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I love the weekend series in baseball. Three games Friday, Saturday and Sunday, maybe take a long weekend and spend a lot of time at the ballpark when your favorite team comes to town. There’s just something about that weekend feeling and that summer feeling; it makes you feel like a kid again, right?
Ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft, you might be sipping the Kool-Aid on a few players about to have their fantasy value blown up. An easy example from last year was Atlanta’s Tyler Allgeier, who was coming off a respectable rookie campaign where he posted 1,035 rushing yards and three scores on 210 carries. Was it foreseeable that the Falcons would select Bijan Robinson? Maybe, maybe not.
There were 16 MLB games played on Wednesday, April 17 because of a doubleheader, so there’s lots of information for fantasy baseball owners to dive into.
There were 16 MLB games played on Wednesday, April 17 because of a doubleheader, so there’s lots of information for fantasy baseball owners to dive into.
The best player acquisitions in sports often come with risk. Signing a free agent pitcher to a seven-year deal with a big salary locks a team into a top-line contract while knowing that pitchers get hurt more often than any other position.
Let’s go through Thursday’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.
New faces are constantly making a name for themselves in the MLB. Even though they don’t have much big league experience, they can be a big help for your fantasy team.
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| Player | RATING |
|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey SF RB | 30.72 |
| CeeDee Lamb DAL WR | 28.01 |
| Tyreek Hill MIA WR | 27.25 |
| Joe Mixon HOU RB | 24.97 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown DET WR | 23.96 |
| Bijan Robinson ATL RB | 23.51 |
| Travis Etienne JAC RB | 22.40 |
| Davante Adams LV WR | 22.32 |
| Derrick Henry BAL RB | 22.21 |
| Justin Jefferson MIN WR | 21.94 |
| rachaad white TB RB | 21.74 |
| A.J. Brown PHI WR | 21.40 |
| Travis Kelce KC TE | 21.38 |
| Breece Hall NYJ RB | 21.13 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs DET RB | 21.11 |
| Player | RATING |
|---|---|
| Luka Doncic DAL PG | 44.63 |
| Nikola Jokic DEN C | 44.00 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL PF | 38.60 |
| Anthony Davis LAL C | 37.00 |
| LeBron James LAL SF | 35.88 |
| Domantas Sabonis SAC C | 35.45 |
| Jalen Brunson NY PG | 34.15 |
| Joel Embiid PHI C | 33.55 |
| Devin Booker PHO SG | 30.13 |
| DeMar DeRozan CHI SF | 29.98 |
| De'Aaron Fox SAC PG | 29.90 |
| Rudy Gobert MIN C | 29.70 |
| Victor Wembanyama SA PF | 29.15 |
| Tyrese Haliburton IND PG | 28.88 |
| Bam Adebayo MIA C | 28.88 |
| Player | RATING |
|---|---|
| Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL RF | 28.90 |
| Mookie Betts LAD SS | 27.70 |
| Shohei Ohtani LAD DH | 25.96 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS | 25.67 |
| Juan Soto NYY RF | 25.36 |
| Julio Rodriguez SEA CF | 25.33 |
| Matt Olson ATL 1B | 25.00 |
| Freddie Freeman LAD 1B | 24.61 |
| Corbin Carroll ARI RF | 24.59 |
| Kyle Tucker HOU RF | 24.38 |
| Pete Alonso NYM 1B | 23.74 |
| Yordan Alvarez HOU LF | 23.55 |
| Marcus Semien TEX 2B | 23.47 |
| Adolis Garcia TEX RF | 23.44 |
| Austin Riley ATL 3B | 22.99 |
| Player | RATING |
|---|---|
| Auston Matthews TOR C | 20.50 |
| Nathan MacKinnon COL C | 20.21 |
| Adrian Kempe LA RW | 18.85 |
| Frank Vatrano ANA RW | 17.32 |
| Brady Tkachuk OTT LW | 17.12 |
| Nikita Kucherov TB RW | 17.06 |
| Kirill Kaprizov MIN LW | 16.84 |
| Connor McDavid EDM C | 16.82 |
| Alex Tuch BUF RW | 16.78 |
| Jack Eichel VGK C | 16.69 |
| Artemi Panarin NYR LW | 16.37 |
| Mikko Rantanen COL RW | 16.29 |
| David Pastrnak BOS RW | 15.94 |
| Roman Josi NSH D | 15.78 |
| Cale Makar COL D | 15.58 |
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| Tyjae Spears TEN RB | +33.3 |
| Daniel Jones NYG QB | +25.0 |
| Chargers DST LAC DST | +22.7 |
| Michael Wilson ARI WR | +22.2 |
| Alvin Kamara NO RB | +20.0 |
| Elijah Moore CLE WR | +19.9 |
| AJ Dillon GB RB | +19.1 |
| JuJu Smith-Schuster NE WR | +19.0 |
| Falcons DST ATL DST | +18.8 |
| Ezekiel Elliott RB | +18.2 |
| Daniel Carlson LV K | +17.1 |
| Jake Elliott PHI K | +16.7 |
| Chuba Hubbard CAR RB | +15.8 |
| Eagles DST PHI DST | +14.6 |
| Trevor Lawrence JAC QB | +14.5 |
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| T.J. McConnell IND PG | +11.8 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie LAL PG | +10.1 |
| Jakob Poeltl TOR C | +9.7 |
| Collin Sexton UTA PG | +8.2 |
| De'Anthony Melton PHI SG | +8.1 |
| Desmond Bane MEM SG | +7.5 |
| Kyrie Irving DAL PG | +7.1 |
| Josh Hart NY SF | +7.1 |
| Cam Whitmore HOU SF | +7.0 |
| Donovan Mitchell CLE SG | +7.0 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. DAL SF | +7.0 |
| Malcolm Brogdon POR SG | +6.5 |
| Payton Pritchard BOS PG | +6.4 |
| Buddy Hield PHI SF | +6.4 |
| James Wiseman DET C | +6.2 |
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| Ryan O'Hearn BAL 1B | +17.7 |
| Amed Rosario TB SS | +15.0 |
| Jesse Winker WAS DH | +14.9 |
| Ryan O'Hearn BAL 1B | +14.4 |
| Spencer Turnbull PHI SP | +10.3 |
| Kirby Yates TEX RP | +10.1 |
| MacKenzie Gore WAS SP | +9.9 |
| Nick Lodolo CIN SP | +9.2 |
| Jameson Taillon CHC SP | +9.0 |
| Reynaldo Lopez ATL SP | +8.2 |
| Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B | +7.4 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela BOS CF | +7.4 |
| Lane Thomas WAS RF | +7.1 |
| J.D. Martinez NYM DH | +6.9 |
| Sal Frelick MIL CF | +6.7 |
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| Carter Hart PHI G | +15.9 |
| Joel Farabee PHI LW | +10.2 |
| Connor Ingram ARI G | +9.7 |
| Evander Kane EDM LW | +9.6 |
| Jared Spurgeon MIN D | +8.2 |
| Elvis Merzlikins CBJ G | +7.0 |
| Kyle Palmieri NYI C | +6.9 |
| Ilya Sorokin NYI G | +6.8 |
| Semyon Varlamov NYI G | +6.7 |
| Jake Neighbours STL LW | +6.6 |
| Nino Niederreiter WPG RW | +6.3 |
| Jakob Chychrun OTT D | +6.3 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard MON LW | +6.0 |
| Filip Forsberg NSH LW | +6.0 |
| Jonathan Drouin COL LW | +6.0 |
