WEATHER There are a couple spots that have some risk in them on the early slate. Overall only one game has “good” weather and that one is cloudy with a chance of rain too (Diamondbacks at Nationals), so I expect all games to play relatively tame. Cardinals at Red Sox: Rain risk here. I expect a possible delay but the game plays Yankees at Pirates: Rain risk here. I expect it to play Spencer Arrighetti (DK: $8000) … Cold but no rain issues here. Let me see the Twins hit consistently before I avoid picking on them. Mitchell Parker (DK: $6900) … Riding this sleeping pitching candidate in a tough matchup. No Marte for Arizona should help although ‘Zona still has a stable of RHH they can roll out. The Nats have not hit LHP very well so run support could be an issue tonight – however you won’t find me touting E-Fraud on the other side (he’s not that bad of a play, I have to admit) Tomoyuki Sugano (DK: $6700) … While Stroman in big PNC park could be tempting I don’t want to experience that frustration, so gimme an asian instead! Wait, what? You heard me right. The Royals vs a SP they have no MLB data on is as weak as the rest of the pitching options on this slate are. That means for whatever reason the organization just doesn’t scout ahead well. A good rule of thumb when no single team sticks out is to check the pitching dashboard on the model and just attack the bottom 2-3 pitchers on the slate. Well, in this case I mentioned both Sugano and E-Rod as probably doing well so that rules that out and thus we’re not landing on any ‘easy’ obvious spots. CARDINALS at RED SOX Weather is the obvious concern, but that brings us good opportunity to snipe low ownership if others get scared close to lock. STL: Nootbar, Burleson, Arenado, Contreras BOS: Duran, Devers, Bregman Next Best Spots Dodgers/Phillies Pirates Nationals CATCHER William Contreras Keibert Ruiz JT Realmuto FIRST BASE Josh Bell Bryce Harper Ryan Mountcastle SECOND BASE Alex Bregman Jordan Westburg Nico Hoerner THIRD BASE Nolan Arenado Rafael Devers Jazz SHORTSTOP Mookie Betts Anthony Volpe OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Jarren Durran Lars Nootbar Oneil Cruz Dylan Crews Mookie Betts – SS – L.A. Dodgers…...
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