 Hey everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Sosman, joined today by Jim Sinus of Fandall, who's here to give us his top pitchers for opening day DFS. What's going on, Jim? I would be good, Greg, but it's opening day, which means there are kind of too many options at Pitcher for DFS. And like, I shouldn't complain because I know that next Monday, when we're on like the fifth starters, that won't be the case. So I should not complain, but I'm gonna complain anyway. There are just too many good options here. So I'm conflicted here. That's where I'm at right now. I know you're gonna say you were a little nervous here, a little tingled with opening day. The jitters are there. You don't want to get it wrong. And the way that you guarantee that, you might put Shane Bieber in your lineup. You never say never when it comes to Bieber. We are believers here on the hurry up. And of course, the Indians are in Detroit to face the Tigers. The Indians are heavy favorites here. And Bieber, well, one of the favorites for the AL Scion Award, an obvious play here on day one in MLB DFS. Yeah, he is the highest salary guy on fan dual for the slate, but it's for a good reason. Because like you said, there's kind of no questions around Shane Bieber. Last year was a tremendous season, a 40% strike area. And we did see Bieber changing things up down the stretch where he did lower his, the usage of his cutter and his slider. And sometimes that can be a concern. Cause those are good pitches for him. But even when he did that, strike area was still 39%. That is a tremendous number second on the slate in each pitcher's most relevant sample. I'm gonna take that for sure. I expect this Tigers offense to be decent this year. They're not a terrible team by any means, not as bad as perception maybe of them, but they're gonna strike out a 26% strikeout rate for their active roster against righties last year. That all bodes very well. And it's in a park that's going to be very cold. That is good for pitching. You want your pitchers pitching in cold parks because the ball doesn't fly as well. We get that here for this game, which will project to be in the 30s for tomorrow. So Shane Bieber in a good park, very good pitcher facing a high strikeout offense. It's kind of one where you don't want to overthink it. I don't think he's my top pitcher once you consider salary for this slate, but he's definitely one of the top three. And he's still worth that salary, even on a slate where I do want to try to find some high salaried stacks. Shane Bieber, one of the best pitchers in baseball in one of the best matchups that you can ask for with a high strikeout team in a climate that seriously cannot get any better. You're not gonna be lonely by taking Shane Bieber here tomorrow in the FS. Up next, you talk a lot about climate, right? Well, Miami Marlins play in a controlled climate. And even if they didn't, it'd be much warmer than it is in Detroit. They're taking on their cross-state rivals, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the opening day starter for them is Tyler Glassno. Glassno is over $10,000 on Fandle here for DFS, and you're buying it. You know, the Marlins, they shouldn't be that bad either. Why do you like Glassno here in this matchup? Yeah, not in a league matchup and not in a league park, as you alluded to, at least this time of year, not in a league park for pitching, but everything else lines up really well for Tyler Glassno. If we get the 2020 version of Tyler Glassno, we're gonna be pretty excited because in his most relevant sample last year, a 39% strikeout rate, when he started to use his off-speed stuff more often, he was really good. But you could see another level for Glassno this year because he was adding a slider during spring training and he's been, that's kind of been the one knock on Glassno is that he was a two-pitch pitcher, but now he may be adding a slider and the sliders look pretty good during spring training. 27 strikeouts across just over 14 innings for Tyler Glassno during the spring, and that's what number I do look at during the spring is strikeouts and Glassno had a lot of them. So he may be adding another pitch and that could give him three potentially lethal pitches for a guy who was already good, even when he just had two. So the park, not great. I think this offense is fine as well, but Glassno facing a pitcher, which is beneficial. He didn't have that at all last year, but he'll be facing a pitcher for tomorrow's slate. That's definitely enticing too. He was already good and maybe even better this year. So if I had just one lineup, Greg, I'm putting Tyler Glassno in as my pitcher. He gives me more flexibility to spend up for the Padres and the Dodgers, from a stacking perspective. I can feel pretty good about that for this slate. So if I had just one lineup, give me Tyler Glassno and the potential for him to be even better in 2021. You just have one pitcher to choose. It's Tyler Glassno. According to Jim Sonnis, is he has all of the makings of certainly an ace tomorrow against the Miami Marlins, so much that he does that strikeout rate fantastic during the spring and obviously a strikeout pitcher. He's had a lot of success against the Marlins. A good spot. Even with a high price tag, not as high as Bieber, but even with a high price tag in general, Glassno is somebody you can consider. But if you want to get even cheaper than that, a guy I really like tomorrow is Jack Flaherty. The Cardinals ace gets the opening day start against the Cincinnati Reds. They are a favorite of the Fandals Sportsbook, but on other occasions, the Reds are actually favorites. It's kind of weird depending on what sportsbook you're looking at, take advantage of their potentially, but Jack Flaherty in position against Luis Castillo. It's a good game in the NL Central. Why do you like Flash? I imagine it's the strikeout rate of the Reds. It's also just because Jack Flaherty is super under-salaried. I think that that's kind of the big thing here. $8,600 for a guy with his strikeout ability. You don't get that very often. You're getting it here because it's opening day and they have to, you know, they can't have everyone be $10,000. So you do get some guys pushed down and Flaherty wound up being that guy here and I'm going to take advantage when that's presented to me. You mentioned the Reds strikeout rate 25% for their active roster last year against righties. That's pretty high. Flaherty had a weird start. Remember he got, he had that one start early on and then the Cardinals had like their super long layup due to COVID and Flaherty never really hit his stride. He did kind of pick things up over his final five starts, 33% strikeout rate in that time. Now Flaherty did walk a lot of guys and this Reds lineup can draw some walks too. That's why I prefer Glasnow if I had just one lineup for Thursday's slate. I would go Glasnow over Flaherty because there are some walk concerns there. Could drive at this pitch count and get Flaherty bounced in this game a little bit earlier. That is one concern for sure, but he has upside. If I can get upside for 10 strikeouts at $8,600, that's not a chance we're going to get all that often this year. So I think that Flaherty is a tremendous option facing a high strikeout offense and a guy who could very well be the high square picture on the slate if things break in his favor. Now I will say, if you want to load up on the Dodgers, load up on the Padres, get to Fernanda Thatiz, you can do so by using John Means. He's $6,700, a lot of strikeouts over his final four starts last year. Red Sox lineup, not what he used to be. I don't hate it, but I also understand if you want to push back on that one because it's John Means, but Flaherty pretty easy to swallow $8,600, a lot of strikeout upside. So if you don't want to go all the way down to Means, which again, I am okay with, I do think that Flaherty is a really good option as well just because his salary is too low. Oh, I totally agree with you. You look at this salary, $8,600, and you wonder why FanDuel is having to price him so low. Like you said, everybody can't be $10,000. Jack Flaherty is a better picture than this price indicates. It's tough to ignore where it's at right now. Flaherty has ability to strike hitters out. Obviously the red strikeout a ton against right handers. As Jim mentioned, putting Flaherty very clearly on the mat in this opening day game. There are other options as Jim said, but these three, they seem to make the most sense to me. That's gonna do it for us here at the FanDuel Hurry Up. Jim, I am excited. Let's do it, man. Let's do it. Let's hope there are no cancellations due to weather. Let's just have some fun, watch some baseball, hopefully get through this opening slate of games and just have a fun year in 2021. A full 162 games are scheduled for 2021 and it all begins tomorrow. For Jim Sannis, I'm Greg Sosman. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you tomorrow right here on the FanDuel Hurry Up.