DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Monday 9/27/21
DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Monday 9/27/21 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Cal Quantrill FD - P 10000 DK - SP 8600 Opponent - KC (Jackson Kowar) Park - CLE FD - 28.1 DK - 14.22 The pitching options are not pretty on this early slate which puts Quantrill right at the top of the projections by default. The good news is that he comes at a value price on DraftKings and has been terrific in the second half with a 1.76 ERA while averaging over six innings per start. While the Royals don't strike out a ton(3rd lowest K rate on the season) they are a below-average offense and 14% worse, in terms of wRC+, against righties. Fire up Quantrill in all formats. Chris Flexen FD - P 8600 DK - SP 8700 Opponent - OAK (Cole Irvin) Park - SEA FD - 28.91 DK - 15.36 The most important series for both teams starts tonight as they are not only battling each other but three other teams for those two wildcard spots. The Mariners have the one-game advantage and I have them gaining another game on Monday with Chris Flexen on the mound. While he lacks much upside striking out under seven per nine, he has been solid in his return to the MLB coming into tonight with a 3.56 ERA. He has faced Oakland four times this season and after giving up five earned runs in the first start, has held them to just four over the last three. Flexen is my top pitcher on Monday in all formats. Catcher/First Base José Abreu FD - 1B 3900 DK - 1B 4600 Opponent - DET (Matt Manning) Park - DET FD - 13.1 DK - 9.91 While the reigning AL MVP has lacked consistency this season(.265), he has been as productive as ever with 29 home runs and 113 RBI on the season. The White Sox are the top projected offense on the early slate and also gets a plus matchup vs. Matt Manning(5.73 ERA/5.16 xFIP) who has been slightly worse against righties with a .5.22 xFIP and .363 wOBA against. Abreu is in play in all formats, especially on DraftKings where his price stays suppressed despite the smaller slate. Ty France FD - 1B 3100 DK - 1B 4400 Opponent - OAK (Cole Irvin) Park - SEA FD - 9.81 DK - 7.49 The main slate is just two games and one is in Colorado which means a Coors...
Daily Fantasy NFL GPP Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings – Week 3
Daily Fantasy NFL GPP Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - Week 3 The 2021 NFL season is now in full swing and the DFSR team has covered with content all week long. Earlier in the week, we covered our top cash game plays and also looked at all the relevant injuries and now it's time to look at some of the top stacks for GPP formats. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NFL and MLB optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Arizona Cardinals Passing Game Kyler Murray FD 9000 DK 8300 Opponent JAX Proj Points FD - 26.25 DK - 27.07 DeAndre Hopkins FD 8500 DK 8200 Opponent JAX Proj Points FD - 16.51 DK - 20.5 Rondale Moore FD 5600 DK 5000 Opponent JAX Proj Points FD - 9.44 DK - 11.54 Chase Edmonds FD 6600 DK 5700 Opponent JAX Proj Points FD - 12.07 DK - 13.62 As you can probably tell from the list of players above, what I like about the Cardinals is the number of ways we can stack them. If we are talking cash games, I absolutely love running Kyler naked(get your head out of the gutter) as he has distributed the targets very evenly through two weeks. He is also completed 73.5% of his pass attempts and is averaging 344 yards passing and 25.5 yards rushing per game. Here is a look at the target distribution: Rondal Moore - 13 DeAndre Hopkins - 12 A.J. Green - 12 Chase Edmonds - 9 Christian Kirk - 9 Maxx Williams - 8 Like I mentioned in the opening, there are a ton of ways to stack around Kyler making the Cards my favorite team to multi-enter in GPP formats. At this point, DeAndre Hopkins is a game-time decision but if he plays I think he will be lowered owned for a couple of reasons starting with the target list above and the very high cost of stacking the two together. What I do like is the matchup as the Jaguars have allowed the 6th most passing yards to quarterbacks and the 9th most receiving yards to wideouts through two weeks. They have also allowed their opponents #1 wideouts in Brandin Cooks(5-132-0) and Cortland Sutton(9-159-0) to go crazy and Nuke is on a completely different talent level. The price is going up on Rondale Moore who leads the team in targets and saw his offensive snap % go up from 29% in week one to 46% last week. By no means, do I think this is his ceiling price so I will be...
DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Friday 9/24/21
DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Friday 9/24/21 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers José Berríos FD 9700 DK 9500 Opponent - MIN (Bailey Ober) Park - MIN FD - 35.62 DK - 19.45 We have quite the decision to make at pitcher tonight as Shane Bieber and Jack Flaherty are making returns from the IL, and Gerrit Cole and Frankie Montas in below-average matchups. For me, I like taking the discount and rolling with Jose Berrios as my top pitcher. He has been a welcome addition to the Jays posting a 3.39 ERA over 10 starts since coming over in a trade. He faces his old team for the second straight start and looked pretty good in the first one limiting them to just four hits. All things considered here, I will have exposure in all formats. Dylan Cease FD 9000 DK 9000 Opponent - CLE (Shane Bieber) Park - CLE FD - 36.2 DK - 19.33 I will be going with a fairly balanced approach at starting pitcher tonight and Dylan Cease is next in line. Outside of one rocky start(7 ER to BOS), he has been consistent in the second half averaging over 5.5 innings per start in the other 11 and does sit with an xFIP(3.60) that is nearly a half run lower than his ERA(4.06). What I have been enjoying the most is the rise in strikeouts as he is striking out(34.7%) 5% more than he did in the first half and that aligns with the matchup as Cleveland has struck out 26% of the time over the last two weeks. I do prefer Cease on FanDuel as he is $700 cheaper than Berrios and I will be pairing them together as my top pitchers on DraftKings. Catcher/First Base Brandon Belt FD 3800 DK 5300 Opponent - COL (Peter Lambert) Park - COL FD - 15.73 DK - 11.77 Buckle up for a heavy dose of the Giants in this article as they visit Coors Field where they have averaged 8.7 runs in six games this season. Let's tart at first base with Belt who, despite a lower average(.263), is having a tremendous season with 26 home runs, a .393 wOBA, and 150 wRC+. He has been even better down the stretch with hits in 15 of his last 18 games(.329/.434/.643 slash line) and now gets to take hacks in Coors. As the 7th most expensive player at the position, Belt is easily my top play at first in...
DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Thursday 9/23/21
DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Thursday 9/23/21 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Early Charlie Morton FD - P 8600 DK - SP 7500 Opponent - ARI (Madison Bumgarner) Park - ARI FD - 38.23 DK - 21.44 Max Scherzer is en route to a third CY Young award but it's Charlie Morton that stands out on this early slate with his near-season-low price tag on DraftKings. He has been consistent for the Braves and for fantasy all season with a 3.49 ERA/3.39 xFIP and has also provided a ton of upside with a 28.5% K rate. He and the Braves are big -190 favorites facing a D-backs team that ranks bottom five in almost all offensive categories in the second half. I will be pairing him with Max on DraftKings and have him as my top pitcher on FanDuel in all formats. Main Aaron Nola FD - P 9100 DK - SP 8500 Opponent - PIT (Connor Overton) Park - PHI FD - 32.46 DK - 17.52 Another smaller slate full of pitching at night and no other place to start than Aaron Nola who, like Morton, is at near season-low prices. Sure, there have been some blips on the radar but he is coming off one of his best starts of the second half striking out nine Mets, and has tallied 25 K's over his last three starts. While the Pirates don't K a ton which does lower his upside some, they have struggled to a 88 wRC+ and low .124 ISO over the last two weeks. At these prices, Nola is easily my top pitcher on the main slate. Catcher/First Base Early Albert Pujols FD - 1B 2500 DK - 1B 2600 Opponent - COL (Kyle Freeland) Park - COL FD - 12.03 DK - 9.14 The Dodgers face a lefty on Thursday afternoon and that means we are likely to see Pujols occupy first base and hit in the middle of the order. That is great news if you are wanting to pay up for Max and a couple of other expensive Dodgers bats as Pujols comes very cheap. At this point, he is a platoon hitter that does risk being pulled but he crushes lefties to the tune of a .404 wOBA, 157 wRC+, and .328 ISO. If starting, he will be a core play for me in all formats. Main Yuli Gurriel FD 3000 DK 4200 Opponent - LAA (Alex Cobb) Park - LAA FD - 13.26...
DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Monday 9/20/21
DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Monday 9/20/21 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Robbie Ray FD - P 11000 DK - SP 10200 Opponent - TB (Shane Baz) Park - TB FD - 35.29 DK - 18.54 With Gerrit Cole getting peppered on Sunday, this is a huge opportunity for Ray to get a stranglehold on the American League CY Young. He is the most expensive pitcher on this slate but has, by far, the biggest leash of the top pitchers. He has been dominant all season and especially against Tampa Bay giving up just seven earned runs in five starts vs. the rays with a 46:3 K to walk ratio. The Rays also strike out the third-most(25.5%) against southpaws this season. Fire up Ray in all formats. Ranger Suárez FD - P 9000 DK - SP 6500 Opponent - BAL (John Means) Park - PHI FD - 28.84 DK - 15.18 In terms of an SP2 on DraftKings, I am very puzzled by the price on Suarez considering how good he has been since joining the rotation. His first few starts were fairly limited as they stretched him out but over his last five starts, he has held opponents to just five total earned runs while topping 19 DK/34 FD points in each of those starts. He now faces a struggling O's team that has dropped eight of their last nine and struck out 32% of the time over the last seven days and 25% over the last 14. Suarez is easily my top SP2 option tonight alongside Ray. Catcher/First Base Yuli Gurriel FD 3000 DK 4100 Opponent - LAA (Jaime Barria) Park - LAA FD - 13.91 DK - 10.67 After a day off on Sunday, Gurriel should be back in the lineup tonight and continues to come at a tremendous PTS/$ value on both sites. We have talked about it all season and nothing changes down the stretch as he enters with multi-hit efforts in five of his last seven games pushing his average up to .314 for the season. His power upside comes against lefties but he has still been solid against righties with a .349 wOBA and 126 wRC+. At these prices, he is my top play at first base and easily stackable with multiple teammates. J.T. Realmuto FD 3300 DK 4400 Opponent - BAL (John Means) Park - BAL FD - 12.2 DK - 9.23 The Phillies are thick in the playoff race down the stretch and...