGrom is unmatched and he’s at an insane discount tonight being priced at just $8.5k.  There isn’t another pitcher in the game that is as dominant as deGrom when he’s healthy. 

He’s facing a high-strikeout team in the Mariners and we just saw Kumar Rocker strike out 7 in just 4 innings of work.  The chances of that happening for deGrom tonight are way higher than deGrom failing so he will 100% be in my pool of pitchers tonight.  We may never see this price tag on deGrom ever again. 

Yusei Kikuchi ($9.2k on DK/$10.5k on FD) vs. Los Angeles Angels

I’ll start by saying that I like the price on DK a whole lot more than I do on FD.  Since being traded to the Astros, Yusei Kikuchi has been a completely different pitcher.  Over the last month, he’s been really strong as he has an ERA of 3.33 and an xFIP and SIERRA which is nearly a full run lower.  He’s also striking out a ton of hitters as evidenced by his nearly 30% K rate over the last month. 

He’ll be facing off against an Angels team that struggles mightily vs. lefties.  Over the last month, the projected lineup for the Angels tonight has a nearly 35% K rate and a wOBA that’s just downright silly at .189.  While the ISO is impressive at .152, if you can’t hit the ball, it doesn’t matter how much power you have.  I’m looking at Kikuchi being the highest-scoring pitcher on this slate.  He’s my SP1. 

Brady Basso ($4k on DK/$6k on FD) vs. Chicago White Sox

An interesting arm tonight is going to be Brady Basso vs. the White Sox.  Basso is coming off a stellar first start against the Tigers last Saturday that saw him go 6 innings while not allowing an ER and striking out 6.  In the minors this season he has been pretty good as he’s appeared in 16 games at AAA, starting 12 of them.  He has some K upside as his K/9 in AAA was over 10. 

He’s essentially facing a minor-league team tonight in the White Sox.  This White Sox team is historically bad and are almost a lock to break the ’62 Mets record.  They sit 81 games under .500 and will be 82 games after tonight.  Over the last month, they’ve been terrible vs. lefties as they have just .025 ISO, a .235 wOBA and a 31% K rate.  He’s risky because he’s only making his second big-league start.  The upside is there though. 

Other pitchers that I’ll have interest in tonight will be Bailey Ober vs. the Reds, Tanner Bibbee vs. Tampa, and Kevin Gausman vs. St. Lous. 

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Chicago Cubs vs. Austin Gomber

With spending down on pitching tonight, I’ll have plenty of spare change around to be able to spend up for the Cubs in Colorado tonight.  While Gomber hasn’t pitched that poorly recently over the last month, his xFIP and SIERA are both nearly 2 runs higher than his ERA.  This indicates that we can see some regression coming his way.  There are several factors I’m looking at as to why there’s going to be regression. 

His fly ball rate is massive at 51%, his hard-hit rate is massive at 41%, and his BABIP is extremely low .247.  He’s also striking out just 18% of the batters over the last month.  You can only get so lucky for so long and his luck is going to run out this evening against a solid Cubs lineup.  I’m going to be mostly focused on righties here as they tend to do the most damage vs. Gomber.  20 of the 27 homers he’s given up this season have been to righties.

Core Plays: Ian Happ, Isaac Parades, Seiya Suzuki, Dansby  Swanson, Nico Hoerner

Secondary Plays: Cody Bellinger, PCA, Patrick Wisdom

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Freddy Peralta

In order to be different tonight, I’m going to rock the Diamondbacks vs. Freddy P tonight.  This is nothing against Peralta, he’s a good pitcher.  But he almost never goes deep into his games and this Diamondbacks offense is absolutely loaded.  To date, they’ve scored 802 runs.  The next closest team?  The Yankees at 736 runs.  They are nearly 70 runs clear of the second-highest-scoring team. 

