Mariners (Bryce Miller, RHP) @ Orioles (Dean Kremer, RHP)
D-backs (Merrill Kelly, RHP) @ Giants (Bullpen game)
Mets (Max Scherzer, RHP) @ Philles (Cristopher Sanchez, LHP)
Rangers (Jon Gray, RHP) @ Yankees (Luis Severino, RHP)
Athletics (Hogan Harris, LHP) @ Blue Jays (Jose Berrios, RHP)
Royals (Jordan Lyles, RHP) @ Rays (TBD)
Braves (Jared Shuster, LHP) @ Reds (Graham Ashcraft, RHP)
Red Sox (James Paxton, LHP) @ White Sox (Lance Lynn, RHP)
Pirates (Osvaldo Bido, RHP) @ Marlins (Bryan Hoeing, RHP)
Brewers (Freddy Peralta, RHP) @ Guardians (Tanner Bibee, RHP)

Good morning! Ten games for the early slate, then four games for the 15k Main Slate. Because of that, I’m going to keep this slate’s outlook brief. I won’t be drafting much of it, and if I do, I’ll just end up taking Henry Davis on every team because he is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Thankfully no troublesome weather spots by the looks of it. Let’s get into some lists.

Pitching Preferences
Jon Gray
James Paxton
Jose Berrios
Max Scherzer
Dean Kremer
Bryce Miller
Tanner Bibee
Osvaldo Bido

Oh buddy do we have some mid starters on the mound today! Nothing that exciting at all today. Jon Gray has gotten some great results this season and loves to pitch 7 innings of ball. The Yankees are a team we will be attacking on every slate until Judge gets back or they make a trade to improve their offense.

James Paxton is such a beast. Knocking on every piece of wood furniture I own so that health remains on his side for the rest of the season. White Sox are righty dominant but I’ll still be opting for Big Maple when I can.

Jose Berrios is having a very nice season! Good for him. I’m not scared of My Athletics here, Berrios is a fine option on a slate like today.

No idea what to make of Max Scherzer. He did what he was supposed to do against the Astros last start, going 8 strong with 8 Ks and 1 ER. I will need to see him do it again today against the Phillies before I’m back in as a believer. he is the SP1 today in ADP, so I won’t have much of him if that is the going rate in my lobbies.

Favorite Teams
Braves
Rays
Reds
Rangers
Mets
D-backs
Red Sox
Guardians

Holy moly do we have some enticing spots today for bats. The over/under for Braves @ Reds is 12.5 runs, lol. That is fun. ADP reflects this as it should. You can take any one in those starting lineups. I’m always going to opt for the lesser owned guys in these games for the uniqueness with access to the same white hot run environment. Spencer Steer, Matt McLain, Tyler Stephenson, Kevin Newman come to mind for the Reds, and Marcell Ozuna, Eddie Rosario, Orlando Arcia, Travis d’Arnaud for the Braves side.

The Rays are facing Jordan Lyles, who is there to eat innings and give up runs. Wait for the lineup to come out and stack ’em up.

Guardians are facing Freddy Peralta, who is fine. But he’s a righty, and I like to build a couple Guardians stacks when that happens. Jose Ramirez, Steven Kwan, Josh Naylor, Josh Bell are fun to put together with a one off.

Like I mentioned, keeping today’s post brief. Ten games lends itself to tons of variance, so keep this in mind if you’re going to play this slate. Best of luck. I’ll have a main slate post up shortly!

Nez