 Wednesday Slade and MLB DFS is one where I think there is a decent shot that my process differs from what you want to do for today That's because I want to play things on the risky side. I prefer to play in tournaments, which means I can take on a risk I can Utilize pitchers who may not have the safest projection because they're in really tough matches My favorite guys for tonight are in very difficult spots You could go with nester Cortez who has a really he's a really good pitcher. He's in a decent spot. You can go that way I think I want to live a bit more dangerously and it's okay If you disagree if you don't want to go the same route that I want to go But I think with the way I want to play things It does make a lot of sense to take some risk for tonight use pitchers in very difficult Matchups and hope we hit it right and hope that everyone else deviates elsewhere So let's break things down so you can make the best decision for you and the way you want to play for tonight Welcome on into the solo shop. That's right here on the fan dual podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Sonnis I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire calm here to preview Wednesday's nine a game main slate With locks up for 705 p.m. Eastern for today couple weather notes Both of them are related to hitting weather and it's good hitting weather in St. Louis for the Pirates and the Cardinals It is 95 degrees and winds are out to left at 12 miles per hour That is a boost for hitters for pirates in the Cardinals at Wrigley Field once again another great spot for hitting It is 88 degrees and winds are out to center at 17 miles per hour. It's basically course field for tonight. So Bump up Wrigley bump up St. Louis We're gonna talk about the Padres and the Cubs in the stacking section because it is a fantastic Place to get some bats for today We'll get to that in just a bit but first a reminder to make sure you are subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed Wherever you get your podcast as always we have our PGA DFS podcast up there Previewing this week's US Open myself and Brandon Cadulli You can find that by searching for the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcast And if you like what you hear Leave us a rating and review as well that the golf's third major championship is set for this Thursday and Fandolin Callaway apparel are bringing you a free daily fantasy contest that gives you a chance to win a share of $20,000 introducing the Callaway apparel Major-style contest a free to play daily fantasy contest that gives you the chance to make this weekend's US Open Even more exciting than it already is all you have to do is draft your best roster of six golfers While staying under the $60,000 salary cap and follow along using Fandolin's live scoring as the US Open unfolds If you scored the highest at the end of the term you'll walk away with the $5,000 first place prize visit Fandolin.com slash league slash Callaway apparel Fandolin.com slash league slash Callaway apparel to enter and submit your lunch today again always take free lunch to give them to you You should check that one out for sure Fandolin.com slash league slash Callaway apparel Pitching preview for this Wednesday Mange Slate slain Shane McClannahan Facing the Yankees is the highest salary pitch from Fandolin checking in at $11,000 Corbyn Burns is 10-9 Nester Cortez is 10-5 Tyler Anderson checks in at $9,500 with Jose Barrios Jack Flaherty coming off the IEL and Rosie Contreras as the others at $8,000 or higher one note on Jack Flaherty. I'd expect around 75 or so pitches for today. I know the reports were 60 I think 75 is more likely to 159 this final rehab starts. So if you're looking at Flaherty expect around 75 or so pitches now the tough thing here is the top two guys in salary are McClannahan and Burns and It's a rough spot for them the Clannahan facing the Yankees Burns facing the Mets and neither team is a matchup I want to target all that often in DFS. So it's tough But they are gonna be my top two guys for tonight will top on Nester Cortez and things to watch Because for cash games, I do think he should be your choice there The reason I like McClannahan and Burns strike out upside McClannahan facing the Yankees in the road, but It's all about McClannahan here I hate the matchup the Yankees active roster has a 120 WRC plus against lefties with tons of power I don't want to use pitchers against them, but McClannahan is a disgusting pitcher He threw a lot of curves in his first three starts. He hasn't done as much sense So I'm gonna go toss out those three starts and look at him from that point on in the past nine starts McClannahan has been otherworldly a 2.26 skill interactive VRA 34% strikeout rate and a 4% walk through all of which are very good numbers But if you're gonna face the Yankees in New York, you need great bad at