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For all the good pitchers going today, there are plenty of bad ones with notable splits, and with eight lefties going, there are plenty of favorable hitter matchups to take into account when coming up with your strategy in FanDuel and DraftKings’ contests. MORE: Optimal DFS lineup | Waiver wire | Prospect rankings | Play FanDuel! For the early slate, the numbers point to the Indians, Orioles, Twins, Cubs, Astros, Rockies and White Sox all presenting good stacking opportunities....

We’ll focus on the 13 games in this unusual evening slate for Friday with Indians-Blue Jays as the lone afternoon game, and Reds-Nationals starting at 6 p.m. ET. MORE: Waiver Wire | Fantasy football rankings | Try Playbook PRO! There is no clear dominant starter tonight, which should make for some evenly distributed ownership on the mound. Meanwhile, there are some bad starters to target when looking for hitters and the popular stacks looks like the Red Sox, Astros, Rangers and Orioles....

Lance McCullers is easily the top choice today, but Jon Lester, Johnny Cueto and Michael Pineda also have strikeout-per-inning upside. Mike Leake and Michael Fulmer have been steady all year, and Gerrit Cole was great before a recent slump. Cole and Fulmer have the best matchups of this bunch, but Cueto might have the most boom-or-bust potential given Milwaukee’s tendency to swing and miss. Unfortunately, Cueto is one of eight afternoon starters (along with Leake and Fulmer, among others)....

Jake Arrieta is the only elite ace I’d trust implicitly today and should be the favorite cash-game pick. However, he’s pitching in the early slate along with most of the other top arms and regular value picks. MORE FANTASY: Prospect rankings | Waiver wire That’s going to make it very difficult to find security on the mound in the evening slate, so be ready to take some risks at SP and pay up for trustworthy hitters instead....

The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, suggested lineup “stacks,” hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. Plus, PRO members get access to the DFS Playbooks for every other sport with one subscription. Check out today’s free daily fantasy baseball plays below, and check out FantasyAlarm....

We’ve had a good run, and I really hope you read the article Friday night, as our cover focus Devin Booker exploded to score 70 real points and over 90 fantasy points! A lot of people made some good money with that play, so hopefully there’s another one of those plays here for tonight! If you haven’t learned yet, RotoQL is loaded with the DFS tools you need to win some contests....

We also like three potential value plays based on injury updates: Kevin Love if Kyrie Irving (flu; game-time decision) is out; Jamal Crawford with Blake Griffin (hand) still out; and Luol Deng with Chris Bosh (out) and possibly Dwyane Wade (knee; game-time decision) both out. MORE FANTASY: 2016 football rankings | Play FanDuel! As usual, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com will publish their top daily fantasy basketball picks at each position across various DFS sites in the Playbook (free preview below)....

Playbook PRO members get even more daily fantasy hockey picks, along with detailed analysis and strategies, suggested team “stacks” and optimal daily fantasy lineups. Also, PRO members get access to all the DFS Playbooks and tools for every sport, including NFL, college football and NBA, with one subscription. So, check out tonight’s free daily fantasy hockey plays below, and check out FantasyAlarm.com’s premium product when you’re ready to go PRO!...

Some of those businesses were hoping to speak with Prescott this week while the Cowboys are on their bye. But they’ll have to wait. MARVEZ: Biggest takeaways from all of Sunday’s games Prescott asked his agent to postpone those meetings so he could spend his bye week with his grandmother in Louisiana. A source told Omnisport Prescott had a couple of big endorsement deals lined up, but Prescott opted to spend time with his grandmother while he had some time off....

Dak Prescott is going to be the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback in 2021 and beyond, with news of Prescott’s shiny new four-year, $160 million contract breaking on Monday night. The deal features $126 million in guaranteed money, per reports. This, of course, is cause for celebration, especially among siblings. Tad Prescott, older brother to Dak, shared a heartwarming photo of the two family members hugging it out after the call on the contract....

