 Tonight is one of those nights in daily fantasy baseball where you are going to want to curse at the salary cap up and down Because there are so many fun pictures on this slate. Most of them are going to carry pretty high salaries the top stacks I like also carry high salary bats. So It's gonna suck in that regard. We're gonna try to run through some ways to save some salary without totally Ignoring those awesome plays. We're gonna try to identify how to I handle pitching and get you ready for a 12 game slate immediately baseball, so let's dive on in ready dive in on in right now and try to find a way to squeeze all of our Favorite plays underneath that dreaded dreadful salary cap. Welcome on into the solo shot That's right here on the fan dual podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Saunas. I am a senior writer and analyst for a number fire here to break down Wednesday's 12 game main slate We lock set for 705 p.m. Eastern for today couple weather notes here The first one in New York for the Mets and the Yankees wins are out to center at 11 miles per hour I would downgrade pitchers. They're a bit. It is Garrett Cole taking on Justin Verlander in that one in Boston for the red socks and Rockies there is a good chance of rain, but Doesn't look like a washout as of right now I check back on that later on just to be sure But I think they should be able to get they should be good to go But not entirely convinced of that for sure some thunderstorms will be around Kansas City for the Royals and the Reds I check back on the timing of that later on as well as it would impact a picture. I like for tonight So Boston and Kansas City the two spots where we could see some weather and play for tonight We'll talk about top pitching options and much more here in just one second But first a reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcast our preview of the US Open is up over on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed via myself and Brandon Dula breaking down our top plays for the third major of the year We also had that show up over on the Fandall YouTube page So check out the Fandall YouTube page leave us a thumbs up there or go to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed Leave us a five-star rating on Apple podcast or a five-star rating on Spotify as well speaking of PGA DFS Are you looking to have a stake in the US Open all weekends? Well with Fandall got you covered via the PGA Eagle contest Which is now live test your knowledge of the PGA tour by putting together a six-person lineup While staying under the salary cap and using Fandall's live scoring feature follow along as you compete for your share of $350,000 with first place taking home a hundred K all for just a $9 entry fee whether it's household names Like Scotty chef where Brooks Kepka or lesser known golfers of your choice the dark horse you like They're gonna tee off on Thursday plenty of options to fill out a lineup as you compete for first place Thursday We'll be here before you know it So submit your lineups on Fandall today Eligibility restrictions apply go to Fandall comm or download the Fandall app for more details Pitching preview for this Wednesday main slate from Breval beds comes in with the highest salary on Fandall his salary Is eleven thousand three hundred dollars followed by Clayton Kershaw at eleven one Luis Castillo Revenge games night ten eight Garrett Cole comes in at ten thousand six hundred dollars Meryl Kelly's at ten four Tyler Glass now at ten one followed by Michael Walker at ninety nine Jose Barrios the salary is ninety five with the area Perez at ninety two Andrew Heaney is nine thousand with Justin Verlander Aaron Savalli and Josiah Gray all as the others an eight thousand dollars or higher now for today a lot of good pitchers and I do think there are multiple ways you could play this as far as Who you want to rank at the top of your list for tonight when I? Look at this slate and try to identify where I want to go personally. I do wind up favoring Luis Castillo Castillo I think is a guy who has the best blend of Matchup talent not the worst salary in the world either with his salary sitting down there at At ten thousand eight hundred dollars. I think that's a pretty fair number So I'm gonna go Luis Castillo one It's not because he's facing his old organization in the Miami Marlins But it does not hurt Castillo again is facing Miami just a 21% strikeout right against righties Which is lower than average so not ideal in terms of a a strikeout matchup But everything else lines up really well for Castillo the Marlins have a 90 WRC plus against righties They have a 132 ISO and a 33% fly ball rate that reduced fly ball rate is a good thing for Castillo because That is one area where he has struggled we have a seven-star example on Castillo since his velocity stabilized this year And he has a 46% hard hit rate allowed in that time with a 43% fly ball rate But his ERA is still good in that time at 3.45 The reason he's been able to overcome the bad at ball data is because everything else is so freaking good He has a 3.23 skill interactive ERA 30% strikeout rate and even in a middling matchup I have Castillo projected for 7.1 strikeouts that number is not the highest number on the slate That belongs to the guy will discuss here in a second But it is pretty high and then you add in the fact that he's probably not gonna let up a ton of earned runs In this matchup you wouldn't think I think that all ends up to make Castillo a quality play So Luis Castillo to me ten thousand eight or dollars will be the top pitcher on the main slate for tonight As for the second option, I'm gonna go clean Kershaw as mentioned Kershaw It's a guy who does leave my strikeout projections for tonight Kershaw salaries 11-1 that is pretty high So again, we're gonna have to be Flexible working away our way around salaries for tonight, but Kershaw I think is worth it He's facing the White Sox and that offense is not as scary as they once were against lefties They have a 103 WRC plus against lefties this year with a 25% strikeout rate And they also have a low walk rate and that helps keep the pitch count in check for the opposing pitcher Kershaw is excelling in the plate discipline numbers this year too because across the full season He has a 