I believe this is the first Friday of the MLB 2022 season where we have 15 games that all start after 7PM and to make the situation even better we have no games which are expected to be PPD. It’s not officially Summer yet, but this is about as close to summer perfection as we can have. If only the Cubs were playing this afternoon at home. Tonight’s pitching gives us the return of Tylor but no Tyler, a Zac but no Zach or Zack or Zackary. There’s three Luis’, a Jose and a Glenn. A Bruce, a Dick, a Paul, an Erick, a Joe, Jakob and of course, America’s favorite Chad. Oh yes, we also have Luis Castillo pitching on a Friday. [spacer height=”20px”] TOP TWO JOE MUSGROVE Musgrove is at home where he always pitches well and is facing the Rockies who have a 22% weighted K% and 23% over the last week. All total Musgrove is projected to be near the top on total strikeouts tonight and has very few bats in this lineup which can take him deep. AARON ASHBY The Brewers will look to get a win to end their losing streak off the arm of one of their top arms, even if he is the youngest of the group. Ashby has a 34.3% CSW% and has sustained it consistently through each of his starts. That should offset a low strikeout team like the Nationals who are seeing him for the first time as a starter. DONT MIND TRISTON McKENZIE I would project McKenzie in the same range as Ashby tonight but with a little less risk and less upside. He saw Oakland back in early May and since then has only gone deeper and deeper into games. The young kid should get lots of whiffs off his heater and put the Athletics away with his breaking pitches tonight. CONTRARIAN PAIR WALKER BUEHLER I still believe in Walker and the Giants offense is ice cold which is going to offer us a great late night hammer opportunity for Buehler to start to get right. I am not confident enough in him right now to say this is his break out start for 2022, but it is going to be a start in the right direction. ROANSY CONTRERAS Atlanta is still striking out plenty and they’ll probably be a little side-ways facing Contreras who has proven…...
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