 Some really fun options both at pitcher and stack on today's MLB DFS slate We got Jacob de Grom, Kevin Gosman, Corbin Burns all I picture. There's a value play I don't mind and you could justify four or five or so different stacks as being Legitimately very good options, which means a it's a fun slate But also B You're gonna need a lot of points to hang with the top end for tonight with a lot of points being likely on That slate will break down ways. I am trying to get said points My favorite options among those good pitchers and more to get you ready for Monday night slate Welcome on into the solo shot. That's right here on the fan dual podcast network and number fire com My name is Jim Saunders. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire here to break down monday's nine game main slate With lock first lock set for seven ten p.m. Eastern for today couple weather notes There are some colder games for today doesn't seem like any games with rain in the forecast, but Worst one for today is in chicago for the white socks and fillies very windy and very cold Just 41 degrees for today. The winds are out to center at 17 miles per hour So the winds help batters not as much as they do at Wrigley, but they do help But I think it's more than entirely negated by the super low temperatures It's just a really gross day there I like I was looking at this yesterday and wondering if they would actually play this game I think they will because there's no snow in the forecast right now but It was a thought that crossed my mind so very gross weather In chicago for the white socks and fillies think they should play Boy downgrade batters there despite the winds being out other spots that are colder all on the west coast once again Those are in oakland for the ace in the cubs San Diego for the Padres and braze and then in los angeles for the Dodgers and Mets So downgrade batters in those games as a result of the cooler temperatures Other ones should be pretty good to go. 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I had de graham projected for 10.1 strikeouts That's not the same as the 10.7. He was projected for last week But it is still easily the top number on the slate So i'm going to put de graham at the top of my list as a result I understand now more than usual if you don't want to go there given that it is repeat matchup Stuff like that. They did get to him the results have not been great. I get it But for me personally, I think de graham needs to be the top guy and I will put in there personally Above gosman for tonight Now gosman's matchup isn't as tough as you know, I think the reputation says he's on the road against the astros It's not as tough of a test that used to be I think that's a good thing for gosman And I think that gives us the leeway to consider him As a good option beyond de graham here Prefer to graham But gosman right there, which is again why I think it is justified if you don't want to go to graham number one for tonight If we lower the sample and look at just this year the astros have a 96 wrc plus against righties with a very minimal power And a 24 strike out rate now I'm still using 2022 through 2023 data because I think that's better over larger samples With the astros it might be better to go with the smaller sample because they have a lot of guys with no 2023 data So or 2022 data I should say so I think they'll get better in the long run as they get healthier One supposed to have two days back stuff like that and they still got good hitters I don't think they'll be bad for long this bad for this long But it does for now give us a window to target gosman And he's had a good start so far this year a 1.35 era his expected era is 3.08 His swinging strike rate is down a bit and he's not for his money sliders And that could be an issue and that's part of why I have to graham above him But in the three starts gosman has seven seven and 11 strikeouts The seven strikeouts in the first start were in a tougher match up with the cardinals than the one he gets tonight I have gosman projected for 8.6 strikeouts that is within shouting distance of to graham So it's enough for me to put him second for tournaments and again If you want to go there, I think that's fully justifiable But he is higher salary slightly lower projection stuff like that. That's why I prefer to graham We'll talk about corbin burns as potentially another outlet in things to watch Now especially on slays where we have guys like to graham gosman burns I don't always like any of the value plays because you need Juice to keep up with those guys and typically value plays don't have that But I genuinely do like landslint tonight at $8,500 and we'll have him in my player pool Lynn is facing the fillies, which is not a great matchup, but it's also definitely not terrible They have a 99 a wrc plus against righties on the current active roster with a 23 strikeout rate That matchup is at worst neutral Lynn Has gotten off to a rough start so far this year. He's led up eight earn runs In one of the starts six home runs across three games Both the strikeouts have been there. He has a 29 strikeout rate in three starts with a 14 percent swing strike rate His expected eRA