Eight Monday night games to start this week off. [spacer height=”10px”] WEATHER Reds at Phillies – Rain that eventually moves out. This is a case where I expect them to have a delay followed by them playing the game. But I am not using Noah Syndergaard (PHI) or Luis Cessa (CIN) as pitching options so it’s only a matter of trusting the game plays for hitters. Worth the risk. All other games look fine [spacer height=”10px”] A fairly blah and boring pitching slate but not one where you just blindly pick anyone. Max Scherzer vs the Yankees is the headliner and since he is Max he will still garner ownership, but isn’t someone I believe is a must own at a high price point today. I am not going to be using Scherzer tonight. If he drops his nuts on the Yankees then so be it. [spacer height=”10px”] JULIO URIAS The Brewers struggled with lefty Justin Steele in Chicago yesterday and now go into a park which helps lefty hitters more, so facing a lefty on the mound probably won’t play into their favor much and in this case, Jose Urias, is seeing them the second time in a row after going just 5 IP but not allowing a run in Milwaukee. He should get through 6 tonight and that puts him over 20 DK FPTS. EDWARD CABRERA The Marlins and Athletics series is going to be a fun one…. Things, nobody ever said. I think that Cabrera’s nasty stuff can play well in Oakland tonight, the A’s obviously haven’t seen him and will probably chase a fair amount allowing him to have a 6+ strikeout game. Adam Oller (FANDUEL) The more I check out FanDuel for building a lineup today the less I like the idea of forcing in a pay up pitcher. Another case where you might as well take the top dog in Scherzer if you are paying up there but I don’t think he is going past 42 fantasy points tonight and nobody in the mid range looks well either. So I trim down to a cheaper option with Contreras/Odorizzi having potential strike out upside but also both are giving up 4 ER and that’s still a negative thing so common sense says no. How about a pitcher in a great pitchers park? How about a guy vs a bad offense? How about Adam Olly Olly…...
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