30% strikeout rate with a 6% of walk rate That strikeout rate ranks second on the main slate for tonight the skill interactive era for Kershaw 3.15 that ranks first and The bad at ball data has been awesome as well And that's why when you combine the strikeouts the low walk rate with the bad at ball data You get a 2.95 era. There aren't really any holes in Kershaw's games right now He said nine strikeouts and two consecutive games. He's done it five total times so far this year So he hasn't had double digit strikeouts yet, but That's very much in his range of outcomes 11-1 is not nothing. It's definitely a lot, but I think that Kershaw is worth it. I put him behind only Castillo for tonight I think I like Castillo more straight up. So the reduced salary is not the $300 you're saving It's not a huge factor for me, but Doesn't hurt. So we'll Castillo one Clayton Kershaw two as far as the top pitchers for tonight The top value is going to be a guy who has shocked me so far and also is in a potential rain game So make sure you check back the weather on Kansas City, but I kind of like Ben Lively. I was not expecting much when Lively moved into the rotation for Lively I think we could have stacked against him. I may have actually in his first couple starts But I do think he's in play Lively started this year in triple a and he had good results there But his strikeout rate was just 15 percent And this is after Lively had spent the previous two years in the KBO In the KBO Lively was fine, but he wasn't anything super special So seeing Lively come back to major league baseball and shift into the rotation I think it was pretty fair to be skeptical of him But he's been really good so far eruptive five stars on Lively as a starter He has a 3.69 skill interactive era strikeout rate is 27 percent He has eight strikeouts in three games and those games came against the Yankees once and the Cardinals twice good offenses But he was able to rack up strikeouts against them Overall the strikeouts rate again 27 percent I think that will come down because his swinging strike rate is just 10.6 percent So that may not stick, but he's looked really good so far and he faces the Royals tonight They have a 26 strikeout rate against Reides on the current active roster So eventually the strikeouts will come down But it may not happen here in this matchup specifically The salary for Lively is $7,800 and that helps alleviate a lot of the concerns here too So there are still reasons to be wary of Lively, but I don't think there are enough to avoid him at that salary in in this matchup So Ben Lively $7,800 the top value for today I prefer to spend up, but you know if we get the all clear on the weather If I can't quite get in the stacks I want I'm not opposed to dipping down to Lively and making my life a lot easier in that regard Let's discuss why the stacks are a key part of that because A lot of the stacks I want are high salary I think the big exception is boston the red sox do come with guys with low salaries The weather again could be a bit dicey. So make sure you go back to Um, the weather forecast for boston for today make sure they are good to go But assuming they are I think they could be a good source of value for tonight On this slate the red sox going up against austin gomber And a lot of his results are due to pitching a course field his erad 7.57 And it would not be that high if you pitched elsewhere But even the peripherals that account for park are pretty sour on gomber Which is why we can be here even while he goes on the road for tonight The skill interactive eray for gomber is 5.49 and skill interactive eray Tends to undersell How bad hard contact can be and gomber there is at 44 percent So if I were to take an over under on his eray relative to his skill interactive eray I'd expect his eray to be worse than his skill interactive eray due to the hard contact So sure gomber has been unlucky because he's at course field But he's also letting up hard contact and he's not getting strikeouts And those are things we can stack against regardless of where the game is being played So again check the weather here and if we get the green lights I would say the red sox are the top stack Not just because they have guys with value salaries, but it definitely does not hurt To have guys like that available to us within the stack for tonight One of those value plays actually is adam duval who Came off the il pretty recently and he hasn't done much since returning did have a double last night But not a ton of hard contact and that could be a concern because he's you know still working his way back But he did hit for power in his rehab stint and that rehab stint was 29 plate appearances So it's not like duval was fully rushed back I know we've not seen it yet so far on the majors, but I still think it's in there So I'm going to want to buy back into duval beginning tonight. He doesn't have a stolen base too since he came back So that helps. Um, so adam duval $2,900 I think will be a core play for me tonight There are other guys in this team who can save us some salary Maybe not the highest upside guys in general But uh, they are guys we can at least give some consideration to for tonight because salary will be a key focal point uh once again Park factor is obviously not great again for the tampa bay rays. They are still out in oakland But everything else beyond the park factor lines up really well And i'm gonna be high on them tonight. They're facing louise madina who will be Pitching is either the starter or the bulk reliever for the a's. He's listed a starter right now But they do kind of shift that around madina did have a nice outing last week You win five innings let up two runs with six strikeouts and that came against the brewers They're not a great offense, but they're also not like hideous. So it's it definitely is a good thing but the problem is that It's it's deviating from what we've seen so far from madina. That was the first Outing madina has had this year allowing three or fewer than three year in rods He's let up three plus or five plus are in rods and three out of seven starts Overall madina's uh expected the array is 6.06. He has a 43 hard hit rate allowed And now he's faced the rays. They have a 126 w rc plus against righty's with a 200 iso It is a bad park, but