 What we have tonight in MLB DFS is a slate where you have the ability to deviate from the chalk if you want to because there are no Must have situations in the slate there are players I'd rank higher personally like that I definitely have preferences and way I ways I'd rank things but I think it's a kind of an open slate where you can play Things how you want, you know bet on some talent and try to identify Ways you can deviate from the pack without being stupid. I think that's a fun slate for sure for tournaments Let's dive on in talk about it and get you set for tonight's slate This is the Fanduola live Q&A right here on the Fanduola YouTube Twitch Facebook and Twitter pages My name is Jim Sonnis. 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Let's start the questions off on Facebook talking to DJ Hello, DJ asking for thoughts on Joe Musgrove thinking he's a very good pitcher very good pitcher Worry a bit about the matchup here because the Giants are a really good team now They do strike out DJ and I think that that gives you leeway to consider Musgrove because the talent is so good It's not the the best park for hitting either So you have the flexibility to consider Musgrove for sure I personally will not be ranking him as highest mother options just because I do really worry about that matchup They're just such a good offense. That's my concern there But because Musgrove is talented we can still use him and I'm okay with using him But I do want to rank him below some other guys So I think have more clear paths to being you know stand outside plays tonight So not going to cross him off to DJ. I think that if you like him you can go with him for sure Just worry about the matchup. That's the main thing for me with Musgrove So Vaughn favorite stacks for a single entry forward tonight So again, you've got a lot of different ways you can play things for today I think that for a single entry we can look at some teams that may fly a bit under the radar I want to see where Cleveland's implied total is because My hope is that Cleveland isn't going to be all that popular and we can go towards them I really do like the the matchup and the situation they've got for today Cleveland's applied total down at 4.5 So I think to me Cleveland is a team that grades out pretty well because I wouldn't expect them to be all too popular They've got a lot of power in that lineup tremendous matchup from a batted ball perspective So I think that they are an awesome option I think Cleveland is a standard option for single entry for today facing Griffin Jacks lets up a lot of fly balls a lot Of hard contact. So it's a Vaughn. I think Cleveland is a really good stack made single entry's perspective for tonight Vaughn is also asking for the best and value hitter on Cleveland like Bobby Bradley a lot. I've not seen their lineup yet Not sure if it's out yet Let's refresh one more time here to see if it is No lineup yet for Cleveland, but Bobby Bradley, I think he's awesome. I'm very interested in checking him out Other potential value plays here trying to think The Astros guys Jose Ciri we've got Chas McCormick Jake Myers all those guys could be good value plays Was that a change? Hmm. Okay. I'll look up something here quick because it's possible The Royals switched their starters around when I wasn't looking Okay, they didn't switch it to Carlos Fernandez. So I think the A's actually do work out pretty well too I thought it was Mike Minor. I had Mike minor down He was announced earlier. I think they changed things around semi recently. Anyway Yeah, so Well, I think that the A's are interesting as well Best value hitter though I'm gonna say it's Bobby Bradley Probably number one for me followed by the Astros guys So Vaughn any under the radar teams today again I think Cleveland's a good one there because I there are implied totals not super high I think that grades out John is asking you how would you stack Cleveland for itself? Let's do that here Let's put in Julio Urias a pitcher because he is my top guy again I don't think he's like unfaithable by any means because it doesn't get a ton of strikeouts Sometimes has length issues. So he's not unfaithable, but he is my top guy straight up. Let's go with Bradley Let's get Jose Ramirez And let's get from meal in there and see where we're at We do those three guys. We're at 29 40 left That means I probably need to go Bradley Zimmer over mile straw just because Bradley Zimmer saves me more salary than straw Strata think straw is 29 2900 so yeah, I think that this is probably the optimal four player stack if using a rios if you're going with let's say Huascari know what then I probably get up to straw just because it's it's less of a Salary crunch there. So if you're going with a rios, I think this is the four player stack if you're going with Inoa or going with, you know, any of the guys right around 9 000 I would say then I'd go with straw over Zimmer Dan says Yankees have a really high total No interest night. Yeah interest I think the interest is definitely there because John means let's have a lot of fly balls So that gives you the leeway to go there for sure the reason I didn't talk about them this morning Is it means has been getting a little bit better? I guess I would say a little bit being emphasized there Slowly trending back up after he came off the injured list. So I guess like I don't know it could be a situation where maybe it's just due to variance that is allowed him to improve a bit But the strikeouts