Have we posted a Mike Trout image this fantasy baseball season yet? No? Corrected!
Fantasy baseball is a lot more complex than fantasy football. Fantasy football almost exclusively scores players using fantasy points. Fantasy baseball uses fantasy points, but also roto or category scoring. Roto is probably more popular, although I’m not completely confident it is even though it dominates analyst discussions.
With respect to traditional season-long fantasy leagues, football is weekly. With the exception of the occasional bye week, every team plays once a week – simple. Baseball is daily or weekly. Weekly fantasy baseball could include periods with different start and finish days, and some periods could be merged, like over the MLB All-Star Game.
Fantasy playoffs? Mostly yes for football, Weeks 14-16 of the NFL season is pretty standard. For baseball, maybe yes, maybe no. It seems a lot of leagues do not have playoffs and instead grind out total points for the full season to declare a champion.
Some fantasy baseball leagues use a head-to-head schedule, like our Draft Buddy H2H Fantasy Points league, and then incorporate playoffs. How many teams qualify and what periods to use late in the season, when MLB rosters are in a lot of flux for called up minor leaguers I might add, there is no standard.
Who Do I Start Advice
What is my point in all of this? I thought it would be great if we could provide regular advice about players with good and bad matchups to help decide whether you should start them or bench them. That also dovetails nicely into add-drop advice, if players are identified as possible good starts going forward and available free agents in your league.
So I am going to attempt that, and I’ve got some ideas that still need to be worked out, but understand no matter what there will be some limitations. Baseball is complex, and the available player pool is very deep. Mad props to the guys who spend so much time analysing and writing about fantasy baseball for the masses on a full-time basis. It’s a lot of work.
Chris is bringing back his streaming starting pitchers column, Straight Cheese, which will be of immense help to him and I in our NFBC league (thank you Luis Severino). Between that, and whatever I can cobble together (weekly column? new site features?), hopefully we can be a contributing factor in your 2019 fantasy baseball success.
Fantasy Baseball Week 1
MLB Opening Day is upon us! In one of my leagues we include stats from the March 20-21 Oakland Athletics-Seattle Mariners games played in Japan, and in another, they are not included. And then there are a variety of bestball leagues that I won’t bore you with the details. In actively managed leagues with weekly lineup submissions, the deadline is start of the games on Opening Day. The week (or period) concludes on Sunday in the NFBC league, and the other extends to the following Sunday for an extra-long Week 1 (period 1).
Even though a pretty short period of four days, the NFBC league is probably more common. Then we get into a routine of submitting free agent bids and setting lineups for the week from Monday to Sunday. For this first short period, we pretty much want to start the guys higher on our draft boards, except for those who are out due to injuries or were sent down to the minors. Unfortunately, there are a few key injuries already.
Lets run through the hitter positions using the season ADP, the projected matchups, and identify points of interest for some players that could impact their performance in the short-term.
Below are the Top 24 eligible 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, C, Top 60 OF and handful of DH only UT-eligible, based on NFBC ADP at the time of our last Draft Buddy update. As we move forward in the season I promise to clean up the look of this. Scroll the table side-to-side if isn’t showing all four days on the width of your screen.
