 What's going on and welcome to the solo shot. My name is Tom Vecchio. We have a 12 game MLB Slate tonight. It starts at 7.05. As always, this is one of the many shows on the Feindool podcast network. You can find that anywhere, whether it's iTunes, whether it's Google, whether it's Spotify, you name it, you can find it there. The video version is on the Feindool YouTube page and Feindool TV Plus. Before we hop into things, get ready for the NFL season with incredible offers from Feindool. America's number one sports book. Right now, new customers commit $5 and get 200 in bonus bets guaranteed. Plus all customers who bet $5 will get $100 off NFL Sunday ticket from YouTube and YouTube TV. Now is the best time to join Feindool. The app is easy to use and you can bet on everything from spreads to player props and more. Feindool official partner of the NFL. Must be 21 plus and present in select states. 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So we have a ton to get to. Let's jump in, starting off with Gosman, who I'm going to have as the clear SP1 tonight. He comes in with a 31.7% strikeout rate, which is awesome, a 6.2% walk rate, allowing 0.96 homeruns per nine, and he has a super solid 3.17 Sierra skill interactive ERA, coming in mainly a ground ball pitcher of 42.9% and a medium contact rate at 45.3%. He's routinely pushing towards 100 pitches. We do not need to be worried about that. He's going to be out there, you know, he's their ace. He's going to be out there for as long as really he needs to be. The matchup tonight going up against Washington is rather interesting, just based on the fact that the Nats don't strike out a ton. They come with a 19.1% strikeout rate versus right handed pitching, which is the second lowest in the league. So they're somewhat disciplined at the plate in terms of not striking out, but at the same time, they're not generating a whole lot of walks. As a team, they come with a 6.6% walk rate, which is 28th in the league versus righties. So they don't strike out a ton, but they also don't generate a ton of walks. And more importantly, they're just not a good offense overall. They come in with an 89 WRC plus versus righties, which is 24th in the league. They've a 134 team MISO, which is 29th in the league. They have a 34.5% fly ball rate, which is 27th and a 30.3% hard contact rate, which is 26th. So yes, they don't offer a massive amount of strikeout upside, but they're also not super dangerous in terms of power, putting the ball on play, generating walks. This is really a truly favorable match up for Gosman, despite not being a massive strikeout match up in his favor. It's still super, super solid for Gosman. And he is going to be my SP one tonight. When it comes to Zach Gallin, I just don't have interest in him. Gosman is the number one tonight. I'm not interested in going to a pitcher. Like, I think Zach Gallin's great. I don't want to take a picture going up against the Dodgers lineup. It's really that simple. They're pretty good if you've heard. Andrew Abbott at 10.3, I think is really, really interesting tonight for the Cincinnati Reds. They're on the road. They are in San Francisco. There's a massive positive park shift for Abbott. He comes in with 26.8% strikeout rate. 8.9% walk rate is like right on that edge of being okay to being slight, you know, an issue for him over one home run per nine. 4.25 Sierra, which is certainly very solid. He does give up a 54.1% fly ball rate, which is can be an issue. However, he does have a 53% medium contact rate. So he does give up a few fly balls or the majority of fly balls, but they're not really being hit hard. So it is okay as of now. The Giants as a team, they are big time struggling versus lefties. 25.4% strikeout rate versus lefties, which is the fourth highest in the league. They have a 90 WRC plus, which is 25th, a 132 ISO, which is 29th in the league. And they also come in with a 36.3% fly ball rate, which is 20th in the league. So the thing that Abbott struggles with, which would be fly balls, the Giants aren't good at generating and they don't have a ton of power in their lineup and they're striking out, which should play really right into the hands of Andrew Abbott. So really liking him tonight as another viable option. Now granted, if you're paying up for a pitcher above 10K and you can only get to Gosman or Abbott, I'm gonna prefer Gosman. I'm gonna prefer Gosman ahead of Zach Gallin. I'm gonna prefer Gosman ahead of Abbott and Gosman ahead of Snell. Now this is where I think some of these other options, whether it be Abbott, whether it be Snell, this is where you can look to go for some leverage and tournaments where they should be less popular compared to Gosman, thus presenting a nice tournament aspect. Snell is okay tonight. I think Snell is obviously an amazing pitcher. I just prefer the matchup for Abbott going up against the Giants who strike out more compared to the Cardinals versus Snell. And the Cardinals still have some power in their lineup, which is just better compared to the Giants. So I would take Abbott over Snell tonight on a one-to-one basis. Now the two pitchers that are below 9,000 that I really like tonight. And like them not only because of their skill, their matchup, but what their salary opens up in terms of just overall lineup flexibility when we have a slate with course field. That's what this really comes down to. Grayson Rodriguez for the Baltimore Orioles is 8,700. He's at home going up against the Chicago White Sox. Rodriguez of course, a high prospect not only for the Orioles, but just in terms of the MLB overall, he's been sent up and down, et cetera, et cetera. He's still in a great spot tonight versus the White Sox. And given his salary at 8,700, this is a player that we really, really want to be considering. 