Would I stack the Dbacks against a pitcher like deGrom or Sale or Skubal?  No, not even in a million years.  But against any other pitcher in the game I would and Peralta is very beatable.  His xFIP and SIERA over the last month are both well above 5 and his K rate is only at 18%.  This may completely blow up in my face but as I like to say just like Ricky Bobby, if you’re not first, you’re last. 

Core Bats: Corbin Carroll, Eugenio Suarez, Christian Walker, Joc Pederson

Secondary Bats: Adrian Del Castillo, Ketel Marte

Value Bats: Pavin Smith

Other bats I like tonight will be the Brewers vs. Eduardo Rodriguez, Twins vs. Julian Aguiar, Yankees vs. Tanner Houck, and A’s vs. Garrett Crochet and the White Sox pen.    

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Hump Day!  It’s Wednesday and we have ourselves a nice-sized 8-game slate of MLB DFS tonight.  In this slate, we have some high-strikeout high-walk guys in decent matchups.  On DK, we don’t have a single arm that’s priced over $10k tonight.  What we also don’t have are the White Sox so we won’t be baited again in what should have been a dream matchups. 

Before we dig into tonight’s slate, I want to say a Thank You first.  A year ago today I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer and many of you had reached out with words of support and prayers and boy did that help me get through what will hopefully be the wildest ride of my life.  Thankfully, that’s all in the past now and to celebrate, I’ll be taking down the Battery on DK tonight.  

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Hunter Brown ($9k on DK/$9.4k on FD) vs. Oakland Athletics

I’m looking for Hunter Brown to continue his stellar pitching tonight.  Over the last month, Brown has been brilliant.  He’s allowed just 5 ER over his last 6 starts and he’s faced some stiff competition in the Royals, Orioles, Red Sox, and Rangers over that stretch.  Tonight he gets a good matchup against an A’s team that has struggled offensively over the last week.  Over the last week, the A’s have scored just 20 runs and are hitting just .209 collectively.  They also have only a 6% barrel rate. 

While the A’s offense has been much improved this season, they have become stagnant again and they’ll be facing one of the Astros top pitchers in Brown.  The Astros hold a slim 4.5-game lead over the Mariners and need every win they can get.  Look for them to add another one tonight thanks to Brown. 

Blake Snell ($9.8k on DK/$9.6k on FD) vs. Milwaukee Brewers

When I went to bed last night, I had this whole concept of a plan to use Blake Snell as my SP1.  As we get closer to lock, make sure to jump into discord to make sure that’s still my plan.  When I target the Brewers with pitchers, it’s normally with lefties.  Overall, they are a much higher K team vs. righties than lefties.  The projected lineup for the Brewers tonight has 6 bats (Adames actually has the highest) who have K rates of at least 25% vs. lefties. 

While they can certainly hit for some power, they can also k a good bunch.  Snell is an enigma.  When his command is on, he has as much K upside as anyone in the game.  But when he’s off, as evidenced by his last start vs. the Dbacks, he’s tough to stomach.  I would never call him safe, but I’m chasing the upside with him in this matchup.  He has multiple games above this season over 30 DK points and I think he has that potential tonight at a reasonable price for him. 

Other arms I have an interest in tonight will be Michael King vs. Seattle, Cole Ragans vs. New York, and maybe Luis Gil vs. KC.

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Los Angeles Angels vs. Zebby Matthews

Do I think that Zebby Matthews is bad as he’s been pitching?  No, I do not.  He’s been somewhat unlucky of late as hitters have an insanely high .366 BABIP against him.  While that’s high, so is his HR/FB rate.  He’s allowed 6 homers in the last 22 innings and those homers aren’t accounted for in his BABIP.  He’s been giving up a ton of hard contact as hitters have a nearly 40% hard-hit rate vs. him over the last month.  He’s also given up 10 barrels in the 22 innings of work. 

