Nine games. The two stadiums that print (the LAD & the AL East double), the low-owned aces with the best matchups, the stacks ranked by implied total, and a cash core that leaves you two seats to finish.
Below the line: the full arms board (chalk vs leverage), the four stacks ranked with the bats to use, best play at each tier, the value board, and the 💵 Cash Core.
🎯 The Arms Board
Ranked by our read, with matchup (opponent implied total) and ownership. The edge this slate is leverage aces: the two best arms are the lowest-owned.
| Pitcher | Salary | Proj | Opp Tot | Own | Call |
|---|
| Sandy Alcantara (MIA v HOU) | $8,500 | 15.5 | 3.3 | 5% | 🚀 Slate-best arm at 5% — top projection, lowest opposing total. The GPP leverage ace. |
| Max Fried (NYY v PIT) | $8,800 | 15.1 | 3.8 | 4% | 🚀 Ace vs a 3.8 PIT total at 4% owned — pristine spot, nobody's on him. |
| Michael King (SD v ATL) | $7,900 | 13.0 | 3.5 | 5% | 🚀 Third leverage arm — mid price, great matchup, quiet. |
| Peter Lambert (HOU v MIA) | $9,000 | 14.4 | 4.8 | 20% | ✅ The chalk ace — fine in cash, but 20% at top price is the field's build. |
| Colin Rea (CHC v DET) | $6,400 | 14.2 | 4.8 | 25% | ✅ Value chalk — best price-per-point, cash-friendly; pairs with a stud arm. |
| Griffin Jax (TB v TOR) | $8,400 | 12.3 | 4.5 | 4% | Fine secondary GPP arm. |
Arm construction: in GPP, the sharp double is Alcantara + Fried (combined 9% owned) — two aces the field is ignoring. In cash, Alcantara + Colin Rea keeps the salary down and the floor high. Fade the Lambert/Rea double everyone will build.
💥 Top Stacks — Ranked
1. Dodgers (5.5, vs PHI · Nola) — the top total
Highest implied team total on the board. Shohei Ohtani ($6,700, leadoff) is the anchor; build 4–5 around him. Nola's been hittable and LAD projects to lead the slate in runs.
2. Yankees (5.3, vs PIT) — the leverage stack
Same total as Boston but a fraction of the ownership. Ben Rice ($5,800, 2% owned) and Jazz Chisholm Jr. ($4,300, 0% owned!) are elite low-owned salary-savers in a 5.3-run spot. This is the tournament-winning stack — big total, invisible ownership.
3. Red Sox (5.3, vs BAL) — quiet quality
Willson Contreras ($5,400, 2% owned) hitting cleanup at a 5.3 total is criminally underowned. A strong 4-man BOS stack is barely on the field.
4. Padres (5.0, vs ATL) — the value-laden stack
Fernando Tatis Jr. ($5,500) leads it, and it's stuffed with value: Ty France ($3,200) and Luis Rengifo ($2,700) let you stack SD and fit two studs elsewhere.
Best Bats by Tier
| Tier | Bats (team total) |
|---|
| Studs | Shohei Ohtani $6,700 (LAD 5.5) · Fernando Tatis Jr. $5,500 (SD 5.0) · Ben Rice $5,800 (NYY 5.3, 2%) · Trea Turner $5,000 (PHI) |
| Mid | Junior Caminero $5,800 (TB) · Willson Contreras $5,400 (BOS 5.3, 2%) · Jose Ramirez $4,800 (CLE) · Jeremy Pena $4,500 (HOU) |
| Value | Jazz Chisholm Jr. $4,300 (NYY, 0%!) · Ty France $3,200 (SD) · Luis Rengifo $2,700 (SD) · Esteury Ruiz $3,000 (MIA) · Tyler O'Neill $2,500 (BAL) |
The best value on the slate: Jazz Chisholm Jr. ($4,300, 0% owned) in a 5.3-run Yankee lineup is the leverage salary-saver of the night — he single-handedly unlocks two studs. Ty France ($3,200) and Luis Rengifo ($2,700) are the SD-stack value that makes stars-and-scrubs work.
💵 THE CASH CORE
Eight locks, two open seats — a cap-legal spine, not a full lineup. Fill the last two to taste.
Pitching: Sandy Alcantara ($8,500) + Colin Rea ($6,400) = $14,900
Bats (6): Ohtani ($6,700) · Tatis Jr. ($5,500) · Ben Rice ($5,800) · Jose Ramirez ($4,800) · Ty France ($3,200) · Jazz Chisholm ($4,300) = $30,300
Core total: $45,200 — leaving $4,800 for your final 2 bats.
Cap-legal finishing pairs: Luis Rengifo ($2,700) + Carlos Narváez ($2,100) = $4,800 exact · or Esteury Ruiz ($3,000) + Tyler O'Neill ($2,500) if you free up $700 by sliding a bat. Both keep you on the top-total teams.
The takeaway
Play the two low-owned aces (Alcantara + Fried in GPP), anchor bats on the LAD 5.5 and the AL East double, and lean on the invisible-ownership Yankees (Rice/Jazz) and Contreras to separate. The value is deep enough that you can pay all the way up at the top — the Jazz Chisholm/Ty France/Rengifo tier does the rest.
Every pick graded & posted — win or lose. Good luck tonight. — James