Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 6/14/17

Here's where you can find some recommendations for tournament pitchers target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here.
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Pitchers

Johnny Cueto FD 9800 DK 11700
Opponent - KC (Hammel) Park - @SF
FD - 37.62 DK - 24.78

We touched on Corey Kluber and Michael Pineda in the main picks article, who are still preferred as the top 2 options in cash games and tournaments. We now touch on a guy we can use in all formats and a guy that is only a GPP option. Starting with Cueto, he's expensive and should be a bit overlooked with most on Kluber and Pineda. We know how good Johnny Cueto is and how great he pitches at home. We also know he has struggled a bit as of late and hasn't displayed his dominant 9 innings, 10 strikeout performance that he usually shows a few times each year. He hasn't been horrible, either. Cueto currently sports a .320 wOBA and is striking out 9 batters per 9 innings. This is still the same ace we love and know and the big performances will come. This isn't a bad game for it to happen in, facing off with the Royals at home in AT&T Park. The Royals are the league's 2nd worst team against righties, sporting a .296 wOBA. They strikeout 22% of the time against righties and have the league's lowest OPS. This is a very weak team and I would be surprised if anyone is able to do much 1 swing damage here. Cueto has to avoid the "death by single" inning, which is how the Royals do most of their damage. Cueto is the best pitcher in the league at holding runners and he will completely take away any threat Escobar or Merrifield brings. All in all, Cueto is fine in all formats, but I do prefer Kluber and Pineda.

Francisco Liriano FD 7300 DK 5800
Opponent - TB (Odorizzi) Park - @TOR
FD - 31.4 DK - 20.84

Never roster Francisco Liriano in a cash game. I don't care if he's facing a little league team. He can walk 10 batters and have 90 pitches by the 4th inning. In all seriousness, I've gone through it plenty with this guy. He used to be one of the more expensive pitcher son the slate and would often have games that let you stand out above the field. This season, things are going a bit differently. His highs aren't as high and his lows haven't been just as low. He;s finding ways to keep the ball in the zone and work himself out of big innings. He has bene bad against righties and good against lefties, which suits this match-up pretty well. The Tampa Bay Rays are a very weird offense and one that can go one of two ways. With that being said, they are bad against lefties. They hold an insane 27% strikeout rate and back it up with a subpar .298 wOBA against. Liriano is very cheap across the industry and does have the upside to make some noise here. On the flip side, you can target Evan Longoria and Steven Souza against him on a different team.

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