the rays offense also plays its home games in a pretty bad park So I do wish we had a good park factor here because I would put the rays above the red socks That were the case, but even without that the rays are going to be my top stack of the night I think within those ray stacks isaac paredes might be a bit underrated His salary for this team is pretty low at 33 hundred dollars, but against righty specifically He has a 232 iso and I tend to view paredes as being more of a Lefty only guy in the past, but hits in the middle of the order hits her power He doesn't steal bases, which may be why he's not of as big of a priority within this stack but I do like paredes against righty's too, so I think we should be more willing to include paredes in our stacks against Righties when going towards the rays, which I will be doing for tonight Third stack is going to be the rangers and I kind of feel bad for you debt mercs I like him as a pitcher, but he keeps on drawing really rough matchups and he has overcome some of them So he's a good pitcher that can happen for sure But the rangers are really tough So I do want to give them a look here against debt mercs for tonight debt mercs faced the cubs last week They are a high strikeout offense, but they also do it lefties well And debt mercs was fantastic in that game the start before that he had the astros and Just in general we've seen debt mercs face a lot of really solid teams But none of those teams had a wrc plus higher against lefties than what the rangers have that's at 137 Which ranks third in all of baseball Debt mercs is primarily struggling with hard contact. He's led up a 43 hard hit rate this year So he can get strikeouts, but when he doesn't get that third strike things can go pretty poorly and the rangers Are a low strikeout team as well against lefties So different than it was last week at the cubs where you could see the path to Debt mercs striking out a bunch of guys and the stack failing for this one because the rangers hit the ball Well, and don't strike out a whole lot. I think it's a tougher matchup for debt mercs The rangers faced debt mercs back on may 6th. They chase method four innings there Score three runs in that one with a 50 hard hit rate. So I think they'll do well in the rematch too. So the rangers to me the third stack behind the red sox and The rays for tonight Again, loan downside here is salary They're all super high for a reason the rangers offense has been awesome So you understand why their salaries are high, but it means we're going to have to Dip in the order to to be able to afford this stack I do think guys with salaries of 3400 dollars lower all fun in josh young mitch garver azekill diran As we discussed on monday, and i'm open to a bottom of the order stack where I just load up on those guys and hope that diran comes up with Garver young on on base and stuff like that. We can get the double dip via the rbi's and run scored so Bottom of the order stack I think it's pretty in play for the rangers if it allows you to actually get to this team Which I would like to do for tonight. So to me top stacks the day red sox one raise two rangers three Things to watch for tonight. I am slowly gaining interest in tyler glass now, but not quite there yet He has not hit 90 pitches yet, which he might not need to honestly, but that could change tonight, but It just doesn't give a lot of wiggle room for him to have one bad plate appearance and still pay off for dfs It is a fantastic matchup of the a's So i'm not totally out on him. He's still pretty high in my strikeout projections He's above seven for me right now, but I want to see a tad more before i rank him above guys like castillo and kershaw So not quite on glass now tonight as of yet I was of all though bedo is making his debut for the pirates tonight facing the cubs Not sure how to feel about this one because bedo did a good job of limiting hard contact in triple a But the plate discipline numbers were not great I'd lean towards stacking the cubs here, but the temperature being just 64 degrees at wrigley Gives you an excuse if you'd rather not stack the cubs. So could go either way on that one The orioles are facing um hosted barrios and barrios has been a lot better recently suppressing hard contact but They're also lower salary given the guys that they got healthy right now barrios Has struggled historically against lefties tends to have pretty extreme home road splits So on the road facing a very lefty heavy lineup right now. I think the orioles could be a good stack for tonight. So Orioles to me one of the under the radar stacks potentially. I assume they'll be that Could turn towards them would rank the below the other ones But for a single entry type lineup where you're trying to be different without being dumb I think the orioles could be a quality option there Let's finish up here with the dinger calls for today the boring one adam duval He is back I'm hoping he can be fully fully back for tonight facing a lefty in boston Hopefully the weather can be good to us here But we'll go adam duval as the boring home run call for the fun one We got a dinger adam on monday when I was on him there and let's go back to him It was not a dinger call, but he did homer after discussing him on the show So as he killed the ron has been I think crazy underrated for the rangers so far this year He's been he before and after his injury hitting the ball really hard can steels and bases Not striking out a whole lot. So we'll put him in the dinger calls and kind of see what happens So the homerun calls for today adam duval and ezekiel diran That is all that we have here for today on the solo shot We are back with you once again tomorrow to break down Thursday slate as mentioned don't forget to check out our us open pga dfs preview via myself and brandy Ghadullah over on the fando youtube page and over on the number fire daily fantasy podcast If you've got any questions for me. I am on twitter at jim sonnis j i m s a n n e s You can also follow the fan dual podcast network at fan dual podcast want to thank you all for tuning in for today Good luck to you with your mlb dfs lineups for tonight. We'll talk to you once again tomorrow to break down Thursday slate This has been the solo shot right here on the fan dual podcast network