WDIS Week 1 – First Base
+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | player | adp | 03-28 | 03-29 | 03-30 | 03-31 | +------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | Paul Goldschmidt, STL | 19.29 | MIL: Jhoulys Chacin | MIL: Freddy Peralta | MIL: Brandon Woodruff | MIL: Corbin Burnes | | Freddie Freeman, ATL | 21.42 | PHI: Aaron Nola | | PHI: Nick Pivetta | PHI: Jake Arrieta | | Anthony Rizzo, CHC | 37.67 | TEX: Mike Minor | | TEX: Edinson Volquez | TEX: Lance Lynn | | Cody Bellinger, LAD | 42.05 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | Joey Votto, CIN | 64.33 | @PIT: Jameson Taillon | | @PIT: Trevor Williams | @PIT: Joe Musgrove | | Matt Carpenter, STL | 69.27 | MIL: Jhoulys Chacin | MIL: Freddy Peralta | MIL: Brandon Woodruff | MIL: Corbin Burnes | | Jesus Aguilar, MIL | 81.26 | @STL: Miles Mikolas | @STL: Jack Flaherty | @STL: Dakota Hudson | @STL: Michael Wacha | | Jose Abreu, CWS | 85.29 | KC : Brad Keller | | KC : TBD | KC : TBD | | Joey Gallo, TEX | 92.85 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels || Matt Olson, OAK | 109.42 | @LAA: Trevor Cahill | @LAA: Matt Harvey | @LAA: Felix Pena | @LAA: Tyler Skaggs || Max Muncy, LAD | 121.77 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | Jurickson Profar, OAK | 122.97 | @LAA: Trevor Cahill | @LAA: Matt Harvey | @LAA: Felix Pena | @LAA: Tyler Skaggs | | Edwin Encarnacion, SEA | 135.48 | @BOS: Chris Sale | @BOS: Nathan Eovaldi | @BOS: Eduardo Rodriguez | @BOS: Rick Porcello | | Ian Desmond, COL | 142.56 | MIA: Jose Urena | MIA: Trevor Richards | MIA: Pablo Lopez | MIA: Sandy Alcantara | | Miguel Cabrera, DET | 155.50 | TOR: Marcus Stroman | TOR: Matt Shoemaker | TOR: Aaron Sanchez | TOR: Trent Thornton | | Luke Voit, NYY | 168.09 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD | | Eric Hosmer, SD | 174.61 | @SF : Madison Bumgarner | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | | Carlos Santana, CLE | 191.71 | MIN: Jose Berrios | | MIN: Jake Odorizzi | MIN: Michael Pineda | | Yuli Gurriel, HOU | 192.76 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Pete Alonso, NYM | 216.81 | WAS: Max Scherzer | | WAS: Stephen Strasburg | WAS: Patrick Corbin | | Marwin Gonzalez, MIN | 223.83 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Jake Bauers, CLE | 224.92 | MIN: Jose Berrios | | MIN: Jake Odorizzi | MIN: Michael Pineda | | Justin Smoak, TOR | 234.91 | @DET: Jordan Zimmermann | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | | Trey Mancini, BAL | 241.03 | NYY: Masahiro Tanaka | | NYY: James Paxton | NYY: J.A. Happ | +------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
Pete Alonso – I thought this was already decided but MLB Trade Rumors posted not long ago the New York Mets are including Pete Alonso on the opening day roster. Maybe I thought this was a done deal after receiving a trade offer yesterday (and not the first) for Alonso. Not yet Matt!
WDIS Week 1 – Second Base
+-------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | player | adp | 03-28 | 03-29 | 03-30 | 03-31 | +-------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | Jose Altuve, HOU | 16.31 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Javier Baez, CHC | 16.52 | TEX: Mike Minor | | TEX: Edinson Volquez | TEX: Lance Lynn | | Whit Merrifield, KC | 29.74 | @CWS: Carlos Rodon | | @CWS: Reynaldo Lopez | @CWS: Lucas Giolito | | Daniel Murphy, COL | 61.40 | MIA: Jose Urena | MIA: Trevor Richards | MIA: Pablo Lopez | MIA: Sandy Alcantara | | Ozzie Albies, ATL | 63.48 | PHI: Aaron Nola | | PHI: Nick Pivetta | PHI: Jake Arrieta | | Gleyber Torres, NYY | 65.98 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD | | Jonathan Villar, BAL | 79.69 | NYY: Masahiro Tanaka | | NYY: James Paxton | NYY: J.A. Happ || Scooter Gennett, CIN | 89.28 | @PIT: Jameson Taillon | | @PIT: