Braves (Spencer Strider, RHP) @ Pirates (Osvaldo Bido, RHP)
Royals (Cole Ragans, LHP) @ Red Sox (Brayan Bello, RHP)
Cubs (Drew Smyly, LHP) @ Mets (Kodai Senga, RHP)
Blue Jays (Hyun Jin Ryu, LHP) @ Guardians (Gavin Williams, RHP)
Yankees (Gerrit Cole, RHP) @ White Sox (Dylan Cease, RHP)
Rockies (Peter Lambert, RHP) @ Brewers (Freddy Peralta, RHP)
Giants (Logan Webb, RHP) @ Angels (Patrick Sandoval, LHP)
Rangers (Dane Dunning, RHP) @ Athletics (Ken Waldichuk, LHP)
Pitcher Preferences
- Spencer Strider
- Gerrit Cole
- Dane Dunning
- Freddie Peralta
- Brayan Bello
- Patrick Sandoval
- Dylan Cease
Favorite Teams
- Braves
- Red Sox
- Brewers
- Rangers
- Mets
Good Monday morning! Long time no see. I was away in Ocean City, Maryland last week with my family touching some sand, catching some rays, but still remaining tapped in on baseball, of course. I was itching to deep dive every day, don’t get me wrong, but the hiatus was nice.
Today’s slate provides us with four standout targets in the Braves, Red Sox, Brewers, and Rangers, along with two very strong pitching options in Gerrit Cole and Spencer Strider. The intrinsic value of these two pitchers requires little explanation; their floors are elite. However, it’s important to look at them respectively with the slate in context. How do they compare to their peers? Freddy Peralta and Dane Dunning both have pristine matchups today. I’m still opting for Strider and Cole early in my drafts, but these two are really solid options beyond them. I’d even take Patrick Sandoval shortly after if I missed out because of his matchup against the Giants, despite pitching in LA where the offense tends to flow more easily.
I have, as usual lately, some ranks here of individual batters. I don’t recommend drafting off of these blindly – you should, IMO, prioritize stacking more often than not in your builds. These may help guide your stacks in the direction I feel is advantageous.
Batter Ranks
- Ronald Acuna Jr
- Shohei Ohtani
- Matt Olson
- Corey Seager
- Christian Yelich
- Adolis Garcia
- Aaron Judge
- Marcus Semien
- Ozzie Albies
- Austin Riley
- Sal Frelick
- Cody Bellinger
- Bobby Witt Jr
- Rafael Devers
- Justin Turner
- Ezequiel Duran
- Luis Robert Jr
- Sean Murphy
- William Contreras
- Rob Refsnyder
- Adam Duvall
- MJ Melendez
- Ian Happ
- Eddie Rosario
- Nathaniel Lowe
- Pete Alonso
- Francisco Lindor
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr
- George Springer
- Masataka Yoshida
I’ll be honest, I had about 4 paragraphs written today prior to the Badge Bros show. I was really on a tear this morning. However, my draft unfortunately did not save, and it was unsalvageable. Tomorrow I vow to bring you more than this. For now, let me just say – today feels pretty flat. I will be sprinkling in some of the “bad” teams today to gain some leverage. I don’t anticipate onslaughting the likes of the White Sox, Rockies, Pirates, or Athletics. But a couple 2-man stacks from these teams mixed with some best player available/other strong 2-man stacks? Absolutely.
Best of luck today! I will be back tomorrow with hopefully a nice win under my belt.
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