I just want to point out that I didn’t say Josh Tomlin would be good. I said he adjusted his release point, had more arm side movement, and might be fantasy relevant. Yesterday, he allowed seven runs and recorded just five outs against the lowly White Sox. While I did personally pick him up in a couple leagues, I did not even consider starting him. I probably should have relayed that information yesterday.

AGENDA

1. My Recommendations Versus Cespedes
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says…
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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If you weren’t paying close attention, you might have missed Trey Mancini’s pair of home runs. He was overshadowed by Giancarlo Stanton doing the same.

AGENDA

1. A New Release Point
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says…
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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The Mets stack went wild yesterday versus Clay Buchholz and Adam Morgan. They were just one of many highly desirable options on the table. Hopefully you grabbed a share of them, especially Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda. Listed prices are for FanDuel.

AGENDA

1. A Couple Things That Happened
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says…
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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Yesterday’s synthetic rubber match between Charlie Morton and James Paxton lived up to expectations. Both pitched marvelously, although Morton appeared to fatigue mid-way through the outing. Between the third and fourth innings, his command declined from 60 to 40 on the 20-80 scouting scale. This isn’t uncommon, especially early in the season. The Mariners have a tough lineup. Two lengthy plate appearances accounted for one-fifth of his pitches.

Paxton’s command remains inconsistent, flashing between 20 and 70 on the scale. I’d estimate that one of every nine pitches missed his target by more than two feet. Then he’d follow it up by painting a lower corner. He steamrolled a very potent Astros offense. Both lived around 96-97 mph with their fastballs.

AGENDA

1. Fading
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says…
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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One week down, 25 to go. How did you do? I made a few bucks. Coulda, woulda, shoulda been more. Today’s values are from FanDuel.

AGENDA

1. Notable Sunday Recaps
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says…
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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Good news, bad news time. The good news is that The Daily Grind weekend edition will run on Sundays. The bad news is there will be frequent conflicts with my personal baseballing schedule. So this weekend version will be truncated. How truncated you ask? Well, behold!

AGENDA

1. Weather Reports
2. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
3. Fade Fade Fade
4. SaberSim Says…

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Yesterday was a day of the unexpected. We were gifted with four multi-home run games, mostly from unlikely sources. Listed prices are for FanDuel.

AGENDA

1. Hero Picks
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says…
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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It’s the first Thin Thursday of the season. The overall schedule is relatively deep with 12 games. However, it’s all split into weird contest sizes. Prices listed are for FanDuel.

AGENDA

1. Saltman and K-Pax
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says…
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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Welcome back to The Daily Grind, an all-you-can-eat DFS buffet. Today’s listed prices are for FanDuel.

AGENDA

1. Analyzing a Winner
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says…
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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Baseball has a knack for unpredictability. The Dodgers 14-3 drubbing of the Padres was the opposite of unpredictable. What’s the word for that… It was very tempting to target other games for your big scores. If you did, there’s a good chance you missed the money. Don’t worry, you have a couple hundred more chances to get it right.

AGENDA

1. Two-way Star
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says… (will be included in future episodes)
6. TDG Invitational

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