The Tigers and Guardians game which was on the MAIN slate has been moved off as they’re now playing a double-header. This has given us a 2 game Early slate to pair those knuckleheads with the Royals and Cubs from Wrigleyville on a Friday Afternoon in August Baby!
WEATHER
No issues
PABLO LOPEZ
Do I wanna use Pirates? Yeah, kinda. Am I crazy? Yeah, kinda. Lopez probably gets near the top in ownership tonight around 20-30%, he should have a 30% strikeout night and the Twins trust him to give them 6+ IP as well.
KYLE GIBSON
Gibson in a huge park is where he thrives. He should go into the Coliseum tonight, get some grounders, get some long fly ball outs and get through 7 innings after a bad last start.
SANDY ALCANTARA
Sandy is back, not quite to the dominant 2023 level, but back as a very reliable option. Obviously last start was against the lowly Yankee lineup and he did throw 116 pitches just 6 days ago, so that’s why he ranks third, but a 13-18 DK FPTS return tonight isn’t the worst result and I trust Sandy more than others to not go negative here either.
OTHER OPTIONS
Spencer Strider: Dont expect another blow up like that Pirate game two starts back. He will be fine, but also not a 13K Strider spot IMO.
Brandon Pfaadt: The flashes have shown up for Pfaadt late into his rookie campaign. Still a good long term pitching option for Arizona, who faces a SD team with holes and thus the ceiling potential is good here.
Zack Thompson: Thompson will grade well off his one start returning to the mound on 8/11 vs Kansas City. He’s not stretched out to go long, so the price is appropriate here, but the Mets aren’t a dominant team vs LHP either.
RED SOX
Devers, Story, Duvall, Yoshida, Casas
Is tonight the night it all implodes for the Yankees? Sure does feel like it can’t get much worse, but the Red Sox coming in and dropping a 7 spot in the first five innings might just cause that train to finally go off the tracks.
ROCKIES
Tovar, McMahon, Jones
Kopech and Lambert facing off in Coors. Just hang them up if the worst walk guy in the game comes into Coors and decides to not walk anyone. You can’t walk guys in Coors, it just leads to really bad events.
RAYS & ANGELS
Rays will open with Erasmo and then bullpen night most likely. The Rays are a disaster right now, but this game actually has both sides tempting to me.
CATCHER
- Willson Contreras
- Keibert Ruiz
- Yasmani Grandal
FIRST BASE
- Yandy Diaz
- Christian Walker
- Ty France
- Andrew Vaughn
SECOND BASE
- Brandon Lowe
- Jorge Polanco
- Trevor Story
THIRD BASE
- Rafael Devers
- Nolan Arenado
- Ryan McMahon
- Jake Burger
SHORTSTOP
- Ezequiel Tovar
- Corey Seager
- Trea Turner
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Yordan Alvarez … My favorite ‘stud’ hitter to pay for tonight.
- Randy Arozarena
- Nolan Jones
- Eloy Jimenez
OUTFIELD – Tier 2
- Shohei Ohtani
- Charlie Blackmon
- Masataka Yoshida
- Julio Rodriguez … RHH vs France in general.
OUTFIELD – Value
- Joc Pederson
- Teoscar Hernandez
- Jordan Walker
- Yordan Alvarez – OF – Astros … Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Trea Turner – SS – Phillies
- Eloy Jimenez – OF – White Sox
- Rafael Devers – 3B – Red Sox
- Brandon Lowe – 2B – Rays
- Ty France – 1B – Mariners
- Randy Arozarena – OF – Rays
- Yasmani Grandal – C – White Sox
- BONUS …. Nolan Arenado – 3B – Cardinals