August 21st, the day when MLB looks like a damn NFL pre-season slate. The pitching tonight is an absolute hogwash of journeymen, call-ups and guys who are just trying to somehow keep their MLB careers alive.
It’s ugly.
WEATHER
Reds at Angels – PPD from lingering Hurricane effects.
I see no other issues today
PAUL BLACKBURN
DK: $7000, FD: $7800
KC is hitting very well in August, but anyone who goes into Oakland at a night game gets downgraded quite a bit.
CRISTIAN JAVIER
DK: $7100, FD: $9400
I liked Ashcraft a good amount before that game was PPD, so Javier slides in as a similarly priced option who should match or even beat Castillo (chalkier/higher rated) tonight. Boston’s been hitting well and has a couple RHH that give him issues like Justin Turner, but we can search for 6 IP and a good QS none the less from Javier.
OTHER PITCHING NOTES
- Luis Castillo continues to be a much better pitcher at home than on the road (2.70 vs 3.90 ERA difference just for example). The White Sox are coming out of Coors but that’s not enough for me to pay extra for him tonight.
RANGERS
Seager, Garver, Jankowski
Corey Seager, the holy spirit himself, is going back home tonight. Yeah, he’s from North Carolina origionally, but the kid fucking destroyed Chase Field with his time as a Dodger. Granted, he is destroying every field right now and a little road trip should get Texas going
PIRATES / CARDINALS
PIT: Reynolds, Davis, Hayes
STL: Arenado, Edman, Goldschmidt
The Cardinals are going to mix Drew Rom and Matthew Liberatore together tonight it sounds like. Drew Rom is a lefty pitcher the Cardinals received in the Jack Flaherty deal with Baltimore. Outside of having decent K% in the minors he hasn’t been very good and I would expect Pittsburgh to hit him tonight — even though they will grade poorly on the model.
METS
McNeil, Lindor, Nimmo
After dealing away their pitching and sending up the white flag, the Mets veterans have finally started to hit. Warm night in Atlanta should only keep that trend going.
Also Like: Marlins
CATCHER
- Mitch Garver
- Martin Maldanado
FIRST BASE
- Justin Turner
- Nate Lowe
- Christian Walker
- Paul Goldschmidt
SECOND BASE
- Ha-Seong Kim
- Jeff McNeil
- Jose Altuve
THIRD BASE
- Austin Riley
- Nolan Arenado
- Jake Burger
SHORTSTOP
- Corey Seager
- Francisco Lindor
- Tommy Edman
OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore
- Brandon Nimmo
- Bryan De La Cruz
- Marcell Ozuna
- Henry Davis
OUTFIELD – Tier 2
- Kyle Tucker
- Bryan Reynolds
- Tyler O’Neill
OUTFIELD – Value
- Travis Jankowski
- Kevin Pillar
- Mitch Garver – C – Rangers – Chairman of The Dongers Club
- Corey Seager – SS – Rangers
- Jake Burger – 3B – Marlins
- Bryan De La Cruz – OF – Marlins
- Brandon Nimmo – OF – Mets
- Marcell Ozuna – OF – Braves
- Paul Goldschmidt – 1B – Cardinals
- Jose Altuve – 2B – Astros
- BONUS ………….. Ha Seong Kim – Padres
BEST OVER POTENTIAL
Cardinals/Pirates
BEST UNDER POTENTIAL
Royals/Athletics
BEST UNDERDOG ML
Marlins