First five moves

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WIN Rot.#917 Astronauts-0.5 -145 RL FF Verlander (#1)
LOSS Rot.#909 Giants/Blunts OVER 4 -115 FF Rodon (#2)/Nola (#4)
LOSS Rot.#921 Sailors-135 ML FF Ray (#3)
POSTPONED Rot.#920 Bombers-0.5 -130 RL FF Cortes, Jr (#5)
WIN Rot.#903 Fathers/Cardinals UNDER 4 -105 Darvish (#6)/Hudson POD
WIN Rot.#907 Braves-151 ML FF Wright (#7)
LOSS Rot.#925 Tigers/Twins UNDER 3.5 +100 FF Skubal (#8)/Ober (#9)
WIN Rot.#902 Metropolitans-0.5 -155 RL FF Carrasco (#10)
LOSS Rot.#915 Royals/Guardians OVER 4.5 -115 Keller (DNS)/Pilkington (DNS)
LOSS Rot.#927 Rays-121 ML FF Springs (PURE SHUTOUT (A))

4-5-0 on those with some bad beats!

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With Ohtani facing Cortes, Jr, as part of a double header today-my rankings are all messed up at the top tier with Taillon moving out of the 7th spot and Flexen and Kluber moving up a bit to make room for Cortes, Jr. and Alex Wood sliding down now to #6, Gonsolin to #7. Taillon ends up in my second tier now as the top gun followed by Faedo.

The surprising line of the day appears to be that of the Twins and Archer (#20) as a road favorite over the Tigers who are trotting out one of my fantasy young guns in Faedo (#12) who is right about at the top of my second tier. A gap in talent this large I have to exploit.

Those who have Ian Anderson on their rosters...sit him today at Coors Field!

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C'mon Alex Wood. You got this!

Here are my streaming starters for my top tier top 10 with Faedo in the mix having a higher rank and being an underdog at home. Start em or sit em!

Rot.#953 Giants/Fish UNDER 3.5 -105 FF Alcantara (#1)/Wood (#6)
Rot.#968 Jays-0.5 -125 RL FF Manoah (#2)
Rot.#973 Halos/Bombers UNDER 3.5 -103 FF Ohtani (#3)/Cortes, Jr. (#5)
Rot.#955 Fathers-110 ML FF Manaea (#4)
Rot.#962 Dodgers-155 ML FF Gonsolin (#7)
Rot.#969 Sailors-110 ML FF Flexen (#8)
Rot.#965 Rays-135 ML FF Kluber (#9)
Rot.#957 Cardinals-115 ML FF Liberatore (#10) POD
Rot.#964 Tigers+110 ML Faedo (#12) vs Archer (#20)

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I am seeing that in this format you may have losing days and not get killed in the process because of the quality of pitchers being utilized; and when a good day comes along and they are behaving a large day happens. I like that. I will continue running my top tier top 10 out there and live with the results-good bad or indifferent. there are days when I have a subpar day in this format and absolutely demolish the books in my fantasy leagues

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Ok the big board has been updated with the Jays RL FF and the Halos/Bombers FF total

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Ohtani vs Cortes, Jr! What a great time to be alive. I am going to stop everything to watch this

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thanks man

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So my #5 blasted my #3 and the money still kept flowing with Cortes, Jr. since he had a better price than Ohtani; who didn't make the five frames.

As far as Faedo he got a QS and in the end I took a bit of a loss on that one. Just waiting for Kluber to come through to push me up a notch in my leagues as the managers I am up against are number nerds! Egads!

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The one that I am anxious to cash is Alex Wood. He was on less than 30% of rosters today; and although I also have Alcantara what a treat it would be for them to have a nice pitchers' duel today and both have a QS for the first five frames and keep the scoring to a minimum. Make it happen Alex! You got this!

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Dang! this is one of those times when the the team looses the FF and then blasts the bullpen to take a late lead. Such is the case with the Tigers now up 3-2 in the bottom of the 8th and only needing a top frame to win it! Pissers!

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Also it looks as if the Halos would be the move in Game 2 with Reid Detmers in the event they go on to be shutout against the Bombers. It would be a pure (A) play given the fact that they have a winning record. I've got my eye on this one

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Sit Ian Anderson!

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Okay looking ahead to tomorrow, if you have Gerritt Cole (#2)-just start the man in fantasy leagues on all platforms-no need to overthink this. I will not be making a move for him on this platform however as I won't go over -165 juice for anything. Ever.

