Pirates (Mitch Keller, RHP) @ Nationals (Trevor Williams, RHP)Tigers (Casey Mize, RHP) @ Mets (Adrian Houser, RHP)
Rockies (Cal Quantrill, RHP) @ Cubs (Luke Little, LHP)
Blue Jays (Chris Bassitt, RHP) @ Astros (Cristian Javier, RHP)
Giants (Kyle Harrison, LHP) @ Dodgers (Tyler Glasnow, RHP)
Good morning! We have a brand new prize structure for our main slate today. The entry fee has gone from $5 to $7, with a prize pool of $30k, and a first place of $5k. This is a much welcomed change in my opinion, as drafting baseball isn’t the easiest sport to autodraft and get volume in on a given day. The price point helps with the “bang for buck” and time spent formula that is proprietary and locked inside my brain. (The formula always tells me to play as much as possible).
We’ve got some nagging weather today, but I’m hopeful that we get the necessary three games in to have a functional slate. We can essentially cross Tigers/Mets off our ranks because there is no way that game plays unless weather models are going rogue.
Favorite Teams
- Dodgers
- Pirates
- Cubs
- Astros
- Nationals
- Blue Jays
Pitching Preferences
- Tyler Glasnow
- Mitch Keller
- Cristian Javier
- Chris Bassitt
- Kyle Harrison
- Luke Little
I’m already starting to get nostalgic for when my Pirates bullish stances were a result of being a diehard fan and not because the team is actually decent. They get a great matchup against former Bucco Trevor Williams. Would you believe me if I said this was the first game they are facing a RHP? It’s true! Which means it’s Oneil Cruz day. I have high expectations for him this season and will be aggressively drafting him today on a shortened slate. His upside is immense.
The Dodgers are the Dodgers and will never require a “sell” from me. Mookie Betts is off to a blazing start and Ohtani hasn’t even hit his stride yet. They’re ridiculous, but don’t get a layup tonight against Kyle Harrison. He showed off his plus fastball against the right handed heavy Padres and looked sharp, but not sharp enough to want to stack Dodgers today. Good luck Kyle, my best ball bags will be watching.
Cristian Javier trick us last season. After a dazzling 2022 post-season, he seemingly lost his mojo and the ability to miss bats with his fastball. In his first start in 2024, he posted a stuff+ of 122, good for 5th among starters with a minimum of one game started. Very, very small sample, but this is what you want to see for Javier, someone who over a large sample once looked like a top 10 SP in baseball. The Blue Jays are likely to have some major ups and downs this year, and given the size of today’s slate, I’ll be playing both sides of this one, but primarily on the side of Javier getting over on the Jays. They’re not a priority for me today.
I love Mitch Keller, this is well documented. But he does not come without his own faults, as we saw last season with a good season that was met sporadically with some bad starts. His first start against Miami was not exactly what Pirates fans were hoping for, especially considering the skill level of that lineup. The Nationals are not much better, but could still give Keller some problems. I will be drafting some CJ Abrams today when Keller is not my SP in drafts. He’s #good, and could be a major thorn in the Pirates side this series.
I have a busy day to get started, so this will conclude today’s short slate. Good luck tonight, thank you for being here.
Nez
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