have been better recently than they were when he initially came off. So See here, uh, two two six five three, but then recently a seven five five five five So he's been getting better. Yankees faced him, which means I did just see him a couple of starts to go But didn't do a whole lot against him check out the bad at ball beta In that game 31 hard hit rate for the Yankees in that game did have a couple barrels But I think that it's just more of like a middling type stack Dan So I think they're good and I will definitely be checking them out for sure But high salaries probably gonna be popular I'm okay being a bit underway just because means has improved Yankees always seem to be pretty popular I think those are things that make me be okay being a tiny bit lower on them Uh, DJ is happy Roberto Clemente day. Yes, uh, they they're letting I believe Um, I think not almost anyone but the way my old players were number 21 tonight. That'd be pretty cool I have a Roberto Clemente statue like a little mini figurine statue in my closet because I have my bobble heads and stuff in there Didn't take it out because I have like this backdrop back here, but Roberto Clemente, uh, one of the Greatest baseball players slash humans of all time Johnny Inoa or Suarez tonight and who do you think will win the al wild cards? Don't know on the wild cards there Johnny because I've been so wrapped up in dfs I've not had time to focus on a lot of my actual record stuff So looking forward to just watching it and taking that in having been doing a lot of divisional betting and stuff like that recently But as far as dfs goes for today I like Inoa a bit more because I think the matchup is Sick, but I also feel better about his overall like strikeout talent than Suarez Let's say strikeout talent specifically because Suarez has good talent It's just a different talent than we look for in dfs. His talent is at batted ball suppression. You see here In his past five starts some more change ups Just a a 29 fly ball rate allowed a 31 hard hit rate really good numbers the strikeouts have been there at times So Suarez to me is definitely a consideration I just put him behind Inoa because Inoa has a 26 strikeout rate since he returned But he had a higher strikeout rate before he got hurt. So there's a possibility for improvement there I think the 23 strike rate for Suarez is probably on the high end of his range Whereas Inoa at 26 percent is either as median or maybe even a tiny bit low. So I think that that uh, Inoa is a guy where I just want to kind of bet on the talent Bet on what we saw before the injury like the matchup with colorado too So I like Inoa. I don't mind Suarez either But I would say Inoa for me Kyle Gavin sheets as a value one off four to nine Let's see what the lineup looks like here for the white socks. See where sheets is that sheets is batting six against jason junk Yeah, I think that works for for sure Sheets is a guy who we used earlier on this year because he's got some power Let's uh dig in as a sample is expanded here on sheets to make sure That power has stuck 320 iso versus righties Kyle he is a double thumbs up not just one thumb We got two thumbs up for Gavin sheets for today as a one-off on the white socks and the white socks work for stacking too So he's a one-off, but I would say you can also stack them Jerry my favorite stacks for today are the white socks. I like houston and a couple one offs for st Louis and the Mets. What are your thoughts on this? I like the Mets one offs I think that uh, you know, they're facing john lester lester is a low strikeout guy has some good bad at ball data so You know, I think that one offs I I mean, I'm all stacky and stack them as well But one offs definitely do work there. Uh as far as the stacks do like the white socks again facing junk The one reason the white socks weren't as high for me is think the junk has the potential to suppress hard contact That's kind of a guess there. So that could be wrong But low strikeout rates not a big flop or not a big ground ball guy So definitely still like the white socks. I love houston facing coey arihara arihara had some good results Earlier on this year Then the results started to regress and they regressed towards his peripherals so That to me says the peripherals were not off and he struggled from a peripherals perspective since he came off the il as well So houston I think is the number one stack for today against arihara. I would say they're number one I do like the white socks do like the Mets for st. Louis So it's complicated because like in theory I can see using guys against magill because magill has really bad bad at ball numbers like a 47% our hit rate allowed This is over is past six starts more fastballs a 43% fly ball rate But he also gets a lot of strikeouts these specifically as good Versus righties and the cardinals have a bunch of righties So like if it were if you're facing the rays, I'd probably stack the rays because they got loud They got meadows guys like that But the cardinals are super righty heavy. Let's see if their lineup is out here yet No lineup yet for the for the cardinals. So I'm okay Not being as high on them just because they're they're pretty righty heavy I'd probably avoid them, but I don't mind. I do like houston a lot like the white socks and do like the Mets Jerry's is also like the colorado and atlanta game again I'd be lower on the colorado side because you know is very good Salvatore says pitching is awful Yeah, I wouldn't