The Main slate for today looks nice and juicy as we get 11 games to play around with here. While you’ve got some strong pitching options to contend with, there’s plenty of hot-trash potential on the mound too. I’ll likely play around with more mini-stacks tonight than with full-stacks, but there are definitely a number of options for either.

Cleveland Indians vs Bartolo Colón

The Tribe have the highest implied runs total on the Main slate as they continue to roll through AL pitching like a hot knife through butter. Both Francisco Lindor and José Ramírez are in-play if you can afford the bats and using Michael Brantley in between the two should prove positive as he’s got the strongest BvP versus Colon of the three of them. With temperatures hitting triple-digits and the wind blowing out, this one should be pretty chalky.

Seattle Mariners vs Dylan Covey

Covey has been abused by big league hitters over his last five starts, allowing 26 earned runs (six homers) over just 20 innings. You’ll definitely want a piece of the lefty bats – Kyle Seager , Dee Gordon , Denard Span and even Ben Gamel , so depending on how manager Scott Servais sets up his lineup, you may also throw in Jean Segura and Mitch Haniger if looking to pay up or maybe Ryon Healy if looking to pay down. Just a matter of what pitcher you use to determine which stack will fit better into your lineup. The top part of the lineup is probably going to be the chalk, so if looking to maintain a share of the lineup while differentiating yourself from the pack, the bottom part of the order might work better for you.

Minnesota Twins vs Jakob Junis

As I mentioned in the Hitting Coach today, I’m definitely digging on the Twins bats – Eddie Rosario and Eduardo Escobar , in particular. You can work it a couple of different ways as Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler could be involved for a cheaper stack than the Rosario, Brian Dozier , Escobar one. The Twins have the third-highest implied runs total on the slate, but they may go low-owned with so many paying attention to the Indians and Mariners.

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Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds

I actually like using the Pirates more than the Reds here, but both teams should put up some solid run totals. Anthony DeSclafani has been slapped around in three of his last four starts and continues to pitch to an enormous amount of contact. I love Starling Marte in this match-up, so if you want to stack Pirates here, make sure it’s built around him. As for the Reds, you’re going to want to get Joey Votto and Scooter Gennett into your lineup as both lefties could pound Nick Kingham tonight. I’ll have one lineup that just stacks this game and then I’ll figure out which pitcher(s) fit best.