Kai got herself a new entrance theme and a Titantron video to suit her new heel persona, while she also came out holding Nox’s knee brace in her hand, one that she removed from Nox’s surgically repaired knee at WarGames. You can check out her new entrance theme in the tweet below. Dakota Kai vs. Candice LeRae Before the match took place, Candice LeRae said in a backstage interview that she was angry at Dakota Kai for the heinous attack that she committed on Tegan Nox at WarGames and she was hell-bent on teaching Kai a lesson....

Michael Dal Colle got the tiebreaking goal as the Islanders scored three times in less than five minutes late in the third period to rally for a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. Casey Cizikas, Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson also scored to help New York stretch its point streak to eight games (6-0-2) and increase their lead atop the Metropolitan Division to four points over Washington and Pittsburgh....

But Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was involved in two wrecks, says all the complaining is much ado about nothing. Earnhardt says drivers, fans and the media just “need to chill.” MORE: Earnhardt junking ‘Amelia’ | Talladega Winners & Losers And NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver says there doesn’t need to be a “knee-jerk reaction” to the wrecks. “I think everybody just needs to chill,” Earnhardt said on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, via NBCSports....

“I’m turning 41,” he told Autoweek Friday at Michigan International Speedway. “So it’s on the horizon, as far as my retirement.” MORE: NASCAR wives and girlfriends photos | Kyle Busch wins first race since injury | Rule changes coming? Voted NASCAR’s most popular driver for 12 consecutive years, Earnhardt has amassed 24 career wins in the Sprint Cup and is approaching 8,000 career laps led. He is still seeking his first points championship and may not hang up his fire suit until he hoists the Sprint Cup trophy in Homestead, Fla....

For Dale Earnhardt Jr., that won’t be his approach at Sonoma Raceway this time. Earnhardt has no career top 10 finishes at the track, a road course where he also was burned in a scary fire while racing a Corvette in 2007. Don’t take that, though, to mean that Earnhardt hates the track. He just doesn’t run well on the tight, narrow circuit that requires precision. The fact that he has two wins this year and is in the Chase for the Sprint Cup as long as he shows up each week means that he can go to Sonoma and race and not worry about where he finishes....

One could argue that Dale Steyn’s career is the living embodiment of this quote as no man had the knack of using time and space like he did. Steyn-gun had the skill and craft of Whispering Death and the pace of White Lighting. However, what sets him apart is the ability to swing the ball at 145 kmph and make batsmen look like mere bowling pins. If you survived his new ball onslaught, then may God save you from his lethal spell of reverse swing that would even leave the likes of Sarfraz Nawaz and Imran Khan in awe....

The game’s history in the world has witnessed many players who have been exceptional with the bat, like we will never forget Don Bradman for his remarkable consistency over years. He had an average of 99.94 in Test cricket and 95.14 in first class cricket. From that day to yesterday, we have never seen a batsman crossing his record. However, there was a big surprise sprung up when Sydney Grade cricket batsman Damian Bourke turned out for Don Bradman’s old club outfit St George, and created a historic mark in cricket – becoming Bradman’s protege and beating him....

In an interview posted by Orlando Sanchez of KGW Sports, the six-time All-Star gave an update on his condition months after undergoing abdominal surgery. Not only did Lillard say he was healthy, but he also said he feels “as strong as I’ve ever felt.” “I was just fighting through it,” Lillard said of his abdominal injury. “So, to wake up every day and be able to work out and then do some conditioning and go home and feel good and be strong and kind of build myself back up from scratch — I haven’t just done rehab on my surgery....

Speaking to Submission Radio (H/T BJPENN.com), Dan Hooker named three opponents who he wants to get int he Octagon with, starting with Tony Ferguson: Dan Hooker then called out rising Brazilian Lightweight contender Charles Oliveira Which opponent makes the most sense for Dan Hooker now? While Tony Ferguson could still end up getting booked against Dustin Poirier after their UFC 254 bout fell through, perhaps the fight that makes the most sense for Dan Hooker is the newly-arrived Michael Chandler....