The first weekend of May means we are on the precipice of summer. School is almost out, Memorial Day will be here before we know it, and it’s 90+ degrees every day in Arizona.
Yesterday, I laid out my technique for identifying teams to target with fantasy pitchers after the first month-plus of the season. It’s not overly complicated: essentially, I was looking for teams that are in the bottom 10 in several offensive stats.
With only six games scheduled for Thursday, fantasy owners are short on streaming options. With that being the case and a new month upon us, it’s a good time to run through the teams that are best to target in fantasy right now and how that list has changed.
Another day, another list of starting pitchers to potentially add to your fantasy lineup. While none of these guys are superstars, they are the ones who get you through the season; the players who make up the backbone of a team.
A new week will soon lead into a new month. Memorial Day is often used as a benchmark in the season to signify that what we’re seeing is real. The small sample of the first few weeks can cause fans to get overly optimistic or pessimistic about something that quickly regresses to the mean.
Real football and fantasy football are different. That’s hard to remember sometimes given how popular fantasy football is and how intertwined it is with the game. When a team makes a move that improves fantasy status, it doesn’t always affect their actual performance as much; Odell Beckham joining the Ravens last year is a good example.
With the NFL Draft over, more focus can return to the baseball field, though the NBA and NHL playoffs inevitably steal some of the attention. With close to a month of the regular season over, we only have…five months left. It’s a grueling season, but we'll keep pushing through as fantasy baseball owners.
I put together a list of winners and losers after both Day 1 and Day 2 of the draft, and while they hit real football themes, the feeling was more facetious at times. This is a more serious look at the teams who excelled during the draft and those who left their fan bases underwhelmed.
Let’s jump right into Saturday’s probable starters (according to MLB.com) who are widely available in fantasy leagues and have good matchups, creating streaming value. Most stats and rankings are from ESPN.
With two days down in the 2024 NFL Draft and just one more to go, most of the fireworks have already gone off. Unlike an actual fireworks show, the main event of the draft takes place in the first 10 picks or so rather than at the end. Good players are available through all seven rounds, but all the big “KA-BOOMS” have likely been shot.
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| Week 22 |
|---|
| KC vs SF |
| SF vs KC |
| Matchup | Time | Pitchers |
|---|---|---|
| ARI @BAL | 04:05 EDT EST | |
| ATL @NYM | 04:10 EDT EST | |
| BOS vs WAS | 04:10 EDT EST | |
| CHC @PIT | 04:05 EDT EST | |
| CHW vs CLE | 07:10 EDT EST | |
| CIN @SF | 07:15 EDT EST | |
| COL vs TEX | 08:10 EDT EST | |
| DET vs HOU | 06:10 EDT EST | |
| KC @LAA | 09:38 EDT EST | |
| LAD @SD | 08:40 EDT EST | |
| MIA vs PHI | 04:10 EDT EST | |
| MIL vs STL | 07:15 EDT EST | |
| MIN @TOR | 03:07 EDT EST | |
| NYY @TB | 04:10 EDT EST | |
| OAK @SEA | 09:40 EDT EST |
| Matchup | Time |
|---|---|
| BOS @CLE | 8:30 PM EST |
| DAL vs OKC | 3:30 PM EST |
| Matchup | Time |
|---|---|
| CAR vs NYR | 7:00 PM EST |
| COL vs DAL | 10:00 PM EST |
