My top options today: Chris Bassitt (DK: $9700, FD: $9300)… Returns to Oakland and Bassitt in a big stadium is about as reliable as they come. Brandon Pfaadt – Value Reid Detmers   AVOID Brady Singer … KC has said they are dialing his usage back and that’s why they skipped his last start.  I think there is too much risk here even though he’s facing a dead team.   Top games/teams today: Arizona Diamondbacks (Gurriel, Pham, Walker, Marte) … Very affordable, so could fit them in with G.Cole as well if you get creative.  Gurriel/Walker are the keys for HR upside. NY Yankees (Dominguez, Torres) St. Louis Cardinals (Goldschmit, Contreras, Arenado)   CATCHER Willson Contreras Francisco Alvarez Salvador Perez   FIRST BASE Pete Alonso Christian Walker Matt Olson   SECOND BASE Ketel Marte Michael Massey Gleyber Torres   THIRD BASE Ryan McMahon Alec Bohm Nolan Arenado   SHORTSTOP Bobby Witt Jr Jeremy Pena Francisco Lindor   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Lourdes Gurriel Jr Jasson Dominguez Anthony Santander Kyle Tucker   Jasson Dominguez – OF – NY Yankees – Chairman of The Dongers Club Lourdes Gurriel JR – OF – Arizona Christian Walker – 1B – Arizona    

WEATHER SF @ CHC:  Hot and wind blowing out to LF CWS @ KC:  Hot and wind blowing out to LF COL @ ARI:  Assume roof will remain closed   My top options today: Cole Ragans (DK: $7200, FD: $9000) … August pitcher of the month was a Royal.  Damn straight I am firing up the Ragans train here vs Chicago.  The heat and wind does lend one to think that there could be a HR from the White Sox RHH but considering Eloy/Robert are both trying hard to get placed on the season ending IL list, Tim Anderson sucks, Jake Burger is gone then what are we worried about here — Trayce Thompson hitting a homer?  Big deal…  Fire away Ragans. Merrill Kelly (DK: $9300, FD: $10.3k) … MK is great at home usually and the Rockies are obviously not a great road hitting team even though historically they have hit well in Chase Field as an organization no matter who is there.  But this isn’t an easy pitching slate so I will take Kelly to bounce back after a rough game in Dodger Stadium and be closer to the 18-24 DK point range.   GUT CALL Jose Berrios (DK: $8800, FD: $10.1k) … Coming out of Coors, the Jays could use Berrios to give them some length today and quickly get this one over with.  Oakland actually has a drastic .315 BA and a low 17% strikeout rate vs RHH over the last week & they hit curves well.  So I don’t think Berrios has a smash game, but he will do ‘fine’   Top games/teams today: Mariners (Suarez, Hernandez, Raleigh) … They go into a tiny park on a warm weather day with a bullpen scenario from Cincinnati.  If Seattle disappoints then we just take that L, but I do not see that happening. Houston (McCormick, Bregman) … You can’t be a LHP that the Astros know and just fire 4-seamers at them all game.  Good luck to Heaney who will get torched if his off-speed is bad.   CATCHER Cal Raleigh Patrick Bailey Mitch Garver   FIRST BASE Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Christian Walker Wilmer Flores   SECOND BASE Marcus Semien Michael Massey Ketel Marte   THIRD BASE Couple guys going back into their old stomping grounds today.  Chapman in Oakland and Suarez in Cincinnati.  Major upside for Suarez over Chapman in that debate. Eugenio Suarez Alex […]

