An eight game Monday Night slate with games in Coors Field and Truist Park.   WEATHER No issues, all games will play   MAX FRIED The worst part about Fried being injured is that he ruined my Cy Young prediction.  The best part is that we’re getting him for $9400 in mid-August. YU DARVISH Here, I go again, on my own.  Going down the only road I’…  You know the song.  It’s me, it’s Darvish, it won’t end well given our past.  But the Orioles should chase enough to give him a 6+ strikeout spot.  For $8700, I’ll bite.   Just missed the cut Logan Gilbert Miles Mikolas   DIAMONDBACKS Carroll, Marte, Gurriel, Walker We all did this cool thing as a kid.  You would take a soda (it’s not Pop, if you call it Pop, you are a ‘tard) and we would take some candy, like sweet-tarts and drop them into the soda and then watch it EXPLODE. That’s Chris Flexen in Coors against the Diamondbacks.  Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. CARDINALS Goldschmidt, Arenado, O’Neill   Also Do Not Mind Padres (Soto) Braves (Riley)   CATCHER Endy Rodriguez William Contreras Rene Pinto – Punt/value   FIRST BASE Paul Goldschmidt Christian Walker   SECOND BASE Josh Rojas Brendan Rodgers Michael Massey   THIRD BASE Manny Machado Nolan Arenado Austin Riley   SHORTSTOP Francisco Lindor Ezequiel Tovar   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Corbin Carroll Juan Soto Jack Suwinski Nolan Jones   OUTFIELD – Tier 2 Ronald Acuna Jr. Bryan Reynolds Tyler O’Neill   Paul Goldschmidt – 1B – Cardinals – Chairman of The Dongers Club Francisco Lindor – SS – Mets Juan Soto – OF – Padres Capt Jack Suwinski – OF – Pirates Lourdes Gurriel Jr – OF – Diamondbacks  

WEATHER All games will play   GERRIT COLE I don’t mind Zach Eflin and Dylan Cease as well today, but paying an extra salary for Cole is probably smart for his strikeout difference. DYLAN CEASE Cease vs non divisional teams.  He should have a 2.5x return on DK   Sunday Sleepers TREVOR WILLIAMS Mr. Sunday sleeper himself.  Yeah, Oakland is a value spot, no big deal, 6 IP of clean pitching from T-Will.   CUBS / BLUE JAYS TOR:  Merrifield, Guerrero CHC:  Swanson, Suzuki, Candelario Both SP should get hit, although Ryu is likely to pitch well again.  I almost consider him a sleeper but the Cubs are destroying LHP right now and that’s just too much to get through. REDS De La Cruz, Encarnacion-Strand, Newman Happy Kevin Newman Sunday revenge?  Some good value with him and CES.   CATCHER Keibert Ruiz JT Realmuto Danny Jansen   FIRST BASE Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Joey Meneses   SECOND BASE Strong position today. Jorge Polanco Jose Altuve Whit Merrifield Kevin Newman   THIRD BASE KeBryan Hayes Christopher Morel Alex Bregman   SHORTSTOP Elly De La Cruz Dansby Swanson Willy Adames   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Seiya Suzuki Lane Thomas Andrew McCutchen Kyle Schwarber   OUTFIELD – Tier 2 Whit Merrifield Yordan Alvarez Eloy Jimenez   Vladimir Guerrero Jr – 1B – Blue Jays – Chairman of The Dongers Club Seiya Suzuki – OF – Cubs Kyle Schwarber – OF  – Phillies Jorge Polanco – 2B – Twins    

Overview With another road course on the schedule, there are a lack of laps as far as dominators go. However, with qualifying being somewhat chaotic there are plenty of drivers starting towards the back that aren’t necessarily accustomed to such treatment. There will be plenty of place differential to be had. Top Drivers Tyler Reddick […]