ball data to excel McClannahan has that he has a 32% hard hit rate with a 33% fly ball rate So he checks every box Plus they're letting him go deeper in games now than they were earlier on this year because McClannahan has gone 90 plus pitches in six straight games He had one seven or he's had seven plus strikeouts in all those games He had nine plus in three out of the six one of those starts was against the Yankees He had six innings seven strikeouts one run allowed That one was at home. He's on the road now But I think there is enough here and there's enough in McClannahan to get the job done So I'll be high on him in this spot despite the fact it is very very risky if you're risk averse You're not gonna like McClannahan. You're not gonna like Corbin Burns and I totally understand. I get it for sure I respect that process but for me personally I want to Win big if I win and I think that McClannahan and Burns give me the best chance to do so Let's talk about Burns He is not facing as powerful of a team with the Mets But they're still a very good team and I again think that he's well worth consideration here The Mets have a 127 WRC plus against righties That is his second highest on the slate. It's also a super low strikeout rates at 19%, which is a buzzkill But I still have Burns projected for 7.3 strikeouts here Which ranks second on the slate behind just McClannahan who is at 8.5 It's because of how well Burns has been pitching for the full season He has a 3 or 2.73 skill interactive ERA. His strikeout rate is 32% The bad at ball data for Burns is not as pristine as it was last year and that's one source of concern But it hasn't mattered yet. His ERA 2.48. It was 2.43 last year We saw Burns face another good low strikeout team against righties on the road a couple starts ago That was against the Cardinals. They're a good low strikeout team But Burns had 11 strikeouts across seven shutout innings. He has upside and Yeah, he's had some clunkers recently But he has a path an obvious path the path he has shown to getting you 50 60 fan dual points And I want that upside so there are blemishes for Burns for sure But he will still be high on my list and I put him above Cortez for tournaments Cortez is the cash gameplay and again, we'll talk about him later on But for tournaments give me a clan of hand give me Burns Under the hope slash assumption that the matchups drive a lot of people away from using them for tonight For the value play it's actually one I like a lot and I will talk here on the show a lot about how I may not use the value play because I prefer to stick to the studs For today, I will use that guy and that guy has spent their strider at $7,500. I've been skeptical of strider In his move to the rotation I actually bet the under on a strikeout prop last week and he made me look very stupid But the reasons I was skeptical have shifted. So I am in on him this time I was wondering if the braids would let strider up his pitch count and they did he is now on 72 87 and 92 pitches 92 is enough for $7,500 And while striders gotten stretched out, he has kept the quality rate stats his strikeout rate in this turn in the rotation is 33 Hard hit rate is 28 He is still walking too many guys and it does make his pitch efficiency worse But it hasn't mattered too much yet because we saw strider get eight strikeouts last time He had seven on just 72 pitches in his first start in this stand So he's keeping it up so far based in the nationals here They are a low strikeout team a 20 strikeout rate against righties But I still strider projected for 7.2 strikeouts today again That's almost the same number as burns and just behind the clan and it's actually ahead of nester cortex. So I'm still not fully convinced that strider keeps us up. We could see some regression at some point It's hard to stretch out to be a starter But for $7,500 I don't need to be fully convinced There is a lot of room for error at the top of this player pool between quartets Maybe not getting a ton of strikeouts between the clan of hand and burns and really tough spots I can afford to take a swipe and I'm okay taking that swipe with spencer strider So to me he is a very worthy value play at $7,500 and someone I will definitely have in my player pool for tonight So to me for tournaments I want the clan of hand birds and strider for cash games nester cortex and again thoughts on him coming up later on First though, let's talk about stacks means we have to start things out at wriggly field It is hot temperatures the winds are out and the cubs are in a good match So I will stack the Padres to Caleb Killian who they're facing is a ground ball guy. So I'm more of a secondary option for me, but the cubs Probably above even course field for today for me They're facing ryan weathers who's getting called up from triple a for the first time this year He really has struggled down there. His