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Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings – 7/21/17

New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino throws to the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 7/21/17

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

Yu Darvish FD 9700 DK 10600
Opponent - TB (Cobb) Park - @TB
FD - 39.17 DK - 21.19

While I prefer other options for cash games, I think Darvish makes a fairly high upside play that should come in under owned in tournaments with all the options at the top tonight. After posting an elite 11.8 K/9 rate in 2016, Darvish has lost some of the upside but still strikes out over a batter per inning and is still generating over 11% swinging strikes which is very promising. The matchup vs. the Rays is a tricky one to read as they rank Top 5 in overall hitting(wOBA/wRC+) against right-handed pitching but strike out over 24% of the time. The Rangers are currently -145 favorites while the Rays implied total sits below four.

Jeff Samardzija FD 8800 DK 9100
Opponent - SD (Cahill) Park - @SF
FD - 41.73 DK - 22.64

If you frequent the DFSR articles and projections, you are probably not at all surprised to see Shark at the top of the PTS/$ rankings. This will almost ensure that he is back in the optimizer lineups tonight as the value allows you to get a huge upgrade in the bats, especially if you were to pair him with Aaron Nola on DraftKings. Personally, I won't be using Shark in cash as the blow up is always right around the corner and a perfect example was his last start against these Padres where he allowed seven earned runs. He did show the strikeout upside with eight and he enters tonight with a 9.8 K/9 rate and 10.8% swinging strike rate. This will be the third time he will face the Padres and their 29th ranked offense(wOBA/wRC+) and I will definitely have shares in GPP's tonight.

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