The Dongers Club – July 5th

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Another fantastic DFS slate last night and we are onto a 12 game Tuesday slate which locks at 7:05 on your favorite DFS site of choice. Tonight is also round 1 of the final Dongers Club Appreciation Contest before the All-Star Break.  There will be one tournament in August as well and this series will be 4 rounds where your top 3 scores are taken for the overall leaderboards. https://www.draftkings.com/draft/contest/128509955 Tonight’s Rule is Outback Rules!  That means, no rules for those of you who are slow with the puns. Click the link above to join in.  $283 to first place and $100 to second place this month. [spacer height=”20px”] WEATHER Chance of Rain showers in Fenway Park between Rays and Red Sox but I do not anticipate a PPD Chance of Rain showers in Comiskey Park II between Twins and White Sox. Hot as balls in Detroit for Detroit’s standards and really warm everywhere. [spacer height=”20px”] The list of names going tonight definitely leaves a lot to desire, so I am once again deciding to just go off the reservation and trust my gut on who is going to win, not get destroyed and can calmly go into our lineups despite maybe not having the best name on the board.  So lets dig into our inner Oracle for another contrarian SP or three on a slate where there is no game with a total below 8.5 LUIS H GARCIA I don’t care how much my brain says that the Royals hit well in Texas/Houston, they are not winning a game in this series.  This is another low K spot but the Astros pitchers are always solid at home.  Kansas City should struggle offensively so long as Garcia doesn’t walk them. NICK PIVETTA While most of the country is dealing with lots of heat and humidity, Fenway Park in Boston tonight has a lower Dew Point and the threat of bad weather which can push this game along.  Yes, the wind is blowing out towards the monster but 5-9 hitters for Tampa are all high strikeout upside for Pivetta and if he starts off with his Knuckle-Curve working in the first inning I can see Pivetta going 5+ with 8+ strikeouts tonight. ANDRE PALLANTE Pallante is nothing special, he’s the kid in the movie about high school kids who nobody pays attention too until it’s some weird moment where they need…...

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