This is the order I’d go after them, but I don’t feel very good about anybody but Gore, and if you read this SubStack you probably already have Gore, or at least he’s not available to you.
Estes has some really nice matchups, so he’s the other actual recommendation. As for Montas/Williams/McKenzie, it could go fine and it’s worth it in deep points leagues where the downside is lesser, but I don’t think I’d do it in a roto league.
Reds: They go to Coors for three games, and there are plenty of Reds bats available. I’m thinking Friedl, Candelario, and Jonathan India. You could also go after Will Benson and/or Jake Fraley, but Benson is banished to bottom of the order and Fraley won’t start against the lefty (Blach) on the 4th.
Cubs: They go to Great American for four games, set to face Greene, Lodolo, Montas, and Abbott. They don’t have a ton in terms of desirable and available bats, but you might be able to get a steal out of Pete Crow-Armstrong and Mike Tauchman has been a pretty solids points contributor this year.
Astros: They’re currently scheduled to face Gibson, Pallante, Mikolas, Suarez, Canning, and Anderson - so that’s six very hittable pitchers.
Rangers: I’m not saying don’t play Semien or Seager or anything crazy, but maybe for a fringe bat tiebreaker, you can pick someone else. The Rangers have Tarik Skubal, Jack Flaherty, Logan Webb, and Blake Snell on the schedule.
Royals: Same deal, don’t bench the good hitters but the schedule isn’t looking friendly - Tanner Bibee, Bryce Miller, Luis Castillo, and George Kirby.
Tarik Skubal (@TEX, vs MIL): 147.3 IP, 27.8 K-BB%, 2.44 ERA, 0.86 WHIP
Tyler Glasnow (@PIT, @NYY): 194.0 IP, 25.8 K-BB%, 3.39 ERA, 1.02 WHIP
Jared Jones (vs LAD, vs MIN): 63.3 IP, 23.0 K-BB%, 3.55 ERA, 1.01 WHIP
Kevin Gausman (vs BAL, @OAK): 239.3 IP, 22.5 K-BB%, 3.38 ERA, 1.22 WHIP
George Kirby (@OAK, @KC): 259.0 IP, 20.5 K-BB%, 3.54 ERA, 1.03 WHIP
Bailey Ober (@NYY, @PIT): 201.3 IP, 20.1 K-BB%, 3.84 ERA, 1.08 WHIP
Jesus Luzardo (vs TB, vs CLE): 223.0 IP, 19.3 K-BB%, 3.96 ERA, 1.22 WHIP
Luis Gil (vs MIN, vs LAD): 63.3 IP, 19.3 K-BB%, 1.99 ERA, 0.93 WHIP
Bowden Francis (vs BAL, @OAK): 51.0 IP, 18.1 K-BB%, 3.71 ERA, 1.08 WHIP
MacKenzie Gore (vs NYM, vs ATL): 195.0 IP, 18.0 K-BB%, 3.97 ERA, 1.36 WHIP
Kutter Crawford (vs ATL, @CWS): 197.7 IP, 17.6 K-BB%, 3.78 ERA, 1.13 WHIP
Grayson Rodriguez (@TOR, @TB): 173.0 IP, 17.3 K-BB%, 4.11 ERA, 1.33 WHIP
Corbin Burnes (@TOR, @TB): 266.3 IP, 17.3 K-BB%, 3.14 ERA, 1.07 WHIP
Seth Lugo (@CLE, vs SEA): 224.7 IP, 16.6 K-BB%, 2.96 ERA, 1.14 WHIP
Max Fried (@BOS, @WSH): 144.3 IP, 16.6 K-BB%, 2.74 ERA, 1.09 WHIP
Justin Verlander (vs STL, @LAA): 209.3 IP, 14.8 K-BB%, 3.22 ERA, 1.13 WHIP
Andrew Abbott (@COL, vs CHC): 172.3 IP, 14.7 K-BB%, 3.66 ERA, 1.25 WHIP
Matt Waldron (@LAA, vs ARI): 98.3 IP, 14.2 K-BB%, 4.3 ERA, 1.31 WHIP
Joey Estes (vs SEA, vs TOR): 30.7 IP, 14.1 K-BB%, 6.46 ERA, 1.27 WHIP
Kyle Gibson (@HOU, vs COL): 257.0 IP, 12.0 K-BB%, 4.45 ERA, 1.29 WHIP
Bryse Wilson (@PHI, @DET): 124.7 IP, 11.5 K-BB%, 2.82 ERA, 1.13 WHIP
Blake Walston (vs SF, @SD): 8.3 IP, 10.8 K-BB%, 2.16 ERA, 1.44 WHIP
Jhony Brito (@LAA, vs ARI): 120.6 IP, 10.6 K-BB%, 4.18 ERA, 1.23 WHIP
Trevor Williams (vs NYM, vs ATL): 201.0 IP, 10.1 K-BB%, 4.61 ERA, 1.45 WHIP