Trevor Williams | @PIT: Joe Musgrove || Travis Shaw, MIL | 90.74 | @STL: Miles Mikolas | @STL: Jack Flaherty | @STL: Dakota Hudson | @STL: Michael Wacha | | Dee Gordon, SEA | 111.78 | @BOS: Chris Sale | @BOS: Nathan Eovaldi | @BOS: Eduardo Rodriguez | @BOS: Rick Porcello | | Robinson Cano, NYM | 117.71 | WAS: Max Scherzer | | WAS: Stephen Strasburg | WAS: Patrick Corbin | | Rougned Odor, TEX | 118.36 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | Brian Dozier, WAS | 138.39 | @NYM: Jacob Degrom | | @NYM: TBD | @NYM: TBD | | Yoan Moncada, CWS | 151.67 | KC : Brad Keller | | KC : TBD | KC : TBD | | Garrett Hampson, COL | 179.56 | MIA: Jose Urena | MIA: Trevor Richards | MIA: Pablo Lopez | MIA: Sandy Alcantara | | Jonathan Schoop, MIN | 182.93 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Cesar Hernandez, PHI | 185.17 | @ATL: Julio Teheran | | @ATL: Bryse Wilson | @ATL: Kyle Wright | | Asdrubal Cabrera, TEX | 208.94 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | Joey Wendle, TB | 215.89 | @HOU: Justin Verlander | @HOU: Gerrit Cole | @HOU: Collin McHugh | @HOU: Wade Miley | | Ketel Marte, ARI | 221.99 | LAD: Hyun-Jin Ryu | LAD: Ross Stripling | LAD: TBD | LAD: TBD | | Marwin Gonzalez, MIN | 223.83 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Lourdes Gurriel, TOR | 268.77 | @DET: Jordan Zimmermann | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | | Isiah Kiner-Falefa, TEX | 278.31 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | DJ LeMahieu, NYY | 297.37 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD | +-------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
WDIS Week 1 – Third Base
+----------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+ | player | adp | 03-28 | 03-29 | 03-30 | 03-31 | +----------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+ | Jose Ramirez, CLE | 4.49 | MIN: Jose Berrios | | MIN: Jake Odorizzi | MIN: Michael Pineda | | Nolan Arenado, COL | 7.31 | MIA: Jose Urena | MIA: Trevor Richards | MIA: Pablo Lopez | MIA: Sandy Alcantara | | Alex Bregman, HOU | 14.49 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Javier Baez, CHC | 16.52 | TEX: Mike Minor | | TEX: Edinson Volquez | TEX: Lance Lynn | | Kris Bryant, CHC | 31.97 | TEX: Mike Minor | | TEX: Edinson Volquez | TEX: Lance Lynn | | Anthony Rendon, WAS | 41.29 | @NYM: Jacob Degrom | | @NYM: TBD | @NYM: TBD | | Eugenio Suarez, CIN | 54.26 | @PIT: Jameson Taillon | | @PIT: Trevor Williams | @PIT: Joe Musgrove || Vladimir Guerrero Jr., TOR | 57.01 | @DET: Jordan Zimmermann | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD || Matt Carpenter, STL | 69.27 | MIL: Jhoulys Chacin | MIL: Freddy Peralta | MIL: Brandon Woodruff | MIL: Corbin Burnes | | Miguel Andujar, NYY | 78.90 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD | | Travis Shaw, MIL | 90.74 | @STL: Miles Mikolas | @STL: Jack Flaherty | @STL: Dakota Hudson | @STL: Michael Wacha | | Josh Donaldson, ATL | 98.67 | PHI: Aaron Nola | | PHI: Nick Pivetta | PHI: Jake Arrieta | | Wil Myers, SD | 100.35 | @SF : Madison Bumgarner | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | | Justin Turner, LAD | 106.65 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | Matt Chapman, OAK | 109.95 | @LAA: Trevor Cahill | @LAA: Matt Harvey | @LAA: Felix Pena | @LAA: Tyler Skaggs | | Max Muncy, LAD | 121.77 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | Jurickson Profar, OAK | 122.97 | @LAA: Trevor Cahill | @LAA: Matt Harvey | @LAA: Felix Pena | @LAA: Tyler Skaggs | | Mike Moustakas, MIL | 129.66 | @STL: Miles Mikolas | @STL: Jack Flaherty | @STL: Dakota Hudson | @STL: Michael Wacha | | Rafael Devers, BOS | 135.91 | SEA: Marco Gonzales | SEA: Yusei Kikuchi | SEA: Mike Leake | SEA: Wade LeBlanc | | Eduardo Escobar, ARI | 172.98 | LAD: Hyun-Jin Ryu | LAD: Ross Stripling | LAD: TBD | LAD: TBD || Nick Senzel, CIN | 183.63 | @PIT: Jameson Taillon | | @PIT: Trevor Williams | @PIT: Joe Musgrove || Yuli Gurriel, HOU | 192.76 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Asdrubal Cabrera, TEX | 208.94 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | Joey Wendle, TB | 215.89 | @HOU: Justin Verlander | @HOU: Gerrit Cole | @HOU: Collin McHugh | @HOU: Wade Miley | +----------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+
