Yesterday was fun to see Baseball in action with fans everywhere and somewhat back to normal. Forget that the Nationals and Mets seemingly are going back to 2020 style and just be happy with what we have right now and that appears to be a real full baseball season with good attendance growing as the season progresses along. Tonight is just a small slate which is normal for the second day of the season and a good way to continue to ease into things. It honestly feels like a Monday slate tonight and most of the games are out on the west coast. WEATHER There are weather no issues today So the Marlins and Rays obviously did not go over and those two pitchers were the primary two to own yesterday. I expect we see lots of chasing in the SP game stack scenario there today and that to me is just being a blind sheep without giving full consideration to who is actually pitching and the actual likelihood that we see another low scoring game there. It’s not a spot I want to rush towards personally. Once again today forces me to decide if I want to push in the chips on my belief that pitchers in A) New Teams and B) Change of leagues are going to struggle in their first couple of starts. Both Blake Snell and Trevor Bauer look like guys who should pitch well tonight but they both fit one or two (Snell) of those molds. Honestly, Bauer is the type of kid who can go into Coors Field and engineer his way to a dominant outing but even though he will get the win today (Dodgers bats — see below) I do not expect Bauer to have that chemistry game yet in Coors. Wait till his third trip there and then expect him to do something phenomenal. So for now, we fade. Merrill Kelly (Diamondbacks) I conceded long ago that I was wrong initially on Kelly when he first started pitching for Arizona. There is nothing sexy about him but he is efficient and in the scoring world of FanDuel — he is Quality. Six innings, 3 or fewer runs allowed, five strikeouts and not too many base runners. The Padres have a bevy of bats who can MASH lefties, but whenever we get them vs a RH like Kelly…...
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