Chris Sale is the best player on the slate, and the Braves are the clear stack side against Kyle Hart's 6.23 ERA. That shapes everything. Here are my five best Captains — with the low-owned seats the field is ignoring — and my five best flex plays, each with the why.
The shape of this game is clean: Chris Sale (19.83 proj, ~51% owned) is the best and most-captained player on the board, while the other arm, Kyle Hart (LHP · 6.23 ERA · 7.11 over his last 5), is getting hit — which makes the Braves the stack side in a hitter-friendly park. San Diego (3.3 implied) has to manufacture runs off Sale, so the SD bats are leverage-only. Beating the field means being right about which Brave you captain — and whether you dip into the low-owned SD side at all.
Below: my top 5 Captains with full reasoning (including two sub-15%-owned leverage seats), my top 5 flex with reasoning, and the chalk to build around.
Top 5 Captains with why, top 5 flex with why, the leverage seats and the chalk to build around.
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