Sorare Ranks Update #22 - August 31st, 2023

Just about a month left in the regular season, are you ready for playoffs?

This last week was an interesting one. Everyone and their cousin knew that Atlanta was playing against Colorado.

In Colorado.

With a fourth game against the Dodgers to round out the week.

So the thought question I have for you this week is: If everyone knew it was a good play, was it still a good play?

Better yet, was it the best play?

Our galleries in Sorare are limited by the cards we own at any given point, so some of this is moot, you start who you have. I started two rosters full of Braves this week, so I am no exception.

But as of this writing my best performing roster, by a pretty wide margin, is in Limited NL with a Brewers/Phillies stack. It bears mentioning because nobody likes the Brewers lately, and both Harper and Turner on the Phillies are (were, perhaps) at the time of this writing viewed as busts on the season.

By starting them, I effectively did the opposite of the crowd, and am doing well because of it. No idea if it will hold, but it definitely made me think.

Another place where the group consensus can become a pitfall is in player price. We equate expensive with good and inexpensive with bad. And then we double down on that by starting the guys that cost a lot of money to acquire.

See the leverage point here?

If you’ve read my writing for any stretch of time you know that expensive does not perfectly correlate to good, nor the inverse. And if people use that as a major barometer for who they start, then you can give yourself a little boost by buying into guys that are currently undervalued, then simply being patient.

Let’s take a look at who that might be this week!

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Rankings

Pro tip: click or tap the top of any given column to sort the data. You can also search for a given player using the “Search in table” box.

Players with negative numbers in the “+/-” column are “Values”, while players with positive numbers in that column are considered “Overvalues.” Lastly, if the Google Doc was your best friend, you can still find it right here.

Please note: based on how the pricing data is pulled, some players have blanks in their +/-. This will improve over time as more and more cards continue to hit the market for each player and more data flows to the provider.

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10 Value Candidates

Some great high-end values that could help you finish this season, and start next season, strong.

• Dylan Cease - CWS - SP

  • SoRank: 41 | Implied Rank: 143 | -102 slot differential

• Xander Bogaerts - SD - SS

  • SoRank: 47 | Implied Rank: 137 | -90 slot differential

• George Springer - TOR - OF/DH

  • SoRank: 66 | Implied Rank: 159 | -93 slot differential

• Tim Anderson - CWS - SS

  • SoRank: 69 | Implied Rank: 292 | -223 slot differential

• Carlos Rodon - NYY - SP

  • SoRank: 73 | Implied Rank: 201 | -128 slot differential

• Luis Severino - NYY - SP

  • SoRank: 108 | Implied Rank: 389 | -281 slot differential

• Lucas Giolito - DFA’d - SP

  • SoRank: 126 | Implied Rank: 285 | -159 slot differential

• C.J. Cron - LAA - 1B/DH

  • SoRank: 146 | Implied Rank: 385 | -239 slot differential

• Mitch Haniger - SF - OF/DH

  • SoRank: 206 | Implied Rank: 568 | -362 slot differential

• Clay Holmes - NYY - RP

  • SoRank: 215 | Implied Rank: 385 | -170 slot differential

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10 Overvalued Candidates

One way or the other, I’m trying to exit positions on these players.

• Jose Altuve - HOU - 2B

  • SoRank: 62 | Implied Rank: 23 | 39 slot differential

• Kyle Schwarber - PHI - OF/DH

  • SoRank: 90 | Implied Rank: 41 | 49 slot differential

• Tyler Glasnow - TB - SP

  • SoRank: 105 | Implied Rank: 43 | 62 slot differential

• Christopher Morel - CHC - 2B/3B/SS/OF

  • SoRank: 123 | Implied Rank: 68 | 55 slot differential

• Max Muncy - LAD - 2B/3B/DH

  • SoRank: 124 | Implied Rank: 61 | 63 slot differential

• Nolan Gorman - STL - 2B/DH

  • SoRank: 154 | Implied Rank: 48 | 106 slot differential

• Cody Bellinger - CHC - OF

  • SoRank: 168 | Implied Rank: 32 | 136 slot differential

• Anthony Santander - BAL - OF/DH

  • SoRank: 180 | Implied Rank: 39 | 141 slot differential

• Jacob deGrom - TEX - SP

  • SoRank: 196 | Implied Rank: 56 | 140 slot differential

• Marcell Ozuna - ATL - OF/DH

  • SoRank: 291 | Implied Rank: 55 | 236 slot differential

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That’s a wrap on the rankings, values, and overvalues for the week!

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It may sound silly, but it is huge for helping this newsletter grow 🙌

Good luck out there this week managers!