Pujols watch is now on, as he is 1 home run away from hitting number 600. Â Playing for the L.A. Angels is where careers go to die, however Pujols is putting them on the map. Â Let’s be honest, as soon as Pujols he went there he wasn’t the star that he was. Â Vlad Guerrero was famous but he was always behind the A-Rod, Manny, Bonds, and Sosa’s of the league.You can even see it now with Trout, I would bet 90% of people in this country wouldn’t recognize Trout if he was in normal street clothes in NYC. Â L.A. Angels is not an ideal place for super stars however Pujols will draw the attention now.
We have a ton of games today, one of them starting at noon, let’s get to it.
Low-Scoring Plays
Washington Nationals @ San Francisco Giants –Â Suspensions were dealt out yesterday for the brawl that took place on Monday. Â The suspensions affect the Nationals more than the Giants obviously. Â Max Scherzer pitches for the Nationals who should absolute cruise in this game. Â Last outing Scherzer struck out 13 while almost pitching a complete game. Â The Giants are a struggling ball club, who shouldn’t make any noise in this game. Â The Nationals could put up some runs, however, Cain has had success against most of them. Â Bryce Harper only has one hit in ten at bats against Cain – which was a home run – but if Harper has struggled that much against Cain the rest of the roster will as well. Â I like this game to be the low game scoring game of the day.
Targets: Scherzer
Milwaukee Brewers @ New York Mets –Â deGrom takes the bump for the Mets who is having a great year. Â deGrom is 4th in the league in strikeouts behind Sale, Scherzer and Archer. Â He should pass Archer tomorrow and move into 3rd in strikeouts. Â The Brewers are a team that mashes the ball however deGrom doesn’t give up the long ball so it will be tough for the Brewers to score some runs. I like the Mets to take this one from the Brewers. Â Duda is back in the lineup hitting the ball, Bruce is having a solid year and Walker has been playing well of late. Â Their lineup is streaky so it will be tough to stack some batters, but I’m not going to talk you out of it.
Targets:Â deGrom, Duda, Conforto
High-Scoring Plays
Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox –Â The White Sox were able to put up runs on Chris Sale last night. Â That means they should destroy Drew Pomeranz. Â Pomeranz loves giving up the long ball early in ball games. Â Cabrera is my pick to hit a home run off of Pomeranz in the first. Â As for Boston they crushed the ball last night. Â Betts is playing lights out, Travis Scott keeps producing when in the lineup, and Bogaerts added another multi-hit game. Â However Pomeranz won’t help Boston out by letting up so many runs. Â I don’t think Boston will be able to keep up in this one.
Targets: Cabrera, Frazier
Houston Astros @ Minnesota Twins –Â The Astros are the best team in baseball right now. Â The Nationals firing on all cylinders seems to be the only team that could compete with this team. Â The Twins are sending Hector Santiago to the mound who is 4-4 with an ERA above 4. Â He does not strike out a lot of batters so the ball will be in play which favors the Astros. Â I would stack as many Astros players as you can. Â Altuve and Correa should be locks in your lineup.
Targets: Correa, Altuve, Beltran
Undervalued Plays
Paxton – SEA – SP – Paxton is under $9000 and averages 25.4 points per game. Â He is playing Colorado which will be a difficult team to beat, making him a risky play. Â However he is pitching at home which helps his cause. Â If you take Scherzer, Paxton will be a solid second pitcher that will allow you to still take players like Altuve or Correa.
Thames – MIL – 1B –Â Thames was mashing the ball early this season but has cooled off since then. Â He will be a bold pick going up against deGrom, however, if one person can go deep off of him its Thames. Â When picking a first baseman I like going with some one I know will get me points. Â It is possible Thames strikes out 4 times in this game. Â I won’t pick him for my line up, but for $3800 he can do some damage.
Castro – NYY – 2B –Â Castro has been hitting the ball well lately. He is batting .322 with 7 home runs and 28 RBI’s. Â He is in the middle of a great line up where he can score runs and also drive them in. Â I like Castro as a play today he averages 8.3 points per game which I will take any day of the week from a second baseman.
Betts – BOS – OF – After another home run for Betts last night his price only rose 100 dollars. Â He isn’t cheap however I think he should be one of the highest priced outfielders. Â He should be $5400 with Trout and Harper, he is that talented. Â He is in a hot streak too so I would pick Betts and build the rest of my outfield around him.
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