WDIS Week 1 – Shortstop
+-----------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | player | adp | 03-28 | 03-29 | 03-30 | 03-31 | +-----------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | Trea Turner, WAS | 7.70 | @NYM: Jacob Degrom | | @NYM: TBD | @NYM: TBD | | Alex Bregman, HOU | 14.49 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Trevor Story, COL | 15.79 | MIA: Jose Urena | MIA: Trevor Richards | MIA: Pablo Lopez | MIA: Sandy Alcantara || Francisco Lindor, CLE | 16.28 | MIN: Jose Berrios | | MIN: Jake Odorizzi | MIN: Michael Pineda || Javier Baez, CHC | 16.52 | TEX: Mike Minor | | TEX: Edinson Volquez | TEX: Lance Lynn | | Manny Machado, SD | 21.14 | @SF : Madison Bumgarner | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | | Adalberto Mondesi, KC | 38.49 | @CWS: Carlos Rodon | | @CWS: Reynaldo Lopez | @CWS: Lucas Giolito | | Xander Bogaerts, BOS | 47.80 | SEA: Marco Gonzales | SEA: Yusei Kikuchi | SEA: Mike Leake | SEA: Wade LeBlanc | | Carlos Correa, HOU | 49.45 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Jean Segura, PHI | 61.94 | @ATL: Julio Teheran | | @ATL: Bryse Wilson | @ATL: Kyle Wright | | Gleyber Torres, NYY | 65.98 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD | | Corey Seager, LAD | 91.43 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | Jose Peraza, CIN | 96.64 | @PIT: Jameson Taillon | | @PIT: Trevor Williams | @PIT: Joe Musgrove | | Jurickson Profar, OAK | 122.97 | @LAA: Trevor Cahill | @LAA: Matt Harvey | @LAA: Felix Pena | @LAA: Tyler Skaggs | | Tim Anderson, CWS | 134.95 | KC : Brad Keller | | KC : TBD | KC : TBD | | Amed Rosario, NYM | 143.42 | WAS: Max Scherzer | | WAS: Stephen Strasburg | WAS: Patrick Corbin | | Eduardo Escobar, ARI | 172.98 | LAD: Hyun-Jin Ryu | LAD: Ross Stripling | LAD: TBD | LAD: TBD | | Paul DeJong, STL | 175.37 | MIL: Jhoulys Chacin | MIL: Freddy Peralta | MIL: Brandon Woodruff | MIL: Corbin Burnes | | Elvis Andrus, TEX | 182.84 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | Asdrubal Cabrera, TEX | 208.94 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | Jorge Polanco, MIN | 217.49 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Ketel Marte, ARI | 221.99 | LAD: Hyun-Jin Ryu | LAD: Ross Stripling | LAD: TBD | LAD: TBD | | Marwin Gonzalez, MIN | 223.83 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Chris Taylor, LAD | 224.46 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | +-----------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
Francisco Lindor – Even though he is playing minor league games and reports of his calf injury recovery are positive, it looks like Lindor will start the season on the IL, so bench him for now.
Fernando Tatis, Jr. – The Padres with a small surprise to the delight of many fantasy baseball owners this morning, Tatis made the opening day roster and will likely start at shortstop while Luis Urias does not. Having never played AAA we should temper expectations a bit, but this is a play’em if you got’em situation.
Jorge Polanco – Reading Polanco is questionable to start Opening Day because of a tired arm. If he can’t play the field and is blocked from the DH spot by Nelson Cruz, that poses a problem. Something to monitor Polanco owners.
Carlos Correa – What is with all the shortstops with question marks? Correa, also questionable to start the season due to neck stiffness.
