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Daily Fantasy MLB Pitcher Breakdown FanDuel and DraftKings- 5/15/16

Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles June 1, 2013

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitcher Breakdown FanDuel and DraftKings- 5/15/16

Welcome to our new daily article breaking down some of the other pitching targets on this slate. We covered our system's top value plays in our daily picks article and our updates articles but here we will look at other dudes to consider.

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Stacking in DFS MLB is such an important concept if you’re looking to take down a big tournament on FanDuel or DraftKings. It’s also a good way to diversify cash games because the variance in baseball can mean wild swings (ahem) in the scoring on a particular slate. The concept is easy. You want to pile players from one or two teams into your lineups because those guys compound scores by helping each other score runs when the going is good.

Pitching Targets

Sonny Gray FD 8900 DK 8400
Opponent - TB (Moore) Park - @TB
FD - 37.37 DK - 20.12

While Sonny gray doesn't have as much upside as you typically look for in tournaments, he is one of the safer options in the MLB. In 2015, Sonny Gray exhibited a .262 wOBA against both lefties and righties as well as a 24.4% hard contact rate. Gray will be taking on the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that has struggled against righties throughout the season with a putrid .296 wOBA and 90 wRC+. Logan Forsythe is out for the Rays as well which puts an extra strikeout prone infielder in the lineup against Gray. Gray should be very under owned across the industry due to him having a horrible game last time out. I look for Gray to go out and throw a quality start here at a very low ownership.

Kevin Gausman FD 7700 DK 8100
Opponent - DET (Fulmer) Park - @BAL
FD - 30.14 DK - 15.77

Kevin Gausman is someone I am certainly not looking forward to rostering, however, I think I am going to end up with a bunch of him. Gausman has pitched very well to start this season with 4 straight quality starts. This Tigers offense is full of right handed hitters. Against righties, Gausman exhibited a .317 wOBA over the previous 4 years. Gausman will likely be under 5% owned and I look for him to get you a quality start at a low price. Make sure you have some exposure in tournaments to Gausman, however, i wouldn't fault you if you used him in cash games. While this ballpark is an extreme hitters park, Gausman has pitched well in Camden Yards with a .286 wOBA. Gausman gives you the opportunity to pay up for any bats you want as well as having a pitcher that has plenty of upside.

Hector Santiago FD 7900 DK 6900
Opponent - SEA (Hernandez) Park - @SEA
FD - 27.92 DK - 14.31

Here is another guy that is very scary to roster. Santiago has been pretty bad recently, however, he has flashed his upside in previous starts with 8 innings and double digit strikeouts. Santiago has been very good against lefties over the course of his career with a .264 wOBA against lefties. The Seattle Mariners are a left handed heavy lineup with guys like Cano, Seager, Aoki and Seth Smith. Santiago is going to be extremely low owned with popular options like Joe Ross around him. Santiago gives you the opportunity to pay up for batters in Coors Field and Fenway Park. Santiago is strictly a GPP play for me just like Kevin Gausman. This ballpark sets up extremely well for Santiago as Safeco Field ranked as a bottom third park for both right handed and left handed power.

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