He’ll probably see some positive regression at some point, but I just don’t see it happening soon.  We want to attack him with lefties as he hasn’t figured out how to get them out just yet.  Lefties have a mind-boggling .412 ISO vs. him over the last month and a .508 wOBA.  Just comical numbers.  All 6 of the homers he’s allowed so far have been to lefties and that’s equated to a .784 slugging %.

Core and Value Plays: MickeyMoniak, Nolan Schanuel, Niko Kavadas

Secondary Plays: Taylor Ward, Zach Neto, Brandon Drury, Logan O’Hoppe

Houston Astros vs. Joey Estes

While Joey Estes hasn’t pitched overly poorly this season, he has been giving up what I look for when I stack against pitchers and that’s home runs.  K’s are king for pitchers and home runs are king for hitters.  Over his last 28 innings of work, Estes has given up 7 homers and has also given up a healthy amount of barrels at 8.  On the year, Estes has allowed 18 homers in his 110 innings of work.

Against Estes, I’m not going to be overly picky with splits as each side has 9 homers against him.  Both sides also have very comparable OPS’s and wOBAs.  That said, with the Astros a lot of their power comes from the left side of the plate thanks to the man, the myth, the Legend Yordan Alvarez

Core Bats: Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Yainer Diaz

Secondary Bats: Jeremy Pena

Value Bats: Chas McCormick (if he plays), Jon Singleton, Ben Gamel  

Other stacks I like tonight will be the Padres vs. Bryan Woo, Cubs vs. Bobby Miller, Reds vs. Lance Lynn, and Royals vs. Luis Gil.  I don’t mind the Twins but just know you need to go all or nothing there.  Jack Kochanowicz is an extreme ground ball pitcher so chasing homers will be tough. 

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Taco Tuesday!  It’s Tuesday and that means a large slate.  Tonight we have ourselves an 11-game slate of MLB DFS on both sites.  This is a slate where pitching will be a spend down game again for me.  The 3 most expensive pitchers on this slate are either in bad matchups or coming of the IL.  With spending down pitching, that will mean we’ll have plenty of money for bats tonight.  I expect this to be a slate where it will be on the higher scoring side of things.  

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I’m going to break down why I’m out on the most expensive pitchers tonight.  On DK, the highest-priced pitcher is Shota Imanaga against the Dodgers.  Facing the Dodgers is enough reason to fade.  Next up will be his fellow countryman Yoshinobu Yamamoto.  Yamamoto is far from stretched out.  I’m not willing to go to $9.5k on DK for a pitcher who only got up to 53 pitchers in his rehab outings.  After that is Nate Eovaldi against a very good Dbacks lineup.  While Eovaldi has been solid, I’m not willing to spend up on a pitcher who isn’t a stud facing off against a Dbacks lineup that is really good.  I’m out on all 3 of these.  The red flags are enough to scare me away. 

Pablo Lopez ($9.1k on DK/$10k on FD) vs. Los Angeles Angels

I’m more apt to play Pablo Lopez on Dk than I am FD tonight thanks to the savings, but he’s still very much in play on both sites.  This is a solid spot for Lopez who is closing out the 2024 season in great form.  Over the last month, Lopez has pitched a strong 1.35 ERA.  He’s coming off a 9 K outing against the Tampa Bay Rays and with a matchup against the Angels, I would not be shocked to see him replicate that. 

Although the Angels were able to put 6 runs last night, they still struck out a bunch.  Over the last month, the projected Angels lineup for tonight has struck out 31% of the time vs. righties.  Yes, they can get a homer or 2 when they are on, but they are facing a pitcher in Lopez who tends to put the ball on the ground.  Over the last month, Lopez has allowed just 1 dong and has a 55% GB rate.  Lopez is my SP1 tonight. 

David Peterson ($8.5k on DK/$9k on FD) vs. Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Mets are fighting for their playoff lives, and their success has been due to their starting pitching.  David Peterson has been a bright spot for the Mets over the last month or so, putting together a string of 5 quality starts over his last 7 and not allowing more than 2 ER in any of those 7 starts.  While he isn’t normally known to be a huge strikeout pitcher, he did just whiff 11 Red Sox in his last outing. 

