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Greetings Gamers! Monday will test our mettle with all of our decisions.
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Main Slate
Milwaukee Brewers vs RHP Adam Wainwright – 5.1 implied runs
While RHP Adam Wainwright has been phenomenal in his fourteen year career with four top three Cy Young balloting appearances we can target him on Monday with the lefties from the Brew Crew.
On the season, RHP Adam Wainwright has been crushed by opposite-handed batters with 253 TBF, .386 wOBA, .226 ISO with an eye-popping 14.2 BB% and as subpar 20.2 K%.
Look to MVP Christian Yelich for starters regardless of his price point on your site of choice. Then Mike Moustakas, Yasmani Grandal, Keston Hiura and Eric Thames for good times.
Philadelphia Philles vs RHP Joe Musgrove – 4.5. implied runs
Yes, we have turned to RHP Joe Musgrove over the last two months as a price play on the two pitcher sites… and we can once more, though please note that the risk has increased dramatically. If Bryce Harper is back off the paternity list, which is probably worth half a run… so pay attention to the news.
With all that said, if we feel we can roll with RHP Joe Musgrove on the two pitcher sites which is a reasonable play on the 2-SP sites, we can look for some leverage with the Phillies batsf
Late Slate
Los Angeles Dodgers at LHP Eric Lauer – 4.7 implied runs
While we generally look to the Dodgers against righties, this is the time on our thin late game set to target the boys in blue. LHP Eric Lauer has been worse against same-handed hitters, do feel free to put out a trio or a quartet on Monday.
Typically our preference is to look to the Los Angeles team in the Senior Circuit, our preference is to roll with them when facing righties. The fun part when they face southpaws is that most gamers do not realize that Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger both have .260+ isolated power numbers in lefty/lefty matchups. Throw in Justin Turner and Chris Taylor with the platoon advantage and we have good times ahead for all slates on Monday.
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Good Luck Gamers! ~ EMac
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