A solid six game slate tonight starting at 7:05.
Weather looks good for most games with some potential rain in Baltimore- looks like the game should play but keep an eye on it.
San Diego has the highest dew point with temps in the high 80s.
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Jordan Montgomery
Montgomery has pitched well since coming over the Cardinals hitting 20 or more DK points in four of the last five games. One of those games he went 9 innings allowed only one hit and struck out seven hitters for 42.7 DK points. He faces a Nationals team that is struggling as of late has struck out 27% of the time against LHP. With a 50% groundball rate and a low 25% flyball put him in a good spot against the Nats tonight along with a high change of a win. Looking for 7 innings 1-2 earned runs and 7-8 strike outs.
Yu Darvish
One of the most consistent pitchers this year hitting 100 plus pitches, seven plus inning and double-digit DK points in almost all games. The Diamondbacks have been solid as of late against RHP, but I am going with Darvish track record. Looking for 6/2/7.
Also Consider:
Christian Javier -Rangers striking out 25 % of the time against RHP.
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Risk/Reward Play
Javier Assad
Pitching is rough today and Assad gets a team that I have targeted pitchers with- the Reds. Assad had actually pitched well against two tough teams- Cardinals and Blue Jays only allowing one run over 10 innings to them. Looking for 5/2/5.
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Cardinals
Excellent matchup against Abbot allowing about a 2.5 HR/9, 70% flyball rate to LHH and 50 to RHH.
Tyler O’Neill, Nolan Gorman, Lars Nootbar and Arenado or Goldschmidt
Houston Astros
Jose Altuve-on fire, Jeremy Pena, Alex Bregman, Trey Mancini
Padres
Manny Machado, Josh Bell, Aaron Nola and Will Myers
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CATCHER
- Austin Nola
- Danny Jansen
- Yadier Molina
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FIRST BASE
- Josh Naylor
- Will Myers
- Albert Pujols
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SECOND BASE
- Jose Altuve
- Nolan Gorman
- Cavan Biggio
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THIRD BASE
- Manny Machado
- Chris Morel
- Nolan Arenado
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SHORTSTOP
- Bobby Witt
- Jeremy Pena
- Paul DeJong
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OUTFIELD
Top Tier to have at least one of today
- Tyler O’Neill
- George Springer
- Ian Happ
- Kyle Tucker
Mid/Value Tier
- Kole Calhoun- .517 avg 3 HRS vs Javier
- Lars Nootbar
- Drew Walters
- Corey Dickerson aka- CDick
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BOOM SHAKA CORE PLAYS 🤯 🤙
- Tyler O’Neill
- Austin Nola
- Nolan Gorman/or Jose Altuve- see both doing well
- Kole Calhoun
Pitching Options
DK
Montgomery/Darvish- Core plus Cards/Astros value plays
Darvish/Assad– riskier option. but allows more flexibility with bats.
GOOD LUCK