Sorare MLB Game Week 6 Strategy & Advice: April 17 (2023)

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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: Game Week 6

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. Common card managers should exhaust their Minor League eligibility first.

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.

Go for low-cost pitchers when starting your team. The major thing I have noticed since starting my team is the abundance of pitchers available in swaps and as rewards for competitions. I added multiple ace types for free, so blowing the majority of my 120 budget on pitchers proved to be a mistake I will suffer for all season.

Starter Pack

I was looking into Starter Packs for a couple of weeks and realized that each pack is unique and that once a pack is gone, you may be unable to find the desired combination of players in the same pack anymore. This caused me to purchase my pack right when they came up for sale following Week 4. I targeted a pack with Matt Chapman and Tim Anderson, two players I felt could eventually pay for most, if not all, of my pack on the marketplace (if desired). Unfortunately, Anderson suffered an injury that same night and is set to be out for another one to three weeks.

The cards in my pack were Marco Gonzalez, Trevor Gott, Michael Kopech, Matt Chapman, Tim Anderson, Stone Garrett, and Elias Diaz. I was angling for a pack that had Chapman, Anderson, and Zac Gallen, but if there were any available with that combination, they were sold before I had an opportunity to see it.

For those who aren’t going completely free-to-play, the starter pack seems like a sound strategy to build an initial lineup. Those who will be f2p should use their first Limited card to foray into the Marketplace to help build their wallet and eventually field a full Limited team.

Marketplace

The marketplace is the Wild West. Demand far exceeds supply in the Limited market, making many prices utterly prohibitive for team builders. There are also a handful of managers bidding on every value to resell. The more cards they hold, the more they can manipulate perceived market value, in turn increasing the value of previously held cards of the same player. This is frustrating for more casual managers such as myself but highlights a sound strategy to build wallet funds to eventually acquire more coveted assets.

As mentioned above, I bought the starter pack that had Tim Anderson as my only middle infielder, so I was left scrambling trying to acquire an everyday starter at a reasonable price. Those managers made that an impossible task. I did randomly bid on a few players at different positions and had more success there. I gave up after the Game Week was through and added a catcher out of frustration. Suffice it to say I probably won’t be placing in any Limited tournaments unless I pony up for more cards on the marketplace. Speaking of which, Manager Sales can only be funded by Sorare wallet as opposed to the credit card option we can use for Auctions. This is something to be cognizant of, especially if you have an injured player you need a replacement for. Act sooner than later to avoid disappointment in the auction market. You may also want to set a timer so you can be around for the end of bidding.

My lineups

With a starter pack in hand, I now have the cards to enter one Common tournament and one Limited tournament. The Common tournament is a no-brainer as the Minor League competition is meant to be an avenue for Common card managers to acquire their first Limited card. There are 200 Limited cards available every week versus just 100 for the Common All-Star tournament. Managers graduate from the Minors once they win their first Limited card, so every manager should be taking advantage of the larger prize pool.

Common Roster

Starting Pitcher: Jacob deGrom, Spencer Strider, Luis Castillo, Sandy Alcantara, Mackenzie Gore, Michael Kopech
Relief Pitcher: Aroldis Chapman, Reynaldo Lopez
Corner Infielder: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Middle Infielder: Oneil Cruz, Jonathan Schoop
Outfielder: Esteury Ruiz, David Peralta, Cody Bellinger, Charlie Blackmon

Limited Roster

Starting Pitcher: Jose Berrios, Marco Gonzalez, Michael Kopech
Relief Pitcher: Luis Garcia, Trevor Gott
Corner Infielder: Josh Donaldson, Matt Chapman
Middle Infielder: Tim Anderson, Elias Diaz
Outfielder: Stone Garrett

For Game Week 6, my Common lineup for the Minor League tournament is deGrom, Lopez, Guerrero, Schoop, Bellinger, Ruiz, Bellinger, and Castillo. The flex spot was a challenge to pick someone for, as Castillo has been the best pitcher but does not have the wins to show for it. In the end, he is the most likely to give me a quality start when he toes the rubber. My Limited lineup is Berrios, Kopech, Garcia, Chapman, Diaz, Garrett, and Donaldson. However, with Donaldson dealing with an injury, I have to be on the lookout for news confirming that he will return today, as some thought he would be back in the lineup on the 16th of April. Stone Garrett has been good when he has been starting, but his playing time remains too inconsistent for me to trust. I will be surveying the marketplace for a potential replacement option for this Game Week.

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