Eric Lindquist said he is throwing a 0.1-unit dart on nine-hole slugger Nick Kurtz to hit a home run at +1200. Lindquist admitted the price is "a little wide" but argued the market is still underrating Kurtz’s raw power because he bats at the bottom of Oakland’s order. In Lindquist’s words, Kurtz "just absolutely murders baseball," and moving to spacious Oakland Coliseum has not muted his elite exit velocities. With the Athletics unlikely to draw much public action, Lindquist feels sportsbooks left the prop mispriced and views the plus-money as an exploitable ceiling play on a day when few other home-run spots stand out to him.

Welsh advised fantasy managers to avoid streaming Gunnar Hoglund in next week’s scheduled start at Dodger Stadium. The rookie held opponents to two runs over 5.1 innings in his second MLB outing and produced only five hard-hit balls on 18 in play, but the Dodgers are a different beast. Welsh expects Los Angeles’ patient lineup to force Hoglund into hitters’ counts and predicts the A’s will pull him early to preserve confidence. He likes Hoglund’s 2 percent walk rate and matching 2.5 expected ERA long-term, yet says the upcoming matchup is a DFS and season-long landmine. Bench now, stash for future friendlier series.