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Daliy Dime: One more Shelby Miller fade; welcome back, Justin Verlander

Daliy Dime: One more Shelby Miller fade; welcome back, Justin Verlander

Typical last Saturday of the season, a complete mess (the weather and the doubleheaders do not help). Make sure you double check the lineups and the forecasts.

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John Lackey ($52, -137) has to be one of my picks, at Atlanta. Apparently Shelby Miller was born under a bad sign or something.

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Justin Verlander’s ten-start comeback is fueled by some batted-ball luck: a 2.05 ERA isn’t supported by a .243 BABIP, or a modest 64 strikeouts against 19 walks. But he’s still a -123 favorite despite the road assignment, and the White Sox are just 25th in weighted on-base average against right-handed pitching. Welcome back, JV.

Chris Carter ($15) didn’t get a big piece of Friday’s onslaught, but he is on a 10-game binge (1.077 OPS, six homers) and you figure he’ll make contact against Jeremy Hellickson.

Who is Steve Clevinger and what’s he doing with a .794 OPS? Okay, a tiny sample, but he’s just $7 and in the platoon advantage against Luis Severino. Catcher is a good position to punt.

It will be interesting to see what kind of relievers the Red Sox offer up after Craig Breslow picks up the start. I’ll take some Cleveland shares as a result, dialing up Jason Kipnis (despite the platoon disadvantage to start) and Francisco Lindor.

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Has Manny Machado ($18) played his way into 2016’s first round? He’s been an on-base and category juice monster, and I want to start him one more time.

It’s another outfield on a budget after spending liberally on the other spots. Dustin Ackley ($9) is batting second and in the platoon edge; Rusney Castillo ($9) has been a player in the second half, and Tyler Collins ($9) has been producing on the road, for some reason (.935 OPS).