is still very high But it's due to all the hard contact and fly balls The hard contact and fly balls may not matter as much if it's 41 degrees in chicago for tonight again The wind is out too, but I think the temperature matters a bit more here So the hope would be that lin can cut back on allowing So much hard contact by letting up fewer balls in play. Can you do that? I'm not sure But I've got lin projected for a 6.5 strikeouts tonight That ranks third on the slate behind dagram and gaussman and especially with his salary down to $8,500 And both those guys being on the road while lin is at home. I think there's more than enough here to make him a viable option So Legitimately four guys i'm okay with tonight. Again, we'll talk about burns later on but dagram is good. I like lin and I do like Burns as well in gaussman. I think all those guys Very much worth considering in daily fantasy for tonight for dagram But you've got a lot of leeway with a couple different viable options here I think the same thing can be said about stacking where you've got four or five legitimate options and I would say two of those are in contention for the top spot Those two teams are the brewers and the rockies rockies are at course field. The brewers are not But I think the matchup for the rocky the brewers is good enough where I'll still put them Number one on my list. They're facing the mariners in seattle. I expect the roof to be closed for tonight because there was some rain in the area so It's not a great part factor better than it would be if the roof were open And it's a great match up here They're facing chris flexin who has really struggled to start this year with eight earned runs and two in the third innings last time Out that was a win game at wrigley field. So that was part of it But his expected era is 6.70. He has more walks and strikeouts. That was not because of the wind Letting up plenty of hard contact and it's in line what we saw From flex and last year across a full year has expected the array was 4.62 with a 40 hard hit rates and a 46 fly ball rate Those are all numbers we can stack against The brewers are a fine team against righties with a 110 wrc plus and a 178 iso That's good enough for me. So I think they are the top stack of the night even above course field Due to all those factors mentioned there now with flexin looking at Opposing batters we do want a factor in that he does have some reverse platoon splits Because last year he allowed a 479 slug percentage to righties so there aren't a ton of righties in this lineup, but I think that it does mean when you're ranking out the stacks the guys to stack here Williadonis probably should be number one William contraris should be higher than he typically would be contraris a rough start to this year But the underlying numbers are okay at least making it more hard contact than you think I do select the lefties very okay with them But bump up adamis bump up contraris because of the fact that flexin has shown Reverse platoon splits since the beginning of last year now the pirates number two or sorry the rockies number two Facing the pirates at course field. We'll talk about the pirates and things to watch the face of Kyle Freeland I think that they're kind of more okay, but the rockies are legitimately good So let's talk about them here. They're facing rich hill Three starts so far for hill and it's not a horror show, but it's it's close His er a 7.20 his expected er a 8.80 Not enough strikeouts too many fly balls So it's been a rough start so far for hill in hill's defense. He's had some pretty tough match ups He's faced the white socks and the astros and The rockies are not as tough as the white socks and astros against lefties Their wrc plus is 93 there But that course field it's almost 70 degrees where it's warm enough where it can play like course field for today So I think the rockies are standouts despite not being elite offense Pretty below average for sure against lefties, but I think here in this spot at course field There's enough to make them in the same range of brewers for potentially one of the top stacks of the night Now the last three times the rockies faced lefty alefueres montero was out, but he's healthy now He has a 220 ice so against lefty since the start of last year He's not hitting the ball great so far this year, but also It's course field. He's had good results despite that So He should be back in there for today. I think that he makes a lot of sense Salaries pretty low honestly like all the rockies salaries are Pretty low for today. I think that you can stack them with the grove Even cj. Crone is at 38 nobody else above 33 that makes the rockies pretty stackable. So the colorado rockies a justifiable stack and a good stack for today The third slot for stacking is going to come down between the cardinals and the cubs. I like both quite a bit I'm going to give the edge to the cardinals both due to weather and offensive quality We'll talk about the cubs later on the cardinals have the better matchup. They're facing maryl kelly and He's looked okay, or it's sorry. They've got the tougher match up. I should say uh and kelly because kelly's not a bad pitcher He's looked okay in