KBO (NPB Bonus) – Tuesday 7/14
NPB CHI vs ORI is a rain out, avoid that game Pitchers to look at Manabu Mima (CHI) Aren Kuri (HIR) Top Stacks CHU Dragons vs YOK BakStars Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Favorite Hitters Neftali Soto, Tyler Austin, Keita Sano (Baystars)
KBO – Monday 7/13
We have make up games on Monday as all five games were PPD on Sunday, but pitching changes from the Sunday slate. Unfortunately we have lots of rain problems for Monday as well with Doosan and Lotte likely the worst of the games. PITCHING Seung Won Moon I would expect him to be very chalky today against Hanwha. Moon is only 2-5 on the season despite having a very respectable ERA and his HR issues (1.27/9) should be negated against the powerless Eagles. David Buchanan Liked him yesterday and will ride him today however with Despaigne on the other side his win chances do take a hit This is the contrarian pitching spot to look at today as this is a park that has benefited hitters this season and the KT Wiz certainly have been on fire. Odrisamer Despaigne Pair w/ Buchanan in a SP gamestack. STACKS NC and Doosan are in the best spots today but the rain there is a concern if you are rankings things. Honestly, I’d take a shot there given that we could see teams try to play through the games to get them in, but any alternate spots that you might want will include: Kia Tigers … Preston Tucker, Hyung Woo Choi, Ji Wan Na Kiwoom Heroes … Jung Hoo Lee, Ha Seong Kim, ByungHo Park Why Kia and Kiwoom? Well, it’s not just that the weather there as of now is the most playable — but Ki Young Im has really been off his last two outings which makes the Kiwoom play a good time to jump on them as the three guys I mentioned have hit RHP well this season. Kia is the preferred sideas Hyun Hee Han has had lots of struggles this season TOP INDIVIDUAL BATS C: Eui Ji Yang 1B: Byung Ho Park 2B: Joo Hwan Choi 3B: Chan Ho Park SS: Ha Seong Kim – Favorite play OF: Preston Tucker, Jung Hoo Lee, Ji Wan Na
Dongers Club 2020 – MLB Stadium Guide, Part 2
We continue with Part 2 of the MLB 2020 Park Projections with the two mid range rankings for this short season. There are definitely a few stadiums in here who are severely impacted by the schedule this year and their rankings are going to shock you a little bit if you have followed me in the past. 20-16: Not as good as you think Tier 20. Chase Field – Arizona 2019 Park Factor HR Ranking: 20th We start right off with the biggest drop of any stadium and it has NOTHING to do with the humidor ladies and gentlemen. The long love affair I have had with this stadium despite it being a giant warehouse and not that awesome visually is that when the roof is open and we let that Arizona air into the stadium the ball carries. It’s a well documented, scientifically proven theory that even the COVID-19 scientists would say is a no brainer. When the roof is open, you play the over and you play the game. The other thing I always loved about this stadium was the runway of dirt between the pitchers mound and home plate. An old school style ballpark characteristic that is now gone with their new turf (which really hurt offense more than the humidor). That too is gone. I say that too because I fully expect the roof to be CLOSED 99% of the games this season. There’s absolutely no reason why they wont have the roof closed without fans. One of the biggest benefits in the summers was when we could get intel that they would plan on opening the roof in the third inning because they wanted the fans to see the great views instead of the ugly inside of a COSTCO warehouse. That’s gone. No more fireworks after games causing the roof to open up. Gone. It sucks. It just plain ole sucks. Add in that the Diamondbacks pitching staff is pretty good and they’ll see mostly good staffs here playing AL/NL West teams and we can basically drop this stadium down into the group that I feel is decent just not a spot to rush too or be contrarian with this season. There is one good news. We still have “The Pool”. It’s pool day at #DbacksSummerCamp! pic.twitter.com/FDsbhiu9ZG — Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 8, 2020 2020 Visiting Team to watch: Texas Rangers (They get to visit in late September, which — maybe — if we are lucky we get the roof open for) 19. Globe Life Field – Texas 2019 Park Factor HR Ranking: N/A It’s very close between Texas and Arizona for which one I wanted to rank lower, but I’ll give a slight edge to Texas because the Seattle Mariners pitching staff will have to visit this new