go awful. I would say it's not as Automatic as usual Salvatore that might be the the way I'd phrase it just because like there's no like top tier races So I'd agree that and I think that that's why we have the leeway to deviate from a rios if you want I'd expect a rios to be like the Very popular for today I think that that would be the assumption for me I know savon asked about who the chalky starting pitcher will be it'll be a rios for sure I would not stack against him. Uh, that was what savon is asking about, you know, should I stack them? I wouldn't uh because he's he's a very good pitcher because he's facing arizona but I would say for me It's okay to deviate from there like you know is in play as a deviation I think maniah works because he's super talented joe musgrove is a consideration talked about him before And then maybe mcgill at pitcher does make me pretty nervous though Uh, let's talk to savon philadelphia stack. I don't hate that savon because alec alec mills Been slipping recently lets up a lot of balls in play letting it more hard contact recently than needed before So specifically the lefties like harper odubo herrera or odubo herrera Brad miller is he in there? No, brad miller. Yeah, that kind of stinks Didi it's like a three player stack of didi harper herrera, and then I wouldn't mind galvis either But like they're not a top tier stack for me, but I think they're in play Um, savon also asked about a san francisco stack. No musgrove is very good savon asking how would you stack oakland? so facing her nandes Means we can go with pretty much anyone here. I would say so I think oakland is kind of just A freeing lineup we just pick the best dudes pick the best dudes on this team And stack them no lineup out yet. Let's check out the projected lineup here For the a's for today Skrulling down here this projected lineup may still be based on the lefty because It was initially going to be a lefty But they did change things up yet later. Yeah, so lauri is not in there I assume that's because they thought it'd be a lefty the davis won't play pinter. Probably won't play either so Flip that around the projected line is probably off is the way I'd phrase that So olson is kind of the key guy you want to get in there if you're stacking the the a's because Just a crazy crazy power versus righties and lefties They tend to skew towards murphy over gomes versus righties I'm kind of curious to see if if murphy gets a start today because they made the change But I also don't know if they'd want to change up catchers played in the game Given that, you know, it could throw off maniah stuff. So if it's gomes in there, I'm not as high He's not super great versus righties if chapin gets back in there. I'd love to feel good about him, too So Kind of want to see what the lineup looks like here because again, we don't really know If seth brown plays again, like whoopsies if seth brown plays lock him in definitely good sauer saver But wouldn't assume he plays. He's not a fixture in the lineup for sure dj Does colton well welker have any value for colorado at third base? No, I mean like I just don't want to use any rockies guys Like you know is good. So I'll pass on the rockies Mr. Monte on youtube a robert or jimenez Can I say yes? Is that cheating to say yes? um Because they're both pretty good actually looks like uh, yeah, so I mean robert's pretty hard to fade given how well he's been playing recently, but I still like jimenez a lot Let's just check it out here. Let's see straight up Robert has a 171 eyes over his righties with five stolen bases jimenez 236 I'm gonna go with jimenez. I know robert's been much better recently, but it's pretty tight So I'll go with jimenez there and just pray that robert doesn't continue to just go nuclear But if you get both I'd prefer that for sure So if I'm asking for cortez or suarez not a lot of interest in cortez personally Let's have a lot of fly balls So like they both got similar strikeout rates because they're right here on the same page You can see them both there. I like the matching more for suarez over cortez. So I would say suarez. They're by a pretty healthy amount Rob says I don't think colorado and atlanta will play non-stop rain. Yeah, uh, let's pull up that over here It's looking pretty gross looking at that It does say light rain. That's a good thing rob, but I don't know I think that's probably a correct inclination I always again defer to kevin roth and roto grinders. He tends to have a pretty good read on these types of things I don't uh, but this does throw that into Concern especially because like for pictures we have to care more about rain because if it's a long rain delay They get yanked no come back So definitely check back at what kevin s say on roto grinders about this this forecast here because it does look pretty concerning Savad, who would you who do you think will be the chalky picture for today? Okay, we've talked about that in passing before I think it'd be a rios Actually, I know it'll be a rios because the imply total is so low and the matchup's so good I would not sack against him. He's just he's too good for that Dan jim would you have to put oakland on top three now over the Mets? Yes, I think so because couple reasons we do have the Issue where lester does a pretty good job of suppressing hard contact. Hernandez really doesn't do that so I think that we had the leeway to go there The one thing that could push you towards the Mets is that the weather is great for hitting