CheeseIsGood's Million Dollar Musings: Thursday, July 22nd
Happy Thursday! After a couple of big scoring days across the league, we had a strange little Wednesday where not a single team topped seven runs, but even with that, the pitching was not great. This led to some lower DFS scores, but this is always a good reminder that you’re not playing against some imaginary barrier of points. You’re playing against other people using the same slate of players as you. Some days, a pitcher who scores 20 points is far more useful than a pitcher who scored 30 on a different day. This is a great reminder of a DFS concept that holds in any sport. It doesn’t matter how many points your lineup scores if you score more than your opponents. I bring that up because tonight’s slate has that kind of a feel to it.
With that, let’s take a look at this eight-game Thursday night slate.
Thursday Night Pitching
I see a fairly big group of viable options here. Walker Buehler wins the name recognition game, while the matchup for Sean Manaea also puts him into my top two, but really, there’s not enough separation here to make multiple tiers. Let’s take a bird’s eye view at everybody and then start narrowing down:
Walker Buehler vs Giants
Sean Manaea at Mariners
Charlie Morton at Phillies
Blake Snell at Marlins
Andrew Heaney at Twins
Kenta Maeda vs Angels
Kwang Hyun Kim vs Cubs
Anthony Desclafani at Dodgers
Luis Patino at Indians
Adbert Alzolay at Cardinals
Matt Moore vs Braves