One last MLB DFS Sunday for the 2023 season and the good people @ FanDuel included Chase Anderson in Coors against the Blue Jays, what a fun adventure that will be. This is a very light main slate as there are a good number of west coast games which means there is a nice tilt afternoon slate today to finish off the Sunday MLB season.   WEATHER All clear   With just 7 games on DraftKings and the 8th on FanDuel in Coors you can imagine the pickings feel a little slim today.  On FanDuel I would definitely trust Kevin Gausman who is a slight discount there and should do just fine, even in the elements. Tarik Skubal (DK: $8400, FD: $9100) … This will likely be a popular pick against the lowly White Sox.  Skubal has ramped up near 100 pitches finally and shouldn’t be that limited.  He’s been pitching very well and all signs point to a high strikeout game today. Jon Gray (DK: $8100, FD: $9400) … The most reliable of the other choices. Value Arms: Zach Thompson (STL)   MARINERS (Hernandez, Suarez) vs METS (Vogelbach, Lindor, McNeil) No chance I end the MLB Sunday season without hitting another Citi Field Sunday over.  Seattle will hit Megill, he hasn’t been great vs RHH and Teoscar Hernandez should capitalize on that today.  It’s the Mets side which I think we need to really look long and hard at though.  Everyone here is below 5k, Kirby is going to get impatient with the Mets patience and make some mistakes. MARLINS (Jazz, Bell, Burger) A heavy wave of heat is rolling into the DC area today and while Josiah Gray has been better at limiting HR this season he still can serve up a few every once and a while.  Burger is on fire and Jazz should hit one out today. PHILLIES (Schwarber) / BREWERS (Contreras) Weird thing on this game is that it starts at 12PM Central time.  That could definitely bring in a little concern about the game going under with Suarez and Miley on the mound, but the way both offenses are going and especially the Phillies I find it hard to trust that we don’t see 3+ HR total in this game again.   CATCHER William Contreras Cal Raleigh Salvador Perez   FIRST BASE Daniel Vogelbach / Pete Alonso Josh Bell Bryce Harper   SECOND BASE Jeff McNeil Liover […]

WEATHER All clear   Tanner Houck Luis Castillo (Better on FD) Kyle Bradish Hunter Brown Kyle Harrison     Boston Red Sox Colorado Rockies … Kikuchi will be wild tonight, he’ll walk a ton and he will give up 7 ER. Philadelphia Phillies Houston Astros   CATCHER Adley Rutschman Danny Jansen JT Realmuto   FIRST BASE Connor Joe Vladdy Jr. Ryan O’Hearn   SECOND BASE Kyle Farmer Tommy Edman Brendan Rodgers   THIRD BASE Max Muncy Manny Machado Gunnar Henderson   SHORTSTOP Ezequiel Tovar Trevor Story Carlos Correa   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Yordan Alvarez Kyle Schwarber Riley Greene Eloy Jimenez     Yordan Alvarez – OF – Houston – Chairman of The Dongers Club    

Night slates are always fun, fun for the angry tilting and fun for the late night sweat. Generally the articles for night slates have less written summary just because of the volume of content on weekends. UNC vs South Carolina There’s value out there tonight so yes you can fit in Maye and Rattler together.  […]

Prepare yourself for the onslaught today, the onslaught of a ton of College Football games.  Just enjoy the mad rush like Black Friday before people did all their shopping online and remember that the weeks ahead when we have a full slate of nothing but conference games will be easier to pick and choose the […]

