DRAFT MLB Value Watch: Saturday, April 14th
Aaron Hendrix will be bringing Premium subscribers his tiers for head-to-head, three-man, four-man (tournaments), and six-man drafts on DRAFT. Included will be strategy discussion and options for the day’s slate.
Saturday, April 14th
Good afternoon Grinders! Welcome to our MLB content for DRAFT Premium. Each day, I will go over the MLB slate with tier rankings for head-to-head, three-man, four-man (tournaments) and six man drafts. I’ll also provide a brief slate analysis as to how to attack drafts for the slate.
A couple notes to remember about DRAFT contests. One, there is no salary cap so you’re not worried about fitting players in on a budget. Raw fantasy points is what matters most, not the popular point per dollar. Second, while there is no late swap, if a player is ruled out, you will be able to swap them out. For more information on how this works, read the DRAFT Swap Rules Page – for this reason you can take some marginal chances in the later rounds on players that are questionable to play. It’s also important to note the scoring for DRAFT baseball contests is different than any other site with an emphasis on hitters and power (10 points for a home run) as opposed to traditional strong value for starting pitching (only one point for a strikeout). View the DRAFT MLB Scoring System here – last, roster requirements are one pitcher, two infielders, and two outfielders. All analysis and rankings will be based on that.
Slate Overview
This data is copied from the MLB First Look from Notorious.
| Away | Pitcher | Home | Pitcher | Vegas Line | Run Total | Ballpark | Time (ET) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Orioles | Alex Cobb – R | at | Boston Red Sox | Hector Velazquez – R | BOS-160 | 9.5 | Fenway Park | 1:05 PM |
| Colorado Rockies | Jon Gray – R | at | Washington Nationals | Max Scherzer – R | WAS-190 | 7.5 | Nationals Park | 1:05 PM |
| New York Yankees | Luis Cessa – R | at | Detroit Tigers | Francisco Liriano – L | TBD | TBD | Comerica Park | 1:10 PM |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Miles Mikolas – R | at | Cincinnati Reds | Brandon Finnegan – L | TBD | TBD | Great American Park | 1:10 PM |
| Chicago White Sox | – L | at | Minnesota Twins | Lance Lynn – R | MIN-170 | 8.5 | Target Field | 2:10 PM |
| Atlanta Braves | Sean Newcomb – L | at | Chicago Cubs | Jose Quintana – L | CHC-180 | TBD | Wrigley Field | 2:20 PM |
| Texas Rangers | Mike Minor – L | at | Houston Astros | Charlie Morton – R | HOU-200 | 8.0 | Minute Maid Park | 4:05 PM |
| Toronto Blue Jays | Jaime Garcia – L | at | Cleveland Indians | Corey Kluber – R | CLE-230 | 7.0 | Progressive Field | 4:10 PM |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Jake Arrieta – R | at | Tampa Bay Rays | Chris Archer – R | TB -115 | 7.0 | Tropicana Field | 6:10 PM |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Chase Anderson – R | at | New York Mets | Matt Harvey – R | NYM-115 | 8.0 | Citi Field | 7:10 PM |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Jameson Taillon – R | at | Miami Marlins | Trevor Richards – R | PIT-140 | 7.5 | Marlins Park | 7:10 PM |
| LA Angels of Anaheim | Garrett Richards – R | at | Kansas City Royals | Jakob Junis – R | LAA-150 | 8.5 | Kauffman Stadium | 7:15 PM |
| San Francisco Giants | Derek Holland – L | at | San Diego Padres | Clayton Richard – L | SD -105 | 8.0 | Petco Park | 8:40 PM |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | Taijuan Walker – R | at | Los Angeles Dodgers | Rich Hill – L | LAD-165 | 7.0 | Dodger Stadium | 9:10 PM |
| Oakland Athletics | Kendall Graveman – R | at | Seattle Mariners | Marco Gonzales – L | SEA-115 | 8.5 | Safeco Field | 9:10 PM |
There’s a lot of potential weather issues that could impact 5+ games. As such I’ve included extra players in the positional rankings so you can make adjustments
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