I guess I should have taken a “Bryce Harper” yesterday and by that I mean just a day of rest because that was an utter disaster of an article I put together last night which was so far off base that you didn’t even bother getting excited about a sweat. It happens and a mental clearing of the mind was in order this morning to reset for tonight’s slate. Because every once and a while, that is required. DraftKings has ONE more game than FanDuel tonight and it’s a good spot for pitching between the Angels and Astros. Otherwise all games are clear of any Weather issues and should be good to go tonight. When I got to the hitting section I found that some mid to high range bats immediately leaped off the page at me tonight. While we could obviously punt a cheap value play at a couple of positions tonight, I found that the upside of the mid range pitchers might with those good bats probably outweighs the upside of locking in two stud’s on DK tonight. That said, both Cole and Gilolito are about the same to me, and you are fine with either one up top and yes you can fit two of these three top guys in on DK…. Gerrit Cole He has not been the same dominant pitcher this year with the Yankees, leading many to believe that he was no doubt part of the Astros “magical” pitching last season where they all seemed to have this incredible boost in spin rate. But really Cole just seems to have ran into bad luck with scheduling between COVID postponements, 7 inning games and having to face the Rays. Tonight he’s in Baltimore and should cruise to a nice 7 inning win. Lucas Giolito Whit Merrifield got a hit last night which ended his brief cold slump, but then it died after that. KC knows Giolito and got to him after a few starts last season – but I lean heavily on Gio who has turned another corner recently and should cruise through this banged up and weak lineup. Aaron Civale So Christian Yelich will homer. Let’s get that obvious spot out of the way first. Afterwards, Cleveland is still better than Milwaukee and will win the game 4-2 which brings Civale into play as a slightly cheaper option than the two aces…...
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