This is getting ridiculous. I'm starting to feel like I had four martinis at the poker table and raising with 6-7 off-suit because no one will see it coming if I make my straight.
I bankrolled the idea of the Indians crushing the Tigers today, and the opposite happened, reducing my bankroll another $2 to $978. The danger of the small tournaments is it's easy to fritter away $2 here, $5 there and not worry too much, and pretty soon that $1000 is down to $850. Playing for stakes that are too low might be as dangerous as playing for ones that are too high. Why not make a loose call - I have some outs!
But I also want to enjoy this a bit, so I threw in three more lineups, not including the two identical ones I set in the RotoWire Baseball Championship and the Tout Wars Baseball Championship.
Here are my three lineups, all tournament entries:
Lineup 1
P Taijuan Walker $7400
C Jonathan Lucroy $3500
1B David Ortiz $3700
2B Jedd Gyorko $2700
3B Aramis Ramirez $3200
SS Alexei Amaristi $2200
OF Carlos Gomez $4300
OF Ryan Braun $4000
OF Yasiel Puig $4000
Lineup 2
P Taijuan Walker $7400
C Yasmani Grandal $2900
1B Pedro Alvarez $3300
2B Neil Walker $3500
3B Pablo Sandoval $3000
SS Asdrubal Cabrera $2600
OF Carlos Gomez $4300
OF Ryan Braun $4000
OF Yasiel Puig $4000
Lineup 3
P Drew Pomeranz $6800
C Jonathan Lucroy $3500
1B Matt Adams $3400
2B Johnny Giavotella $2200
3B Aramis Ramirez $3200
SS Alcides Escobar $3100
OF Carlos Gomez $4300
OF Ryan Braun $4000
OF Bryce Harper $4300
Obviously, I'm going all-in on the right-handed Milwaukee bats against Jeff Locke.