I've settled into my strategy for now: 6-8 large-field GPP tournament entries with a 2-4 pitchers and various stacks. I made two exceptions today, pairing random hitters I thought were good values with Jacob DeGrom. I realize stacking is the easier path to a monster score, but I want to see if my value lineups can't provide enough points to cash. Put differently, I find myself sacrificing a lot of value just to stack, and because so many tournament lineups stack, maybe the prices have gotten weird enough on players like Robbie Cano ($2,600) and Jose Abreu ($3,300) it's worth going the other way on occasion. In any event here are my eight $5 lineups for tonight's games:
$115 K Tuesday MLB Rally
Pos | Player | $ | Player | $ | Player | $ | Player | $ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | Kershaw | 11000 | Kershaw | 11000 | Kershaw | 11000 | Kershaw | 11000 |
C | Perez | 2600 | Plawecki | 2200 | Posey | 4000 | Molina | 2200 |
1B | Davis | 3000 | Encarnacion | 4400 | Belt | 3600 | Abreu | 3300 |
2B | Paredes | 3100 | Cano | 2600 | Panik | 2800 | Wong | 3200 |
3B | Machado | 3600 | Donaldson | 3700 | Donaldson | 3700 | Donaldson | 3700 |
SS | Escobar | 2400 | Flores | 2200 | Flores | 2200 | Peralta | 3100 |
OF | Gordon | 3200 | Bautista | 4500 | Lagares | 2200 | Cabrera | 2200 |
OF | Jones | 3000 | Cuddyer | 2200 | Cuddyer | 2200 | Holliday | 3300 |
OF | Cain | 2900 | Cabrera | 2200 | Pence | 3000 | Pence | 3000 |
34800 | 35000 | 34700 | 35000 |
Pos | Player | $ | Player | $ | Player | $ | Player | $ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | DeGrom | 9700 | DeGrom | 9700 | DeGrom | 9700 | Shoemaker | 8100 |
C | Molina | 2200 | Castillo | 2200 | Perez | 2600 | Gattis | 3700 |
1B | Encarnacion | 4400 | Encarnacion | 4400 | Abreu | 3300 | Davis | 3000 |
2B | Franklin | 2200 | Cano | 2600 | Cano | 2600 | Altuve | 3800 |
3B | Solarte | 2200 | Donaldson | 3700 | Beltre | 2800 | Machado | 3600 |
SS | Flores | 2200 | Reyes | 3000 | Flores | 2200 | Flores | 2200 |
OF | McCutchen | 4600 | Bautista | 4500 | Jones | 3000 | Springer | 3800 |
OF | Trout | 5200 | Smith | 2200 | Stanton | 4200 | Jones | 3000 |
OF | Cabrera | 2200 | Jackson | 2600 | McCutchen | 4600 | Trumbo | 3500 |
34900 | 34900 | 35000 | 34700 |
Notes:
DeGrom has been pretty tough at home, and Kershaw's obvious, so they start in seven of my eight lineups. Shoemaker is a wild card because he has strikeout upside and a decent matchup at home against a righty-heavy opponent.
For the hitters, I have a lot of Wilmer Flores, both stacked with other Mets and orphaned as his price ($2,200) is too low given the pop in his bat. Same with Cano, who keeps sinking, but I have to stick with him almost reflexively at his cost ($2,600.) Incidentally, I had a Red Sox stack, but as that seemed to be the game most likely to get rained out, I scratched it. Just for the right to complain later, I'll note it had Dustin Pedroia, Mookie Betts, Pablo Sandoval and David Ortiz.