This is a Toronto Blue Jays lineup that is typically much stronger against righties than it is lefties.  Over the last month, the Blue Jays have a nearly 29% K rate vs. lefties and a wOBA of just .263.  Like Lopez, Peterson doesn’t give up much in the way of power.  Just 2 homers allowed over his last 33 innings of work.  Love this spot for Peterson tonight. 

The other pitchers I have interest in tonight will be Spencer Arrighetti (high risk/high reward) vs. Oakland, Aaron Civale (great value) vs. a high-strikeout San Francisco Giants team, Rhett Lowder vs. St. Louis, and Alex Cobb vs. a terrible White Sox Lineup.  Make sure to drop into discord prior to lock to get my final thoughts on pitching. 

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Cleveland Guardians vs. Jonathan Cannon

The sky is blue and the White Sox continue to lose.  The White Sox are now 33-112 and have a -304 run differential.  With Jonathan Cannon on the hill for the White Sox, those numbers should only worsen.  Over the last month, Cannon has a far from impressive 6.39 ERA and an xFIP that’s over 5.  This is a spot where we can certainly chase some power as Cannon has allowed 5 homers in his last 25 innings of work.  He’s allowed at least 1 homer in 7 of his last outings.  We’ll want to chase power with the lefties in this matchup.

Lefties have hit 10 of the 15 homers he’s allowed this season and they also have a slugging % of .512 against him.  With how Guaranteed Rate Field plays, this is a huge advantage for the Guardians here and they’re also guaranteed to get 9 AB.  My only concern with this stack is that the White Sox bullpen has somewhat turned a corner.  Over the last couple of weeks, they’ve been respectable with a  3.50 ERA.  That said, it’s still the same bullpen that has been terrible all year long so my concern isn’t that great. 

Core Plays: Jose Ramirez, Josh Naylor, Andres Gimenez

Secondary Plays: Lane Thomas, Steven Kwan

Value Plays: Bo Naylor, Brayan Rocchio, Kyle Manzardo, Will Brennan

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Hayden Birdsong

I also really like this spot for the Brewers tonight against Hayden Birdsong.  The rookie right-hander for the Giants has really struggled in his first cup of coffee this season.  Through 12 starts, Birdsong is 3-5 with an ERA of 5.19 across 52 innings of work.  What’s done him in so far has been his command as he owns an extremely high BB/9 of 6.06.  If we look at what he’s done across the minors since breaking in back 2022, this really isn’t an anomaly. 

In AAA this season he had a 6.00 and in AA last season he had a 5.09.  He struggles to get the ball over the plate and that has led to a WHIP of 1.5 this season.  All the Brewers need to do tonight is be patient and they’ll get enough runners on to put up some runs.  Birdson has also really struggled vs. righties and that brings into play the top hitters for Milwaukee in Willy Adames, William Contreras, and Jackson Chourio.  All 3 typically crush righties. 

Core Bats: Willy Adames, William Contreras, Jackson Chourio

Secondary Bats: Brice Turang

Value Bats: Jake Bauers, Garrett Mitchell, Rhys Hoskins, Joey Ortiz

Other bats I like tonight will be the Orioles vs. Kutter Crawford, Red Sox lefties vs. Albert Suarez, Padres vs. a struggling George Kirby, and Twins vs. Griffin Canning.    To a lesser extent, I also like like the Mets vs. Bassitt. The Mets bats aren’t hot right now and when Bassitt is off his game, he’s the ultimate slump-buster.

