Happy Thursday Baseball and let me make a pitch real quick for the Man of the Year Award to Time Magazine if they still do that. Today the Pirates of Pittsburgh are playing their usual home Thursday afternoon game at 12:35 PM. Normally, I would watch this, because, you know, Baseball right? But today, you and I – we HAVE to watch, simply because it’s Paul Skenes. Give the man the award now because he has made the Pirates great … again? WEATHER All games play Woah…. The top two pitchers (Skenes and Wheeler) are the exact same price on FD as they are on DK. The Matrix is real folks. Lock and load for me on Skenes, I think we ride the train until he has that one crash start. Sure, its chalky, sure, its trendy. No, I’m not fading him. On the flip side, I can pass on Wheeler by going with Heaney because what would be more fitting than a 1-0 Phillies win for Wheeler. Philly has not hit LHP well in the past week, so lets hope that continues to slide in their direction before they head out to Coors tomorrow. PAUL SKENES (DK: $9500, FD: 9500) ANDREW HEANEY (DK: $6800, FD: $7500) ZACK WHEELER (DK: $11,000, FD: $11000) PADRES vs REDS San Diego will hammer Montas in the small park and Machado’s HR is just a ticking time bomb away from happening. The HR DUE trend on the model has been white hot and we have just one guy today who fits the statistical profile for it — Mr. Manny. Manny Machado – 3B Jake Cronenworth – 1B Jurickson Profar – OF CINCINNATI REDS The stack I think fits really well that most will ignore though is Cincinnati. You need to know Jacob Hurtubise as he is going to be a poor mans Brandon Nimmo in my evaluation and while he may not have the lengthy career that Nimmo has carved out, at least for the short time he is going to be a DFS cornerstone. At $2200 pairing Hurtubise with Elly ($6300) you are going to just play the total bases + steals + runs scored stack combination without chasing homers. Although a cheap Mike Ford HR out of the 3-hole today would not shock me. Jacob Hurtubise – OF Elly De La Cruz – SS Mike Ford -…...
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