1.55 home runs per nine allowed for Rodriguez isn't great, but a 24.3% strike rate is certainly solid. 9.1% walk rate again, right on that edge of like being a little bit dangerous in terms of letting on, you know, runners on base for free. But the matchup versus the White Sox is what we are interested in combined with Rodriguez's salary at 8,700. The White Sox coming with a 23.6% strike rate versus righties, which is the 10th worst in the league. And more importantly, they've been 82 WRC plus versus righties, which is 30th in the league. That is dead last. So this is not an offense. We really need to be worried about in any capacity. So I will take Rodriguez at a very, very friendly salary sub 9,000 in order to open up that line of construction when we're talking about, you know, getting some hitters from Coors Field, which we will get to in a second. The next picture I want to talk about is Brian Wu from the Seattle Mariners. He's 7,800. So you can spend up for Gosmin at 10.9 tonight, which I, again, I think he's awesome, absolutely worth, you know, every bit of that salary. Especially given the level of consistency that he's brought throughout the year. But 7.8 for Brian Wu for Seattle. He's at home going up against the Oakland Athletics. This is not only a salary that I love. This is a matchup that I love. We've been attacking Oakland throughout the entire season. Every slate that they're on and any viable picture against them, we know what kind of fancy upside that they bring. Brian Wu comes in the 25.3% strike rate, 7.2% walk rate, 1.22 home runs per night allowed, 3.99 skill interactive ERA, it's Sierra. 42% flight ball rate is okay, but it's backed up by a 39% ground ball rate. So it's just slightly a fly ball rate, fly ball picture for Brian Wu. But more importantly, he has a 51% medium contact rate. So he's really not allowing the ball to get hit hard. And oddly enough, Oakland, they don't hit the ball really hard at all. They have a 26.4% hard contact rate versus righties, which is 28th in a week. We also see Oakland striking out a lot, which is no surprise to anyone. They have a 25% strike rate versus righties, which is the third worst in the league. And of course, their offense is lacking power with a 145 ISO, which is 25th, and an 89 WRC plus, which is 23rd in the league. So it really shapes up just to be a great matchup for Brian Wu, who again is 7,800 tonight. And that is just so, so helpful when it comes to lineup construction. When we're talking about hitters that we want to be getting into our lineups from course field. So pitching tonight is awesome. Awesome from top to bottom, where you want to spend up for Gossman. That's great. You want to pivot to Andrew Abbott or Blake Snell. I'd probably prefer Abbott and, or I do prefer Abbott and Snell ahead of Zach Gallin, just again, not interested in taking a pitcher against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Grayson Rodriguez in that mid tier at 8.7, and then a little bit less expensive, we can be going to Brian Wu at 7.8. Let's hop over to Stax to look at tonight. And again, course field is on tonight's slate. I generally don't like to talk about course field because it's kind of a given when it comes to MLB, DFS, we know what we're going to be getting from, you know, course field and the potential upside that the players can have. But man, I guess there's an exception to every rule. And that is because the Atlanta Braves are at course field. The league's best offense is in the best hitting environment in the league. We have to make an exception to talk about the Braves. Now they're going to be super popular. They are also super expensive tonight where Ronald Acuna is 5,100. Matt Olson is 4,700. Austin Riley is 4,300. Sean Murphy is 4,200. Michael Harris is 4,000. Marcelo Zuna is 3,700. These are very, very expensive hitters to get into your lineups. And this is where Grayson Rodriguez and Brian Wu come into play where they make things a bit easier when it comes to rostering these top hitters. You know, getting up to Gossman and then also having exposure to the Braves is certainly tough. I would love to have a full stack of Acuna, Olson, Riley, and Murphy that are all 4,200 and above, which is very expensive. So that's where we need the sour relief when it comes to pitching. Austin Gomber's on the mound for the Colorado Rockies. Don't need to be worried about him. Don't need to be worried about the Rockies bullpen. The Braves put up seemingly five, six runs a game no matter who they're facing. And now they're in the literal best hitting environment in the league. I will be taking the Braves in any exposure I can get to them, whether it's one loss, whether it's two man stacks, three man stacks, full four man stacks, you name it, I wanna be getting them into my lineups. Of course, if you wanna go to the Rockies hitters as well, there's no reason you shouldn't be getting a little bit of exposure to them. Where else can we be going on tonight's slate when it comes to stacks? I wanna be looking at the San Diego Padres. They are on the road. They're visiting the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals will have Adam Wainwright on the mound. A picture that simply just does not have it this year. He's getting burned every time he's on the mound. He's lying 1.86 homeruns per nine. He has an 11.6% walk rate, which is so low. He's not really a threat to making hitters swing and miss on the mound. He has a 7.9% walk rate, a 376 babbath, which is batting average of