Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/6/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for tournament pitchers to target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitchers Lance McCullers FD 8500 DK 11400 Opponent - LAA (Ramirez) Park - @LAAFD - 32.37 DK - 21.33 With news coming late last night that Clayton Kershaw would be starting a day ahead of schedule for the Dodgers, that narrowed down our cash game options to one. For tonight's mains slate, Kershaw is the play in cash. In tournaments though, if you want to shake things up, Lance McCullers is a great place to start, particularly on FanDuel where that 8.5K price tag just screams upside. The 23 year old right hander will take the hill tonight against the Angels. The Angels have not been the potent powerhouse we would expect with names like Trout, Calhoun and Pujols. They're rocking one of the worst team wOBAs in baseball, at .296 which dips to .293 against right handed arms. They only have 28 combined home runs, though 24 of them have come against right handed pitchers. McCullers, who is 2-1 through six starts will bring his 11.72 K/9 to the mound. McCullers is having a better season than his 4.08 ERA would suggest. If we look deeper we see a 2.75 SIERA and a 1.3 WHIP. The wind will be blowing out to right center at a relatively strong 12mph but that's not too concerning given the matchup. Vincent Velasquez FD 7400 DK 8100 Opponent - WSH (Turner) Park - @PHIFD - 29.13 DK - 19.39 This one's a little riskier but could pay off at the end of the night. Vince Velasquez and the Phillies host the Nationals in Citizens Bank Park tonight for game two of the series. The Nationals easily won last night, teeing off on Rookie Nick Pivetta with even Stephen Strasburg getting in on the long ball action, and the Phillies pitching staff as a whole has allowed more home runs than any team in baseball this season. Velasquez will have a hard road ahead of him tonight, but it will get that much easier if Bryce Harper is kept out of the lineup again with a groin strain. Washington sports the best team wOBA...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/6/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for GPP stacks to target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Coors Field Let's just get the obvious out of the way. The Rockies host the Diamondbacks in Coors Field tonight and both teams are forecasted for the top two run totals on the night (Colorado at 6.1, Arizona at 5.5) and as is always the case with a Coors weekend both are in consideration for tournament stacking, either separately, or as a whole game stack. Both teams send southpaws to the hill tonight, Patrick Corbin for the DBacks, is 2-3 through 6 starts this season walking 2.8 batters per 9 and he's allowing a .326 wOBA against right handed hitters. This is good news for the righty heavy lineup the Rockies will sens to the plate, featuring the likes of DJ LeMahieu, Nolan Arenado, Mark Reynolds and Trevor Story. Charlie Blackmon hits from the other side of the plate, but lead off in Coors can't be ignored simply due to handedness. On the other side we have Tyler Anderson Colorado'l left handed arm and we know that means big things for the Diamondbacks and Paul Goldschmidt who crush left handed pitchers. Anderson's off to a tough start to his 2017 campaign with a 1-3 record through 6 starts this season allowing 2.67 HR/9 and a .411 wOBA against right handed bats. 6 of his 9 home runs allowed have come from the right side of the plate which is good news for not just GOldy, but A.J. Pollock, Chris Owings, and Yasmany Thomas. Jeremy Lamb is also in play in the cleanup spot. Vegas, is giving the edge to the Rockies here, but I'm liking Arizona more and more Baltimore Orioles If you read the picks article, you know the system loves the Orioles tonight, and I am equally enamored. The Orioles have the highest implied run total outside of Coors at 5.5 and have the pleasure of going up tonight against Dylan Covey. The rookie right hander is 0-2 through 4 starts and his nubers have been anything but impressive. he's only striking out 3.43 batters per nine, but is walking 4.29 per. He's sporting a 7.29 ERA...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/6/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitcher Clayton Kershaw FD 12300 DK 14200 Opponent - SD (Richard) Park - @LAD FD - 42.15 DK - 27.71 I had written up my pitchers with the theme of cheap arms, since the highest priced pitcher on FanDuel was less than 10K, and the ones on DraftKings that were over 10K weren't necessarily worth paying up for, then the Dodgers went and swapped Kershaw and Brandon McCarthy in the rotation. We had originally targeted McCarthy as the third pitcher for today in a good spot against the Padres, so that speaks volumes to just how good a play Kershaw is. Kershaw is basically a must play in cash games every time he steps to the rubber, today however it's amplified by how tremendously bad the Padres are at the plate. The Padres have the third worst team wOBA in baseball (.287) and the third highest K% at 24.5%. As if that's not bad enough the numbers get even worse when you consider the split, against