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Breaking down Game Week 5 on Sorare MLB
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⏪ Game Week Rewind
Congrats to OrangeFly on taking down Limited Champion this week despite facing weather postponements from five of his players. Glasnow and his 14 strikeouts against the Twins were the key to this slate.
Jumpshoot took down Sandlot with the help of Josh Naylor who delivered homers on both games of the weekend.
Talor Meyer who won Rare Champion for $1,000 with the help of Bobby Witt Jr. who had a massive game on Sunday with 4 hits, two homers, 5 RBIs and a stolen base.
And KLamp who placed first in Rare Pro with a late homer from Gunnar Henderson.
📋 Roster Movements
In:
Eloy Jimenez - Could return to White Sox lineup as soon as Friday
Out:
Framber Valdez - Placed on 15-day IL with left elbow inflammation
Nick Pivetta - Placed on 15-day IL right elbow flexor strain
Chase Silseth - Hopeful he will be out three weeks with right elbow inflammation
Josiah Gray - Placed on 15-day IL with…you guessed it…right elbow flexor strain
Max Kepler - Placed on 10-day IL with right knee contusion
Yoan Moncada - Placed on 10-day IL with left adductor strain
Brandon Lowe - Day to day with right oblique strain
🔎 Multi Game Monitor
Four Games:
Twins, Tigers
Three Games:
Everyone else!
☔️ Rain Check
There were three postponements in Game Week 4 including a couple of games that featured key players.
The Braves, Reds, and Brewers were all limited to just three games instead of the maximum four due to rain.
it can be hard to predict accurate weather four days out, but make sure to plan accordingly if certain guys carry extra risk.
Cincinnati - 92% chance of rain Friday
New York - 43% chance of afternoon showers Sunday
Boston - 99% chance of rain/wind Friday
Detroit - 73% chance of light rain/wind Friday
Cleveland - 96% chance of rain/wind Friday and 76% chance of thunderstorms Sunday
⚾️ Pitching Primer
We have some decent pitching matchups this week.
Here are my top three starters factoring in their matchup.
Tarik Skubal vs MIN - We saw what Tyler Glasnow just did to this offense. Minnesota has been striking out at the second-highest rate in the league (28.5%). Skubal’s 32.6% K-rate and 2.42 xFIP both rank higher than Glasnow.
Kevin Gausman vs COL - Gausman got rocked by the Yankees in his last start but draws a dream matchup here. His 4.45 xFIP is significantly lower than his 9.53 ERA through two starts. This is where he should turn things around.
Corbin Burnes vs MIL - Burnes will face his former team of six years here in a #RevengeGame. Burnes has been incredible this year. Fantasy Pros has him as the SP5 this week.
Other Starters Include:
Joe Ryan at DET
Zack Wheeler vs PIT
Blake Snell at TBR
Zac Gallen vs STL
Max Fried at MIA
📞 Call To The Bullpen
The only good thing about rain is that it makes the following Game Week easy to pick relievers.
Four-gamers are going to have a big advantage here.
Griffin Jax
Alex Lange
Other Relievers Include:
Alexis Diaz
Josh Hader
Edwin Diaz
David Bednar
Raisel Iglesias
💰 Stacks
Tigers
The good news is the Tigers draw four games this week, the bad news is they are facing some of the toughest pitching on the board. The TBD pitcher is likely to be Chris Paddack, who is hittable, but Pablo Lopez and Joe Ryan are a different story.
I still like Detroit here because having an extra game on a weekend slate is a huge advantage.
Twins
The Twins also draw four games but their matchups are more favorable. Tarik Skubal is one of the best pitchers in the league, but Kenta Maeda, Jack Flaherty, and what should be Casey Mize, can all be beaten.
You could make a strong argument that the Twins are the best stack on the slate.
Blue Jays
The Blue Jays stand out like a sore thumb amongst the three-gamers. Ryan Feltner, Dakota Hudson, and Kyle Freeland all rank 350 or higher in Fantasy Pros rankings, and all three have yet to win a game.
Toronto has been somewhat cold to start the year but this is a get-right spot.
Nationals
If you want a sneaky-value stack this week then look at the Nationals. They draw Oakland for three games at home and Washington shouldn’t be affected by the weather.
All of Paul Blackburn, Joe Boyle, and Alex Wood rank outside the top 140 pitchers.
This offense is bad, but I like the idea of a CJ Abrams, Joey Gallo, Lane Thomas mini-stack to compliment some of the four-gamers.
There you have it, the Sorare MLB Slate Breakdown for Game Week 5.
All statistics referenced in this newsletter were pulled from Fangraphs.
All price references were pulled from the Limited tier.
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