A few teams are calling up some prospects, but there is no greater name in Sports than SHEA LANGELEIERS who is coming up for Oakland today. He was a primary prospect that the Braves sent to Oakland earlier for … who the hell did they get? Oh right, Matt Olson. How’s that working out for Atlanta? Pretty good I’d say.
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WEATHER
Nothing at risk of PPD, chance of slight showers here or there but nothing that should impact any DFS decisions.
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ROBBIE RAY
Holy cow, how does Robbie Ray not put up a 30 spot today? Oh, right, he’s Robbie Ray. But seriously, a lefty vs the Angels in Anaheim with his strikeout capability is about as solid of a play as one can look for tonight.
NICK PIVETTA
The main key to beating the Pirates is having the ability to handle Reynolds, Hayes and Cruz. The other key is to just not be a douchebag. I think Pivetta can handle Reynolds, Hayes and Cruz. Two of them will be lefties which limits Pivetta’s strikeout goal tonight but the damage should be low in what is a good pitching park shift for him too.
ZACH PLESAC
Plesac gets the Tigers again, this time in his home park and yeah there’s some LiC in play today but hard to not expect another solid game from Plesac.
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Also don’t mind
Justin Steele
Patrick Corbin
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Sleeper Pick
DYLAN CEASE
Nobody is pitching better right now and he’s getting Houston at an optimal time as the Astros have gone a little cold. The allure with Cease is that he’s pitching way above his height right now and should be pretty low owned given that he’s the lesser trusted SP (vs Verlander) in this game and the opponent is known for not being one to attack. Great contrarian pick with the AL Cy Young winner tonight.
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BLUE JAYS
Vlad Jr, Teoscar, Bichette, Chapman
Gotta think Toronto has a better showing tonight vs the Orioles in what is really starting to feel like a must win game for Toronto to avoid a late season collapse. Kremer has low K% against RHH so we’re going after that weakness with an obvious RH heavy lineup.
MARINERS
Haniger, Rodriguez, France, Suraez
Another reason to like Ray tonight is he should have lots of run support. With a mostly RH lineup at the top the Mariners can attack the weakness of Jose Suarez, plus a bad bullpen.
ATHLETICS
Brown, Murphy, Pinder
The only thing better than Yusei Kikuchi on a slate is KOHEI ARIHARA BACK IN THE BIG LEAGUES. This son of a bitch is god awful, he smells worse than dog shit roasting in the sun, can’t whiff anyone, walks lots of guys and will give up 3 homers to the damn Oakland Athletics.
GUARDIANS
Kwan, Ramirez, Gimenez
Cleveland is priced easier to use on FanDuel even though that’s a site which prioritizes home runs and they’re not that kind of stack generally. Either way, they should put up a good number today.
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CATCHER
- Sean Murphy
- Gary Sanchez
- Jose Trevino
- Salvador Perez
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FIRST BASE
The heater that Vlad Jr is on right now and the match-up + must win scenario for Toronto makes it very hard to not envision Vlad Guerrero not going absolutely bananas tonight with a multi-homer game. Screw it, I’m calling for a 3 dong spot or 3 doubles, he is having a huge night.
- Vlad Jr
- Nick Pratto – Also OF Eligible
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SECOND BASE
A bad position once again that has two value free squares on both sites. Vaughn Grissom remains 2k for some reason on DK and pairing him with Vlad to start lineups will make everything else go down easier. Doesn’t mean he is the best play here, but like Semien on FD, you dont look a donkey in the gift mouth and say no…. Or something like that, right?
- Vaughn Grissom
- Kolten Wong
- Andres Gimenez
- Marcus Semien – FD Steal Still
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THIRD BASE
A warm night in Anaheim and Jose Suarez means the Mariners will hit a homer or three. Geno is my top pick from Seattle to do that, but this is not a horrible position by any stretch today.
- Eugenio Suarez
- Matt Chapman
- Jose Ramirez
- Ike Parades
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SHORTSTOP
The top two ranked players on the model are Jose Iglesias (on road) and Bobby Witt (in a funk). Neither of which we’re rushing to lock in today. Find your contrarian stud and ride them at SS which is not a position to just punt.
- Carlos Correa
- Xander Bogaerts
- Bo Bichette
- Trea Turner
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OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Mitch Haniger
- Max Kepler
- Teoscar Hernandez
- Julio Rodriguez
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OUTFIELD – Tier 2
- Steven Kwan
- Seiya Suzuki
- Tyler O’Neill
- Yordan Alvarez
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OUTFIELD – Value
- Seth Brown
- Nick Pratto (DK)
- Mark Canha
- Nolan Jones
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- Vlad Guerrero Jr – 1B – Blue Jays – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Xander Bogaerts – SS – Red Sox
- Eugenio Suarez – 3B – Mariners
- Andres Gimenez – 2B – Guardians
- Ramon Laureano – OF – Athletics
- Mitch Haniger – OF – Mariners
- Max Kepler – OF – Twins
- Gary Sanchez – C – Twins
- BONUS …………… Nick Pratto – 1B/OF – Royals
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This is a Two for Tuesday slate, meaning we’re looking at pairing some 2-man combo’s from various teams together tonight. Examples include
Vladdy and Teoscar or Bichette – Toronto
Suarez and Haniger or J-Rod – Mariners
Kepler and Correa – Twins
Ramirez and anyone – Guardians
Pratto and Perez – Royals
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CORE PLAYS
Chairman – Vladdy G
IF – Eugenio Suraez
OF – Max Kepler
Value – Nick Pratto
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BETTING PLAYS
Blue Jays ML
Yankees ML
Cubs/Nats UNDER 8.5
Athletics/Rangers OVER 8
Dare I say … White Sox ML?