Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/19/17

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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Jose Quintana FD 8400 DK 12000
Opponent - TOR (Tepesch) Park - @CHC
FD - 35.19 DK - 23.06

If you're playing on this early slate, it's pretty messy. With the Cardinals game possibly raining out, we could see this turn into a 2 game slate. One game has a 10.5 o/u and this one in Wrigley won't be far off. Quintana is really your only reasonable option and he should be close to 80% owned on both sites. He faces off with the Blue Jays, who are visiting Wrigley Field in what is a very weird series. The Blue Jays have ranked 14th in baseball with a .323 wOBA. They also strike out at a 22% clip and practically never walk. Quintana does a good job against both sides of the plate and has posted a .289 combined wOBA. The Jays are definitely better against lefties, but you don't really have a choice. He will very rarely kill you in cash games and this is a slate where it's nearly impossible with the expected outcome and ownership. If Quintana puts up 10, you can still win in cash games. If he puts up 30 and you fade him, you have 0 shot. In a tournament, you can turn and fade him in hopes of an atrocious performance. Personally, I'll throw my hedge $ elsewhere.

Ty Blach FD 7300 DK 7100
Opponent - PHI (Eickhoff) Park - @SF
FD - 22.97 DK - 15.08

Trust me, I have no desire to roster Ty Blach. Not now and not ever. He barely strikes out 4 batters per 9 innings for god's sake. He's a very weird pitcher that relies on soft contact and luck. In AT&T Park, it works. A team like the Phillies simply can't manufacture runs in a stadium like this. They have 1 or 2 bats that have any type of potential and they are a rookie and a guy with a 30%+ K rate. The Phillies are so bad it's almost difficult to describe it. Think of the 76ers with no draft picks. The '07 Cavs with no LeBron. The Browns just how they are. Blach has held both lefties and righties to a sub .330 wOBA, though he also doesn't have any upside. This is a guy you're looking to go 6 innings and give up 1 run, while striking out 3 and getting the W. He will help you fit in some bats and on a slate like this, that's very valuable in itself. For example, Blach may not have upside, but the people he lets you afford do.

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