DRAFT MLB Value Watch: Tuesday, September 4th

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.

Tuesday, September 4th

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)
Cincinnati Reds Cody Reed – L at Pittsburgh Pirates Joe Musgrove – R PIT-138 8.5 PNC Park 7:05 PM
St. Louis Cardinals Miles Mikolas – R at Washington Nationals Erick Fedde – R WAS-100 9.0 Nationals Park 7:05 PM
Tampa Bay Rays – L at Toronto Blue Jays – L TOR-125 8.0 Rogers Centre 7:07 PM
Kansas City Royals Danny Duffy – L at Cleveland Indians Mike Clevinger – R CLE-220 8.5 Progressive Field 7:10 PM
Philadelphia Phillies Jake Arrieta – R at Miami Marlins Trevor Richards – R PHI-129 7.5 Marlins Park 7:10 PM
Boston Red Sox Rick Porcello – R at Atlanta Braves Sean Newcomb – L BOS-117 9.0 SunTrust Park 7:35 PM
LA Angels of Anaheim Andrew Heaney – L at Texas Rangers Mike Minor – L TEX-115 10.0 Rangers Ballpark 8:05 PM
Chicago Cubs Mike Montgomery – L at Milwaukee Brewers Wade Miley – L MIL-104 9.0 Miller Park 8:10 PM
Detroit Tigers Francisco Liriano – L at Chicago White Sox Lucas Giolito – R CWS-143 9.0 Guaranteed Rate Field 8:10 PM
Minnesota Twins Trevor May – R at Houston Astros Justin Verlander – R TBD TBD Minute Maid Park 8:10 PM
San Francisco Giants Dereck Rodriguez – R at Colorado Rockies German Marquez – R COL-180 10.0 Coors Field 8:40 PM
San Diego Padres Joey Lucchesi – L at Arizona Diamondbacks Robbie Ray – L ARI-175 8.0 Chase Field 9:40 PM
New York Yankees J.A. Happ – L at Oakland Athletics Liam Hendriks – R TBD TBD Oakland Coliseum 10:05 PM
Baltimore Orioles Alex Cobb – R at Seattle Mariners Wade LeBlanc – L SEA-190 8.5 Safeco Field 10:10 PM
New York Mets Jason Vargas – L at Los Angeles Dodgers Rich Hill – L LAD-200 7.5 Dodger Stadium 10:10 PM

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Aaron Hendrix (thehazyone)

Aaron Hendrix is a former professional poker player who made the transition from season long fantasy sports to DFS in October of 2014. He used to cover poker tournaments for a living until stepping into his current role at RotoGrinders. He can be found on Twitter at @aaronhendrix