stadium. Yes, this is a new stadium for those of you who have been living under a rock. The Rangers, who once played in this beautiful Arlington Stadium with the worlds best jumbo-tron decided, ya know what, we need a new stadium because this really cool looking ballpark that screams Texas isn’t innovative enough. Can we go get something else? Sure! Here you go. Lets copy the Houston Astros stadium design and move our team there. Perfect, what should we call this awesome very un-creative ballpark? Oh I dunno, what was the name of the old stadium? Globe Life Park Cool, lets call this new park ………………… Globe Life STADIUM. How the hell did the Rangers decide to name this park? So let us recap the evolution of the Texas Rangers home stadiums… They went from a god damn jumbotron the shape of Texas which is fucking awesome. To some weird ass center field with a shit ton of flags, giant billboards and cool architecture that just screams TEXAS ya’ll. To a fucking domed baseball stadium. You get an F, Texas Rangers. New Stadiums = Pitchers Parks Indoors in Texas = Pitchers Park Hate it…. 2020 Visiting Team to watch: Nobody, screw this place. Pitchers park. 18. Dodger Stadium – LA Dodgers 2019 Park Factor HR Ranking: 9th I am a fan of Dodger stadium. It’s old, has ugly seating and no longer has Vin Scully on the call. But the view beyond center field is one of the best in the league so long as you ignore the parking lots. The history of this stadium cannot be denied and every time I see it I hear Vin Scully in the background. It’s also got some weird pull out right field where I swear there is a nice wind tunnel there allowing for it to benefit left handed hitters more. Which is weird because visitors Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt (both RHB) have done fairly well here in L.A. over their NL West playing days. But likely due to the Dodgers having some power lefties this stadium has seemed to play well for the home lefties. Outside of that, it’s just a park that benefits from a home team with very good pitching and a home team with lots of HR power. Should it skew your analysis into using players or not using them? Not really, but day games can be pretty good offensively at times. 2020 Visiting Team to watch: The Flying Arenado’s. 17. Angels Stadium – LA Angels 2019 Park Factor HR Ranking: 11th We head up to Anaheim as the two L.A. stadiums come in very close to each other. I have upgraded this stadium just because we have a ballpark with Anthony Rendon, Shohei Ohtani, some Mike Trout guy, Dylan Bundy and oh yeah — Juliooooooooooooooooooooooo Tehran. So we can expect some homers here simply due to that. This stadium has had a long history of the “marine” layer theory, which simply states that L.A. has a heavy marine layer over it and it impacts the Angels more than the Dodgers for some reason. Night games specifically the air can cause things to
KBO – Sunday Sunday Sunday, July 12th
WEATHER Son of a gun, we have rain in three games and it doesn’t look ideal Doosan vs Lotte SK vs Hanwha Kiwoom vs Kia All look ugly, and its a dicey 4AM slate, so advantage to the west coast
KBO – Fri Jul 10th
Lots of rain, as in all five games have some rain coming in but really none of them look like they are PPD risk – however these are the first games of the series and they have Monday as a
KBO – Thu July 9th
No weather issues or major injury information that leaps out at me for today’s games. PITCHING Eric Jokisch … I don’t plan on getting cute two nights in a row with the top pitcher to own. Jokisch has been
The Burning Edge: Workday Charity Open
The Burning Edge The PGA Tour will be making a detour to Muirfield Village Golf Club a few weeks earlier than planned. The John Deere Classic has been cancelled and will resume next season for it’s 50th anniversary. The interesting
The Power Fade: Workday Charity Open
The Power Fade – PGA DFS By: Mark Farris Tournament: Workday Charity Open Course: Muirfield Village Golf Club (Par 72 – 7,450 Yards) Location: Dublin, OH Defending Champion: New Event (The Memorial can be used) Patrick Cantlay (2019), Bryson
KBO – July 8th
We once again have no weather issues to worry about on Wednesday morning’s slate of games, which is great news. We’re also seeing for the first time in a while some more fairly even spreads on these games as the
KBO – July 7th
Limited rain issues for Tuesday with maybe a light drizzle between the Giants and Eagles but nothing which appears to cause any issues. PITCHING Very top heavy slate for pitching. I think you take Chang Mo Koo and then