er a 7.29 exit is 6.49. He hasn't had strikeouts He has had minimal ground balls. So I'm a bit surprised he's back guessing it's probably because he's needed a guy who was on the 40 man, but now Weathers has to come up and face the cubs after struggling in triple a and the winds are working against him So it's just a really tough spot for weathers Even though the cubs will be chalky today. I think it's a very good reason My hope is that by being a bit different at pitcher. I can allow myself to Stack the cubs the stack course field and still be okay with that So I'm going to put the cubs actually above course field for today And I don't feel that bad about doing so. So to me the cubs are the number one stack on the main slate for tonight As we saw last night wilson contraris can obliterate lefties Double dong for him there no pushback on contraris 10 out of 10 would use the guy who might get the biggest boost Against the lefty is frank schwindel. He has a career 248 iso against lefties He is iso against righties 186 strikeout rate is also lower with the platoon advantage. He's $2,500 If you use schwindel easy for me to say with contraris it does force you to burn your utility slot, but I think that's the right play here. So to me Definitely going schwindel and contraris Could get a little bit dicey given that I want to use cj crone too, but I do think that Using two of those three guys in most labs. We need a good way to play things for today. So the cubs my number one stack Well, let's talk about the rockies as my number two stack and we'll talk about the the guardians my number three stack So it is all wriggly or coolers in the top three slots for today the rockies facing connor pilkington We're up to a fourth start sample on pilkington and he's getting some strikeouts but They've mostly been against bad teams and i'm not sure they will necessarily stick the swinging strike rate for For pilkington and triple a was 12 percent with an 18 percent strikeout rate He's at 13 percent and 24 percent in the big leagues and he could keep that up But it also could come down And if it comes down the bad at ball numbers could be a bit red flaggy because he has a 41 percent fly ball rates And that's led to some bumps in the road for him so far He's led up three plus earned runs twice. He led up four last time out and that was at home against the a's Now you're taking pilkington and putting him on the road against the rockies They're not bad against lefties. Don't strike out that much. Got a 104 w r c plus and I think They're good enough to take advantage here. So the rockies to me very deserving of being our number two stack Now the fun thing with the rockies is the salaries are pretty low. You look at them like you got crone He is I believe 39 hundred dollars. He is yeah 39 But then every other righty is 3200 dollars or lower Which means I don't think we need to get too weird with our right-handed batters on this team And it allows me to be a bit skeptical of randall gritchick He's probably gonna bat fourth fifth sixth somewhere in there probably sixth, but he's hitting terribly right now Uh, gritchick has a 29 strikeout rate in june with a 23 hard hit rate He hasn't had a barrel since may 17 So it's a good spot and he's a value play. We know he's got long-term power but like I'm not going to put him crazy high on my list relative to connor joe brandy rogers cj crone guys like that. I'd rather Rank them high. I'll get to gritchick because it's coolers because he's 2800 dollars, but Not the highest priority right him this team despite the fact He is the lowest salary didn't does come with a lot of name value As mentioned I think cleveland is great too. They're in this game facing austin gomber And we've talked about it a couple times this year, but gomber is not where he was last year He's been scaling back on his slider across his past seven starts. I'm not sure if it's You know pitch mix changes or just injury or whatever it may be But it hasn't been a good change so far. His strikeout rate is down to 16 percent with a 42 hard hit rates The five ball rates still pretty okay at 33 percent, but It's not good enough to overcome The rest of what's ailing him in his profile. ERA for gomber is 7.47 Some of that came on the road even His most recent home star was against the braze and he let up nine earned runs in that one The braves are a much better team than cleveland. So better matchup for gomber today, but cleveland I I prefer them against the righty, but they're at course field 89 degrees. I think they got a good matchup So I think there is enough here to overcome their deficiencies tonight I would prefer cleveland against the righty and they're not as good as the braves, but I do still think they're a solid option for today So cleveland once again very high on my list talked a lot about oscargonthology yesterday Only three fan dual points. It