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TGIF!  It’s the first Friday after football season has started and as I’m sure you’ve noticed this morning, contests are smaller.  This is something that we’ll be dealing with for the rest of the season.  That’s ok though, because one thing we’ll also be dealing with is dead lineups as people that won money playing NFL last night will be trying their hand at MLB.  Tonight we have a massive 12-game slate of MLB DFS.  This is a slate that is very top-heavy with solid pitching.  I’ll be spending up on pitching tonight and looking to find value with bats. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Before diving into my top 2 pitchers I want to talk about Tarik Skubal.  He is the most expensive pitcher on both slates tonight.  On FD, he’s at a nearly unheard-of $12k.  I’m fading him tonight.  If he goes off, I’m ok with the fade.  There are flags to be seen with him IMO.  He’s already touched a career-high in innings at 168.  For the first time in his career, he hit the coveted 200k milestone so there’s little else to accomplish.  With 21 games to go, they are 5 games out of the last Wild Card spot. 

While they still have a shot, Fangraphs has their playoff hopes at just 7.5%.  I just can’t see them pushing their star player where they don’t have to.  I’m also not in love with the matchup vs. an A’s team that has just a 20% K rate vs. lefties over the last month.  I don’t think this is a ceiling-type game and because of that, I’m not spending top $. 

Zack Wheeler ($10k on DK/$11.5k on FD) vs. Miami Marlins

Where I do want to spend up on pitching tonight will be Zack Wheeler.  The Phillies do still have a comfortable 8-game lead over both the Braves and Mets, but if I were the Phillies I’d want to clinch sooner rather than later.  They are massive favorites (-225 on BetMGM) tonight and getting that 4 points for the W on DK is almost a given.  He’s coming into this one in peak form, with a 2.01 ERA over the last month and allowing just 3 homers in 31 innings. 

He’s someone that we can almost always rely on with a heavy pitch count and he’s still well under last year’s 192 innings.  With a matchup against a terrible Marlins team, 6-7 innings with 7-8 K’s is well within range for what we’ve seen from Wheeler this season.  With all that said, I’m way more apt to play him on DK than I am on FD this evening.  That FD price is a little steep for me. 

Michael King ($9.8k on DK/$10k on FD) vs. San Francisco Giants

I’ll never feel 100% comfortable throwing Michael King, but I do believe this is a great spot for him tonight.  The Giants offense has been absolutely anemic of late.  Merril Kelly was able to dominate them yesterday with 8 K’s over 7 innings of work.  In the 3 starts prior to that, Kelly had given up 14 runs.  This is a Giants team that is really struggling right now, even with their walk-off win yesterday. 

The projected lineup for the Giants tonight has a nearly 28% K rate vs. righties over the last month with a wOBA of just .287.  I’m chasing here, but this is a ceiling-type game for King.  As long as the command is there for King tonight, the world is his oyster and the DK points will follow.

12:56 Update: Sean Manaea is now starting for the Mets. He’s now my SP2 over King. King is still in play, but i absolutey love Manaea tonight. I’ll be going with Wheeler/King as my pitchers on DK and Manaea is very much in play on FD.

Other pitchers that I like tonight will be Cole Ragans vs. Minnesota, Erick Fedde vs. Seattle, and Dean Kremer vs. Tampa.  I’m also out on Framber Valdez.  He’s been an absolute beast of late, but I don’t make it a habit of using lefties vs. the Dbacks.  Even without Marte, they are an extremely tenacious lineup vs. lefties.  They chased Snell after just one inning yesterday. 

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New York Mets vs. Brandon Williamson or Fernando Cruz

Meaningful September baseball.  That’s what the Mets are playing right now and it brings tears to my eyes.  With the Braves loss last night, the Mets moved into a tie with them for the final Wild Card spot in the NL.  They are one of the hottest teams in baseball right now, with a 7-game winning streak and winners of 8 of their last 10.  They get a matchup tonight that will make it easier for them to continue their winning ways. 

So far I’ve seen reports of either Brandon Williamson or Fernando Cruz starting for the Reds tonight.  What this more than likely means is that we’ll have a bullpen game tonight for the Reds  That will put the Mets in a position to put up a bunch of runs against a bullpen that has a 6.16 ERA and a 5.52 FIP over the last 2 weeks. 

