 Even with 14 options tonight in daily fantasy baseball, there aren't really any standout pitching options And I say pitching options because the pitchers themselves are pretty good. Mitch Keller, Nathan Evalde, Lucas G Alito guys like that But it's not great situations for DFS where a lot of those top-end guys are facing either elite offenses or facing Offenses that don't strike out very much So our job for today is to weigh all those factors try to identify Which guys we like most for MLB DFS and get you ready for a loaded Tuesday slate for tonight over on Fandall calm Welcome on into the solo shop. That's right here on the Fandall podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Saunders. I am a senior writer and analyst for a number fire here to break down Tuesday's 14 game It may enslate with locks up for 705 p.m. Eastern for today The one weather note on this slate is that there is a chance of rain in New York for the Mets and the White Sox They should be good to go by game time But I would check back on the timing of that rain later on to make sure that is indeed the case We'll dive into the pitching options and much more. You're in just one second A first-day reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcast Coming up later on today. 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Hope is here gambling helpline MA dot org Or call 800-327-5050 for 24 seven support in Massachusetts in New York What eight seven seventy open wire text open Y must be 21 pleasant 21 plus and president select states first online real money wager only ten dollar deposit required refund issued is non withdrawal bonus bets that expire in seven days Restrictions apply seful terms at fan to old comm the slash sports book fan dual is offering online sports waging in Kansas under an agreement With Kansas Star Casino LLC gambling problem call 1 800 gambler or visit fan to old comm slash RG in Arizona 1 800 next step protects next step to 533 4 2 and Connecticut 1 8 8 7 8 9 7777 or visit cc pg.org slash chat in Indiana 1 809 with it in Wyoming in Kansas 1 800 5 2 2 4700 or visit ks gambling health calm, Louisiana's 1 8 7 7 7 7 7 0 stop in Maryland MD gambling health but org in Wyoming 1 800 5 2 2 4700 or in West Virginia go to 1 800 gambler dot net Pitching preview for this Tuesday main slate Mitch Keller checks in with the highest salary on Fandola salaries $10,900 followed by Nathan E of all day at 10 7 we got Lucas G elite of checking in at $10,000 with Bailey over at 98 Joe Musgrove 96 Tyler Wells 92 taking on the Dodgers Jordan Montgomery is 91 We got Bryce elder Tara scoobal Logan Allen Hunter Brown and Brian Wu is the others at $8,000 or higher Now Joe Musgrove this year has been sick He has a 3.29 era, but I feel like he's actually been a bit better than what that era Says when you combine all the things that the boxes he checks together He's on the road tonight against the J's and I think he is in the discussion for the top arm of the night Now with that said I don't think there is a definitive top arm So must grow to me is probably number one But I could see a case for a lot of other guys we'll talk about later on the case for musgrove is that He wasn't getting a ton of strikeouts when he first came out the il this year But in his fist start he started throwing his curve ball more and that pitch is gross because it gets both ground balls and whiffs and that's a Really tough combination to muster and in 10 starts since then musgrove has been an animal He has a 25 strikeout rate with a 4 walk rate His hard hit rate allowed is 25 with a 30 fly ball rate that combo Of a high enough strikeout rate with elite batted ball data is very tough to top He's facing the J's here But have a 110 WRC plus against righties and I think they have the upside to be better than that in the second half of this year But musgrove is really good So I think I'm on board with him even with the star being on the road against a team that I respect quite a bit So I would say musgrove is number one. I'm not super firm in that but that's the case for putting musgrove there Because of the ambiguity at pitcher for tonight. I think you've got some leeway to potentially Make a value play your number two option It's both because of ambiguity but also because this guy is pretty good And I think pretty under salaried here at $8100 and that guy is brian Wu of the Mariners And I was a bit hesitant to buy into Wu initially because he was not a huge prospect So seeing him beast out right away was pretty surprising But the sample keeps growing Wu keeps pitching well and it's kind of hard to deny What he's doing he's facing the twins as mentioned Last night they were a dangerous offense an offense that we don't actively want to target In cash games and stuff like that But they are a good opponent for upside because they have a 28 strikeout rate against righties on the current active roster and Wu Is getting a lot of those right now His strikeout rate is at 31 percent across seven starts His swinging strike rate is 12.5 percent, which is not a massive number But he gets a good number of strikes looking to so it's not like there's a bunch of foul balls and stuff like that Wu has had seven plus strikeouts and four out of seven starts He had nine in one of them and that's with five of his seven starts coming on the road That nine strikeout game was one of those two home starts and he's in a good spot to get those once again here So it is risky because the twins do have upside batters for sure And they can't it for power and their overall wrc plus against righties is very good But they strike out a lot. Wu's getting a lot of strikeouts game is in seattle, which is good weather for tonight So I think that Wu you can make the case for him being the top pitcher in tournaments for tonight at a very low salary If you want to go bananas a hitter you can do so via brian Wu. So to me I prefer Joe Musgrove for cash games, but for tournaments I think brian Wu might wind up being my number one option for tonight over on fandall Because Wu is our