Aaron Nola against an LAD bullpen game. Ohtani is the 58%-owned mega-captain the whole field is on — here are my five best Captains (including the low-owned power seat) and the five flex plays to build around them.
This one has a clean shape: Aaron Nola (12.1 proj, 39.7% owned) is the highest-projected player on the slate and the arm that can captain his way to a win, while the Dodgers run a bullpen game behind Eric Lauer — which caps LAD's pitching ceiling and pushes leverage onto the bats. Shohei Ohtani leads off at 58.2% ownership — the most-captained player on the slate by a mile. Beating the field means being right about who captains next to him, or getting off him entirely.
Below the line: my top 5 Captains (with the sub-10%-owned power seat), my top 5 flex, the chalk to build around, and the one leverage pivot.
Top 5 Captains, top 5 flex, the chalk to build around and the leverage pivot.
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