SCRIPTBALL 2026 Week 7

Friday May 8

Picks: 10

Alternates: Post as many as you like.
What is SCRIPTBALL?

SCRIPTBALL is a chance to see how your BTS picking strategy fares against others in the subreddit. Every Friday we post our top BTS picks for that day according to our own picking strategy in this weekly SCRIPTBALL thread. Whoever gets the most players with a hit wins, with ties resolved by total hits (first tie-breaker) and total batting average (second tie-breaker). We also keep a running season leaderboard, which will give you a better idea of how well your picking strategy is doing over a larger (more meaningful) sample size.

How do I play?

Although we call it SCRIPTBALL, you don't need to be running a fancy computer algorithm to play. Everyone is welcome.

To play, just post a list of the top 10 players you think will get a hit today in this thread. Feel free to change your list at any time, but you can only swap players as long as neither game has started yet (so if you realize one of your picks isn't starting after the game has started, don't sweat it, just swap them for someone from a later game). If you do change your list, please indicate the change by posting reply to your original list saying the change that was made (e.g. "I replaced Altuve with Ohtani").

Alternates will be automatically swapped in if a player you chose isn't in the starting lineup. For clarity, this means if your chosen player isn't starting but comes in for a PH and gets a hit, he'll still be swapped out. This is more work for me but it also lets you get your picks in sooner.

Congrats to Goforbroke on getting her first win, and it was not even close! She got all 10, while no one else even got 9. Her unconventional strategy finally paid off. Your favorite lefties all went 0 for 5: ohtani, alvarez, schwarber, sanchez, mcgonigle, and carroll. Guerrero was a straight embarrassment. Can he redeem himself this week?

Good luck all!

user	W	hitters	pix	success pick %	hits	AB	avg
oh wow vegas	2	44	60	73%	69	240	.288
msteeks	2	39	50	78%	58	191	.304
OK resolution	1	38	60	63%	60	233	.258
Go for broke	1	37	50	74%	59	196	.301
deep slice		32	40	80%	50	162	.309
quollas		39	60	65%	57	228	.250
amattcat		38	60	63%	65	235	.277
sufficient ad		30	40	75%	41	162	.253
sgt swag		38	50	76%	61	203	.300
after eye		22	30	73%	35	128	.273
boilers		16	20	80%	27	80	.338
train wreck		19	29	66%	26	111	.234
moist master		15	20	75%	28	76	.368
young buck		7	10	70%	9	32	.281
lokikg		7	10	70%	13	42	.310

We're officially one fourth of the way through the baseball season based on number of days, more if you go by number of games.

So let's take a moment to talk about what strategies have and haven't worked so far, any struggles you have faced, or ideas for the future. Happy picking, and good luck!

SCRIPTBALL 2026 Week 6

Friday May 1

Picks: 10

Alternates: Post as many as you like.
What is SCRIPTBALL?

SCRIPTBALL is a chance to see how your BTS picking strategy fares against others in the subreddit. Every Friday we post our top BTS picks for that day according to our own picking strategy in this weekly SCRIPTBALL thread. Whoever gets the most players with a hit wins, with ties resolved by total hits (first tie-breaker) and total batting average (second tie-breaker). We also keep a running season leaderboard, which will give you a better idea of how well your picking strategy is doing over a larger (more meaningful) sample size.

How do I play?

Although we call it SCRIPTBALL, you don't need to be running a fancy computer algorithm to play. Everyone is welcome.

To play, just post a list of the top 10 players you think will get a hit today in this thread. Feel free to change your list at any time, but you can only swap players as long as neither game has started yet (so if you realize one of your picks isn't starting after the game has started, don't sweat it, just swap them for someone from a later game). If you do change your list, please indicate the change by posting reply to your original list saying the change that was made (e.g. "I replaced Altuve with Ohtani").

Alternates will be automatically swapped in if a player you chose isn't in the starting lineup. For clarity, this means if your chosen player isn't starting but comes in for a PH and gets a hit, he'll still be swapped out. This is more work for me but it also lets you get your picks in sooner.

Msteeks was the only one to get all 10. Every Marlins starter got a hit. Buxton and Baldwin went 0 for 5.

Good luck all!

user	W	hitters	pix	success pick %	hits	AB	avg
oh wow vegas	2	37	50	74%	58	199	.291
msteeks	2	32	40	80%	47	149	.315
OK resolution	1	32	50	64%	53	193	.275
deep slice		24	30	80%	37	124	.298
quollas		32	50	64%	46	187	.246
amattcat		31	50	62%	53	197	.269
sufficient ad		30	40	75%	41	162	.253
sgt swag		31	40	78%	51	161	.317
after eye		22	30	73%	35	128	.273
go for broke		27	40	68%	44	153	.288
boilers		8	10	80%	12	42	.286
train wreck		13	19	68%	18	71	.254
moist master		15	20	75%	28	76	.368
lokikg		7	10	70%	13	42	.310