Sorare MLB Game Week 3 Strategy & Advice: April 7 (2023)

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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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.

Tips for new teams

Studs and duds is the correct strategy. I may have spent a little too high at pitcher, especially considering the number of pitchers I got as options in free swaps and as rewards for competitions. I likely would have been fine with just deGrom, or even Strider as my main starter and an additional low-cost option to pair with Kopech. Pitchers do score extremely well, but when they have a bad game, they are a big drain on your team in this sort of multi-day competition.

Use your Free Swap. I use my free swap every day. Unfortunately, the free swap is not at a set time but is set at 24 hours after your previous swap. This has resulted in my swap time being pushed by hours every day. This could be solved by setting an alarm, but that is just an option for those who feel so inclined. You can cancel your swap if you do not like any of the alternatives offered, so there is zero harm in seeing what RNG presents you with.

Join the 100 percent reward competitions if you are still at the Common card competition level. Those who buy a pack(s) should be sure to join competitions at each level, i.e., Common and Limited.

Observe the marketplace. Some may choose to go the completely free-to-play route, but for those looking to build a squad of Limited or higher rarity cards, understanding what is happening in the market over several days is recommended. There should be more overall supply of each player every week, which should, in turn, affect fair market value.

Week 3 Strategy

My starting lineup for Game Week 3 remains the same. I will be starting Jacob deGrom and Michal Kopech at pitcher, Spencer Strider at open flex, Reynaldo Lopez at reliever, with Vlade Guerrero and Oneil Cruz at the infield slots, Bellinger at outfield, and Esteury Ruiz at hitting flex. I do have a few more enticing options to choose from after two full game weeks, including MacKenzie Gore, Kyle Gibson, Omar Navarez, Aroldis Chapman, and my Week 2 common card win in Sandy Alcantara. However, with lineups being limited to 120, this is still arguably the most potent lineup I can field. I am building some nice depth but do not yet have enough players to enter more than one competition a week.

I joined the Common All-Star contest for the third straight week. This is my favorite contest as it has a 100 percent reward rate, which means I can continue building out my depth while hoping for the right mix of cards to be able to enter two contests weekly sooner rather than later.

I have yet to dive into the marketplace for Auctions or Manager Sales as I am waiting for the market to have more supply but have strongly considered the Limited packs and will look to pounce once I find one featuring a player I covet. The packs are the superior value at this time and are the best use of funds for someone looking to make a purchase to enhance their experience at Sorare: MLB.

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