Week 26 Recap

 

Week 26 True Dream Team

Here are the rules.

• only three players per team
• must be a valid formation
• must fit in the average budget for that week
• ties are broken with lowest value player making the team
• the bench is all 4.0 scrubs

So here’s the Week 26 TRUE Dream Team

Week 27 Team Defense Rankings

Projections provided by @thedummyrun on twitter.

Total Budget this Week: BTN Budget: $121.70

Goalkeepers

Top Teams

NYC, LAFC, TOR, POR

The Player Pool

Must Haves

None

Top Options

Tyler Miller

LAFC

GK

$7.90

Steve Clark	POR	GK	$7.40
Brad Stuver	NYCFC	GK	$4.90

Price Rise Targets (Form/$ >~ 1.00)

Tyler Miller	LAFC	GK	$7.90
Brian Rowe	ORL	GK	$7.30

Value Players (PP90/$)

Brad Stuver

NYCFC

GK

$4.90

Bargain Bin

Brad Stuver

NYCFC

GK

$4.90

Notes

In my mind, it’s gonna hard to pass on a Stuver at $4.90. Especially with the rest of the team remaining mostly unaffected by international call ups. He’s also the first game so great in a Keeperoo.

Defenders

Top Teams

NYC, LAFC, TOR, POR

The Player Pool

Must Haves

None

Top Options

Jorge Moreira

POR

DF

$8.90

Auro	TOR	DF	$7.90
Anton Tinnerholm	NYC	DF	$8.50

Eddie Segura

LAFC

DF

$7.40

Price Rise Targets (Form/$ >~ 1.00)

Graham Smith

SKC

DF

$6.00

Kelvin Leerdam	SEA	DF	$5.00
Tommy Smith	COL	DF	$4.70

Value Players (PP90/$)

Graham Smith	SKC	DF	$6.00
Kelvin Leerdam	SEA	DF	$5.00

Jordan Harvey

LAFC

DF

$6.80

Bargain Bin

Nick Hagglund	CIN	DF	$4.00
Tommy Smith	COL	DF	$4.70

Bill Tuiloma

POR

DF

$4.90

Justin Morrow

TOR

DF

$4.80

Chris Mavinga

TOR

DF

$5.10

Week 27 Team Offense Rankings

Projections provided by @thedummyrun on twitter.

Week 27 Top 50 Player Projections

Midfielders

The Player Pool

Top Teams

NYC, COL, POR, LAFC, SEA

Must Haves

None

Top Options

Maximiliano Moralez	NYC	MF	$12.10
Diego Valeri	POR	MF	$13.10
Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR	MF	$9.60
Carles Gil	NE	MF	$12.70
Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA	MF	$12.70

Price Rise Targets (Form/$ >~ 1.00)

Maximiliano Moralez	NYC	MF	$12.10
Juan Agudelo	NE	MF	$5.90
Harry Shipp	SEA	MF	$6.20

Value Players (PP90/$)

Johnathan Lewis

COL

MF

$7.40

Harry Shipp

SEA

MF

$6.20

Bargain Bin

Chris Mueller

ORL

MF

$5.40

Forwards

The Player Pool

Top Teams

NYC, COL, POR, LAFC, SEA

Must Haves

None

Top Options

Carlos Vela – INJURY	LAFC	FW	$15.00
Valentin Castellanos	NYC	FW	$7.60
Jozy Altidore – INJURY	TOR	FW	$10.20
Brian Fernandez	POR	FW	$9.80

Gustavo Bou

NE

FW

$11.20

Price Rise Targets (Form/$) >~ 1.00

Carlos Vela	LAFC	FW	$15.00
Valentin Castellanos	NYC	FW	$7.60
Andre Shinyashiki	COL	FW	$5.80

Value Players (PP90/$)

Valentin Castellanos

NYC

FW

$7.60

Andre Shinyashiki

COL

FW

$5.80

2019 Week 27 Behind the Numbers Team

Here’s my first draft of the Behind the Numbers Team based on the discussion above. I’m gonna be honest guys, there’s not much correlation between the stats this week and the choices I wanted to make.

If you’d like to follow me on twitter, I’m @MLSFB_BTN. I typically post my updated lineup before the games start to show if my thinking has changed since this column went up.’

Resources for nerding out about MLS Fantasy

• http://www.mlscheatsheet.com/ — Bonus point data, projections and more
• https://www.americansocceranalysis.com/asa-xgoals — Interactive xG and passing data
• https://www.whoscored.com/ — Analytics based player ratings