Welcome to a great Sunday of MLB Baseball action where the big question today is will the White Sox team bus make it to the field on time? In a wild twist of events, FanDuel has 11 games on it today, including the Mariners and Rockies, while DraftKings went with the nice even ten (10) game slate.
WEATHER
All clear, not warm anywhere though.
If ever there was a collection of Sunday School names for pitchers it would be today. You’ve got yourselves a Sonny vs Colin, Casey, Kyle, Ros, Cole and Seth. Tanner, Nick, Aaron and Josh. Mitchell “Dont call me Peter” Parker, and of course, Luis, Louie, and up until about 10:45 we had a Cristian. But he’s now scratched, so cross him off…
AARON NOLA (DK: $10,800, FD: $10,300)
So the other day FanDuel had a pitcher over 11k and he wasn’t facing the White Sox. Nola, a good pitcher, is facing the White Sox at home. Uh. He should be 20k. Hell, I would consider myself a 10k pitcher against the White Sox. The only reason I am rolling Nola second here is because I wanted to just put the Cristian first out of respect for Sunday. The White Sox are just horrific and don’t seem to give a shit about it either.
LOUIE VARLAND (DK: $6400, FD: $6600)
Varland has enough talent to put it all together but thus far in 2024, like most of the Twins, he has not lived up to that area. That’s starting to change for them and the BABIP should turn in his favor here today. A tough road facing the Dodgers and Orioles now eases up with Spencer Torkelson, Javy Baez and the Tigers coming in. 6 innings, 8 strikeouts on the docket for Louie V folks.
HUNTER BROWN (DK: $6800, FD: $6300)
Brown is being bumped up since Cristian Javier would not pitch on the Lord’s Day. Brown is settling back into form and I love the ole switch out here for him. He should be a chalky play now that he gets the Nationals, who really have about 7 easy outs in this lineup right now.
Other Pitching Thoughts …
- It’s a decent slate for mid-tier guys. Aaron Civale, Kyle Hendricks, Casey Mize are all likely to pitch well but not clean. Specifically Mize vs Buxton, Civale vs Soto and Hendricks vs De La Cruz are troublesome spots at the top of the lineup.
- The one guy who stands out that I am fading is Tanner Bibee. Good reason to buy into the strikeout prop going over, but more risk here than going with Nola or Javier.
GUARDIANS
Jose Bubba Ramirez, Josh Naylor, Bo Naylor
You know who knows everything there is to know about the Shrimpin Bizness? Bubba’s Family. That’s right, Bubba Ramirez. It’s his world today and we are just living in it. Along with the two Naylor’s teeing off on the Stripper….
ROYALS
Salvy Perez, Bobby Witt Jr, Renfroe/Velasquez
Speaking of teams that fuck. The Royals offense, no matter the circumstances finds a way to come through of late.
PHILLIES
Bohm, Castellanos
Well, I’ll be damned. Nick Castellanos went 3-3 with a triple yesterday. I think the guy spent the prior two nights sitting in the dugout reflecting upon the fact that he wasn’t beating up on the South Side of Chicago’s orphanage Baseball team and said wait a minute, I’m the grim reaper, we gotta murder things from Chicago. Time for a Sunday homer.
CATCHER
- Salvador Perez
- Shea Langeliers
- Bo Naylor
FIRST BASE
- Harper, Bryce
- Josh Naylor
- Ryan O’Hearn
SECOND BASE
- Zack Gelof
- Jorge Polanco (FD)
- Jonathan India … Might walk 4 times, but might also score each of those times
THIRD BASE
- Jose Ramirez
- Alec Bohm
SHORTSTOP
- Bobby Witt Jr.
- Jeremy Pena
- Gunnar Henderson
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Byron Buxton
- Yordan Alvarez / Kyle Tucker
- Seth Brown
- Juan Soto
OUTFIELD – Tier II
- Nick Castellanos
- Bryan Reynolds
OUTFIELD – Sunday Vlaue
- Will Benson
- Hunter Renfroe
- Jose Ramirez – 3B – Guardians – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Salvador Perez – 1B/DH – Royals
- Will Benson – OF – Reds
- Bobby Witt Jr. – SS – Royals
- Bo Naylor – C – Guardians
- Nick Castellanos – OF – Phillies
- Yordan Alvarez – OF – Astros
- Seth Brown – OF – Athletics
- BONUS ………….. Alec Bohm – 3B – Phillies
TOP BETS
- Milwaukee +140
- Twins -120
- CLE + HOU ML Parlay
And for fun with some 0.25u plays … Let’s do some YRFI/NRFI’s on this fine Sunday … Runs in the 1st Inning
- HOU @ WSH: Yes
- TB @ NYY: No
- BOS @ PIT: No
- CWS @ PHI: Yes
- LAA @ CIN: Yes
- OAK @ CLE: Yes
- BAL @ KC: Yes, otherwise this game is fucked
- DET @ MIN: No
- MIL @ STL: No
- MIA @ CHC: No