Welcome to another edition of Sriracha’s MLB Game Theory. In this article, I will outline my favorite plays at each position for MLB’s Monday Slate. You can find all of Karma’s staff cores through our MLB Premium Package . Without further ado, here’s my favorite plays at each position.
| Pitcher | 1B/C | 2B | 3B | SS | OF |
| Bieber | Abreu | McMahon | Machado | Tatis Jr. | Soto |
| Cole | Freeman | Kendrick | Cabrera | Anderson | Tapia |
| Fried | Hoskins | Segura | Bohm | Story | McCutchen |
| T. Williams | Bell | J. Harrison | Moncada | T. Turner | Eaton |
| Fedde | Choi | Lowe | Diaz | Polanco | Verdugo |
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- This is a solid slate headed by three aces, Bieber, Cole and Glasnow. Personally I like Bieber/Cole the most but it is hard to fit them with all the premium bats we have today to choose from. We have Cole that is in a good K% matchup vs the Rays who have seen him a couple times this year already- in which Cole has had 10 Ks in each appearance. However, Cole has yet to pick up the win vs the Rays. Bieber has been dominant and sports a 12k price tag on FD, which might lead me to pay for Cole at only 10.7k. Bieber is elite and probably ends up having a better start than Cole but I want that extra 1.3k with the bats we have today.
- A value GPP pitcher I have is Trevor Williams. I don’t love it but the value pitchers are very slim and the Brewers have a 27.6K% vs RHP. I’m not a huge fan of this play but he’s probably the better GPP pitchers in this range. HM: Keller, Giolito (pricey, rather play Cole)
- In terms of bats, Coors will be chalk. Padres made a ton of moves, I’m gonna love watching them once we get these new guys in uniform (shoutout to the Padres diehard, our very own Frosty). They come in as my top ranked stack today, but of course come at a high price tag. I’m looking into Coors, Phillies, Nationals, Braves, and White Sox. I love the Nats/Phillies, more so Soto, Turner, Eaton, Thames for Nats, and Freeman, Swanson, Acuna for the Braves. Phillies are also in a nice spot, I like Harper, Hoskins and McCutchen the most. It’ll definitely be a tough slate to fit in all these bats on top of Coors.
- That’s my mini-breakdown for the day! I hope you guys enjoy, let me know if you have any questions. Good luck!
