Cardinals (Drew Rom, LHP) @ Pirates (Thomas Hatch, RHP)
Mets (David Peterson, LHP) @ Braves (Allan Winans, RHP)
Red Sox (James Paxton, LHP) @ Astros (Cristian Javier, RHP)
Mariners (Luis Castillo, RHP) @ White Sox (Touki Toussaint, RHP)
Reds (Graham Ashcraft, RHP) @ Angels (Lucas Giolito, RHP)
Royals (Tucker Davidson, LHP) @ A’s (Paul Blackburn, RHP)
Rangers (Jordan Montgomery, LHP) @ D-backs (Joe Mantiply, LHP)
Marlins (Ryan Weathers, LHP) @ Padres (Michael Wacha, RHP)
Pitching Preferences
- Michael Wacha
- Jordan Montgomery
- Luis Castillo
- Lucas Giolito
- James Paxton
Favorite Teams
- Braves
- Red Sox
- Rangers
- Mariners
- Padres
- Cardinals
- Mets
- A’s
Good Monday morning! Apologies for my extended and spotty absence over the last couple weeks. Life EV was being scooped and I hadn’t had much time to sit down and mull over baseball slates. But that’s all changed! As I am back to my usual daily routine of nothing but Underdog Fantasy. You’re welcome.
Today’s slate is pretty gnarly. No slam dunk pitching spots, but we do have some offenses in really nice spots. This is a big time “wait for pitcher” slate for me if we’re going to get Michael Wacha in the 6th round all day today.
I will be mixing stacks of all the teams mentioned above. My largest stance today will be Corey Seager. I want him to be my highest owned player by the end of the day.
We’re also one whole week into the best ball playoffs. Per CBS, here are the likeliest two start pitchers this week along with their ownership percentage:
- Luis Castillo (13%)
- Blake Snell (13%)
- Zac Gallen (16%)
- Justin Verlander (7%)
- Aaron Nola (9%)
- Jordan Montgomery (12%)
- Aaron Civale (N/A)
- Cristian Javier (6%)
- James Paxton (N/A)
- Carlos Rodon (N/A)
There are some very big names on here. If you haven’t checked out the Advance Rate data yet for the Dinger, you can do so here.
While you’re reading my words, I might as well give you some insight on my own advance rates after one scoring period of the quarterfinals.
Dinger: 2/32
Perfect Game: 2/2
We like the Perfect Game start! I have thankfully some pretty healthy rosters for both of those teams, so I am feeling cautiously optimistic for those teams. As for the Dinger? I feel (obviously) less bullish. I knew this from the beginning as I was looking at my advanced teams prior to the QF that my teams were very much not strong. Riddled with injuries and underperforming players, I felt as though I was kissing my Dinger chances good bye before the playoffs even started. All it takes is one to win, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
I’ll have some player ranks added here once we get starting lineups. Check back around 4PM ET for those!
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Mid-day Batter Ranks
- Ronald Acuna Jr
- Corey Seager
- Paul Goldschmidt
- Rafael Devers
- Fernando Tatis Jr
- Julio Rodriguez edit: OUT
- Triston Casas
- Matt Olson
- Austin Riley
- Bobby Witt Jr
- Adolis Garcia
- Ha-seong Kim
- Yordan Alvarez
- Juan Soto
- Nolan Arenado
- Jose Altuve
- Tyler O’Neill
- Tommy Edman
- Ke’Bryan Hayes
- Pete Alonso
- Kyle Tucker
- Brandon Nimmo
- Michael Harris
- Alex Verdugo
- Masataka Yoshida
- Luis Robert Jr
- Cal Raliegh
- Zack Gelof
- Esteury Ruiz
- Marcus Semien
- Jorge Soler
- Chas McCormick
- Andrew McCutchen
- Bryan Reynolds
- Liover Peguero
Take Sheet 