value play. We kind of got some free Wheeling to do with the third one where we could go a value play could go with a stud I'm going to go Nathan Nathan Yavaldi there personally And it's risky for him too because he's facing the raise and you never want a pitcher facing the raise But Yavaldi's at home roof will be closed and he's a very good pitcher And I think that could be enough to make him viable here at ten thousand seven hundred dollars It does help that the raise have fallen a bit Their wrc plus against righties is now 118 Which is still very good, but it's not in the 140s like it was earlier on this year and Yavaldi like musgrove very good real world pitcher across 18 starts his era is 2.83 He has a 3.41 expected era He's getting ground balls, which has made a big difference and his strikeout rate is 24 So he's very similar to musgrove where not a huge strikeout rate But he does enough and he pairs it with really good bad at ball data I think that I'm going to put Yavaldi third because of the matchup if he were in a softer matchup He'd be first I think because he's at home But when you pair it with being the raise that kind of thing does lower it a bit So I think Yavaldi belongs in the top three despite the matchup for tonight But I also understand if you don't want to quite go there because the matchup is in fact pretty daunting So to me I'm going to go musgrove top for cash games Woo top for tournaments and then flip flop For the other ones or for the other situations there, you know, if you want to go musgrove too for tournaments I think that would make a lot of sense and then I put Yavaldi third Behind them would not go to Yavaldi and cash games the good want to stick to either woo or musgrove there Just because the rays are a little bit scary in that regard So again pitching pretty wide open if you have a strong lean somewhere I probably can't talk you out of it because it is pretty wide open So that's where I'm at But I want to explain that and explain that you can kind of fall your intuition on this slate As far as stacking goes, I think it's kind of similar where there are a lot of ways you could play things for today And the top stack is one where we actually don't know officially the starter The astros are a course field tonight and the rockies have not announced who they're starting It seems like it will be Noah Davis and I'm going to talk about it as if it is Noah Davis But be sure to check back on that later to make sure he does why that being officially announced as the rocky starter Davis has been down in triple a the past couple weeks and It does make sense after he struggled in the big leagues where he made five appearances Let up a 10.61 era Now in davis's defense the underlying numbers were not nearly as bad His expected era is actually like around four his skill interactive era was on five He made one start in triple a It was a pretty short start. I think they were kind of just kind of conserving his arm at that point But you know not doing a whole lot to alleviate the concerns and say you should ignore what we saw in the majors earlier on this year I think that the reason I'd expect davis to continue to struggle is because he lets up too many balls and play For this kind of offense environment at course field The astros still not a good offense. They will not be a good offense until your dot alvarez is back But I feel like we should be on them here We can feel pretty good about it given the number of balls and play they should get against davis in this matchup The one fun thing about the astros that jazz McCormick is finally playing every day Not just against lefties against righties as well and Here in that you're in that playing time because he has a 226 iso against righties with eight stolen bases His salary is 3600 dollars I'm expecting about six or so tonight and that's plenty fine for me I do think that what he's doing is legit enough to use him in dfs not going to rank him as high as a guy like But kyle tucker because tucker I think has more bankable a stolen base upside but tucker sour is 43 So, you know getting a big discount here. I think it makes a lot of sense So jazz McCormick not like the biggest name, but a guy I do feel good about in daily fantasy despite that for tonight Beyond course field. I do feel like we want to focus on great american ballpark because both sides of this game very attractive Obviously a great park for stacking as well So let's talk about the giants first then we'll talk about the reds later on the giants facing luke weaver tonight and weaver Having a pretty rough year so far In a more steady down stretch at the moment as well The giants very good offense great park for hitting and I think that allows us to be high on them tonight Weaver has a 7.00 eray. So He's been trying different things throughout the year trying to find his groove Most recently he's been throwing fewer change ups and he's done that for his past seven starts It's not working because his strikeout rate is 11 percent with a 6.07 skill interactive eray So he's had the all-star break now to reset not expect him to take a different approach in the second half But even if he does go back to what he was doing before that wasn't something that was Something we needed to fear and the giants very good offense with a 109 at wrc plus against righties We just don't always notice how good they are because of their home park And that's definitely not an issue here in Cincinnati. So I think we should take advantage I think we should load up on the giants here And we can't feel good about doing so Whether weaver sticks with that high change of approach or decides to go back to what he was doing earlier on this year Weaver does have some Reverse platoon splits this year where he has more strikeouts against righties, but he's also letting it more hard contact So the iso he is allowed to righties is massive Obviously the giants we prefer it the other way where he struggles against lefties given how platoon heavy they are but JD Davis Should be in the lineup in this situation