Covering The Bases: Sunday, May 20th

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Sunday, May 20th

Good morning, Grinders! We have a few housekeeping items here at the outset, so here is what we are looking at today:

1) As usual, we have a split slate Sunday that is primarily focused on the main afternoon slate. 11 of today’s games start between 12:05 PM and 1:15 PM eastern time today, so that will be our main slate on every site. That’s great news from my end, as it is always easier to break down a slate when we are dealing with the same player pool on every site. As usual, I will focus the Sunday article on the main slate since there are only three late afternoon games and there is only one Sunday night game.

2) There are some weather concerns today, primarily in New York and Boston. There are strong pitching (New York) and hitting (Boston) options in those games today, so make sure to check out the updated weather forecast as we get closer to lineup lock.

3) Today is the 5th birthday for my youngest son, Noah. As is tradition from me when I write an article on the birthday for one of my children, feel free to wish him a happy birthday in the comments below and I will show them to him this afternoon!

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With those important items out of the way, let’s see what this Sunday slate has in store for us!

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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 Twitter – @stlcardinals84