CheeseIsGood's Million Dollar Musings: Monday, August 23rd

Happy Monday! We’ve got just six games on the schedule tonight, with every one of them opening at either 8.5-9 projected runs. The only two upside pitchers are facing good offenses, while the weaker offenses are generally facing weaker pitchers. It’s all leading to a spread-out jumble where everything is extremely close. Let’s see if we can find any dividing lines somewhere on this slate.

Monday Night Pitching

This is one of those slates where I can make a case for every single pitcher and every single offense. Salary does very little to help anything, although it will play at least a little bit of a role for DK SP2. This is how I’ve got the 12 pitchers separated.

UPSIDE DUO

Lance Lynn at Blue Jays
Alek Manoah vs White Sox

DRAGGED DOWN BY MATCHUP
Jordan Montgomery at Braves
Huascar Ynoa vs Yankees
Daniel Lynch at Astros

GOOD REAL-LIFE PITCHERS IN GOOD MATCHUPS

Zack Greinke vs Royals
Kyle Hendricks vs Rockies
Antonio Senzatela at Cubs
Marco Gonzales at A’s

CHEAP AND/OR GOOD MATCHUPS

Wil Crowe vs Diamondbacks
Humberto Mejia at Pirates (not available to roster at this point)
Paul Blackburn vs Mariners

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Dave Potts (CheeseIsGood)

One of the preeminent baseball minds in all of fantasy, Dave Potts (aka CheeseIsGood) has won contests at the highest levels of both season-long and DFS. He is a 2x winner of a $1,000,000 1st-place prize in DFS, having won the 2014 FanDuel baseball Live Final and following that up by taking down a DraftKings Milly Maker Tournament in 2015. In addition, he’s won the Main Event championship in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship and the NFBC Platinum League, which is the highest buy-in entry league. His consistent success in the NFBC tournaments earned him a prestigious spot in their Hall of Fame. Dave can also strum a mean guitar while carrying a tune, and if you’re lucky, you’ll see him do so on one of his MLB Crunch Time appearances. Follow Dave on X – @DavePotts2