My #1 Corbin Burnes is facing my #4 in Musgrove so the under is in order for that one. I would be overjoyed to have a nice low scoring first five frames out of these two to pad the wallet around say 8 times between the both of them in my leagues and a nice cherry on top to win in this format.

I have McClanahan (#3) for my home team the Rays and he is facing my favorite fade Vince Velasquez who I have ranked at #29 tomorrow. This one i will have some exposure on and go with the RL.

Coming in at #5 is Shane Bieber; he of the knuckle curve that is a joy to watch facing the Men Wearing Orange and Bruce Zimmerman (#18). This one is actually a tough one so I am definitely going to make some moves on Zimmerman too in a smaller platform just to cover myself. He is a stud with little run support.

#6 Eovaldi gets to face the lukewarm A's bats and Kaprielian (#26). No brainer-just start Eovaldi and live with the results.

#7 is Max Fried and I will be sitting him at Coors Field. I will NEVER start anyone on my rosters there.

I struggled a bit with placing #8 Gilbert ahead of #9 Chris Bassitt. I am not completely in love with his secondaries, but the Wanderers aren't enough of a threat to keep him on the bench. That seems silly. Wind him up and put him down. I wish that Bassitt was facing an easier offense in the Dodgers and I can't ignore his performance across the last few weeks has been lacking. He did well last time out and a strong outing against the Dodgers; and that would work wonders on my confidence to place him higher on my rankings.

It feels like the poor luck days of Alex Cobb (#10) are behind now and he gets a cushy date with the pedestrian Fish offense. Let it ride, let it ride.

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The Halos scored a run in game 1. El Paso for me on the second game of the DH

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Alex Wood and Alcantara with enough money to pay for a mortgage payment all in one game. he has restored my faith and I was able to catch him at an unbelievable plus price since he was in very little demand!That was like winning 9 moves all in one event

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Damn...and now the Sailors want to put runs on the board LOL!

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WIN Rot.#953 Giants/Fish UNDER 3.5 -105 FF Alcantara (#1)/Wood (#6)
WIN Rot.#968 Jays-0.5 -125 RL FF Manoah (#2)
LOSS Rot.#973 Halos/Bombers UNDER 3.5 -103 FF Ohtani (#3)/Cortes, Jr. (#5)
PUSH Rot.#955 Fathers-110 ML FF Manaea (#4)
WIN Rot.#962 Dodgers-155 ML FF Gonsolin (#7)
LOSS Rot.#969 Sailors-110 ML FF Flexen (#8)
WIN Rot.#965 Rays-135 ML FF Kluber (#9)
LOSS Rot.#957 Cardinals-115 ML FF Liberatore (#10) POD
LOSS Rot.#964 Tigers+110 ML Faedo (#12) vs Archer (#20)

4-4-1 on those with a huge win in fantasy with Alcantara and Wood!

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I have flyers on streams for Zimmerman and Dunning as well for these. Arbitrage is a good thing

Rot.#909 Brews/Fathers UNDER 3.5 -125 FF Burnes (#1)/Musgrove (#4)
Rot.#922 Rays-0.5 -140 RL FF McClanahan (#3) vs velasquez (#29)
Rot.#915 Guardians-140 ML FF Bieber (#5) vs Zimmerman (#18)
Rot.#927 Red Sox-160 ML FF Eovaldi (#6) vs Kaprielian (#26)
Rot.#923 Sailors-115 ML FF Gilbert (#8) vs Dunning (#19)
Rot.#913 Metropolitans+0.5 -110 RL FF Bassitt (#9) vs Anderson (#16)
Rot.#903 Giants-160 ML FF Cobb (#10) vs Hernandez (#30)

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So the Giants and Fish BOTH dropped their listed starters for today in Cobb and Hernandez and if you selected LISTED then you are in the safe zone like I am. Looks like two farm hands are at it

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Wowzers! My #1 got eaten alive by my #4. It's a good thing this arbitrage angle. Musgrove was on only 35% of rosters for this start so the profit was good anyway

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LOSS Rot.#909 Brews/Fathers UNDER 3.5 -125 FF Burnes (#1)/Musgrove (#4)
WIN Rot.#922 Rays-0.5 -140 RL FF McClanahan (#3) vs velasquez (#29)
WIN Rot.#915 Guardians-140 ML FF Bieber (#5) vs Zimmerman (#18)
WIN Rot.#927 Red Sox-160 ML FF Eovaldi (#6) vs Kaprielian (#26)
WIN Rot.#923 Sailors-115 ML FF Gilbert (#8) vs Dunning (#19)
LOSS Rot.#913 Metropolitans+0.5 -110 RL FF Bassitt (#9) vs Anderson (#16)
PITCHING CHANGE Rot.#903 Giants-160 ML FF Cobb (#10) vs Hernandez (#30)

4-2-0 on those and on one book (Bookmaker) they wouldn't allow me to get out of the Giants so I picked up a win there courtesy of their wicked ways

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The familiar names are om the top of the top tier tomorrow with Zach Wheeler, Logan Webb, Pablo Lopez and walker Buehler and Triston McKenzie.

