Sorare MLB GW8 Breakdown | Ozuna Is a Problem
Breaking down Game Week 8 on Sorare MLB
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⏪ Game Week Rewind
FCAstoria won Common All Star with Aaron Nola who we talked about in last week’s newsletter. Marcell Ozuna currently leads the league in homers (9) and RBIs (27). He’s a problem both on and off the field.
Jag0417 won Limited Pro with Zack Wheeler, the other Philly starter we liked against the White Sox last week.
📋 Roster Movements
In:
J.D. Martinez - Potential return to the Mets on Friday
Rafael Devers - Hopeful to be back Tuesday for Red Sox
Tyler O’Neill - Hopeful to be back Tuesday for Red Sox
Framber Valdez - Hopeful to return next week for Astros
Out:
Triston Casas - Placed on 10-day IL with left rib strain
Anthony Rendon - Placed on 10-day IL with hamstring strain
Christian Javier - Placed on 15-day IL with neck discomfort
Gio Urshela - Placed on 10-day IL with right hamstring strain
A.J. Puk - Placed on 15-day IL with left shoulder fatigue
Francisco Alvarez - Placed on 10-day IL with torn ligament in left thumb
Merrill Kelly - Day to day with a teres major muscle injury in right armpit
🔎 Multi Game Monitor
Four Games:
White Sox, Reds, Rockies, Royals, Brewers, Twins, Yankees, Athletics, Phillies, Pirates, Padres, Blue Jays
Three Games:
Diamondbacks, Braves, Orioles, Red Sox, Cubs, Guardians, Tigers, Astros, Angels, Dodgers, Marlins, Mets, Giants, Mariners, Cardinals, Rays, Rangers, Nationals
☔️ Rain Check
New York - 38% chance of PM rain Wednesday
St. Louis - 45% chance PM rain Tuesday
Cleveland - 94% chance PM rain Tuesday
Chicago - 53% chance PM rain Tuesday
Cincinnati - 73% chance PM rain Tuesday
Colorado - 49% chance PM rain Tuesday
Kansas City - 53% chance PM rain Thursday (This is the most concerning spot)
⚾️ Pitching Primer
Freddy Peralta at PIT - He’s looked dominant even in bad matchups this season. Pittsburgh has been striking out at the 8th-highest rate (24.4%).
Pablo Lopez vs CWS - Lopez gets the dream matchup. Chicago whiffs at the 9th-highest rate and is dead last in every other category
Joe Ryan vs CWS - The same goes for Ryan and his numbers have been better than Pablo’s. He’s fourth in the league in K% (11.91) and 5th in xFIP (2.59).
Other Starters Include:
Carlos Rodon vs OAK
Zack Wheeler at CIN
Chris Sale vs MIA
Tarik Skubal at TBR
📞 Call To The Bullpen
These aren’t listed in any particular order, but playing a closer with four games this week is a +EV strategy.
Closers with four games:
Michael Kopech (CHW)
Alexis Diaz (CIN)
Justin Lawrence (COL)
James McArthur (KCR)
Clay Holmes (NYY)
Mason Miller (OAK)
Jose Alvarado (PHI)
David Bednar (PIT)
Robert Suarez (SDP)
Jordan Romano (TOR)
💰 Stacks
Padres
San Diego stands out quite a bit as the top overall stack this week. They draw four games at Coors against four pitchers that have combined for one win.
The righties in Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts, and Fernando Tatis Jr. match up well against the two lefties in Austin Gomber and Kyle Freeland.
Phillies
There are two of these pitchers I respect in Hunter Greene and Nick Lodolo, and I think at least one of them could have a big game here.
But this ballpark is still the best for home runs and Philly has tons of power on offense. They are facing two lefties though so it’s not a layup for Bryce Harper or Kyle Schwarber.
Yankees
New York’s offense has not been exciting at all to start the year. Aaron Judge is batting .183 with 3 homers.
But facing these four pitchers could be a wake-up call for the Yanks, especially at home.
Again they’re facing two lefties which isn’t preferred for this ballpark, but the lefties in question are ranked 100 or higher on FantasyPros.
Twins
Garrett Crochet started the year hot, but the wheels have fallen off a bit. I still think he can have a good outing against the Twins though.
But we are here to talk about hitters, and the Twins draw some great matchups outside of Crochet.
This offense is still incredibly cold but I don’t hate the idea of mixing in some of these Minnesota bats with some other guys.
There you have it, the Sorare MLB Slate Breakdown for Game Week 8.
All statistics referenced in this newsletter were pulled from Fangraphs.
All price references were pulled from the Limited tier.
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