Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/16/17

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Dallas Keuchel FD 9000 DK 11100
Opponent - SEA (Ramirez) Park - @HOU
FD - 32.85 DK - 21.57
This earlier slate has been broken down pretty weird by both FanDuel and DraftKings. Instead of running an early and main slate, they have gone crazy and put together some weird slates. Anyway, Dallas Keuchel is a great one to go on the earlier slates. We touched on Zack Greinke and Carlos Carrasco in the main picks article and they remain my top 2 arms. Keuchel is my favorite of he bunch from the early games and it has a lot to do with the match-up. The Mariners obviously have some dangerous bats against lefties, but the majority of their production comes from lefties like Cano and Seager. Keuchel is lights out against them and you can count on 7 innings and 7 K. His .286 combined wOBA, 8.64 K/9 and 27% hard contact rate are all numbers that have stabilized and look amazing. He's better at home as this ballpark is pretty tough for everyone that's not a dead pull hitter. It will just come down to if one of these righties can get a hold of one or not. On the early slate, he will still be one of the top plays either way.

Madison Bumgarner FD 9300 DK 11000
Opponent - ARI (Greinke) Park - @SF
FD - 34.39 DK - 22.78

Like I said, Greinke and Carrasco are my 2 favorite cash game plays at pitcher. With that being said, this will be one of those rare nights where I get GPP exposure to quite a few pitchers. There are a lot of different ways this slate can go and 1 has Madison Bumgarner written all over it. Even though the Giants were out of the playoffs about 5 years ago, this is still the Bumgarner we know and love. He's willing to go to 120 pitches if he's going well and we know that's a real possibility in AT&T Park. He's held both righties and lefties to a sub .290 wOBA and strikes out close to 10 batters per 9 innings. We know the Diamondbacks don't travel we'll out of Chase Field and this move into the spacious AT&T is a very tough one. I still prefer Carrasco and Greinke, but Bumgarner is nipping on the heels. I wouldn't be surprised to see this game be under 3 or 4 total runs.

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