Core Plays: Francisco Lindor

Secondary Plays: Pete Alonso, Mark Vientos, JD Martinez, Starling Marte, Brandon NImmo

Value Plays: Jesse Winker, Francisco Alvarez, Jeff McNeil

Chicago White Sox vs. Nick Pivetta

I want to spend up on pitching and the Mets (Lindor specifically) tonight so I need to find value.  This may be the craziest thing I’ve done all year.  Is it a smart move?  That’s very debatable.  But again, I don’t have much money left over after using 2 high-priced pitchers and the Mets.  There isn’t a single bat in this lineup that’s over $4k (for good reason).  It’s also Nick Pivetta. 

He can strike out hitters with the best of them.  But he can also give up runs and homers like the worst of them.  I’m chasing here and I 100% know it.  I’m not going to be overly concerned about splits here because between the 24 homers he’s given up this year, it’s pretty even split.  That said, he’s been worse against righties this season from a slugging % and K %.

Value Bats (I’m interested in): Nicky Lopez, Andrew Benintendi, Andrew Vaugh, Gavin Sheets, Dominic Fletcher

Other bats I like tonight will be the Padres vs. Mason Black, Royals vs. Zebby Matthews, Angels vs. Gerson Garabito, Rangers vs. Samuel Aldegheri, and Red Sox vs. Davis Martin.  

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Hump Day!  It’s Wednesday and that means a full night of baseball.  Tonight we have ourselves a nice-sized 10-game slate of MLB DFS.  At first glance, we have a pretty wide open slate.  On DK, we don’t have a single pitcher priced over $10k.  On FD however, we have some pitchers that have some crazy price tags attached to them that will make it easy to fade them.  From a bat perspective, we have a few glaring spots that we’ll want to exploit. 

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Zac Gallen ($8.4k on DK/$9.3k on FD) vs. San Francisco Giants

I’m much more likely to use Zac Gallen on DK than I am on FD thanks to the $900 reduction in his price.  Has Gallen been the stud we’ve become accustomed to over the last month or so?  He has not.  He’s also been extremely unlucky as hitters have a massive .358 BABIP against him over the last month.  That’s one of the highest numbers of anyone pitching tonight.  Only Charlie Morton and Seth Lugo are higher.  He’s due for some positive regression and it will come against a struggling offense in the Giants. 

The Giants have been striking out in droves of late and that makes this more of a ceiling-type game for Gallen.  We saw Ryne Nelson throw a gem vs. them last night and there’s no reason to think that Gallen can’t either.  He’s cheap enough that a couple of runs won’t kill us.  I love this spot for Gallen tonight. 

JP Sears ($7.7k on DK/$8.5k on FD) vs. Seattle Mariners

As you can tell by now, I’m spending down on pitching tonight.  The 3 most expensive pitchers on this slate (Eovaldi/Gray/Imanaga) all have a lot of risk in their starts tonight that I don’t want in my life.  Sears is coming into this one tonight pitching rather well. Over the last month, he really has just one poor start and has had a quality start in 5 of his last 6 outings. 

While he’s not typically a high strikeout guy, this is a matchup where he has some strikeout upside.  This Mariners team is a very high strikeout team.  Over the last month, this projected lineup for the Mariners has a 29% K rate vs. lefties.  They also have a .261 wOBA.  They are a free-swinging team.  Look for Sears tonight to continue his strong wave of pitching. 

Other pitchers that I do like tonight will be Charlie Morton vs. Colorado, Colin Rea vs. St. Louis, and Tylor Megill vs. Boston.  I’m out on Eovaldi vs. the Yankees, Gray vs. a Milwaukee team that’s much better vs. righties, and I’m also out on what should be a chalky Imanaga. 