didn't work out there, but I still think he's a lead option once again for today I think i'm a dorsario is interesting despite a lack of power He does put the ball in the air against lefties, which gives him a chance at some uh dingers 33 fly ball right. He can slide bags. I think he's fast enough to do that even against the lefty and With all that expansive outfield at course field the speed for rosario can play up more So gonzalez my top priority among the values. Obviously hosier amir is number one, but among the values gonzalez one I think that rosario mild straw a same line of thought both benefit from basing a lefty So cleveland's a bit different of a stack and I definitely prefer the rockies to them But both these options are good given the weather at course field for today So cubs one rockies two guardians three the ranking of the stacks for today Let's get to things to watch and talk about nester cortez. I think he is probably your cash game pitcher for today He's at home against arrays. They're a decent team against lefties, but not a powerful one They're also a low strikeout team and that's why I'm not here for tournaments, but for cash games Cortez is a quality pitcher at home against a team that's probably not going to take him yard So I like him off for cash. I just like the other three more for tournaments So cortez probably going to get you seven innings One or two earn runs five strikeouts. That's not bad. It's my pitching perspective for today So if you want to take the safe route go cortez, I probably will get there personally too and use him along with burns mclanahan and Strider, but I just want to have more of those guys. I think they're upside is better for today I initially had the blue jays in my top three stacks, but then Right, I thought it was joe musgrove was going to start for the Padres So I was like, okay Me a little bit lower on the cubs, but then it's ryan weathers the wriggly weather being what it was Bump the jays out of the top three, but I still think they're an elite stack They're facing bruce zimmerman. He's cooled down massively from his hot start the jays have a lot of righties You can bang lefty. So they're a great stack. They would be top three Maybe top one on a lot of other slates But for today they're number four, but a really respectable number four the team I do want to stack Same thing is true for the red sox again. It would be a top three stack and a lot of slates facing james caprellian He's letting up a lot of fly balls and hard contact while not getting a lot of strikeouts That is a great recipe for upside on the opposing side I think the jays are pretty comfortably ahead of the red sox So the jays for red sox five, but the red sox not bad by any means on a lot of slates The jays could be the top stack. I think the red sox are more of like a Two or three on a lot of slates just a good slate for stacking overall for tonight I didn't talk about some other teams that I think are viable too Like the Dodgers again three dentmers. I could definitely see myself stacking there Wouldn't object to that They're probably the primary one as far as other ones. So Check out the Dodgers too if you want a the sixth back, but overall it's a really good facility for stacking for today Let's finish up with some dinger calls before tonight the boring one I will go to rigley field and check out patrick wisdom He's got a 250 or so iso against lefty so far this year hitting the ball well overall in the middle of that lineup facing with weathers Who is really struggled so far in triple a so patrick wisdom The boring home run call for today the fun one I'm going back to where we were a couple nights ago. Teo scar Hernandez I think the homers will come soon. He didn't hit a dinger when we talked about him a couple nights ago But I think he had three hard hit balls in that game with an active velocity of 95 plus miles per hour. So They're gonna come soon the dingers. I would assume Only three so far this year But I think I think we're gonna see an eruption here in the very near future So the home run calls for today patrick wisdom and teo scar Hernandez That is all that we got here for today on the solo shot I just mentioned that we do have our pga dfs breakdown already posted up on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed Search for that wherever you get your podcasts take a listen to myself and brandon And if you like what you hear leave us a rating and review Also at brandon on covering the spread to break down the betting sides of the us open 2 Just search for covering the spread in your podcast feed there If you've got questions for me, I am on twitter at jim sanis j i m s a n n e s You can also follow the fan dual podcast network at fan dual podcast big Thank you to everyone for tuning in for today Good luck to you their mlb dfs lineups. 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