southpaws the Padres have a collective wOBA of .256 with a .118 ISO. They strikeout slightly less against lefties, but that's insignifcant in the grand scheme of things. This is Kershaw against the Padres. That's all that really needs be said. Jake Odorizzi FD 7500 DK 7900 Opponent - TOR (Estrada) Park - @TBFD - 32.37 DK - 21.3 From a points per dollar perspective, Jake Odorizzi comes in our projection system head and shoulders above the rest. Odorizzi comes into today with a 1-1 record, recently returned from a left hamstring strain with a career 3.74 ERA, .276 BABIP striking out 8.22 batters per nine and will take the hill against the Blue Jays. Here we are, a month in to the season, and still waiting to see if the Jays can break out of their funk and play some winning basball. They carry the second worst team wOBA in the American League (.294) which dips to .287 against right handed arms and strike out 22.6% of the time. Odorizzi has had some trouble with the long ball early on, allowing 2 HR/9 but against Toronto, I'm not too worried. This game falls in the three game early slate and I'll have a ton of Odorizzi in...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/30/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for GPP stacks to target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Cleveland Indians The tribe have split their first two games this weekend with the Mariners, just edging past them 4-3 last night. They go for the series win today against rookie Chase De Jong. De Jong was called up when King Felix found himself on the DL and will make his first big league start today. in 4.2 innings out of the bullpen He's allowed 3 runs off of 3 hits and 3 walks, all three runs coming off a George Springer blast. His numbers in the minors don't suggest Seattle should expect much out of him against a team like Cleveland. Last season he had a 3.68 FIP in 25 AA starts, and was up to 5.58 in two AAA starts this season, with less than impressive strikeout rates. Vegas projects the Indians bats for the highest run total of the day and I'd put the top two thirds of their lineup (Carlos Santana, Francisco Lindor, Michael Brantley, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Ramirez, and Jason Kipnis) clearly in play today. Cleveland is sporting a .326 team wOBA, with a .331 OBP. They've gone long 28 times this season and are walking 10.3% of the time. St Louis Cardinals The Cardinals and Reds had the second game of the series postponed yesterday due to weather. Light rain is still in the forecast for today, but you have to think with the early start they're going to do all they can to get today's match in. The Cards won the game Friday night, and will look to close out with another win today against Bronson Arroyo. The 40 year old is 2-2 through his first two starts to the season, allowing 13 runs over his first two starts, and 5 runs over his second two. I suspect the true Arroyo lies somewhere in between. St. Louis rocked him in his 2017 debut for 6 runs, chasing him out after just 4 innings. They'll come at him hard today from the right side of the plate where he's allowing a .451 wOBA to start off the season, which they'll exploit with their...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/30/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for tournament pitchers to target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitchers Wade Miley FD 7800 DK 8200 Opponent - NYY (Montgomery) Park - @NYYFD - 24.75 DK - 16.53 Pitcher as a whole is pretty ugly today. Austyn gave you Keuchel and Archer, who are fine cash game plays, but if you're looking for a nice tournament play with a ton of upside, then look no further than Wade Miley. Miley is severely underpriced for his ceiling, but he's also sitting with a pretty low floor today due to his match up with the Yankees. It's because of the match up that I won't look to Miley in cash games, but he's my play of the day in tournaments. The Yankees have a team wOBA of .310 against southpaws dating back to last year, but it climbs to .334 in the first month of this season. They've got 32 home runs, 21 coming at home, and they are actually favored to win the final game of this series. That said, in Miley we have an arm with 11.08 K/9 which is the fifth best in the AL, giving up only 0.69 HR/9 and holding opposing left handed batters to a .244 wOBA dating back to last season (.303 for right handers). The 4.85 BB/9 is concerning, but if he can take advantage of the Yankees 20.4 K% to get them swinging he can collect some K's, hope for some runs support from his offense while holding the Yanks in check, he could be in for a big day, paying huge value on his bargain salary. Hyun-Jin Ryu FD 6600 DK 9200 Opponent - PHI (Pivetta) Park - @LADFD - 29.73 DK - 19.5 After Miley we're really looking at some risky plays. The Dodgers look to Sweep the Phillies out of L.A. today after a dramatic comeback last night. To complete the sweep they will send Hyun-Jin Ryu to the mound. The system loves Ryu as the top points per dollar play on FanDuel where he is coming in at a steal. It's a little more iffy on DraftKings. Ryu is better than his 0-4 record would suggest, striking out...