DRAFT MLB Value Watch: Sunday, June 24th
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.
Sunday, June 24th
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.
One note about my rankings. They are typically made based on projected values. To get the best feel for the industry, each day I run a comparison of major DFS sites and come up with a average projected value from these sites. These values are how I determine my rankings.
Slate Overview
This data is copied from the MLB First Look from Notorious.
| Away | Pitcher | Home | Pitcher | Vegas Line | Run Total | Ballpark | Time (ET) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Mariners | Marco Gonzales – L | at | Boston Red Sox | Chris Sale – L | BOS-230 | 8.0 | Fenway Park | 1:05 PM |
| Chicago Cubs | Tyler Chatwood – R | at | Cincinnati Reds | Sal Romano – R | TBD | TBD | Great American Park | 1:10 PM |
| Detroit Tigers | Matt Boyd – L | at | Cleveland Indians | Adam Plutko – R | CLE-156 | 9.5 | Progressive Field | 1:10 PM |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Rich Hill – L | at | New York Mets | – L | LAD-150 | 8.0 | Citi Field | 1:10 PM |
| New York Yankees | Domingo German – R | at | Tampa Bay Rays | Matt Andriese – R | NYY-115 | 8.0 | Tropicana Field | 1:10 PM |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | Clay Buchholz – R | at | Pittsburgh Pirates | Trevor Williams – R | PIT-107 | 8.5 | PNC Park | 1:35 PM |
| Baltimore Orioles | David Hess – R | at | Atlanta Braves | Brandon McCarthy – R | ATL-172 | 9.5 | SunTrust Park | 1:35 PM |
| Kansas City Royals | Jason Hammel – R | at | Houston Astros | Gerrit Cole – R | HOU-340 | 8.0 | Minute Maid Park | 2:10 PM |
| Oakland Athletics | Paul Blackburn – R | at | Chicago White Sox | Carlos Rodon – L | CWS-112 | 9.0 | Guaranteed Rate Field | 2:10 PM |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Luke Weaver – R | at | Milwaukee Brewers | Jhoulys Chacin – R | MIL-136 | 9.0 | Miller Park | 2:10 PM |
| Texas Rangers | Bartolo Colon – R | at | Minnesota Twins | Jose Berrios – R | MIN-180 | 9.0 | Target Field | 2:10 PM |
| Miami Marlins | Caleb Smith – L | at | Colorado Rockies | German Marquez – R | COL-154 | 11.5 | Coors Field | 3:10 PM |
| San Diego Padres | Eric Lauer – L | at | San Francisco Giants | Dereck Rodriguez – R | SF -139 | 8.5 | AT&T Park | 4:05 PM |
| Toronto Blue Jays | Sam Gaviglio – R | at | LA Angels of Anaheim | Felix Pena – R | LAA-172 | TBD | Angel Stadium | 4:07 PM |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Nick Pivetta – R | at | Washington Nationals | Jefry Rodriguez – R | WAS-110 | 9.0 | Nationals Park | 8:05 PM |
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