today Uh more humid there today winds blowing out So that could push you towards the Mets, but I would expect The a's to be a bit less popular because there was a pitching change Maybe not as much analysis around them for today. So I would say the a's over the Mets by a hair Dan under the consideration of Better offense Maybe less popular that'd be the play, but I think they're both still good But I do think that oakland might be in the top three now. Good question. DJ. Does nester course have any value tonight? Eh, not really not really in there. I think that there are enough guys I like more than him to lop him off DJs asking to host your kitty I would avoid that pretty stead vastly because he's gone to 71 and 70 pitches since he came back and The movement on his pitches has been bad like really bad relative to what it was before his injury So worried about him not being back to full strength pitch counts not there yet So we're keen to be Pretty easy to avoid based on what he's looked like those first two starts and specifically What the pitch count has been like salvatore where we're ranking the Yankees So let's see here. Um, I've got Let's go through the rankings here Okay, so we have astros one cleveland two We're going to shift the a's up We like the white socks. We like the mets. I feel like the Yankees might slot in after that That might be the optimal place to put them Yeah, I don't see anyone else to put above them. So, uh, Yankees would be after the Uh, after the astros cleveland The a's the mets and the white socks. So I guess sixth if I count it right be the ranking there John who would stack cleveland with so let's check out the positional stuff here on cleveland to see If there are any teams that might be Kind of restrictive with them. Oopsies still in the a's. So let's go with Bob and bradley. Let's go with hosera mires Mires Let's go with from meal And let's get zimmer in there Okay, if we do that, we are at 30 75 left the second base shortstop outfield utility It depends on which of the a's we get because I think that that could work pretty well Like if we could hosay siri at minimum salary again That gives you flexibility. Maybe gets uh, al-tube or korea in there. Al-tube is $4300 korea doesn't think lower So you could korea in there get a kyle tucker or your don alvarez in there. So I think the astros Work really well with cleveland based on the way Those two teams mesh together positionally and from a salary perspective kyle says he needs a one-off at shortstop with $3,300 Left to guess. Let's roll down here to $3,300 at shortstop Segura not a guy I tend to use versus righties, especially with mills being more restrictive versus righties Glaber just hasn't had power. Let's check out the game logs here I Have that dinger a couple nights ago, but like overall just no power at all for Glaber this year dan's bee is in that weather game facing south of tayla not a bad pitcher I could get behind on that rosario potentially as part of a cleveland stack But i'm not going to rank him as high within that stack because I prefer straw over him prefer uh, zimmer over him for the saving so Not super high there jonathan vr could work baton leadoff against lester So I would say probably rosario probably vr going to be the the top two guys there In terms of a one-off shortstop wouldn't mind dd either Uh, $2,500 so you could you know change things around elsewhere if you wanted to with the sourtains there But I would say dd's in play vr is in play And rosario is in play Uh, nearly eight ever over on twitch home run specialist today harper raise anyone else take a flyer on love harper Love from meal I think jose Ramirez if you're looking like actual like betting odds Uh for cleveland, I think that the number for jose Ramirez is very enticed. I think he's plus two ninety of andal sports book I think that's a pretty good number for him I'm not sure if you're asking for betting stuff, but like based on the odds I think that jose Ramirez We're really good bet for today To go deep for cleveland But the betting odds also illustrate what bobby bradley is super under sourced I think he's plus 280 like a little bit shorter than ramirez and he is $2,500 that's a really good price for a guy who is the betting number is a good price for him for a guy who Is $2,500 on fender? So I would say the cleveland guys are pretty good to check out there Other potential dinger threats. I do think that the yankees individually have some good guys could go deep like stanton judge Obviously you can feel good about those guys going deep against the lefty. Let's have a lot of fly balls Let's see here if the yankees lineup is out yet No, no yankees lineup yet. Oh, well other good dinger hitting situations for today I could see taking some stabs of some orials against cortez giving the fly balls. He allows And then your don alvarez, let's go with your don alvarez, too And jose siri if he plays we'll go that uh savant. What stack pairs well with minnesota? Um, I'm not really looking to stack the twins because cal quantrell does a really good job of Oh, sorry, you meant to say with cleavan my bad savant missed that joy is trying to show show me that and I totally glossed over So good job joy. I missed it With cleavan again, I think that houston is the one that goes well there Because of the way they they mesh ups positionally also though the mets do because like you go If we have second base shortstop open, that's the bayez lean door situation So the mets do mesh well