His iso against righties is shot way down to 152 this year but He showed earlier this year. He can't it for power against righties, especially when he's in a non Black hole park in san francisco. So I want to be on the giants here When to be on JD Davis specifically just dongs davis on ding or tuesday. I feel like it's destiny so JD Davis a focal point from within this giant stacks because Weaver has struggled with righties if davis isn't there. It's no huge no huge loss because again lefties are fine against weaver too, but Would be intrigued by getting davis in there if he were to start Other side of the game is the reds facing anthony de sclafani de sclafani coming out the il He did make one rehab start But i'm curious how much of his struggles before his il stint Were due to the shoulder injury that got him on the il If the time off does not cure de sclafani I think the reds could be a pretty good option here de sclafani Had been leaning heavily on his slider before his injury It's a seven start sample and he had let up a 41 hard hit rates with a 36 fly ball rates Those numbers are not terrible But they're paired with an 18 strikeout rate and when you have a lower strikeout rate paired with Non elite batted ball numbers that can get you in trouble and it definitely did with de sclafani He had a 6.270 array in that time let a three home runs in his final start and obviously He then went on the il which may mean that de sclafani is better now than he was at that time But again, it's a tough environment for batting. It's a uh a tough empire environment for pitching I should say and the reds, you know, they slipped off a bit But still a 101 w rc plus against righties So I really don't mind stacking them here to see What they can do the one note here is because of the suspended game last night We may not get the official batting lineup for this game until a bit later on the Suspended game will be resuming um, I think about 5 20 eastern or so or 5 40 eastern So that's going to complicate things at least a little bit Where they may not have the right lineup out in time, but it's in the top of the eighth inning Hopefully they get that game in pretty fast So we can get that lineup in for the second game But just be aware that may get a little bit dicey We get in the lineup in before first pitch before lock at 7 p.m But still do want to try to get it in there because it is a pretty fun stack for tonight on both sides Things to watch on this late. I couldn't quite get to my mitch keller tonight for dfs Obviously, he's having a very good year, but strikeouts have been down recently He's facing the guardians who never strike out. Uh, it's a slight where Keller may be the best actual pitcher on it, but for dfs I think those two downsides were enough to put him below the others to me below The evolving despite a type of tough matchup below muskrow decided tough matchup on the road I think the strikeout concerns were enough to put those guys above him for tonight I could definitely be into stacking the Orioles tonight. They're facing michael grove who Still isn't quite reigned in the hard contact. He's been a bit better recently but some of that has come against lesser offenses and Baltimore is not that it is hot in baltimore once again today They can hit righties very well. So I think that baltimore is another stack to at least consider on this slate Going up against michael grove Out there and at baltimore Find them the braids have a massive implied total which is easy to understand because they're facing zack davies whose ERA is somewhere in the sixth range, but that at bald beta for davies better than you would think It's very hot in atlanta and the braids offense is absurd. So i'll be on them. Definitely okay with them But i'm not quite as high on them as others and will likely want to put a bit lower on them in the public Just prefer other teams discuss, especially if they're going to come in a little bit lower roster than the braids for tonight 14 game slate, you know, that means that the highest roster rate for any stack will be a bit lower than usual because it's kind of more spread out in general But still do think I want to look elsewhere in hopes that the braids do want it being very very popular for tonight Let's finish up here with some dinger calls for this dinger tuesday over at fandall sportsbook I think that I do want to focus on Some of the guys we discussed and to me that begins with chasm acormic It's a boring one because it's that coors field and obviously that'll be boring also kind of annoying because the Rockies have not announced a start yet. We don't actually have odds that game over at fan fandall sportsbook as of yet So keep that in mind a bit boring But chasm acormic will be the boring dinger call for today for the fun one Let's go jd davis His his home run odds of fandall sportsbook are way too short So this is not a recommendation to bet him to hit home run for tonight, but I do think that the platoon splits of weaver are important I think that davis showed earlier this you can hit for power against righties I think you should bat third in this lineup at a great part for batting So we'll go just dongs davis on dinger tuesday Because I feel like I kind of have to at this point. So home run picks for today Chasm acormic and juck peterson happy dinger tuesday to all who celebrate That is all that we have here for today on the solo shot as mentioned We are back later on today breaking down the open championship Get that on the fandall youtube page noon eastern or after the fact on the fandall youtube page fandall tv plus Or the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed if you've got any questions for me I am on twitter at gymsonus j i m s a n n e s You can also follow the fandall podcast network at fandall podcast I want to thank you all for tuning in for today. Good luck to you with your mlb dfs lineups Happy dinger tuesday. We'll talk to you once again tomorrow to break down wednesday's slate This has been the solo shot right here on the fandall podcast network