A BREAKDOWN OF TONIGHTS
MLB Starting Pitching
The Quick and Dirty
Version
Madison Bumgarner- SF I can’t do it.
Vegas has him as the biggest favorite, and he will get the win, but I don’t
LOVE his numbers enough to justify him being the most expensive option
tonight. 111k’s in 133 innings lifetime
against Arizona. Good numbers for sure,
but it has to be at least a K per inning for me to pay top dollar. Last time against Arizona, 5.0 innings, 3 k’s,
1 ER. The D-Backs offense has been
slumping lately, but I get nervous facing Pollock and Goldschmidt regardless, I’ll
look elsewhere
Zack Greinke- LAD Nah. Greinke is good at home, The Pirates Offense
has been piss poor lately, but Greinke has a career 5.37 ERA vs The
Pirates. That, along with the fact that
The Pirates don’t strike out too much against right handed pitching , is enough
for me to pass on Zack
Chris Sale- CWS Yeah, why not. Sale hasn’t been sharp
in his last couple of starts, and that’s enough to keep his ownership down
tonight. When Sale is ON, he is arguably
THE BEST strikeout pitcher in MLB. Cleveland
strikes out a lot against Lefties, and this is going to be a Brilliant play or
a complete disaster. He is a RISKY play
tonight, but his upside is so huge, I think he’s worth the gamble. If he is on, he will be the highest producing
Pitcher in DFS tonight, “IF”.
Jose Fernandez- MIA I’ll Pass. Fernandez is NASTY. Washington strikeout a lot, but there is no
way they can let him pitch more than 6 innings tonight, if they do, everyone in
the organization should be fired. I need
my SP’s to be able to throw 8 innings minimum to be considered for a GPP
play. He will produce, but the pitch
count will scare me too much
Max Scherzer-WAS PROBABLY He just pitched a great game against The
Marlins last week in Miami. Miami doesn’t
strikeout at a crazy pace, but their offense doesn’t scare me either. I would say he is SAFER than Sale, but has a
lower ceiling with the strikeout potential tonight. If you’re playing 50/50’s or head to heads,
Scherzer is probably the guy to anchor your team
M. Tanaka- NYY YES.
Tanaka has looked like a BEAST his last two starts, He is
undervalued tonight, I can’t see the Mets beating on him tonight. The Mets strikeout a lot against Righties,
their offense is cooling off, 8 innings, 1 ER, and 8 K’s is quite possible for
him tonight. Good GPP play for the
price.
Verlander/Cueto HEADACHE. The weather looks tricky, thunderstorms in the middle of the
game, these guys have both been on a rollercoaster of highs and lows this
season, both look terrible recently.
Cueto is so cheap compared to where he has been all season, but I just
can’t get burned by him or mother nature tonight with all the other
options. Let someone else deal with
it. I wouldn’t be FLOORED if Cueto
straightned it out and threw a gem, but I can’t bet on that.
Drew Smyly -TB I HAVE TO.
The name is
scary still. I’m waiting for the floor
to fall out, but it hasn’t yet. If you’re
a numbers player, you HAVE to put Smyly in your squad tonight. Last game, he threw was against Boston: 6
innings, 11 K’s, 0 ER. He plays
Baltimore tonight at home, last game versus Baltimore: 7 innings, 10 K’s 0
ER. How about Career vs Baltimore: 34
innings, 39 K’s, 0.79 ERA, 0.74 WHIP. I
have tried to talk myself out of how much I LOVE Smyly tonight, but I can’t. Anything can happen in MLB, nothing is certain,
but I have to look at those numbers, plus The Orioles home/away splits and K
rate, and I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PLAY
DREW SMYLY TONIGHT
Everyone else NO. Fiers, just got rocked. Matz is too young and inexperienced. Porcello is Porcello and I would have to be
on bath salts to pay money for him to be on my team. Ian Kennedy is pitching in Colorado. Paxton will get rocked tonight. Heaney is playing Minnesotta at home, I
always avoid that situation due to the numerous times I have gotten burned this
year. Gallardo is 76 years old and
Seattle’s Home Run potential scares me.
Love Always,
The Draft Demon
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