Welcome to the Playbook for Wednesday, May 3rd.
For the first Wednesday of the season, there is no day baseball. We have a full 15 game slate beginning at 6:05 EST. We’ve scoured all the data and come up with our top plays for a very busy slate.
Be sure to take advantage of all of our tools, including the hitting and pitching coaches and then the lineup optimizer before setting those lineups 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 Geovany Soto - DK / FD
C Jason Castro - ATB
1B - Brandon Belt - DK
1B - Chris Carter - ATB
1B - Mike Napoli - Y!
1B - Josh Bell - DK
2B - Kolten Wong - DK
2B - Chad Pinder- ATB
2B - Neil Walker - DK / FD
3B - Travis Shaw - DK
3B - Adonis Garcia - FD / Y!
3B - Yunel Escobar - DK / Y!
SS - Jordy Mercer - FD
SS - Erick Aybar - ATB
SS - Brad Miller - Y!
OF - Michael Conforto - DK / FD
OF - Gregory Polanco - ATB
OF - Kevin Kiermaier - FD
OF - Keon Broxton - FD / Y!
Injuries
You may want to stay away from the following players due to lingering injuries:
C - Welington Castillo - neck
C - Francisco Cervelli - foot
C - Austin Romine - groin
C - Travis D’Arnaud - wrist
1B - Miguel Cabrera - groin
1B - Adrian Gonzalez - forearm/back
3B - Kris Bryant - calf
3B - Evan Longoria - foot
OF - Ryan Braun - arm
OF - Avisail Garcia - quad
OF - Jacoby Ellsbury - elbow
Weather Report
It’s still raining in the midwest, and the hourly forecast for St. Louis has at least an 85% chance of rain until Friday afternoon, so there’s a pretty good chance that the MIL/STL game doesn’t happen. This same front is going to have an impact across the state and puts the CWS/KC game in jeopardy as well. There’s some chance of rain in Minneapolis, but it doesn’t appear to be a major threat to the OAK/MIN game. On the plus side of things, the wind should be blowing out again in the Bronx, so go ahead and give a boost to the Yankees or Blue Jays hitters you’ve been eyeing. Stay tuned to the Weather Center for constant updates and we’ll do our best to have pivots prepared in case of cancellations.
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