Since there is no Coors Field today both sites have the same amount of games — which is 10 — for the Main Slate. This is a pivot/be different kinda slate from an offensive perspective. We have a ton of openers going and then we have a bunch of sneaky veterans who normally would fit perfectly into the Sunday Sleeper profile but I just can’t pull the trigger on any of them. Sunday’s are the most chalky day when it comes to people blindly following Vegas totals and I think they all get burned today, so that’s the number one thing you should ignore when building lineups. WEATHER Perfect. Absolutely perfect. Mid 80’s, no wind, no rain. Just perfect. MY NUMBER ONE JESUS LUZARDO (DK: $10.8k, FD: $10k) There shouldn’t be a single person today who doesn’t default into Jesus Luzardo as a primary pick. It’s a Sunday South Beach narrative with the Rockies of all teams. And after him the choices are a massive heaping pile of crap which includes Nola vs Cleveland (nah), and two dorks fighting it out in Target Field that I’ll get too below. Luzardo should roll. SECONDARY OPTIONS Taj Bradley (DK: $7600, FD: $8000) Baltimore saw Bradley a month ago down in the Tampa Bay regional COSTCO Warehouse and they struggled versus him, they should do better today specifically with good games from Henderson, O’Hearn and Santander, but he too like Gore will get enough whiffs to give him a good score. MacKenzie Gore (DK: $8300, FD: $8800) My love child, Mr. Gore is the second southpaw I will roster today after Luzardo. The Giants will be heading back home after this game and aside from a bunch of HR lately (playing in Cincy helps) they’re collectively hitting around the Mendoza line post the ASB with a near 30% strikeout rate. Any SP2 you ride today has to have ability to get 7 strikeouts otherwise it’s a blind click and hope for a positive score. Gore can do that. In fact, I believe he can finish SP1 as well. SUNDAY SLEEPER MARTIN PEREZ What.. You want me to actually provide justification? Look. Here’s the justification. The alternative option was Jordan Lyles. I love some premium hitters today as one offs and so punting SP2 is the path for me here. OTHER NOTES Lucas Giolito and Bailey Ober square off in a battle…...
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