NFL Week 9 FTN Staff Bets
FTN Staff
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How many times have you looked at your fantasy team and realized it’s one of the best teams you have ever drafted? How many conversations have you had with friends or family about their fantasy team from a different league you are not in? I have always wanted a way to compete against my friends and prove who has the best overall team. Well, now? We can.
You can do all of that easily at Bettle Fantasy Sports. Bettle allows you to enjoy fantasy sports in more ways, as you can create competition with friends and family. You can create side pots with your league mates, challenge a stranger to a head-to-head match, or just talk shop with a fellow fantasy guru.
Bettle lets you have more fun with your fantasy football, fantasy baseball and fantasy basketball teams. So if you’re wanting to put your friend’s fantasy team to the test against yours without waiting until it’s your turn on the schedule, you can do that with Bettle. Even better, you get to set up these competitions on your own time, so the time of waiting on a league schedule or calendar to challenge your friends and family to fantasy competitions is over!
Take a look at a team from our own Matthew Davis. This is a team he drafted in the NFBC Main Event on March 24.
C: Will Smith (LAD)
C: MJ Melendez (KC)
1B: Ryan Mountcastle (BAL)
2B: Whit Merrifield (TOR)
SS: Fernando Tatis Jr. (SD)
3B: Matt Chapman (TOR)
OF: Eloy Jiménez (CWS)
OF: Riley Greene (DET)
OF: Byron Buxton (MIN)
OF: Oscar Colás (CWS)
OF: Chas McCormick (HOU)
CI: Wil Myers (CIN)
MI: Miguel Rojas (LAD)
UT: J.D. Martinez (LAD)
P: Gerrit Cole (NYY)
P: Pablo López (MIN)
P: Cristian Javier (HOU)
P: Dean Kremer (BAL)
P: Luis García (HOU)
P: Mike Clevinger (CWS)
P: Evan Phillips (LAD)
P: Ryan Helsley (STL)
P: Jack Flaherty (STL)
Bench: Harold Ramírez (TB)
Bench: Brice Turang (MIL)
Bench: Manuel Margot (TB)
Bench: Jesús Sánchez (MIA)
Bench: Noah Syndergaard (LAD)
Bench: Matt Brash (SEA)
Bench: Adbert Alzolay (CHC)
Matthew drafted a competitive team with a few key hitters off to hot starts and the league’s top pitcher — Gerrit Cole — who owns a 4-0 record with a miniscule 0.95 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 28.1 innings. Cole was one of just three pitchers drafted in the first round of 15-team leagues this March and certainly looks like the guy most likely to return first round value.
His second-round pick, Fernando Tatis Jr., provides a nice boost to his offense as he returns to the San Diego Padres lineup this weekend after serving the final 20 games of his suspension. Tatis provides fantasy value across all five categories (HR, RBI, SB, R, AVG) and joins an offense who could certainly use a boost.
Another key addition on Matthew’s team was Toronto Blue Jays 3B Matt Chapman, whose bat is absolutely scorching through the first three weeks. Chapman leads the American League in batting average (.415), has hit five homers and no one in baseball has been hitting the ball harder than him (97.5 average exit velocity, 32% barrel rate).
His roster does have a few holes and weak spots, specifically at middle infield. Tatis returning helps tremendously but the trio of Whit Merrifield, Miguel Rojas and Brice Turang are spots he will need to find a way to upgrade this season.
The other concern with his roster would be the health of Eloy Jiménez and Byron Buxton. Both have massive power upside and could easily hit 35-plus homers in a full season. It’s the “full season” part that is a problem since both are frequent visitors to the Injured List. Jimenez has already spent a 10-day stint on the IL this year and is still looking for his first homer. Buxton’s playing time is being cautiously managed by manager Rocco Baldelli and he’s off to a bit of a slow start.
The type of roster that can compete against and beat Matthew’s team on Bettle is one that has less-volatile/higher-floor type hitters and pitchers who have good track records of health. A bet against Matthew’s squad is assuming history repeats itself with a few of his key bats (injuries) and that the waiver wire won’t be able to provide significant replacement value on those hitters.
Remember, Bettle works with ESPN, Yahoo and Sleeper and importing your league and teams are super easy and user-friendly.
After you create your account, you’re just a few steps away from a more exciting fantasy experience!
Next, import your league, start by selecting which sport you’ll be importing.
Then, let Bettle know where you’ll be importing your league from:
After that, you’ll provide a bit more league information and then you have the opportunity to add funds to start competing in new fun ways for real cash.