balls in play. And overall, he has a 5.74 Sierra Wainwright is getting hit hard each and every time he's on the mound. We can look to the Padres tonight who obviously have power in their lineup. Overall, they're not super expensive. Fernando Tattis is 3,700, Manny Machado is 34, and Juan Soto is 3,300. So their top hitters really aren't that expensive now. They, a couple of days ago, they put Jake Croninworth on the IL. So they've been, you know, mixing and matching their lineup. And it does present a little bit of salary relief tonight, which could be used as a bit of a secondary stack if you're trying to pay up for some of the Braves hitters. So what I mean by that is, you know, Trent Christian at 2,500, certainly a viable option. Garrett Cooper at 2,400, I think we also should be looking to tonight. But we see them mixing in Ben Gamal in the outfield. He's 2,000, that's the minimum salary. Also the other day, Matthew Baton, a baton at 2,000 was also in the lineup and he hit a home run. So we have two possible hitters that are both the minimum salary at 2,000. The could be in line up for the Padres tonight. So this is where the flexibility opens up if we're pairing them with the Braves and Brian Woo. This really, you know, allows you to do whatever you want when it comes to stacking. So yeah, getting up to Machado and Tatesa and Soto would be great. But also some other options for the Padres that are very, very affordable tonight. We should also be looking at the Texas Rangers tonight. They are on the road taking on the New York Mets. The Mets will have Taylor McGill on the mound tonight, a picture that we do not need to be worried about. And yes, the Rangers have been a little bit up and down as of late, some losses here and there. It's baseball, it's a long season. They still have a ton of power at the top of their lineup and we want to be attacking McGill when we can. This season, McGill comes in with a 17.5% walk rate, a 10.9, a 17.5% striker rate, 10.9% walk rate and 1.38 home runs per nine allowed overall. It's a 529 Sierra skill interactive ERA. So he's not striking out hitters with a 17% striker rate and in almost 11% walk rate is so dangerous. So you're letting a hitter on for free and then it's a single and a double and a walk and a home run and all of a sudden there's four or five runs on the board when there's teams going up against McGill, which is what we want to be seeing from the Rangers who yes, still have a ton of power up and down their lineup. Again, I don't care about a few losses in a row for them, a bit of inconsistency as of late. It's a long season of baseball, but you give me exposure to Corey Seeger, Adola Scarcia, Marcus Simeon on a nightly basis and I'm going to be excited. And yes, we can look to drop down and take Yonaheim or Mitch Garver, Zeke Oteran, Leo Tavares, whoever might be in their lineup, whatever you can afford. I'm still going to be super excited to get some of those players, especially in this match up going up against the Mets who do, you know, they're pitching staff. They do offer a lot of fancy upside for opposing teams. So the Rangers have to be in consideration tonight, really liking the Padres tonight as well. And then the Braves are just the chalk of chalk tonight, given what we could be seeing from them at course field. I mean, given what we can be seeing from the Braves on any night, and then they happen to be at course field. So we could be looking there as well, not going to be surprised to see, you know, some people have exposure to the Baltimore Orioles tonight, you know, some of their hitters in their lineup. That won't be a surprise at all. Maybe some hitters from, you know, the Pirates going up against Zach Grinke. I think there's a variety of ways to attack tonight's slate. If you want to spend all the effort, Gossman, and you're looking for just some side relief, that's certainly viable if you want to go the opposite route, which is finding the relief when it comes to pitching and then paying off for all the top hitters. We're really going to be in a good spot. So let's close things out with some dinger calls, some home runs. The easy answer tonight, or at least, I think one of the easy answers tonight would be Matt Olson for the Atlanta Braves at Coors Field. You know, he hasn't hit a home run in whatever, it's like a week or something, whatever it might be, but he's right up there at the top of the league. I think he's one home run behind Shohei Otani right now. In a lead hitter, he's been putting up power left and right throughout the entire season. Doesn't matter who he's facing. And he happens to be at Coors Field. I will take Matt Olson as a pretty clear option for some power tonight. And then when it comes to another option, a little bit of a longer shell, let's go with an easy option with Matt Olson and then like a fun one, a little bit off the board. I think Trent Grisham for the San Diego Padres is in a great spot. And again, going up against Adam Wainwright, really not worried about that matchup when it comes to the Cardinals. Not worried about the Cardinals bullpen at all. And I like the power that Grisham brings from the left side of the plate. So Matt Olson and Trent Grisham are my two home run calls tonight. Obviously Matt Olson in an extremely favorite spot being in Coors Field. All right, so that does it for today's podcast. As always, it can be found, the Feindl podcast never can be found across the podcast industry, whether it's iTunes, whether it's on SoundCloud, whether it's on Google Plus, whether it's on Google Play Store, whether it's on Spotify, you name it. 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