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On the hill tonight we get the surest thing going in the Mets’ Noah Syndergaard. Thor will be my arm for cash games tonight as the Reds just haven’t been able to hit lately and they take a major ballpark hit this week as well. Marcus Stroman is the most underpriced pitcher going tonight and I love him against the light-hitting White Sox. MORE: Optimal DFS lineup | Pitcher ranks | Hitter picks | Play FanDuel!...

There are still a handful of aces on the mound – particularly in the Red Sox-Indians and Astros-Yankees makeup games – but it should be much easier to find pitching sleepers and hitter matchups to exploit. As we highlighted in our hitter splits article, finding batters facing pitchers who struggle against lefties/righties is a solid strategy when making your lineup picks. There are plenty today, so make sure you weigh all your options....

Tuesday’s MLB schedule has nine games on tap, with the Tigers-White Sox makeup game being the only afternoon offering. The Giants-Diamondbacks, Angels-A’s, and Padres-Dodgers all get underway after 9:30 pm ET. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending how you look at it), six of our top-10 pitchers will start in one of those four games. Justin Verlander (No. 3) and Jose Quintana (No. 6) are basically off the radar in FanDuel and DraftKings contests, but with the three late games taking place in Phoenix, San Diego, and Oakland, respectively, you can feel confident using those pitchers in evening contests....

First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. ET in New York with the Orioles-Yankees. READ MORE: SN Fantasy | Daily hitter splits | DFS Playbook (late) Editor’s note: Play daily fantasy baseball for cash! FanDuel is hosting a $115,000 league for today’s MLB games, and first place wins $10,000. Enter now! STARTING PITCHER RANKINGS CALL TO THE ‘PEN Pitching for the first time since July 8, Huston Street (groin) worked around a two-out walk to nail down his 25th save on Wednesday....

TwoQBs.com has compiled the ownership rates from an Aces Thursday-Monday GPP for Week 3, and we’ll single out super low- and high-owned plays along with other interesting developments. The following takeaways from contest data are worth consideration in finding the right mix to win tournaments, but are not all recommended plays. My DraftKings lineup suggestions can be found here for cash games and here for tournaments. Sunday morning update: Willie Snead’s uncertain injury status will drive his ownership down and Brandin Cooks up into very high ownership....

According to ESPN, which cited sources, Prescott is set to make $50 million through multi-year endorsement deals and he has loss-of-value and disability insurance policies should he suffer a severe injury. Even if Prescott isn’t signed to a contract extension soon, his insurance policies, plus the ads, have him set for years to come. Per the report, this is why Prescott hasn’t been pushing for the team to sign him to an extension as soon as possible....

Earnhardt ranks fifth in the Sprint Cup standings with two races remaining. While having no shot to win the Chase for the Sprint Cup, a top-five finish in the standings would be his best since 2006. He ranks second in the series with 20 top-10 finishes. He ranks 10th in top-fives with eight. He is one of nine drivers with at least two poles this year. He ranks 11th in laps led (312) and 10th in miles led (439....

Hamlin continues to receive medical attention after suffering cardiac arrest, with one friend saying his “vitals are back to normal” while adding that doctors have inserted a breathing tube. He has received well wishes from across the spectrum, including from Bengals owner Mike Brown who called the situation “unprecedented.” Some of the most popular fantasy football sites have made statements about how leagues and players can proceed in their championship contests played as part of Week 17....

Lillard made a mockery once more of the NBA’s obsession with drafting teenagers when he scored 61 points Tuesday in a 134-131 victory over the Mavericks. It was one of the top 45 single-game performances ever, and third 60-plus game of his career. Only six players ever have gone over that mark more than once, and Lillard is in that category along with Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Elgin Baylor and James Harden....

“I seek to make the change that the WWE so desperately needs,” said Sandow. “If the only way to change that is to change their less intellectual ways, and that leads to a better company, then by God that is what I’m going to do. That’s what I will be doing in Baton Rouge. John Cena tweeted this photo of his new “Never Give Up” boys clothing line, which will be available at K-Mart stores in two weeks: — John Cena (@JohnCena) September 27, 2013...

Top contenders in the middleweight division like No. 1 contender Yoel Romero, former champions Anderson Silva and Luke Rockhold and contenders Gegard Mousasi and Robert Whittaker were upset St-Pierre jumped the line without ever taking a fight in the 185-pound division while they were busting their butts to get in position to compete for the championship. They became more enraged when St-Pierre posted a video saying he wouldn’t be ready to face Bisping until after October....

One of only two men to ever defeat Israel Adesanya, Alex Pereira followed the champion from kick-boxing - where he twice defeated him - to complete the trilogy in the UFC ring under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden in New York. It is easily one of the most seismic wins in a long time, especially when you consider the personal history between the two fighters and the fact that Adesanya up to this point had a record of 23 wins and just one loss in MMA, his sole defeat coming when he attempted to make the leap to light-heavyweight....

Romero made his first appearance since his UFC release at Bellator 266 last weekend. After the veteran’s poor performance, White had a simple message for his rival promotion. Watch Dana White speak about Yoel Romero’s Bellator debut below: Yoel Romero was scheduled to make his Bellator debut against Anthony Johnson earlier this year. However, an eye injury had him sidelined for months. After making his first appearance, Romero lost his debut fight via a split decision against Phil Davis....

Dana White and UFC have had to go through a lot during this pandemic but have come out on the other side bigger and better. UFC being the first sport to make its return in a post-pandemic world, said a lot about Dana White’s stubbornness in getting things done. Fight Island seemed improbable when Dana White first announced that UFC had secured an island to host fights. But lo and behold, we are just a day away from the first-ever UFC event at fight island....

The match officials’ report raised concerns over Dananjaya’s action during the first Test in Galle, where the tourists wrapped up a 211-run victory on day four. Dananjaya took 1-96 in the first innings and 1-87 in the second as England dominated the first of three Tests. The 25-year-old will undergo testing in the next fortnight, but is allowed to continue bowling in international cricket until the results are known....

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Since his defeat against CM Punk, Eddie Kingston has been trying to move on from that disappointment. But AEW star Daniel Garcia unfortunately decided to pick the wrong man to trash talk during a recent episode of Dynamite. Kingston and Garcia then tore into one another, and a bout between the duo were announced for a showdown on AEW Rampage. Just hours before their bout, Garcia decided to play mind games on his social media account....

Interesting stuff. But history has shown that the Fed doesn’t possess the right tools, the right mentality, or the right personnel to consistently stave off bubbles. Over the decades, we’ve seen bubbles come and go—telegraph companies and railroad stocks in the 19th century; stocks and consumer credit in the 1920s; dot-com/telecommunications in the 1990s; and real estate and a proto-bubble in alternative energy in this decade. All have created significant damage, and almost all have left significant good behind, as I’ve argued....

Dhoni on Thursday said it may be the team with a specialist spinner who will win the World Cup. Tournament co-hosts Australia take on New Zealand in a trans-Tasman rivalry in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday. New Zealand were the first team to enter the final after beating South Africa by four wickets in a thrilling encounter at Eden Park in Auckland Tuesday. Australia thumped defending champions India by 95 runs in a comprehensive victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground here on Thursday....