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Top Pitchers
Brandon Woodruff
We were on Burnes yesterday and he panned out well so I am oging right back to The Brewer pitching with Woodruff. The Nationals barely have anyone making hard contact north of 39% and have overall just looked bad this year. Although like I said yesterday, they don’t strike out a ton. I also said it doesn’t worry me much (as Burnes had 9 last night) so I think we can project Woodruff around the same number. Brandon rocks a 5 pitch mix along with a 30% strike out rate, 6% walk rate, xBA of .198 and an xwOBA of .259. The numbers speak for themselves and make this man the top play at pitcher today!
Nick Pivetta
This might be more of a GPP play but I do like it! Pivetta is sporitng a 31% strike out rate along with an xBA of .224. Nick’s main pitch is the 4 seamer but he does mix in his slider and curve often with a splash of a splitter. Toronto isn’t the best matchup but I can see Boston trying to ruin the Jays playoff push here. Toronto is neck to neck with The Rangers and losing any games at this point is pivotal. Outside of a couple of batters, Toronto doesn’t make a ton of hard contact and the lineup they put out stirkes out 20% of the time or more on average. This is a good enough spot of a cheap pitcher to take shots on and spend up more on our bats.
Building Blocks
Ronny Mauricio
This should be one of the more obvious spots but I can’t ignore it. Mauricio was called up in the beginning of September and has been hitting the ball great ever since. Sporting a .302 BA to go along with 6 RBI’s and a homerun is not a bad way to start off the month. Ronny has had a hit in 10 of his 12 MLB appearences and gets a solid matchup against Williamson today. Mauricio has been crushing changeups and 4 seamers which happen to be Williamson’s top thrown pitches. Ronny is also projected to hit 2nd today at just 3.5k on DraftKings. He makes for a great play and is a money aver for the rest of your roster!
My favorite stack for today is going to be The Astros against Lyles! Other teams to stack that I am interested in are The Mets and The Orioles!
Spike’s Fun Fact of the Day
The first president to throw a ceremonial pitch was William Howard Taft in 1910!
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