Covering The Bases: Saturday, July 28th

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Saturday, July 28th

Happy Saturday, Grinders! It’s hard to believe that we are less than a week away from the start of the NFL preseason, which means that only the true MLB Grinders are still getting after it. If you are reading this article and playing DFS baseball on a weekend, you qualify as one of those true Grinders. Have a meaningless “STL-provided pat on the back” for your efforts! In any case, we have the usual full slate Saturday to break down, and once again we have a Saturday that is very heavy on night games. We have a three game early slate and an 11 game main slate today, with both ends of the Royals/Yankees doubleheader being excluded from all the primary slates. As of the time I am writing this, FantasyDraft is not even offering an early slate.

Given the very light early slate, I am going to focus this article on the evening games. However, for those of you who are playing this afternoon, let’s start with a brief look at the three games that are available.

An Afternoon Slate Glance

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Justin Van Zuiden (stlcardinals84)

Justin Van Zuiden (aka stlcardinals84) is a longtime RotoGrinders contributor and show host. He’s appeared in numerous Live Finals, has logged countless 6-figure wins in a host of different sports (including 5 in PGA), and is a former DFS Writer of the Year Nominee by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. You can find Justin’s ‘Covering The Bases’ series on weekends during the MLB season. He is also a main contributor of sports betting picks at our sister site, ScoresAndOdds, and is a co-host on the RotoGrinders Game Night show on SiriusXM. Follow Justin on X – @stlcardinals84