Saturday's DraftKings slate is a single-game showdown between ORST and FRES, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lock is Sat 10/31 at 11:00 p.m. ET (8:00 p.m. PT).
Jesse Legree of ORST sits at the top of our model's board. He costs $11,000 and projects for 29.1 points with a ceiling of 41.5, well clear of everyone else. Braden Atkinson, also ORST, is the priciest player on the slate at $12,200 and projects for 24.9 with a 35.2 ceiling. On the FRES side, Jayden Mandal at $8,400 projects for 17.2 with a 29.5 ceiling, and AJ Newberry of ORST is next at $8,800 and 15.8.
The mid-range runs mostly through FRES. Josiah Freeman ($7,800) projects for 14.7, Rayshon Luke ($7,600) for 13.4, and Ezekiel Avit ($6,600) for 10.4, while Bryson Donelson at $6,800 projects for 10.0. Avit and Donelson both carry a 20.0-ish ceiling, which makes them useful for filling out a build.
Value is thin but real. Xayvion Noland of ORST costs $1,000 and projects for 3.4 points, the best rate on the slate at 3.4 points per $1,000. Jake Appleget of FRES is $1,200 for 3.1 points, and Jake Reichle of ORST is $2,000 for 4.8 with a 10.7 ceiling. Two players come with a DraftKings OUT tag: Eddie Freauff of ORST and Brandon Ramirez of FRES.
The fact sheet gives no ownership figures, so we won't guess where the crowd is headed.
Our model's top lineup uses Legree at captain for $16,500, then adds Mandal ($8,400), Freeman ($7,800), Avit ($6,600), Caleb Ojeda ($5,200) and Eric Olsen ($4,800). That totals $49,300 of the $50,000 cap. Get your lineups in before lock at 11:00 p.m. ET.
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