WEATHER All games will play   Like everyone else I saw Spencer Strider get rocked the other day and now am just going to ignore the Braves Ace, I don’t have a feeling that he’ll have this massive bounce back game but generally it’s just not a spot I wanna pay for more than anything else. BRANDON WOODRUFF Better play given the pricing on DraftKings, an alternative for FD players would be Zac Gallen at $10,500.  Both are going to have lots of AB where they should be able to get to 2 strike situations, Woodruff looked great in his last outing vs the Pirates and now faces the White Sox.  What a lucky guy. COLE RAGANS Yeah, I’ll bite on the Royals kid again.  Young hits young, so the Cards vets Goldy?Arenado which will be chalk are fades for me.  Plus the Ragans experience for the Royals has been too good, what can go wrong here as the Cards strikeout nearly 30% over the last week vs LHP.  He’s gonna get run support too, so thats nice. ANDREW HEANEY Good park for pitchers, but he’ll see a ton of RHH which is a little scary for the HR% upside but temps are low, wind is calm and Heaney’s strikeouts should get him out of jams tonight.   ASTROS Jose Altuve & Alex Bregman … with CJ Cron from the Angels on the other side. ROYALS Witt, Perez, Olivares BRAVES Sean Murphy and Ozzie Albies the favorite options here vs Quintana.  Finding a way to fit in a third high $ Brave tonight is a tough one but Riley would be the logical pick. DIAMONDBACKS Gurriel, Marte, Walker   CATCHER Sean Murphy Carson Kelly Adley Rutschman   FIRST BASE CJ Cron Christian Encarnacion-Strand Christian Walker   SECOND BASE Ozzie Albies Dylan Moore Ketel Marte   THIRD BASE Alex Bregman Austin Riley Emmanuel Rivera   SHORTSTOP Willy Adames Corey Seager Elly De La Cruz   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Teoscar Hernandez Bryan Reynolds Christian Yelich   OUTFIELD – Tier 2 Edward Olivares Esteury Ruiz Tyler O’Neill   CJ Cron – 1B – LA Angels – Chairman of The Dongers Club Edward Olivares – OF – Royals Corey Seager – SS – Rangers Christian Yelich – OF – Brewers Bryan Reynolds – OF – Pirates Ozzie Albies – 2B – Braves Sean Murphy – C – Braves Alex Bregman […]

Overview Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the most historical venues in racing and this weekend the XFINITY Series will take on the Road Course at The Brickyard. With qualifying still to come, I’ll look at who to target ahead as the drivers will spin 62 lap on the 2.44-mile road course. Most comparable tracks: Watkins […]

WEATHER There should be no significant issues on the main slate tonight.   Below are the top three options Justin Verlander (DK: $9600, FD: $10.5k) … Back in familiar Houston, JV against the Angels with a recent 27% strikeout rate and 29% DCPA strikeout rate should increase over his last 4K outing.  Ohtani is an obvious spot for a solo HR off him but as long as he handles Cron I think JV will give you 7 IP and 7 K. Kyle Gibson (DK: $7700, FD: $9600) … Baltimore wins, Gibson rolls.  Love him here. Jon Gray (DK: $8100, FD: $8200)     Top offenses Padres Orioles Phillies   CATCHER Adley Rutschman Gary Sanchez Jake Rogers   FIRST BASE Alec Bohm Vlad Guerrero Ryan Mountcastle   SECOND BASE Mookie Betts Michael Massey Ha-Seong Kim   THIRD BASE Arenado Riley Henderson   SHORTSTOP Jeremy Pena Trea Turner Francisco Lindor   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Bryce Harper Juan Soto Anthony Santander Adam Duvall   Adley Rutschman – C – Orioles – Chairman of The Dongers Club  

*NOTE: This article is being produced ahead of qualifying. Be sure to look in Discord after qualifying (4:00 p.m. eastern) for any updates and some more drivers to roster. Top Drivers Zane Smith ($10,900) Regardless of where Zane Smith starts, he’ll be a contender to win as he’s simply one of the better drivers in […]

Broken down by pricing tiers, Mark Farris outlines his favorite PGA DFS plays on DraftKings

We’re back, nice mid week slate tonight.   WEATHER No issues   Max Fried Yu Darvish Kyle Hendricks     Red Sox Blue Jays Astros   CATCHER Salvador Perez Cal Raleigh Yasmani Grandal   FIRST BASE Matt Olson Triston Casas Ryan O’Hearn   SECOND BASE Jose Altuve Ketel Marte Whit Merrifield   THIRD BASE Alex Bregman Rafael Devers Gunnar Henderson   SHORTSTOP Dansby Swanson Bobby Witt Jr. Miguel Rojas (Value)   OUTFIELD – Mt. Rushmore Yordan Alvarez Seiya Suzuki Masataka Yoshida Eloy Jimenez   Alex Bregman – 3B – Astros – Chairman of The Dongers Club  

There is no Dongers Club today.  This is possibly just the second time in the existence of this site where I will not post an article for a large main slate without prior notice, so if you don’t like it then go shove it up the Kikuchi… These are the moments why I put so much effort into the Dashboard, Lineups Page and other tools at ZERO expense that passes down to you. Use the tools, go win some contests.   Back tomorrow.   Steve