
Daily Article 08/21
Updated: Aug 21, 2019
08/21
Bets
White Sox ML (+150) W
- In the lat 2 years Lucas Giolito is 17-8 as a dog on the road, at +150 that is some great value that i'm willing to take a stab at.
- Giolito sports a 3.75 SIERA which points to some great run prevention, my only worry is if the CWS hitters can get to Odorizzi or not.
Mets F5 -0.5 (-115) W
- Adam Plutko has some of the worst numbers on the slate with a 5.44 SIERA,6.09 FIP.
- While several Indians have a high xSLG against Stroman historically they have abysmal ISO numbers against him...this means that a lot of the expected slugging (Extra Base Hits) doesn't work out, naturally so since Marcus Stroman is a groundballer.
- Making this F5 because I don't trust the Mets awful bullpen.
Yankees TT o4.5 (-120) L
- Mike Fiers has some bad underlying numbers that suggest that he has been getting a bit lucky, only thing that worries me is them playing at Oakland which is a park that limits the long ball which the Yankees are so reliant on.
Cubs F5 -0.5 (-165) W
- Usually don't like to take odds this bad so feel free to avoid if you don't see any value but Yu Darvish has really come in to full from as of late, Allowing only 1 run in the last 3 home games (17 Innings).
- The Cubs batters should get to Derrick Rodriguez who has a SIERA of 5.41 and K rate of 14.6% (Bottom 6% in the league!!).
- My only worry are his splits vs lefties (SF can trot out 6 of them). Splits below.
Parlay
CWS +1.5,NYY +1.5,HOU-1.5 (+314)
DFS
Home Run Call(s):
Pete Alonso
- With a .313 ISO and .515 xSLG against RHP Alonso matches up well against Plutko who gives up a .555 SLG percentage on the road.
- Plutko also sports 47.5% Fly Ball and 34.3% Hard Contact rates .
Stacks:
Blue Indicates my favorite
The Chalk:
Red Sox
Dodgers
Astros (Mega Chalk)
Royals
Contrarian Corner:
Mets
Phillies
Nationals
Pitching(DK):
The Chalk:
Justin Verlander
Walker Buehler
Yu Darvish
Contrarian Corner:
Marcus Stroman
Adrian Houser
Mike Minor
- Could be recency bias but a AAA pitcher just mowed down the Halos lineup last night, with the exception of 2 nights ago the Angles have the worst wOBA against lefties in the league the past month, and you're gonna get him at sub 10% ownership great tournament pivot
Julio Teheran
Positional Breakdown:
C:
Wilson Ramos
J.T Realmuto
Gary Sanchez
Robinson Chirinos
1B:
Pete Alonso
Joc Pederson
Rhys Hoskins
Trey Mancini
2B:
Jose Altuve
Max Muncy
Isan Diaz
Ian Happ
SS:
Corey Seager
Xander Bogaerts
Carlos Correa
Amed Rosario
Jean Segura
3B:
Alex Bregman
Justin Turner
J.D Davis
Rafael Devers
OF:
Cody Bellinger
Mookie Betts
Michael Conforto
Nicholas Castellanos
Bryce Harper
A.J Pollock
Juan Soto
George Springer
Ronald Acuna
Value:
Isan Diaz,Scooter Gennett,Logan Morrison, Yan Gomes,Nicky Lopez, Aaron Judge,Adam Duval, Trent Grisham, Victor Robles, Chad Pinder.
Weather:
- Winds blowing out 10-15 MPH for NYM/CLE, Watch for storm possibility of PPD
- Winds blowing out 8-10 MPH PHI/BOS
- Winds blowing out 8-10 MPH KCR/BAL
- Winds blowing out 6-8 MPH CWS/MIN
- Wind blowing out 7-9 MPH OAK/NYY
General Notes
- The Pirates bullpen has been worked over time the last two outings, Trevor Williams only lasted 2 innings and Chris Archer got hurt after one. If the Nationals can get to Joe Musgrove early they have a chance to blow the game wide open against a depleted bullpen. Ownership should be very low with everyone recency bias after they put up one run in a prime spot last night.
- 2 of the last 3 times that Verlander has been a -400 or more favorite his team has lost.