Roansy Contreras is just at the 20% rostered threshold. Let him fly against the Snakes as he should be fine with his 97 mph heater and solid breaker. this will be my POD tomorrow. Zach Davies is a DNS for me tomorrow so should be good now that the Buccos (they aren't Coffee Cakes any more-they have earned their stripes) bats have come alive. Load him up in your leagues-he has a fabulous price

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And yes I dropped Drew Rasmussen (Rays) down out of the top tier to #15 for those interested

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Although I am starting him as a bonafied streamer tomorrow I am going to pass on Severino (#6) and the Bombers in this platform

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While we wait for the line maker to figure out a way to get bettors off of the Blunts and Wheeler. here's my updated offensive top tier top 8.

I generally take these teams offenses in some of my leagues pretty much each day. Nevertheless I don't really like making straight moves on team totals-I get a sense that the lineman jacks up the price of doing business with him quite a bit. However in the event that you can hold up a DNS pitcher to the light against one of these offenses there's a pretty good chance that you will have some measure of sustained success FF or full game.

The "@Rox" is paying homage to the increase in average offensive output for Coors Field

Astronauts
Dodgers
Red Sox
Jays
Bombers
Halos
@Rox
Twins

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Okay it's destined to be a fun duel between MacKenzie Gore (#8) and Aaron Ashby (#9), two young southpaws getting their chance to shine. Even if you're not starting them, watch that game.

The Brews and Halos are both off of shutouts and also...are both playing today with winning records. translated you either make a move on them or leave that game alone entirely for the side. Although I have Wheeler in my top gun slot today I am going to actually buck the trend and go with the OVER given the Halos "shutout (A)" status. Both of these teams are in my top tier top 8 offensive squad so seems like a good move as a result instead of allowing Wheeler to be subject to free swinging Halos for the money. I have him in enough leagues and pulled an arbitrage move taking Lorenzen who is in a mere 16% of rosters today. The Halos win-I get paid handsomely. It's that simple.

The same can be said about the Giants/Fish with Webb and Lopez. I have spread my money across my leagues like a Vegas dice game. Should that game be low scoring while those two are in..it's lobby time


Rot.#982 Halos/Blunts OVER 4 -125 FF Lorenzen (#16) (S/O (A) vs Wheeler (#1)
Rot.#959 Giants/Fish UNDER 3.5 -120 FF Webb (#2) vs Lopez (#3)
Rot.#966 Metropolitans/Dodgers OVER 4.5 -115 FF Peterson (#25 DNS) vs Buehler (#4)
Rot.#977 Pale Hose+100 ML FF Cease (#5) vs Rasmussen (#15)
Rot.#973 Guardians-120 ML FF McKenzie(#7) vs Wells (#21 DNS)
Rot.#954 Buccos-130 ML FF Davies (#22 DNS) vs Conreras (#13) POD
Rot.#964 Braves/Rox OVER 6.5 -105 Strider (#19 DNS) vs Freeland (#26 DNS)

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For those who are on the shutout system

Brews and Halos would be your (S/O (A)) moves for today

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The Men Wearing Orange have the second most offensive strikeouts at 488 and counting.

Triston Mckenzie was a must to chase K's with today

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/which-mlb-team-strikes-out-the-most

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File this under the betcha didn't know!

On April 22, 1970, a New York Mets pitcher struck out the last San Diego Padres batter in the sixth inning. Then, in the seventh, eighth, and ninth inning, that same pitcher struck out three consecutive batters in each inning. Those ten consecutive strikeouts are the most strikeouts in-a-row by any team, during any game, in baseball history. Do you know who the pitcher was?

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Also Zach Wheeler and Martin Perez both won the MLB Pitcher Of The Month Awards for their leagues respectively giving me a sweet bonus this morning in 2 leagues for having them ranked as high as I did before May began! I had Wheeler at 11th and Perez at 19th

I went with Sandy Alcantara in the National League and Kevin Gausman in the American League as my offerings for June and both are off to a pretty good start! I have Gausman at #3 overall and Alcantara at #8 overall in my combined rankings so I am again looking for the best value and return; as Corbin Burnes and Garrett Cole were quickly snapped up by everyone

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And the answer to post #344 is.. drumroll please!

