SLATE NOTES Thanks to the weather lords we have just a 4 game MAIN slate today, which locks early and runs into the late afternoon. Your four games that are on this slate today include Red Sox at Tigers – 1:10 pm Blue Jays at Royals – 2:10 pm Giants at White Sox – 2:10 pm Nationals at Rockies – 4:10 pm WEATHER Not warm in any of the games, temps below 60 everywhere and some wind again in all spots. 10 mph out to LF in Detroit. Not quite at the Comerica 14+ mph winds out level and we also get to see the new dimension changes at Comerica for the first time as they moved in CF/R-CF fences slightly. This used to be a great triples alley, so we might see a slight hitting reduction in that regard. Heavy winds in Chicago (South Side) again, but only mid/upper 40’s. Winds are up to 20 mph gusts out to LF With a four game slate we immediately move into short slate mode. Here are a few general tips for a ‘short slate’, which to me is anything 5 games or less. Game Stack and go. This includes SP game stacks as well, which is often overlooked as a strategy on short slates. Full team stacks work more often. If nothing else, you are just searching for the little offense which a slate may bring, and running into that guy hitting 7th who has the top score is going to pay off. Catchers. Why do catchers ALWAYS homer on a short slate? Choose your contests wisely. I would much rather play a higher $ 3-man contest and just play my contrarian build there where I only have to beat 2 people who are likely using the safe build instead of trying to be contrarian on a 4 game slate with 3000 other lineups who are also being somewhat contrarian. Kevin Gausman Yes, we can consider this a SP game stack with Jordan Lyles, but what fun is Jordan Lyles? After a boring poor offensive game last night where the ball did not carry we have even worse weather conditions this afternoon for both pitchers, so I expect another low scoring game in Kauffman and Gausman will get Melendez/Witt/Salvy all to strike out. Josiah Gray Off to Coors we go for a contrarian spot. The Rockies first home game…...
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