his first three starts this year 2.93 e r a and two of those stars were against the dodgers So that's pretty good and he's been good for a while now But kelly struggling with walks. He said four walks across each of his three starts so far Bad at ball data is not elite letting up a 44 percent hard hit rates and that hard contact is not confined to just those three starts It actually dates back to the end of last year where across his final four starts last year kelly started using More cutters and more curples and he's doing that this year too So it's a seven start sample and in that time kelly's strikeouts are up, which we love strikeouts. That's a good thing But also a 43 hard hit rate in a seven start sample That's pretty worrisome It may be a worthwhile trade-off for him because of the increased strikeouts and it has been so far This year with a good e r a But it does give upside to opposing stacks Cardinals are a very good team against righties with a 117 w rc plus plenty of power in this lineup and I think that The the cardinals belong just ahead of the cubs in our rankings for stacks for today They also did just get lar's newt bar back from the il and he's seen the ball really well That's what I always want to see In when guys come out the il is are they seeing the ball? Well a newt bar has drawn six walks in two games two of those were intentional So it didn't draw those two but did draw four naturally He can get stolen bases which means a walk is not a total suck on his upside And he barreled one for a home run yesterday Salary for newt bar is three thousand dollars two sources of upside seems pretty healthy So i'm very in a newt bar for my cardinal stacks because he's looked good enough and I like the upside he brings for a low salary at three thousand dollars so lar's newt bar to me We should be back on him despite his just coming off the il Things to watch didn't want to talk briefly about corbin burns because i'm curious how popular he will be for tonight He had eight strikeouts and eight shut out innings his last time out with an 18 percent swinging strike rate That was the best corbin burns has looked in I think a very long time So I don't mind if you want to give him a look if everyone is on Degrom gosman or others I just want to get a read on his popularity first It's always the toughest thing to judge early in the morning is where people will go for today So need to get a read on that and decide should I feel good about burns? Should we maybe shy away if people are all on him? go to degrom take advantage there, but I want to get a read on burns because I do like him a decent amount and if he's going to go overlooked He could be a very fun pivot for tonight Other game of course field besides the rockies is the pirates facing kyle freeland I don't think the the pirates are a bad stack, but freeland has a 3.67 expected the array across three starts this year He has a curve ball this year and a third more sliders So he's a very different pitcher So I think it's okay to put a lot more stock in three starts and he's been very good across the three starts He's not as good as the results have been but he's good enough to give a skepticism Around the pirates second against him, especially if the pirates not being the world's most elite offense lacking some key pieces. So Pirates are in play, but not a a must-must stack for tonight The cubs I'd probably put above them. I think they're a fine stack Facing kyle muller who does a good job of getting round balls Which does hurt the cubs but and the weather does too, but muller lets up some hard contact cubs have a 105 wrc plus against lefties They just got say sizuki off the il as well to help out there a bit So I don't mind the cubs. I just like the cardinals more I think the cubs probably pretty in line the pirates more I think about maybe I should put the pirates higher because it is course field But I think they're all kind of in the same tier cardinals. Maybe a smidge above that tier so Tearing it out for tonight for stacking brewers and rockies one two Cardinals a hair Above the rest and then the pirates and the cubs in the tier by themselves as well below those other options Let's finish up here with the dinger calls four or two day the boring one CJ cron is crushing the ball right now for the rockies and he's at course field Facing a lefty was struggling with hard contact. So I can't not pick cj crone cj crone. I think one of the easiest dinger calls We've had on the show here so far this year. He's a boring one the fun one I do want to go Lars new bar again. I like him because he has two sources of upside but Can go yards. We saw yesterday hit the ball pretty hard there So we're gonna go with cj crone and Lars new bar as the home run calls for today That's all we got here for today on the solo shot again I think it's a pretty fun slate where you will need a lot of points But honestly, I'm fine at that given the number of options we have we can be different without being dumb I think that is a quality slate as always Do not forget to subscribe to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed Wherever you get your podcast. 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