A few rough days with watered down slates due to afternoon games and then last night’s Thursday 5 gamer was just a debacle for The Dongers Club. We move forward into a Friday, not a TestiFriday because there is no home Wrigley game as the Cubs are out in L.A. for the return of former Dodger Cody Bellinger which should be fun and we have three early turbo games which are not on the main slate. So goodbye Arizona/Miami, goodbye San Francisco/Detroit and goodbye Taijuan Walker vs the Reds in Cincy. We also avoid games in Coors & Chase Field as well as Truist Park from a hitting perspective, so it’s a nice balanced slate for weather, park factors and … oh man, Eric Lauer is pitching in PETCO! WEATHER All clear, no issues. Even with 12 games on this slate we are limited with a bunch of #3 and #4 quality pitchers going. Quite a few guys who have mediocre at best strikeout potential and a good number of other old veterans who are trying to hang around and can put up a random dominant score (like Michael Wacha did his LAST start, you missed it.) BRADY SINGER DK: $7,600, FD: $8,400 Singer on the other hand is a legit front end starter now for the Royals. The added depth in his pitch selection along with effectively staying out of situations where walks can bite him he has now turned into a reliable option and should be fairly contrarian tonight for those who prefer non chalk pitchers. Singer remains very solid vs LHB so Olson/Rosario/Albies all are guys I expect him to do very well against and I don’t see anyone beyond Sean Murphy getting hard contact tonight because I doubt he throws his change up early to Acuna. Yes, the weather here is ideal for hitting for 13 mph out to left and a 68% dewpoint, but Singer gives us a guy we can target for 6 innings and a good # of strikeouts vs a team who loves to swing. MARTIN PEREZ DK: $6,800, FD: $10,100 I am trusting my gut here. I felt this was a prove it series for the Rangers and the brain says go Garcia because Seager is out, but the gut says Perez pitches well in Houston and negates Tucker/Alvarez to cruise through 6 innings. This is also a fairly significant…...
Keep reading — and get the full war room.
The rest of this breakdown is for members. A subscription unlocks the entire Daily Ambush platform:
- Command Center — your entire slate on one screen
- Tier-graded stacks (A/B/C) with heatmap and pair analysis
- Ambush Intel — named AI agents tracking live P/L, every sport
- Batter vs. pitcher pitch arsenals, xwOBA splits, BvP history
- Lineup optimizer with pro stack rules and exposure controls
- SIM Matrix — Monte Carlo simulation engine
