Sandy Alcantara MLB Picks At Sleeper Fantasy Today, 4/12: Baseball Projections + More
What a great slate of MLB games here on a Saturday! It’s the perfect opportunity to win some money on Sleeper Fantasy with our MLB DFS pick ’em picks!
Not only do we get to watch some outstanding pitchers take the bump – Sandy Alcantara, Corbin Burnes and the season-debut of Andrew Abbott, just to name a few – but we are also going to see plenty of runs scored throughout the day and night. We’ve got minor league parks in West Sacramento and Tampa Bay, but we’ve also got a lot of inexperience on the mound as well. Overall, it should be a fun day and one where we can make a few extra bucks with our MLB pick ‘em picks today.
Sleeper Fantasy Picks for Saturday, April 12: MLB DFS Projections
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Sandy Alcantara Sleeper Fantasy MLB Pick: More Than 15.5 Outs (1.78x)
This pick is ON-SALE – so jump on it right now while you can. Alcantara typically goes deep into games and even her in the early season, I have no problem seeing him go six innings here against the Nationals. The only reason he missed his last start was because of illness, so we aren’t concerned about any sort of a pitch count or innings-limit. And even if he does give up a run or two early, the Marlins are going to let him pitch through it. I’ll take advantage of the fact that Vegas has him at -155 to go over 17.5 outs and score here.
- Pick: More Than 15.5 Outs (1.78x)
Pete Alonso Sleeper Fantasy MLB Pick: More Than 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI (1.60x)
The offense coming out of West Sacramento has been huge and Friday’s 7-6 game between the Mets and Athletics helps further illustrate that we have major league players hitting in hitter-friendly minor league ballparks. Righthander J.T. Ginn is making his debut and that should make things interesting, especially for Alonso who has hit safely in five-straight games and is powering up with four doubles and one home run during that stretch. He should have no trouble keeping the streak alive.
Total Multiplier: 2.84x
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Player News
Cubs re-signed RHP Caleb Kilian to a minor league contract.
The 27-year-old hurler was released last weekend after being designated for assignment, but after exploring the open market he has decided that a reunion with the Cubs made the most sense. Kilian will continue to function as extra rotation depth at Triple-A Iowa for the time being.
Corey Seager went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk to help the Rangers take down the Angels 5-3 on Thursday.
Seager had a bad first week and a half while dealing with a calf strain, but he’s collected 14 hits, including three homers, in his last eight games, putting him at .306/.368/.516 overall. Alas, it’s produced just six RBI, mostly because the Rangers are getting terrible production from the ninth and first spots in the order.
Kumar Rocker recorded his first MLB victory after pitching seven innings of three-run ball and striking out eight Thursday against the Angels.
Rocker walked none and surrendered just one double and four singles. Unfortunately, all five hits came in the first and fifth innings, resulting in three runs between them. Still, Rocker was terrific in needing just 78 pitches to get 21 outs. It’s the kind of performance that suggests he might offer mixed-league value at some point. We just wouldn’t trust him quite yet. His next start will come in Sacramento against the A’s.
Robert Garcia picked up his first save of the year with a perfect ninth against the Angels on Thursday.
Garcia got the call tonight with Luke Jackson having pitched the previous two days and retired the Angels on five pitches. Even though he’s the better reliever of the two, he’ll likely resume taking a backseat to Jackson on Friday.
Jack Kochanowicz gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Rangers on Thursday.
The surprising and misguided decision to pick Kochanowicz over Reid Detmers for a rotation spot at the end of the spring isn’t working out for the Angels. The team might reverse course soon, but Detmers hasn’t been used as a long guy and isn’t stretched out to start right away. Kochanowicz is now 1-2 with a 6.20 ERA, but at least he gets the Pirates next.
Joc Pederson went 0-for-4 with a strikeout Thursday, dropping his average to .060.
It’s mostly been hard grounders and routine flies from Pederson thus far, but given that his bat speed is unchanged from last year, we don’t have big concerns here yet. That said, this might not be the weekend he turns it around, given that the Rangers are set to face the Dodgers.