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Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Hayden Birdsong

I don’t normally make it a habit of stacking teams in San Fran, but I’m making an exception tonight.  The Dbacks and Giants proved that runs can be scored en mass in San Francisco as they combined for 15 runs last night.  A lot of this was due to a shotty defense and a shotty bullpen.  We’re getting to attack a pitcher in Birdsong that just isn’t quite Major League-ready. 

Over his last 5 starts, he’s allowed at least 5 ER in 3 of them.  In 7 of his 11 starts this season, he’s walked at least 3 hitters.  This has equated to a pretty high WHIP of 1.43.  While he certainly does possess some K upside, he also allows just too many runners on currently to be successful.  He had a 5 ERA in AAA this season and it’s even higher in the Majors. 

Core Plays: Corbin Carroll, Joc Pederson, Jake McCarthy

Secondary Plays: Eugenio Suarez, Christian Walker, Adrian Del Castillo

Value Plays: Pavin Smith, Luis Guillorme, Geraldo Perdomo

Chicago Cubs vs. Domingo German

No need to get into specifics, but I would love nothing more than to see Domingo German get rocked tonight.  With how he’s pitched so far this season, that is very possible.  So far in 2024, he’s pitched to a 6.11 ERA and has walked nearly everyone.  Last time he faced the Cubbies he gave up 8 ER in just 2 innings of relief.  While that’s an anomaly, it’s not out of the question that he gets hammered tonight. 

After facing Skenes last night, it will almost seem like the Cubs will be getting beachballs thrown at them this evening.  I’m looking for them to get back on track after getting shut out last night.  I’m not going to be overly concerned with splits here as German won’t go long and then we’ll get a bullpen that has been terrible of late. 

Core Bats: Ian Happ, Isaac Parades, Seiya Suzuki, Nico Hoerner

Secondary Bats: Cody Bellinger, Michael Busch

Value Bats: PCA, Dansby Swanson

Other bats I like tonight will be the A’s vs. George Kirby, Guardians vs. Seth Lugo, All the Dodgers vs. Griffin Canning, Braves vs. Bradley Blalock

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Taco Tuesday!  It’s Tuesday and that means a large slate.  Tonight we have ourselves a 10-game slate of MLB DFS on both sites.  This is a slate that has some very exploitable spots.  While I’ve been making a habit of fading top-priced pitchers on slates, I’m making an exception for Chris Sale tonight as he’s in a prime spot to have a ceiling game.  We also have some other solid pitchers in great spots. 

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MLB DFS Aces – Main

Chris Sale ($10.8k on DK/$11.6k on FD) vs. Colorado Rockies

I’ll start by saying that the price is way more palatable on DK than it is on FD.  This is a smash spot for Chris Sale tonight.  The Rockies really struggle vs. lefties, both hitting for power and striking out.  The projected lineup tonight for the Rockies has a .299 wOBA, a .088 ISO, and a 25% K rate vs. lefties over the last month.  Take them out of Colorado and those numbers are even worse.  The comeback for Chris Sale has been fun to watch, even for a Mets fan like myself. 

He’s pitched the most innings in a season since 2018 and is set to pass that number if he goes 5 innings tonight.  His K/9 are the highest they’ve been since 2019 and his ERA is the lowest it’s been 2018.  He’s almost a lock for the Cy Young award and very well could be in the running for Comeback Player of the Year as well. His price is high, but he’s worth tonight in this matchup that has him as a -410 favorite.  Anything can happen, but I like the chances of Sale having a monster outing with double-digit K’s tonight. 

Ryne Nelson ($7.2k on DK/$8.8k on FD) vs. San Francisco Giants

SP2 is where I plan on saving some money tonight.  The San Francisco Giants are playing some terrible baseball right now.  They are 3-7 over their last 10 and that has dropped them to 2 games under .500 and 6.5 games out of the final Wild Card spot.  Their season is just about over and their offense is to blame.  Over the last week, they’ve scored just 19 times while striking out 31% of the time.  Against righties over the last month, tonight’s projected Giants lineup has a 26% k rate and a .281 wOBA. 

