Thursday's DraftKings slate is a single-game showdown, TSG at CRY, with a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary and a $50,000 cap. Lineups lock at 12:45 p.m. ET (9:45 a.m. PT).
Our model's top play is Yeremy Pino of CRY at $11,200. He carries a ceiling of 30.2 and a DraftKings average of 20.3, both the highest on the board by a wide margin. Behind him on the CRY side are Jean-Philippe Mateta at $9,200 with a 21.7 ceiling and Adam Wharton at $8,000 with a 16.9 ceiling. For TSG, Andrej Kramaric ($10,000) and Fisnik Asllani ($9,000) sit close together at 16.8 and 16.7 ceilings, while Wouter Burger at $8,200 tops out at 14.5.
The value end belongs to Daichi Kamada of CRY. At $5,000 he posts a 12.2 ceiling and an 8.2 DraftKings average, a strong return for the price. Anan Khalaili is the next step up at $7,200 with a 12.1 ceiling and a 7.4 average, if you need to free up salary elsewhere.
The crowd is heavily on Pino, who projects at 42% ownership and leads the slate. Ismaila Sarr follows at 39% and Dario Osorio at 38%. Kramaric (37%), Mateta (34%) and Asllani (33%) are also well owned, so the field is spread across both sides of the game rather than piled on one.
Our model's top lineup uses $47,800 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Pino in the captain slot at $16,800 and fills the FLEX spots with Chris Richards ($4,000), Alexander Prass ($4,800), Mateta ($9,200), Wharton ($8,000) and Kamada ($5,000). The cheap pieces make room for the three expensive CRY attackers. Lock is 12:45 p.m. ET.
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