Yankees (Luis Gil, RHP) @ Blue Jays (Chris Bassitt, RHP)
Pirates (Martin Perez, LHP) @ Mets (Adrian Houser, RHP)
Royals (Seth Lugo, RHP) @ White Sox (Nick Nastrini, RHP)
Padres (Joe Musgrove, RHP) @ Brewers (Joe Ross, RHP)
Braves (Darius Vines, RHP) @ Astros (Spencer Arrighetti, RHP)
Cubs (Ben Brown, RHP) @ D-backs (Merrill Kelly, RHP)
Cardinals (Sonny Gray, RHP) @ Athletics (Ross Stripling, RHP)
Reds (Frankie Montas, RHP) @ Mariners (George Kirby, RHP)
Nationals (Mitchell Parker, LHP) @ Dodgers (Tyler Glasnow, RHP)
Good morning! It’s Monday, again. We have a very, very nice slate of contests to draft on Underdog to help us through the new week. These three here are what I am most excited about.
It’s very fun to have the opportunity to win 4 figures in multiple contests for MLB on Underdog. I’m very pleased with the growth that we’ve seen in this space and having over 40k in prizes available for baseball is awesome. Hopefully you or I can take down one of these!
We’ve got some pitchers on the bump today who I very truthfully don’t know much about (Nick Nastrini, Ben Brown, Mitchell Parker). Here’s the skinniest skinny ever on these guys:
- Mitchell Parker is a lefty making his Major League debut who is not thought of highly as a prospect and does not have good Minor League numbers besides being able to strike a lot of dudes out (a common theme with SPs making their debuts these days). He’s going to get punished today I fear.
- Nick Nastrini was acquired by the White Sox from the Dodgers in exchange for Trayce Thompson. The Dodgers got some run good out of Klay’s brother, but I’d say this trade likely has no winners. Nastrini has a better career outlook than Parker, and also K’d a lot of Minor Leaguers prior to his promotion. The Royals are hot, though I don’t know if they’re the juggernaut they appear to be at this early stage of the season. Nastrini could surprise people given Crochet’s emergence (though he had tangible pedigree).
- Ben Brown was traded to the Cubs from Philadelphia in exchange for David Robertson in 2022. Similar to Nastrini – decent career outlook, struck out a lot of guys in the Minors, didn’t get good results. The D-backs are a really tough customer, but Brown held his own against another NL West opponent in the Padres last week. I’d feel good about stacking D-backs today.
Favorite Teams
- Dodgers
- Astros
- Braves
- D-backs
- Pirates
- Royals
Pitching Preferences
- Tyler Glasnow
- George Kirby
- Sonny Gray
- Frankie Montas
- Seth Lugo
- Merrill Kelly
- Joe Musgrove
- Martin Perez
- Joe Ross
The chalk is chalking today, folks. Dodgers, Astros, Braves, and D-backs are impossible to get away from in drafts. If you plan on drafting another stack, make sure that is your plan and you queue up that stack because I can’t stop seeing good Braves, Dodgers, Astros, and D-backs on the board and selecting them instead.
I of course have the Pirates listed as a team I’m getting to today. I just don’t understand how Vegas has them as dogs to Adrian Houser. I’ve smashed that money line and I am waiting for Pirates alt run lines to come out to hit those as well. Martin Perez has been good for the Pirates so far as well. It’s not a lock that they win, but Vegas will look silly for this. Oneil Cruz + Bryan Reynolds mini’s will be my preferred way to get to them, but I’ll tack on Jack Suwinski and/or Hayes as well. I do not respect Adrian Houser.
Tyler Glasnow is my 1.01 tonight and it isn’t close. This slate is tailor made for him to separate from his peers – not many other options that can really come close to his 75%ile outcome, and he faces the Nationals. I know pitching doesn’t matter, but Tyler Glasnow does. It’s honestly baffling he is still +800 odds for NL Cy Young, because if he gets to 160 innings this season, that’s all him.
Best of luck tonight everyone. Lots of contests to draft, see you in the lobbies!
Nez
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