Coors field is in play once again today as the Padres wrap up a 3 game set in Colorado. The last two days I have recommended fading Coors for the most part, but today is a different story. Rusin and Kennedy are not the ground ball pitchers we have seen take the hill the last couple days, they are quite the opposite. Think I may go to the game tomorrow as I will have exposure to both teams’ bats. I prefer the Padres side but I think the masses will too.

Pitching today is Chris Sale and a bunch of other guys. He’s easily the top option on the board and priced not the most expensive. Fade at your own risk, I reckon I’ll be all in on him. Other guys I like are MadBum, Matt Harvey, Taylor Jungmann, and Mike Fiers.

Derek Norris or John Jaso behind the plate for me with some dong offering GPP options in Jesus Montero and Yasmani Grandal. Looks like Ben Paulsen at 1B to me, I like Shane Peterson as a punt. I don’t like Solarte at 1B but I do like him at 2B. Rendon is your punt there. Kyle Seager is the best 3B option. Dietrich has just as much pop in his bat and makes a nice cheaper option. I’m punting short tomorrow and Kiki Hernandez is my favorite option assuming he gets that number two spot in the order again. In the outfield I like Blackmon, Paulsen, Venable, Ethier, Khris Davis, and Blanco. Strausbourger, min price rookie in Texas, is an intriguing punt option depending on his place in the order. Kid mashes lefties and Drew Smyly has a career woba of 323 vs. RHB.

The Padres and Rockies are my two favorite stacks. Outside of Coors I will be looking at Seattle, Houston, and The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (which literately translates to The The Angels Angels of Anaheim, and Anaheim isn’t even in Los Angeles County. It’s almost an hour South in Orange County) make an excellent Sunday Night Hammer.

NASCAR

I don’t know anything about NASCAR. I do know how to turn guys into math problems though and am seeing some success. I don’t know how to predict fastest laps and laps lead yet, but we’re getting there. I think it’s a really good strategy to fade highly owned drivers in GPPs. Crashes and motors blowing up and pit crew penalties are common and can happen to anybody, easy to move up in the rankings if a guy 50% owned goes into the wall. I don’t know how to predict ownership yet either. Place differential is where all the fantasy points are. The difference in points from last place to 1st place is about 20 points… The point differential difference between starting last and finishing first is twice that. There are 200 laps today which means there is 150 bonus points to go around for laps lead and fastest laps.

Kyle Larson is my top p/$ play. He qualified 34th for some reason but he’s got the 11th fastest car. He’s okay on this track and an above average driver, averaging around 19th place. That’s where I expect him today and I like those place differential points for 8.1k.

Truex Jr. is in a similar boat but he’s got a shot to win this thing. He’s better on speedways, better in Michigan, and better overall. He qualified 22nd with the 10th fastest car and is 9.6k.

I love Harvick, but I think everybody else will too. He’s got a fast car and he’s the best driver around right now. He qualified 7th so isn’t as much of a risk as guys like Kenseth or Edwards. He’s lead 126 of the last 1000 laps on this track. Most expensive at 10.6k.

Jeff Gordon might be my favorite play at 8.5k. He’s starting 21st so can make points there. He’s lead the 3rd most laps here at 106 in last five races. I worry about his 18th ranked car in practice, but he’s a good driver who is cheap and excellent on this track.

Three guys below 8k I like are Paul Menard, Casey Mears, and Ryan Newman. I think Newman is my favorite of the bunch with his 13th ranked car in practice.

1133 edit: Kyle Busch crashed in practice yesterday, meaning he’s starting from the back of the pack, but still qualified 6th. I don’t see how he can be played at this point.

Happy grinding. It’s Sunday. Go do something outside, sweat later if you have a sweat.

Devo