CheeseIsGood's Million Dollar Musings: Friday, August 13th
Happy Friday! We’ve got a big 14-game slate tonight with a ton of pitching and plenty of offense and questionable weather. Fortunately, the three main weather concerns are the first three games of the night, so we’ll be able to make a decision on them before lock. Because two of those weather games include Zack Wheeler and Charlie Morton, it’s a different slate if things worsen in those two spots, but for now, they look more likely to be OK. For now, I’m only avoiding pitching in the Brewers-Pirates game, and that is not just because of the rain. So, full speed ahead, let’s see what we have.
Friday Night Pitching
This slate is officially bonkers on the pitching side. There are only three pitchers on the entire slate that I can completely throw away without even mentioning their name. This leaves us a whopping 25 pitchers to look at. However, the good news is I am not actually going to look at all of them. The vast majority of these are going to be easy to cross off the primary list. It’s just that they are all close enough to the other pitchers in their pricing tiers that they deserve to be mentioned. I’m doing these buckets off of DK pricing, and for the most part, they are separated similarly on FD:
Tier One, Something Close To Ace-Ish
Zack Wheeler vs Reds
Julio Urias at Mets
Robbie Ray at Mariners
Blake Snell at Diamondbacks
Charlie Morton at Nationals
Anthony Desclafani vs Rockies
Zack Greinke at Angels
Shane McClanahan at Twins
Decent Pitching, Good Matchups, No Thanks
Nick Pivetta vs Orioles
Cole Irvin at Rangers
Zach Plesac at Tigers
Jack Flaherty at Royals
Good And/Or High Upside In Tougher Matchups
Josiah Gray vs Braves
Tyler Mahle at Phillies
Patrick Sandoval vs Astros
Madison Bumgarner vs Padres
Tylor Megill vs Dodgers
Chris Flexen vs Blue Jays
Cheaper Options In Better Matchups
Jesus Luzardo vs Cubs
Adbert Alzolay at Marlins
Mike Minor vs Cardinals
Austin Gomber at Giants
Dane Dunning vs A’s
Cheap Nonsense
Tyler Alexander vs Indians
Michael Pineda vs Rays