Sample Lineup 1
P – James Paxton
C/1B – J.T. Realmuto
2B – Javier Baez
3B – Brain Anderson
SS – Addison Russell
OF – J.D. Martinez, Derek Fisher, Albert Almora
Utility – Chris Young
It’s not fun leaving Sale on the sidelines and that does worry me a bit. However, I think Paxton can get close to the same point total and he comes at $2,500 less to let us build a much better offense. We’ll take the two cheap Marlins and hope for the best in a solid matchup. Three Cubs is plenty and even though it’s not a game at Coors, I can’t leave off Martinez against a lefty. That’s especially true when I think that lefty could get totally rocked tonight. Manaea is a good pitcher but he’s not quite as good as we’ve seen so far. Young is a cheap lefty specialist and we’ll just have to hope Derek Fisher can give us a few points. At bare minimum salary, it’s hard to complain about any points from him.
Sample Lineup 2
P- Chris Sale
C/1B – Willson Contreras
2B – Ketel Marte
3B – Kyle Seager
SS – Addison Russell
OF – Chris Young, Derek Fisher, Albert Almora
Utility – J.T. Realmuto
Building a lineup with Sale can be done without too much of an issue, but it could leave you in a bad spot if some of the big bats on the slate go off. I might likely side with the Paxton lineup for the main lineup and I still want to find a cheap pitcher to stack Red Sox if I can. We’ll see how the day unfolds and the lineup cards treat us.
Stacks To Consider – Cubs(at Colorado), Red Sox(at Oakland), Angels(vs San Francisco), and Rockies(vs Chicago)
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