Six-game MLB DFS slate moves briskly into the afternoon, nudging lineups to be built with urgency. Manaea and Lorenzen anchor the pitching pool, each carrying compelling reason to trust them despite ERA quirks, while the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman shines as a key bat in a thinner Coors field environment. A Padres stack around Verlander teases upside, pairing Tatis, O’Hearn and Cronenworth with a right-hander-friendly plan. Value wings come from Doyle and Urias, giving you salary relief without sacrificing upside.

Inเกม, the Padres loom large: a Verlander tilt opens the door for three Padres staples—Tatis, O’Hearn, Cronenworth—while the Rockies’ Brenton Doyle brings Coors-field upside with multi-category ceiling. On the mound, Manaea’s modest strike rate but favorable matchup against Nationals, plus Lorenzen’s home-road split, suggests a balanced approach. Rounding out value, Urias provides affordability with a plausible path to mixed-league points, and Urena’s volatility is worth a flyer in the right matchup.

Dodgers at Rockies on August 21, 2025 features Clayton Kershaw taking the mound for Los Angeles against Colorado’s Chase Dollander. Kershaw enters with a 7-2 record and a 3.01 ERA, while Dollander sits at 2-9 with a 6.43 ERA. The latest results show Colorado snapping a win in their latest tilt, but the Dodgers still own the season series 7-2. Ohtani was part of the Rockies’ recent 8-3 win over LA, lasting 4 innings and yielding four earned runs on nine hits in what was noted as his first loss of the season.

The odds slate Dodgers as heavy favorites (-278 on the moneyline), with Colorado +225 and a -1.5 spread, and a total of 12 runs. NBC Sports’ model projects a Dodgers win, backs the Rockies at +1.5, and has the under at 12. Expect a Coors Field perimeter to influence the offensive environment, while Kershaw’s steadiness and Dollander’s uphill climb shape the fantasy and betting narrative.

Key takeaways for fantasy bettors: Kershaw’s steady form vs a Rockies lineup that has shown a pulse at home, and Dollander’s struggle-prone season against a veteran Dodgers unit. Ohtani’s presence looms in the backdrop as a reminder of the Dodgers’ top-end talent and potential two-way upside in a high-scoring environment.

National League chatter is all over the map after a weekend of swings in fortune across the contenders. Milwaukee rode a historic surge to the brink of dominance, but the question lingers: is this a peak or a sustainable blueprint? The Brewers’ balance across rotation, bullpen, and baserunning—plus Yelich and Vaughn driving the middle order—gives fantasy managers a blueprint for value, especially if the pair keeps powering wins and run production. Chicago’s Pete Crow-Armstrong is under the microscope for regression, while the Cubs’ offense needs a spark from the group carrying the load in July. The Mets aren’t dead yet despite a brutal stretch; bullpen upgrades at the deadline were notable, but a rugged August rotation ERA muddies the water. Philadelphia’s postseason pulse risks slowing if Zack Wheeler’s shoulder issue lingers, testing Nola and Suarez, while the bullpen depth has improved with Robertson and Duran. Los Angeles, meanwhile, laid down a loud statement, but one series isn’t a season. Yamamoto, Ohtani, Glasnow, Snell, and Kershaw give the Dodgers a once-in-a-decade ceiling when healthy, yet injuries still shape the bullpen and infield. In this overreaction season, the smart move is to read the lines: identify depth, leverage rest days, and chase the hot hands in a schedule-driven chase for playoff positioning.

Edward Sylvester Nolan, nicknamed The Only Nolan, forged a late-1800s Philly legacy as a lefty who also saw time in the outfield and on the infield. His MLB run spanned 1878–1885 with stops in Indianapolis, Cleveland, Allegheny City, Wilmington, and Philadelphia, finishing with a 23-52 record and a 2.98 ERA across 676 innings, plus a meager .077 batting line in 29 plate appearances for Philly. This week, Nolan Hoffman pitched for Philadelphia on Monday, reviving the nickname’s lineage as the Phillies’ modern Nolan—and a wink at the franchise’s long echo of names across eras.

Beyond that thread, the piece packs in a quick-hitting MLB snapshot: Soto, Naylor and Raleigh are highlighted for stolen-base chatter, with a broader slate of news—Judge, Kershaw, Harper, Olson and even Dale Murphy—popping up as current-mile markers in the fantasy-sphere. It’s a reminder that a single game can connect centuries of Phillies lore to today’s rosters and daily fantasy decisions.

The historical arc centers on Nolan’s birth in 1855 in Trenton, Canada, his long NL/AA/UA journey, and his death in 1913 in Paterson, NJ. The Monday start with Hoffman acts as a playful bridge between dusty 19th‑century Philly baseball and the present-day rotation, suggesting that lineage, narrative, and statlines still tilt the fantasy landscape.

Dodgers rally behind a relentless bullpen and timely power to clinch the weekend sweep of the Padres in Dodger Stadium. Betts delivered the go-ahead blast in the eighth, setting off a two-run swing that Vesia finished off in the ninth. Freeman opened the scoring with a three-run homer and Pages followed with a solo shot while also making a crucial defensive play, and the bullpen—seven relievers strong—held the line over 10 innings as L.A. stretched its NL West lead.

The skid that briefly knocked them off course is fading as the Dodgers leaned on a mix of veterans and up-tempo youngsters. Hernandez and Conforto supplied multi-hit weekends while Betts moved past a rough stretch to drive in the decisive run. San Diego, once humming, was swept for the first time in weeks, and the Dodgers used the weekend to reinforce their identity: depth, late-game execution, and a willingness to pass the torch when needed.

It all reinforced the Dodgers’ core: a bullpen that can grind through high-leverage spots, a lineup capable of exploding early, and a manager who trusts his players to seize moments. The Padres, meanwhile, left with more questions than answers as the two teams prepare for a late-season showdown elsewhere and a reminder that this division race remains squared away by the club that can sustain pressure best.