Thursday was an off day for eight teams, and every game was over by around 10 p.m. Eastern so it was an unusual day in the baseball world. The Blue Jays, Yankees, Phillies, Padres and Royals all won their first games of the year, while the Marlins fell to 0-3. But they did finally score!

Speaking of scoring, how about that slug fest between Cleveland and Toronto? Mark Reynolds, Carlos Santana, Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Colby Rasmus all went yard once, and J.P. Arencibia hit two dingers. Arencibia could easily be in for the best year of his career. We already know he’s got a ton of power, so the new and improved Blue Jays lineup should present him with a bunch of RBI opportunities.

Speaking of RBIs, Chris Davis hit another homer – his third in three games – and added four more RBI to increase his major-league-leading total to an insane 11. For those of you who bought into Davis’s 2012, congrats! His whiffing ways will bring him into extended slumps, but his power is legitimate so keep plugging him into your lineups.

Cliff Lee had the day’s best pitching performance, shutting down the potent Braves lineup over eight two-hit innings. He struck out eight and, of course, walked none. After not picking up his first win of 2012 until July 4, Lee got his first of the 2013 season on April 4. Lee should continue to put up great starts and put up better numbers – in the win column and overall – than last year. His home run to fly ball rate was out of whack last year. That should come down and bring Lee back to the cream of the crop at SP.

Andy Pettitte also went eight innings, giving up one earned run, eight hits and one walk while striking out three. His 75-inning 2012 was very good, and his Thursday start was a good sign for the Yankees after CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda struggled in their respective starts. Pettitte will be 41 in two months so I’d recommend selling high as soon as possible. But keep starting him if you don’t want to trade him, as he’s been very good since 2010.

DraftKings.com Team of the Day

Today I’m playing the $1 Double Up game where 25 of the 50 entrants will win – wait for it – 80 cents! Here’s my team:

Pitchers: Mike Minor | $8,900 – Minor starts in Atlanta against the Cubs, who have the fifth most strikeouts, are tied for the fourth fewest walks and have only scored six runs in three games. Minor was much better at home than on the road last year and was great in the second half so hopefully he’ll build off that success tonight.

Dan Straily | $7,300 – Straily had a pretty “meh” rookie year, but after the top handful of starters available there were very few (if any) other appealing options. My main reason for picking Straily? He’s facing the Astros. Second to last in OBP and walks, last in strikeouts and only one home run in three games.

Catcher: Tyler Flowers | $3,300 – Flowers has hit two homers already, so I’m hoping he can continue his hot hitting. His price was the same as Rob Brantly and Anthony Recker (whom I seriously had never heard of before).

First Baseman: Adam Dunn | $3,900 – U.S. Cellular Park is very hitter-friendly, and Dunn always hits better against righties like tonight’s opposing starter Blake Beavan.

Second Baseman: Jose Altuve | $4,000 – I needed to go a little cheap at second, and Altuve was the perfect fit for my team. He’s got at least one hit in every game, and two hits in two of three games.

Third Baseman: Aramis Ramirez | $4,800 – The Brewers are facing Wade Miley, a lefty, tonight, and Ramirez had a 1.049 OPS against lefties last year.

Shortstop: Jed Lowrie | $3,800 – Lowrie slugged .500 in 164 at-bats in Houston last year, and hit much better against righties (opposing starter Brad Peacock is right-handed) than lefties last year.

Outfield: Justin Upton| $4,900 – Just like Flowers, Upton has two home runs already so I’m just hoping that he’ll continue to hit well.

Ben Zobrist | $4,700 – Big fan of Zobrist here. He’s facing an unproven Zach McAllister and is a consistent fantasy option.

Gerardo Parra | $3,900 – Parra’s on fire, hitting .500 in his first three games with a homer and a steal. Kyle Lohse is starting for Milwaukee, and Parra hits much better against righties than lefties for his career. At $3,900 he’s a very good value.