Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/3/17

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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Lucas Giolito FD 6000 DK 7200
Opponent - TB (Andriese) Park - @CHW
FD - 24.79 DK - 16.78

We touched on Mike Fiers on this early slate in the main picks article and he remains a very strong play. While it's tough to call Mike Fiers a strong play at any point, when you look at this slate, you'll fully understand. Contrary to the early slate with a boatload of options, we'll be deciphering through 2 or 3 average ones. Lucas Giolito has only started twice on the season, with 1 average and 1 dominant performance. He's one of the biggest prospects in baseball and will easily be a top 2 starter in a rotation, with the upside to be an elite ace. He has a 5-pitch arsenal that moves like crazy and has no rhythm. His only problem can come if he gets squeezed and starts walking guys. FOrtunately, the White Sox are bad. They K nearly 24% of the time and have posted a .306 OBA against righties. Giolito is right up there with Fiers as the top cash game play on the main slate. His price is very low and if you do read the main article, you'll see a ton of bats worth paying up for. Giolito will only help that cause and a 7 inning shutout is a real possibility. He may be a bit higher on my list than Fiers at this point.

Madison Bumgarner FD 9800 DK 11900
Opponent - STL (Weaver) Park - @SF
FD - 34.54 DK - 22.9

Well, of course. We looked at Chris Sale for this main slate in the main picks article and he remains the elusive top option in both formats. After Sale, you have Bumgarner, Severino, and Wood. Wood and Severino are fine, but I have my reservations. For one, Severino has had some issues with the Red Sox. They are a dominant offense and I'd rather not be cornered into rostering an arm against them. As for Wood, the match-up is phenomenal and he has insane upside. However, with the playoffs quickly approaching and Wood being one of the more injury prone guys on the team, don't expect more than 80 pitches. That leaves us with Madison Bumgarner. Bumgarner and the Giants welcome the red birds into AT&T. This series has already been pretty interesting to watch. It's like 2 little league teams had their game rained out and had to move to the big boy fields. I'm not sure Bumgarner should be scared of anyone in this order, but I guess Paul DeJong is statistically the scariest. That should tell you a lot. In AT&T Park, the best bat he will face all night is Paul DeJong. Bumgarner is obviously dominant and we can run through his numbers real quick to make sure everything is ok this season. Through just over 80 innings, Bumgarner has held a .273 wOBA on a 9 K/9 and 1.6 BB/9. He's the same guy he's always been and it is September, so watch out.

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