Million Dollar Musings: Friday, May 4th

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Friday, May 4th

We’ve got a full 15-game slate on tap for tonight, with a lot of everything. We have good pitching, we have good hitting, all we’re missing is Chris Tillman. Seriously, how bad is that guy! OK, on to Friday Night!

FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE MOUND

THE ACE

Gerrit Cole at Arizona – Cole has given us no reason to doubt his early season success, racking up yet another double-digit strikeout performance in his last start, already his fourth of the season. His 39.4% strikeout rate is the highest in all of baseball this season and he’s got an elite 5.2% walk rate to go along with it, rendering him almost unbeatable. The only thing that could even remotely be considered a flaw is his high fly ball rate, but with just average hard contact allowed, in all but the most dangerous power matchups, that isn’t even a flaw.

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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