Tom Terrific! (Tom Seaver)

The baseball Almanac-where a profound place exists to those who are baseball buffs!

And are those 90% just here to find some free winners.

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In this format I got a PUSH-however I was the star of my leagues yesterday pulling the upset of the day with a low utilized starter in POD Roansy Contreras (Buccos) who came through with 5-2/3rds innings of shutout ball with 8 K's and 2 BB's. No one saw that coming. Now if I just would have taken Zach Davies in a combo instead of as a DNS that would have been like winning the lottery


WIN Rot.#982 Halos/Blunts OVER 4 -125 FF Lorenzen (#16) (S/O (A) vs Wheeler (#1)
LOSS Rot.#959 Giants/Fish UNDER 3.5 -120 FF Webb (#2) vs Lopez (#3)
WIN Rot.#966 Metropolitans/Dodgers OVER 4.5 -115 FF Peterson (#25 DNS) vs Buehler (#4)
LOSS Rot.#977 Pale Hose+100 ML FF Cease (#5) vs Rasmussen (#15)
LOSS Rot.#973 Guardians-120 ML FF McKenzie(#7) vs Wells (#21 DNS)
PUSH Rot.#954 Buccos-130 ML FF Davies (#22 DNS) vs Conreras (#13) POD
LOSS Rot.#964 Braves/Rox OVER 6.5 -105 Strider (#19 DNS) vs Freeland (#26 DNS)

2-4-1 on those.

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I am using the following in my leagues only and not in this format simply because I don't like that much juice when I make moves

#1 Gausman (TOR)
#7 Valdez (HOU)
#6 Urias (LAD)

My POD for today is Jakob Junis (Giants) and I won't be making a move on it in this format.

Make no mistake about it-he is in my third tier. If he doesn't have his changeup and his slider isn't elite, it could be a rough five frames, though I'd take the chance in many situations. This is one of them. Most managers are holding out for the Fish to announce a starter and left poor little Jakob alone by himself with no one to play with him. His use rate is at 16%; and oddly enough the Giants offense is at an other wordly 65%. Go figure. Anyway Junis as the POD choice was clear at +350 to best whoever the Fish offer; bullpen game or not. I need K's.

Montas has a very low usage rate for today and the blind men can't understand why the A's are FAVORED. That's their bad. I have had him on my rosters since day one. Yes he is a stud personified.


Rot.#921 Pale Hose-115 ML FF Giolito (#2)
Rot.#901 Snakes-160 ML FF Gallen (#3)
Rot.#928 A's-118 ML FF Montas (#4)
Rot.#908 Brews-125 ML FF Lauer (#8)
Rot.#925 Wanderers/Sailors UNDER 4 +100 Perez (#9) vs Kirby (#11)

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Although I have my rosters set and I won't be able to get down on it in league play, there is one matchup that I didn't unearth that a fellow manager pointed out to me where there is some pretty decent value with the underdog. Not sure how I missed this.

There is a higher rated arm on the mound and that is Patrick Sandoval(#14) as an underdog to Kyle Gibson (#17) with the possibility to win straight up. My notes on Sandoval are he hasn't had the feel of his elite changeup lately, and if that is still the case-the Blunts could make it difficult for him. Gibson is having a subpar plate discipline year so far which is why I haven't used him more than a time or two. Another reason why I overlooked this move is the Halos have lost 10 in a row. I don't want to put a Mercury V12 Verado to a sinking dingy.

Wheeler delivered the check for me as promised yesterday with 9 K's and 2 BB's over 6 innings of work and only surrendering 2 runs; however he is s special pitcher and it takes that type to hold down the Halos potent offense. Gibson is anything but special and expect for the Halos to get to him early and often.

I didn't author this move so I am only describing it. It's up to you to make the determination whether you like it or not all integrity aside.

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Ok I see what was going on now. So managers in my leagues were scrambling and dropping Elieser Hernandez overnight and grabbing Braxton Garrett for the Fish this morning; as Hernandez was sent packing to the minors after giving up those 18 dingers.

Looks like the southpaw Garrett will be the short term answer and as a result this is shaping up to be a bullpen day for the Fish. He has a 5.18 ERA with 40 strikeouts against 25 walks over 41 2/3 innings. Opponents have hit .311 against him in the big leagues. Translated the Giants may get to blasting away should he make it to the second time through the order