WEATHER All clear   Max Fried (DK: $9000, FD: $9000) Tons of homers last night and offense in this big series, but now we get two lefties that are going to try and out pitch each other.  I love the form that Fried comes in with a good start in San Francisco earlier on this road trip and the Santa Monica native has always liked pitching in Dodger Stadium too.  Load up on Fried tonight, he’s pitching a gem kids. Patrick Sandoval (DK: $7200, FD: $9200) Another lefty out in California, the game nobody really wants to even acknowledge is going to play between Anaheim and Oakland.  If Sandoval doesn’t come out and get lots of soft contact tonight then just shoot him down for the rest of the season and let him go play golf or something. James Paxton (DK: $7500, FD: $8800) Royals are hitting LHP well, but the price here and their likely boost in strikeouts is worth taking a shot   Notes on other pitching options Eury Perez – Marlins are likely going to keep limiting him.  Given the Nationals low K% and his high price/low pitch count I don’t see him paying off today. Kodai Senga is someone I trust more than Scherzer vs the Twins and Wheeler in Milwaukee today.  Seattle should struggle with his ghost pitch. Verlander vs the Yankees – very tempting, but I think we gotta trust New York is hitting well and avoid picking on them.     Boston Red Sox Rafael Devers, Trevor Story, Alex Verdugo Jordan Lyles…. ‘Nuff Said?   Baltimore Orioles Anthony Santander, Adley Rutschman   Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner   Jays / Rockies Belt, Varsho, Schneider Oh look, Jays in Coors Field after the Braves?  Should be fun, right.  Brandon Belt is only 4200, Schneider at 4800 and Varsho at 3900, all great against Flexen Deez Nutz   CATCHER Adley RUtschman Connor Wong Mitch Garver   FIRST BASE Brandon Belt Josh Bell Christian Walker   SECOND BASE Brandon Lowe Ketel Marte David Schneider   THIRD BASE Rafael Devers Gunnar Henderson Nolan Arenado   SHORTSTOP Do we really want to use donkey Ernie Clement as he likely is getting the spot still with Bichette out?  Sure, why not, this position is kinda blah tonight anyways outside of Trea Turner. Ernie Clement Trevor Story Trea Turner   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Anthony Santander Kyle Schwarber – […]

LOUISVILLE vs GEORGIA TECH New coach, new QB, new WR.  New Cardinals look tonight going on the road to face Georgia Tech.  The Wrambling Reck aren’t any good but also trying to adjust their identify.  I think both teams come out aggressive and show some signs through the passing game, with Jack Plummer being the […]

I really hate early season College Football DFS slates because of what we have today and somewhat on Saturday’s MAIN slate as well. Tonight DraftKings has loaded up with an 11 game MAIN slate and honestly it should be around a 5 game slate which would be just FINE. My cousin played football in High […]

MAIN SLATE tonight.   WEATHER All clear   The path to fading Coors Field tonight has nothing to do with leverage or any other bullshit.  It’s simply paying up for your pitching which folks in Coors should not be able to do. Gerrit Cole (DK: $11,500, FD: $11,100) Yeah, so Cole got lit up last year in Detroit.  Don’t give a shit, that’s not something that will translate over here. Jesus Luzardo (DK: $9,200, FD: $9,600) Obviously a combination of Cole and Jesus is an immediate fade of Atlanta against Kyle Freeland in Coors Field.  A lot of this for me is weighted by the fact that the cheap pitching tonight is not what it has been the last two nights. Brandon Pfaadt (DK: $6500, FD: $5800) He is the best cheap option because of the K% arsenal he can deliver with.   At home vs the Dodgers on August 8th he showed some of that upside with 5K over 4 2/3 IP, a similar line in L.A. today may not be enough, but among the punt/cheap options with upside he is the best one.   New York Yankees Gleyber Torres, Aaron Judge, DJ LeMahieu No, I did not go out drinking for lunch – but I kinda wish I had.  Love the Yanks.   Texas Rangers Corey Seager, Nate Lowe, Adolis Garcia, Jonah Heim Now here is a consideration on leverage.  Game log watchers will trust the 4k punt Denyi Reyes to roll out a Braves full stack in Coors today – I don’t love Atlanta and I love the high end SP.  Plus the Rangers just cannot stay this ice cold forever.   Kansas City Royals / Pittsburgh Pirates Bobby Witt/MJ Melendez, KeBryan Hayes/Ji Hwan Bae   CATCHER Jonah Heim Sean Murphy Gabriel Moreno   FIRST BASE Chasing DJ who has had some good match-ups of late, but obviously his old ass isn’t gonna break a slate himself.  At 3900 though I can take another shot considering he has the third highest combined weighted xSLG on pitchtypes vs Wentz tonight DJ LeMahieu Nate Lowe Pete Alonso   SECOND BASE Gleyber Torres Ozzie Albies Ji hwan Bae   THIRD BASE Muncy has been hitting great of late and finally doing more than just hitting homers, but tonight against Pfaadt the matchup is very favorable for a HR.  Pfaadt is a good cheap option because he can get some strikeouts vs […]