Welcome to Sorare, a revolutionary fantasy baseball game and marketplace. Sorare: MLB is a free-to-play fantasy baseball game with officially licensed digital trading cards. Unlike other fantasy baseball platforms, fantasy managers are in complete control of their fantasy experience – scouting, buying, selling, and competing with player cards each week of the season. Win or lose; you still own your cards.

Sorare: MLB competitions occur twice weekly. One slate is from Monday to Thursday, while the other is from Friday to Sunday. Game weeks start 10 minutes before the first game of the slate.

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Sorare: MLB 3/30/23

How it works

When you sign up for Sorare, you will be able to build your initial team for free by choosing a team of 10 players. You can choose three starting pitchers, one reliever, two corner infielders, two middle infielders, and two outfielders while staying under the 120 budget.

When you enter a competition, you will choose one starter, one reliever, one corner infielder, one middle infielder, one outfielder, one hitting flex, and one open flex that can be any player but Shohei Ohtani (for obvious reasons).

The Cards

There are different types of cards, starting with Common cards. There are unlimited Common cards to ensure anyone can play Sorare totally free, but the restriction is that Common cards cannot be bought, sold, or traded on the marketplace. The next levels of rarity are as follows: Limited, Rare, Super Rare, and Unique. The are 5000 copies of each Limited card, 1,000 of each Rare, 100 of each Super Rare, and just one of each Unique.

The higher rarity or scarcity cards grant you eligibility for other fun competitions that you will see are locked when you look for competitions to enter your all Common card lineup into. These Scarcity card types can be won as rewards for high placements in competitions but can also be obtained through the Sorare: MLB marketplace.

There are two places to buy cards in the marketplace, Card Auctions and Manager Sales. Card auctions are like they sound. A card is listed, and the highest bidder at the end of the timer acquires the card. Manager sales is a direct peer-to-peer marketplace where you can buy listed cards from other managers.

The Competitions

At the end of Game Weeks, managers who rank at or near the top of competitions will win rewards such as Scarcity cards, game tickets, merchandise, signed jerseys, and VIP experiences. The higher you finish, the better the rewards. Prizes will vary from week to week.

There are quite a few Common card competitions to choose from, and new for this season, there are four Limited card competitions for each slate, three Rare card competitions, two Super Rare competitions, and one Unique card competition. Each of these competitions has entry requirements and restrictions. All Sorare competitions are free-to-play.

Initial Lineup Strategy

I will be going with the studs and up-and-comers strategy, locking in stars like Jacob deGrom and Vladimir Guerrero, youngsters like Oneil Cruz and Spencer Strider, and a pair of intriguing White Sox in Michael Kopech and Reynaldo Lopez.

I do have to fill out my lineup with some low-upside or platoon players, but I will be looking to replace them in the coming weeks with prospects who cracked the Opening Day lineup, as well as any potential winnings that are lineup worthy.

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