WDIS Week 1 – Outfield
+---------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | player | adp | 03-28 | 03-29 | 03-30 | 03-31 | +---------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | Mike Trout, LAA | 1.14 | OAK: Mike Fiers | OAK: TBD | OAK: TBD | OAK: TBD | | Mookie Betts, BOS | 1.89 | SEA: Marco Gonzales | SEA: Yusei Kikuchi | SEA: Mike Leake | SEA: Wade LeBlanc | | J.D. Martinez, BOS | 5.74 | SEA: Marco Gonzales | SEA: Yusei Kikuchi | SEA: Mike Leake | SEA: Wade LeBlanc | | Christian Yelich, MIL | 6.74 | @STL: Miles Mikolas | @STL: Jack Flaherty | @STL: Dakota Hudson | @STL: Michael Wacha | | Ronald Acuna, ATL | 7.91 | PHI: Aaron Nola | | PHI: Nick Pivetta | PHI: Jake Arrieta | | Aaron Judge, NYY | 12.97 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD | | Bryce Harper, PHI | 16.60 | @ATL: Julio Teheran | | @ATL: Bryse Wilson | @ATL: Kyle Wright | | Giancarlo Stanton, NYY | 20.83 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD | | Charlie Blackmon, COL | 27.56 | MIA: Jose Urena | MIA: Trevor Richards | MIA: Pablo Lopez | MIA: Sandy Alcantara | | Whit Merrifield, KC | 29.74 | @CWS: Carlos Rodon | | @CWS: Reynaldo Lopez | @CWS: Lucas Giolito | | Andrew Benintendi, BOS | 30.68 | SEA: Marco Gonzales | SEA: Yusei Kikuchi | SEA: Mike Leake | SEA: Wade LeBlanc | | Kris Bryant, CHC | 31.97 | TEX: Mike Minor | | TEX: Edinson Volquez | TEX: Lance Lynn | | Juan Soto, WAS | 34.13 | @NYM: Jacob Degrom | | @NYM: TBD | @NYM: TBD | | Starling Marte, PIT | 37.07 | CIN: Luis Castillo | | CIN: Sonny Gray | CIN: Tanner Roark | | Rhys Hoskins, PHI | 37.12 | @ATL: Julio Teheran | | @ATL: Bryse Wilson | @ATL: Kyle Wright | | Cody Bellinger, LAD | 42.05 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | George Springer, HOU | 59.92 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Tommy Pham, TB | 61.53 | @HOU: Justin Verlander | @HOU: Gerrit Cole | @HOU: Collin McHugh | @HOU: Wade Miley | | Yasiel Puig, CIN | 62.49 | @PIT: Jameson Taillon | | @PIT: Trevor Williams | @PIT: Joe Musgrove | | Lorenzo Cain, MIL | 66.19 | @STL: Miles Mikolas | @STL: Jack Flaherty | @STL: Dakota Hudson | @STL: Michael Wacha | | David Dahl, COL | 67.93 | MIA: Jose Urena | MIA: Trevor Richards | MIA: Pablo Lopez | MIA: Sandy Alcantara | | Eddie Rosario, MIN | 80.30 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Marcell Ozuna, STL | 83.38 | MIL: Jhoulys Chacin | MIL: Freddy Peralta | MIL: Brandon Woodruff | MIL: Corbin Burnes | | Nicholas Castellanos, DET | 92.27 | TOR: Marcus Stroman | TOR: Matt Shoemaker | TOR: Aaron Sanchez | TOR: Trent Thornton | | Mitch Haniger, SEA | 92.37 | @BOS: Chris Sale | @BOS: Nathan Eovaldi | @BOS: Eduardo Rodriguez | @BOS: Rick Porcello | | Joey Gallo, TEX | 92.85 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | Michael Conforto, NYM | 100.07 | WAS: Max Scherzer | | WAS: Stephen Strasburg | WAS: Patrick Corbin | | Wil Myers, SD | 100.35 | @SF : Madison Bumgarner | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD || Justin Upton, LAA | 106.28 | OAK: Mike Fiers | OAK: TBD | OAK: TBD | OAK: TBD || A.J. Pollock, LAD | 110.93 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | Dee Gordon, SEA | 111.78 | @BOS: Chris Sale | @BOS: Nathan Eovaldi | @BOS: Eduardo Rodriguez | @BOS: Rick Porcello | | Mallex