Patrick Sandoval (vs SD, vs HOU): 205.4 IP, 9.8 K-BB%, 4.82 ERA, 1.52 WHIP
Spencer Howard (@ARI, @TEX): 7.3 IP, 8.8 K-BB%, 4.91 ERA, 1.64 WHIP
Ryan Feltner (vs CIN, @STL): 102.7 IP, 8.8 K-BB%, 5.7 ERA, 1.58 WHIP
Ryne Nelson (vs SF, @SD): 184.4 IP, 8.4 K-BB%, 5.47 ERA, 1.5 WHIP
Tyler Anderson (vs SD, vs HOU): 210.3 IP, 8.2 K-BB%, 4.45 ERA, 1.37 WHIP
Chris Flexen (@CHC, vs BOS): 156.3 IP, 8.0 K-BB%, 6.39 ERA, 1.58 WHIP
Ty Blach (vs CIN, @STL): 112.7 IP, 7.3 K-BB%, 5.11 ERA, 1.53 WHIP
Triston McKenzie (vs KC, @MIA): 73.3 IP, 7.2 K-BB%, 4.05 ERA, 1.42 WHIP
Frankie Montas (@COL, vs CHC): 48.3 IP, 7.0 K-BB%, 4.47 ERA, 1.43 WHIP
Andre Pallante (@HOU, vs COL): 84.0 IP, 4.0 K-BB%, 4.61 ERA, 1.56 WHIP
ARI: 7 games (6 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
COL: 7 games (6 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
TOR: 7 games (7 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
STL: 7 games (5 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
SD: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
WSH: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
CIN: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
BAL: 7 games (6 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
CLE: 6 games (2 vs. RHP, 4 vs. LHP)
TEX: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
BOS: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
SF: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
SEA: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
CHC: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
PIT: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
OAK: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
NYY: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
MIN: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
ATL: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
LAD: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
LAA: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
KC: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
HOU: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
DET: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
CWS: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
MIL: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
NYM: 5 games (2 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
PHI: 5 games (3 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
MIA: 5 games (5 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
TB: 5 games (2 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
CIN: Ryan Feltner, Ty Blach, Dakota Hudson, Javier Assad, Justin Steele, Ben Brown, Jordan Wicks
HOU: Kyle Gibson, Andre Pallante, Miles Mikolas, Jose Suarez, Griffin Canning, Tyler Anderson
CHC: Jake Woodford, Chris Flexen, Hunter Greene, Nick Lodolo, Andrew Abbott, Frankie Montas
TEX: Tarik Skubal, Jack Flaherty, Kenta Maeda, Logan Webb, Blake Snell, Spencer Howard
LAA: Matt Waldron, Jhony Brito, Dylan Cease, Framber Valdez, Hunter Brown, Justin Verlander
KC: Triston McKenzie, Logan Taylor Allen, Tanner Bibee, Bryce Miller, Luis Castillo, George Kirby
6/3: CIN@COL
6/4: CIN@COL
6/5: CIN@COL
6/6: CHC@CIN
6/7: CHC@CIN
6/8: CHC@CIN
6/9: CHC@CIN
