Welcome to the Playbook for Monday, April 17th.
Alright, we are two weeks into the MLB season and we can finally settle in and start analyzing what’s “real”. So, we get a smaller slate on Monday, including the early start with the Red Sox / Rays at Fenway in the annual Patriot Day game. We won’t spotlight any of those players in here (though, if you play all day - you may want to own a few of them) while we focus on the main slate. That’s nine games across the landscape today.
Value Plays
There are a few players that I didn’t do a full write-up on, but like for value plays and may make it into my Optimal Lineups. They include:
C - Mike Zunino - FD & Y!
1B - Justin Bour - DK & Y!
1B - Danny Valencia - DK & FD
1B - Yonder Alonso - DK & FD
2B - Ryan Schimpf - FD & Y!
2B - Kolten Wong - Y!
3B - Trevor Plouffe - FD
SS - Miguel Rojas - DK
OF - Manny Margot - DK
OF - Travis Jankowski - DK & Y!
Injuries
You may want to stay away from the following players due to lingering injuries:
1B - Miguel Cabrera (DET) - Back
SS - Carlos Correa (HOU) - Hand
2B - Logan Forsythe (TB) - Hammy
3B - Todd Frazier (CWS) - Sick
OF - Matt Holliday (NYY) - Back
OF - Gregory Polanco (PIT) - Groin
Weather Report
Things are looking good around the slate today but we’ll keep an eye on it as we know April weather can be a bit fluid...
Stacks
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