Friday's DraftKings showdown covers one game, M05 @ ELV, and it locks at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT). The captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, and the cap is $50,000.
A note on the numbers first: our projections are not built for this slate, so there is no model lineup or ownership data to share. What we can offer is DraftKings averages, and every one of the top eight belongs to an M05 player.
Nadiem Amiri leads the way at $11,200 with a DraftKings average of 16.3, well clear of anyone else. He also carries a Q tag, so that status deserves a look before lock. Sheraldo Becker follows at $10,800 with a 9.5 average, and Paul Nebel sits at $9,200 with a 9.2 average. Phillip Tietz costs $10,000 and averages 6.6, which makes him the pricey option of the group on a per-dollar basis.
The value end of the board is where the cap relief lives. Ransford Konigsdorffer is $4,200 with a 6.1 average, and Kaishu Sano is $4,400 with a 5.8 average. Both return a lot relative to salary. Lee Jae-Sung at $7,400 matches Tietz's 6.6 average for far less money, and Benedict Hollerbach at $7,200 averages 5.9. Pairing a couple of those cheaper M05 pieces with a premium captain is the obvious way to build around the cap.
Availability matters on a one-game slate. Otto Ruoppi (M05) is tagged Q, while Silas Katompa Mvumpa (M05) and Dominik Kohr (M05) are tagged OUT. On the ELV side, Tom Zimmerschied is tagged OUT, and Lasse Gunther, Noah Darvich and Jan Gyamerah all carry Q tags.
With no ownership figures on the sheet, we can't say where the crowd will land, so check the tags again closer to kickoff. Lineups lock Friday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
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