# MLB Pick'em Pool — MLB Slate Pick'em Rules, Scoring & Hosting > How MLB Slate Pick'em pools work: the commissioner picks each week's slate of 2027 regular-season games, members pick N games straight up and either rank them 1–N for points or score one point per correct pick. Source: https://piksheet.com/pools/mlb_slate_pickem?via=md Last updated: 2026-11-10 **MLB Slate Pick'em:** Pick your games from the week's MLB slate. MLB pick'em on a slate the commissioner chooses. Pick N games straight up each Monday-to-Sunday week — ranked for confidence points, or one point a pick. Sport: [MLB](https://piksheet.com/mlb?via=md) **Availability:** MLB Slate Pick'em and MLB Survivor pools open ahead of the 2027 MLB season. ## How it works 1. The commissioner chooses which MLB games make each Monday-to-Sunday week's slate: a marquee series, a rivalry weekend, or the teams your group follows. 2. Each week you pick N of those games straight up — no run line. N is the pool's picks-per-week setting. 3. Ranked pools: give your picks the values 1 through N, each used once; a correct pick scores its value. Flat pools: one point per correct pick. 4. A win is a win — extra-inning results count the same as nine innings. 5. Picks lock at the week's first slate game, each day's first slate game, or each game's first pitch, per the pool's lock setting. Most points across the season wins. ## One week (ranked, 5 picks) 1. Rank 5: correct → 5 points 2. Rank 4: wrong → 0 points 3. Ranks 3, 2, 1: correct (one in extra innings) → 6 points 4. Week total: 11 points. In a flat pool the same card scores 4. ## How to win - Starting pitching swings a baseball game more than anything else. Check the probable starters before you rank, and put your top value on the most lopsided matchup. - Even a 100-win team loses about 60 games, so no MLB pick is a lock. Spread your big values across several strong matchups instead of trusting one. - You only pick N games, so when the slate has more than N, skip the coin flips and use that choice. - Day games after night games and getaway days are when regulars sit. Check the lineups before a game-by-game lock. ## What the commissioner controls Picks per week, scoring and lock mode are set by the commissioner before the pool opens, and each week's slate is set before that week's first slate game. - Picks per week (N) - Ranked (1–N) or flat scoring - The slate: which games count each week - Start / end week, lock mode (week, day, or individual game) - Entry fee (optional — you collect, we don't touch it) ## Frequently asked questions ### How does an MLB pick'em pool work? Each Monday-to-Sunday week, the commissioner chooses the slate of MLB games that count and sets N, the number of picks. Members pick N winners straight up. In a ranked pool each pick also gets a confidence value from 1 to N and a correct pick scores its value; otherwise each correct pick is worth one point. ### Do I have to pick every game? No — only N games from the slate, where N is set by the commissioner. With up to 15 games a day, a full MLB week is far too many to pick, which is why the commissioner chooses the slate. ### Is there a run line? No. Every pick is straight up: pick the team that wins. ### Do extra-inning wins count? Yes. The team that wins the game wins your pick, in nine innings or in extras. ### When does MLB Slate Pick'em run? Across the 2027 MLB regular season, in Monday-to-Sunday weeks; the commissioner chooses the first and last week. MLB Slate Pick'em pools open ahead of the 2027 season. ## Related - [Compare every pool format](https://piksheet.com/pools/compare?via=md) - [Pricing](https://piksheet.com/pricing?via=md) --- Most pages on https://piksheet.com have a markdown version: add .md to the URL (the home page is https://piksheet.com/index.md) or request the page with `Accept: text/markdown`. https://piksheet.com/llms.txt lists every page and links each markdown version.