We have eight games of baseball today, but only five on Boom Fantasy’s 7:05 docket, which happens to be the main slate. As always we’re here to help you break down everything brick-by-brick, layer-by-layer. Let’s dive in!

Question one is a good one. A reaaaaally good one. It asks us who will have more hits between Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt. Judge is a +100 favorite, which in Boom Fantasy terms is the smallest gap between two players there is. Goldschmidt has had the better month of July hitting .299 compared to Judge’s .246, but Goldschmidt only has three more hits. Goldschmidt’s matchup is way easier as he faces rookie Luke Weaver while Judge faces the stirrup king Chris Archer.

Sticking with the hits category, we’re asked who will have the most between Corey Dickerson, Didi Gregorius, Christian Yelich and Eugenio Suarez. Although Dickerson is the favorite, he draws a tough lefty-lefty matchup against CC Sabathia. Gregorius is the hottest of the bunch hitting .500 over his last seven days. He also has a great history against Archer going 7-for-21 (.333 AVG). Yelich is a big time sleeper here as he has seven hits over his last two games alone! Suarez is also pretty sneaky, as he would net you the biggest amount of Boom points if he won. He’s very good versus left-handed pitching, slashing .286/.404/.506 on the year.

Switching gears to the RBI category, this one features Marcell Ozuna, Joey Votto, Evan Longoria and Yadier Molina. Just a small tidbit of information on Votto who is always a few swings away from a monster game; he’s 0-for-11 against the Marlins this year. Marcell Ozuna gets to face a righty today and has driven in 69 (!!) runs against RHP this season alone. Longoria has a massive sample size against CC Sabathia and a really good one at that, hitting .405 over a 74 at-bat span. Molina is a real underdog here. To show how much of an underdog, Marcell Ozuna has 25 RBI more versus just RHP than Molina has versus everyone.

We have a questionable player in the fourth question, which means it could be null and void if David Peralta does not suit up for the game. If he does, Gary Sanchez is Boom Fantasy’s favorite run producer for this question, followed by Jedd Gyorko, Chris Owings and the aforementioned David Peralta. Sanchez may be the favorite, but he has the toughest matchup for sure. Gyorko’s matchup is also a doozy as the opposing pitcher, Zack Godley, has allowed a .199 average against right-handed batters. Owings and Peralta draw a rookie, a talented one at that but a rookie nonetheless. You could look to exploit that matchup especially seeing how both Owings and Peralta’s would gain you the most points.

As we make the turn for the back nine, or four in this case, question five asks us how many extra-base hits will Jake Lamb post? On the season Lamb has murdered right-handed pitching to the tune of a .313 average. Just against righties he has 17 doubles, four triples and 19 home runs. He’s also been significantly better on the road in 2017, hitting .280 away from home versus a .258 mark at home. Lamb is due for a big night as he hasn’t posted an XBH in four straight games.

Question six asks us about Godcarlo, we mean Giancarlo Stanton and how many total bases he will have. Honestly, sky’s the limit right now. Stanton belted his league leading 33rd homer on Wednesday and his franchise-tying 12th HR in July alone. There is seemingly nobody in baseball hotter right now and it doesn’t really matter who’s he’s matched up against because he’s leaving the yard against all of them. Don’t sell yourself short with the way he’s swing the bat right now.

For the last two questions we flip the switch and discuss the arms, the pitchers, the flamethrowers. Zack Godley is first, and draws a tough matchup against a team that doesn’t strike out that often. Godley has posted an above average K-rate this season as it sits at 27.2-percent. The Cardinals as a team however, are 18th in baseball against right-handed pitching striking out just 21.2-percent of the time. They’re also rolling as an offense coming off of three straight wins so they could get to Godly early. Last but definitely not least is Chris Archer. Archer’s 29.3-percent K-rate is elite and gets a Yankees team that strikes out 22.2-percent of the time against righties. It’s a good matchup for Archer and although we prefer him at home, he has a chance to reach double-digits on Thursday.