Smith, SEA | 113.49 | @BOS: Chris Sale | @BOS: Nathan Eovaldi | @BOS: Eduardo Rodriguez | @BOS: Rick Porcello | | Michael Brantley, HOU | 114.83 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Andrew McCutchen, PHI | 129.74 | @ATL: Julio Teheran | | @ATL: Bryse Wilson | @ATL: Kyle Wright || Aaron Hicks, NYY | 131.42 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD || David Peralta, ARI | 141.18 | LAD: Hyun-Jin Ryu | LAD: Ross Stripling | LAD: TBD | LAD: TBD | | Ender Inciarte, ATL | 142.23 | PHI: Aaron Nola | | PHI: Nick Pivetta | PHI: Jake Arrieta | | Ian Desmond, COL | 142.56 | MIA: Jose Urena | MIA: Trevor Richards | MIA: Pablo Lopez | MIA: Sandy Alcantara | | Byron Buxton, MIN | 146.59 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Stephen Piscotty, OAK | 154.55 | @LAA: Trevor Cahill | @LAA: Matt Harvey | @LAA: Felix Pena | @LAA: Tyler Skaggs | | Nomar Mazara, TEX | 155.50 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | Billy Hamilton, KC | 170.77 | @CWS: Carlos Rodon | | @CWS: Reynaldo Lopez | @CWS: Lucas Giolito | | Brandon Nimmo, NYM | 174.90 | WAS: Max Scherzer | | WAS: Stephen Strasburg | WAS: Patrick Corbin | | Austin Meadows, TB | 187.71 | @HOU: Justin Verlander | @HOU: Gerrit Cole | @HOU: Collin McHugh | @HOU: Wade Miley | | Ramon Laureano, OAK | 189.14 | @LAA: Trevor Cahill | @LAA: Matt Harvey | @LAA: Felix Pena | @LAA: Tyler Skaggs | | Jesse Winker, CIN | 189.54 | @PIT: Jameson Taillon | | @PIT: Trevor Williams | @PIT: Joe Musgrove | | Ryan Braun, MIL | 191.66 | @STL: Miles Mikolas | @STL: Jack Flaherty | @STL: Dakota Hudson | @STL: Michael Wacha | | Domingo Santana, SEA | 193.66 | @BOS: Chris Sale | @BOS: Nathan Eovaldi | @BOS: Eduardo Rodriguez | @BOS: Rick Porcello | | Harrison Bader, STL | 197.09 | MIL: Jhoulys Chacin | MIL: Freddy Peralta | MIL: Brandon Woodruff | MIL: Corbin Burnes | | Corey Dickerson, PIT | 197.35 | CIN: Luis Castillo | | CIN: Sonny Gray | CIN: Tanner Roark | | Adam Eaton, WAS | 199.33 | @NYM: Jacob Degrom | | @NYM: TBD | @NYM: TBD | | Hunter Renfroe, SD | 201.35 | @SF : Madison Bumgarner | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | | Kyle Schwarber, CHC | 205.91 | TEX: Mike Minor | | TEX: Edinson Volquez | TEX: Lance Lynn | | Jackie Bradley Jr., BOS | 214.26 | SEA: Marco Gonzales | SEA: Yusei Kikuchi | SEA: Mike Leake | SEA: Wade LeBlanc | | Franmil Reyes, SD | 214.54 | @SF : Madison Bumgarner | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | | Max Kepler, MIN | 217.52 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Marwin Gonzalez, MIN | 223.83 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Chris Taylor, LAD | 224.46 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | Jake Bauers, CLE | 224.92 | MIN: Jose Berrios | | MIN: Jake Odorizzi | MIN: Michael Pineda | | Randal Grichuk, TOR | 237.24 | @DET: Jordan Zimmermann | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | +---------------------------+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
Aaron Hicks – Hicks is out with a bad back, certainly something you don’t want to rush-return from. Brett Gardner will play center while Hicks is sidelined.
Steven Souza, Jr. – Souza is not listed above just missing the cut, but in case you missed it, he is out for the season with a torn knee.
