We finish off the “1st Half” of the season today with a 10 game MAIN slate and then a 4 game Tilt/Afternoon slate. There is no Sunday Night Baseball today because the “Island” game is at 11:30 today as MLB doesn’t want anyone playing the night before the break. WEATHER I would be shocked if any game got PPD today. Just a slight chance of rain in Philadelphia, Detroit and New York (Mets). It’s not great… I have a hard time picking TWO pitchers I like, let alone three. Heck, I really have a hard time finding ONE pitcher that I think can get to that magical 20+ DK FPTS today. So, the bar is lowered, we are not looking for that magical 20 spot today bur rather if you can build around a pair of pitchers who probably go 5 innings, get a win and are not terrible along the way then it will be good enough. JAKE IRVIN (DK: $9000, FD: $9200) Picking on the Brewers who have started to unravel and will soon lose their grip on the NL Central. Irvin is not a 9k pitcher, but he’s been pitching like one up until having to face the divisional Mets twice in a row. Going out of the division will benefit him and like I said, the Brewers aren’t scaring me much right now unless Contreras/Adames get going & Irvin is very solid vs RHH. MITCH KELLER (DK: $9600, FD: 10,400) If you remove two starts against the Cardinals (who know him well) then Mitch Keller is arguably one of the top pitchers over the last two months. He’ll be coming off a 107 PC outing at home vs the Mets but that was six days ago and his prior 100+ PC games did not result in a follow on bad outing. Plus, he isn’t someone who relies solely on over powering hitters go have success. So long as he keeps walks down he can minimize damage and avoid trouble on a hot & windy day in Chicago. OTHER PITCHING THOUGHTS The Phillies will open with Orion Kerkering and then turn to Michael Mercado, which I think is a great move but with some risk as Kerking wasn’t “locked in” yesterday. That said, this could be a sign as to what Philly is going to do a lot in the second half to extend their rotation out and Kerking as…...
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