They’ve been terrible and that sets up great for Ryne Nelson.  While he may never win a Cy Young, he’s been very serviceable.  Over the last month across 31 innings of work, he has just a 3.19 ERA and a very respectable 27% K rate.  I preach ceiling-type games when chasing pitchers and this is it for him.  This is a ceiling-type game for Nelson tonight.  The concern for him at times is homers, but with this game being played in an extreme pitchers’ park, that really limits the concern for bombs. 

The other pitchers I have interest in tonight will be David Peterson vs. Red Sox (low ceiling, high floor – and it’s his birthday), Luis Castillo vs. Oakland, and maybe Chris Bassitt vs. Philly.  Bassitt has had really wonky splits where he’s giving up a ton of power vs. lefties but has also been striking them out at an even higher rate.  That said, I more than likely won’t be straying from Sale/Nelson tonight.  Make sure to drop into discord before lock to get my final pitching thoughts. 

MLB DFS Stacks – Main

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Steven Matz

Steven Matz makes his “long-awaited” return tonight after missing more than 4 months on the IL.  He’s coming into this one facing a scorching-hot Brewers team.  Of the teams in action tonight, no one has scored more runs over the last week than the Brewers and only the A’s (yes, those A’s) have hit more homers. Matz may go down as one of the more disappointing pitchers of his generation. 

He came up with a ton of fan-fare, only to continuously disappoint.  This season in his 6 starts, he’s posted an ERA over 6 thanks to giving up at least 4 ER in half of his starts earlier this year.  Righties crushed him earlier this season with an OPS of .911 and a wOBA of .392.  With this matchup and then a bullpen that is nothing more than average, the Brewers should continue to their strong play and look to wrap up the NL Central in the next week or so. 

While I normally reserve Willy Adames for matchups where he faces a righty, you just can’t deny what he’s doing on this heater that he’s on.  Over the last week, Adames has homered 6 times and has driven in 13.  He’s also scored 8 times.  He’s one of the hottest hitters in the league right now and I just don’t see Matz and the Cards bullpen cooling him off. 

After Adames, I’ll look to guys like Jackson Chourio and William Contreras.  Of the guys in this lineup, Contreras is probably the best lefty smasher as he has an OPS that’s approaching .900 against them this season.  Other guys I like in this lineup today will be Gary Sanchez, Rhys Hoskins, Blake Perkins, and Joey Ortiz.  That said, fit em all where you can. 

Atlanta Braves vs. Kyle Freeland

After the Brewers, I’m going to look to the Braves for some offense tonight.  They get a great matchup vs. a pitcher who is just not good.  Kyle Freeland is nothing more than a gas can and followed by him we have an awful bullpen that has nearly 5 ERA over the last 2 weeks.  Freeland is having his usual crappy season, with a 5.51 ERA through 16 starts.  This all can’t be blamed on starting in Coors as his ERA from Coors is 7.34 this season. 

While that’s been a bit unlucky, he has no one to blame but himself.  You just can’t be a successful major league hitter allowing a greater than 85% K rate and a more than 2.5 BB/9.  His WHIP this season is also terrible at nearly 1.5.  I’m going to attack him with the righties in this lineup as they have an OPS that’s over .850.  All 14 of the homers he’s allowed this season have been to righties. 

Core Bats: Marcell Ozuna, Jorge Soler

Secondary Bats: Matt Olson, Michael Harris

Value Bats: Ramon Laureano, Sean Murphy, Gio Urshela, Orlando Arcia, Whitt Merrifield

Other bats I like tonight will be the Mets vs. Kutter Crawford, Dodgers vs. Reid Detmers, Yankees vs. Andrew Heaney, Phillies (risky) vs. Chris Bassitt  

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