WDIS Week 1 – Catcher
+-------------------------+--------+-------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | player | adp | 03-28 | 03-29 | 03-30 | 03-31 | +-------------------------+--------+-------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+ | J.T. Realmuto, PHI | 40.71 | @ATL: Julio Teheran | | @ATL: Bryse Wilson | @ATL: Kyle Wright | | Gary Sanchez, NYY | 50.43 | @BAL: Andrew Cashner | | @BAL: Dylan Bundy | @BAL: TBD | | Yasmani Grandal, MIL | 111.92 | @STL: Miles Mikolas | @STL: Jack Flaherty | @STL: Dakota Hudson | @STL: Michael Wacha | | Wilson Ramos, NYM | 121.53 | WAS: Max Scherzer | | WAS: Stephen Strasburg | WAS: Patrick Corbin | | Willson Contreras, CHC | 125.97 | TEX: Mike Minor | | TEX: Edinson Volquez | TEX: Lance Lynn | | Yadier Molina, STL | 137.30 | MIL: Jhoulys Chacin | MIL: Freddy Peralta | MIL: Brandon Woodruff | MIL: Corbin Burnes | | Buster Posey, SF | 139.22 | SD : Eric Lauer | SD : Joey Lucchesi | SD : TBD | SD : TBD | | Danny Jansen, TOR | 173.68 | @DET: Jordan Zimmermann | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | | Welington Castillo, CWS | 201.17 | KC : Brad Keller | | KC : TBD | KC : TBD | | Yan Gomes, WAS | 212.96 | @NYM: Jacob Degrom | | @NYM: TBD | @NYM: TBD | | Mike Zunino, TB | 222.69 | @HOU: Justin Verlander | @HOU: Gerrit Cole | @HOU: Collin McHugh | @HOU: Wade Miley | | Robinson Chirinos, HOU | 232.11 | TB : Blake Snell | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | TB : TBD | | Francisco Mejia, SD | 234.87 | @SF : Madison Bumgarner | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | | Jorge Alfaro, MIA | 247.60 | @COL: Kyle Freeland | @COL: German Marquez | @COL: Tyler Anderson | @COL: Jon Gray | | Francisco Cervelli, PIT | 258.49 | CIN: Luis Castillo | | CIN: Sonny Gray | CIN: Tanner Roark | | Tucker Barnhart, CIN | 259.88 | @PIT: Jameson Taillon | | @PIT: Trevor Williams | @PIT: Joe Musgrove | | Omar Narvaez, SEA | 267.15 | @BOS: Chris Sale | @BOS: Nathan Eovaldi | @BOS: Eduardo Rodriguez | @BOS: Rick Porcello | | Isiah Kiner-Falefa, TEX | 278.31 | @CHC: Jon Lester | | @CHC: Yu Darvish | @CHC: Cole Hamels | | Willians Astudillo, MIN | 279.68 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco | | Jonathan Lucroy, LAA | 306.72 | OAK: Mike Fiers | OAK: TBD | OAK: TBD | OAK: TBD | | Austin Barnes, LAD | 308.82 | @ARI: Zack Greinke | @ARI: Robbie Ray | @ARI: Zack Godley | @ARI: Luke Weaver | | Austin Hedges, SD | 312.77 | @SF : Madison Bumgarner | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | @SF : TBD | | Kurt Suzuki, WAS | 334.36 | @NYM: Jacob Degrom | | @NYM: TBD | @NYM: TBD | | John Hicks, DET | 362.16 | TOR: Marcus Stroman | TOR: Matt Shoemaker | TOR: Aaron Sanchez | TOR: Trent Thornton | +-------------------------+--------+-------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
WDIS Week 1 – Designated Hitter (Utility Eligible Only)
+----------------------+--------+-------------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+ | player | adp | 03-28 | 03-29 | 03-30 | 03-31 | +----------------------+--------+-------------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+ | Khris Davis, OAK | 43.99 | @LAA: Trevor Cahill | @LAA: Matt Harvey | @LAA: Felix Pena | @LAA: Tyler Skaggs | | Nelson Cruz, MIN | 97.14 | @CLE: Corey Kluber | | @CLE: Trevor Bauer | @CLE: Carlos Carrasco || Shohei Ohtani, LAA | 205.56 | OAK: Mike Fiers | OAK: TBD | OAK: TBD | OAK: TBD || Mark Trumbo, BAL | 639.87 | NYY: Masahiro Tanaka | | NYY: James Paxton | NYY: J.A. Happ | | Kendrys Morales, TOR | 642.02 | @DET: Jordan Zimmermann | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | @DET: TBD | | Ji-Man Choi, TB | 660.69 | @HOU: Justin Verlander | @HOU: Gerrit Cole | @HOU: Collin McHugh | @HOU: Wade Miley | +----------------------+--------+-------------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+