Million Dollar Musings: Friday, August 17th

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Friday, August 17th

Happy Friday! We’ve got all kinds of pitching options tonight, starting up top with two aces in great matchups. It’s one of those slates where you can make a case for 15-20 different pitchers, but I am going to narrow it down as tight as possible for my player pool. The offense is less appealing overall, but we have a few teams up top in obvious spots that should garner the bulk of the ownership.

Note that there are a lot of weather concerns on the East Coast tonight, with seven games opening up with a Yellow Roth rating and could end up affecting the pitching choices. I’m writing this analysis as if all games play cleanly with no concern, but this is something to keep an eye on throughout the day. I will be on Crunch Time with Roth tonight at 6:30 ET so you can get the final verdict there.

FRIDAY NIGHT PITCHING

TWO ACES IN TIER ONE

Max Scherzer vs Miami
Carlos Carrasco vs Baltimore

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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