with them as well. Uh, the mets cleavan mesh well Not as much oakland because I don't really want to use a lot of infielders there So maybe if you go with rossario as your fourth cleavan guy that can mesh better But the whites are the a's and cleveland don't mesh as well So I would say astros and mets For the two ones that uh that go the best together Um, the salvatore says royals hit lefties hit well versus lefties They don't strike out but they don't hit well. They have a 148 iso versus lefties 34 fly ball rates super low walk rates So like they don't hit the ball. Well, they got two guys hit the ball. Well, salvatore pair isn't out of their demand to see but Overall not a team. I really fear it's more. So I don't really want to Target pitchers against them because the strike area is so low. It's a pretty thin slate. Um, and I think that that Allows you to use mania into something. He's talented. I think he's talented He's risky for sure. But you know, I can bet on talent sometimes Uh, jerry says give me your two value guys under $2,500. Can I cheat and say $2,500 or lower jerry? I'm gonna cheat say, uh, bobby bradley at exactly $2,500 a guy. I do like quite a bit Uh, if we get brown in there I would say He'd be a guy. Let's see. Let's see what sheets his salary is too Our boy gavin is $2,100. Are you go jerry? I would say he's up there for sure as well and Uh, bradley zimmer, I think is $2,400. I could put him in that consideration too So we'll say bradley zimmer bobby bradley if I can cheat Uh, kevin pilar is batting sixth really good numbers versus lefties. So I would say pilar up there as well. I think he's 21 or 24 somewhere in there Jerry says I like tyler mcgill tonight good matchup and he should be everyone's here a value pitcher I I think that I agree with you jerry. I worry about the hard contact. That's the one thing that makes me hesitate about going all in because the strikeouts are there Matchup is great very righty heavy, but he does allow a lot of hard contacts that can lead to destruction So upside is there jerry? I do like that. Just worry about the bat of balls So I think if I had to guess I've not built stuff yet, but I would guess I'll probably get to mcgill But if I don't it will be strictly because I am worried about the bat of ball profile. He allows All right, it's good dj's home run calls. He's got nick solak albert the modesty patrick wisdom josh harrison pita lanzo Javier baez. I love a lanzo love baez very in there Uh modesty is facing manai who lets up a lot of hard contact. So I think that one works as well Salvatore asking for thoughts and byron buxton. My thoughts are that he is the best baseball player of all time I was wearing my byron buxton surezy yesterday Uh, it's the player's weekend surezy. So just this buck on the back So only the cool people know uh who the player is Best baseball player of all time Probably not using it tonight because quantrol does a good job of suppressing our contact erin campbell asking about the white socks Yes, erin, I think that they are a very good option for today specifically in sheets, uh 26 or $2,100 for someone who with his power Versus a righty definitely on board there check out the rest of the white socks lineup Okay, so yasmani salary's gone up, but I still think that he's a good play Let's go over here and check out some salaries for the socks Let's put sheets in there first Just because I want them in there. Okay I did say I wanted him in as over robert. So I feel like I should just stick with that Let's do it. Although robert's salary is actually not that bad. So let's just do both. Why not? borkin olo's dose borkin olo's dose and then let's do Do I do grandal or abray you that's a really tough one and I don't like having to decide Okay, grandal 276 abrayo 202 we're going With yasmani yasmani in there for tonight. So I think this is a good one for the white socks here I just want all the power. Give me all that pop Jerry's dinger calls. He wants matt olson, kyle tucker, bryce harper, louise robert. I love all those matt olson's amazing So I think those are great I think that we are good to go Final one here from jerry st. Louis ran out of gas last night very frustrating with the way That one played out. Um, so I I I get it jerry. It was annoying for sure. So we'll see what they do tonight. Um Again, I think that that miguel is in play It makes me nervous, but I do think that it's worthwhile and again, it's a high variance slate There aren't any super safe pitchers outside of rios for tonight. So I think it works. I think it does work for sure We'll see what he can do the strikeout should be there. Hopefully keeps the ball in the yard That is all that we have here for today. But again a quick scheduling announcement for tomorrow We have the thursday night football preview 4 to 4 30 That is right here on the fandal youtube twitch facebook and twitter pages I'll be here talking with olivia moody live moods about her thoughts in that game from a props perspective I'll talk some single game dfs and tonio gibson to mvp anybody. Let's do that Uh, that would be a 4 to 4 30 mlb q&a is at 4 30 to 5 for tomorrow So swing by tomorrow and check out both nfl and baseball if you've got more questions for me I am on twitter at jim sonnis j i m s a n n e s big Thank you to joy aflac our video producer for running the video side of things you today Thank you joy as always and thank you to everyone for tuning in for today. 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