Saturday's one-game DraftKings slate sends TXST to ORST, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lock comes at 10:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. PT) on Sat 11/7.
At the top of our model's board is Jesse Legree of ORST. He costs $10,000 and projects for 31.9 points with a ceiling of 48.4. His DraftKings average is 33.6, so the projection sits a little under what he has typically scored. Brad Jackson of TXST is right behind at $9,200, projecting 29.2 with a 45.8 ceiling. Torrance Burgess Jr. of TXST is the upside story at $8,000: a 21.9 projection, but a 44.3 ceiling that is close to Jackson's. Braden Atkinson of ORST is the priciest of the group at $10,800, projecting 27.9 with a 40.3 ceiling.
The value plays come from the bottom of the salary scale. Ty Stamey of TXST costs $2,800 and projects for 6.2 points, 2.2 per $1,000. DeCorion Temple of ORST is at $3,600 with an 8.0 projection, also 2.2 per $1,000. Jameson Powell of ORST is just $1,000 and projects for 2.1 points, 2.1 per $1,000. None of these is a big scorer, but they free up salary for the stars.
Ownership figures are not available for this slate, so we will not guess where the crowd lands. DraftKings lists Easton Webb and Cole Snodgrass of TXST and Eddie Freauff of ORST as OUT, so keep them out of your pool.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,600 of the $50,000 cap. Legree takes the captain slot at $15,000. The utility spots go to Jackson at $9,200, AJ Newberry at $7,600, Beau Sparks at $6,600, Jacob Bonilla at $5,000 and Eric Olsen at $6,200. It leans on ORST's top option in the captain spot and pairs him with TXST's Jackson and Sparks.
Set your lineups before lock at 10:30 p.m. ET.
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