Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/22/17 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 Kenta Maeda FD 8000 DK 9000 Opponent - ARI (Ray) Park - @ARIFD - 27.83 DK - 18.58 Kenta Maeda takes a bit of a hit today for the ballpark, the Dodgers are in Chase Field this weekend, but is still worth a look in tournaments for a number of factors. Last year the right hander finished with a .384 wOBA against left handed bats, and a .298 from the right side. This bodes well in his favor against the Diamondbacks Righty heavy lineup. The DBacks, despite playing in one of baseball’s more hitter friendly parks, are batting with a team wOBA of .319 and have only gone long 15 times so far this season, though 9 of those did come at home. They also strike out at a 25.3% K rate which is the third worst rate in the majors and provides a nice upside boost to Maeda, a pitcher that struck out 9.17 batters per 9 last year and is holding at an even 9 per 9 so far this year. The Dodgers are favored to win, though not by much, but if they can get the runs across early and Maeda builds up the Ks he could pay handsomely tonight. Dan Straily FD 7700 DK 7800 Opponent - SD (Weaver) Park - @SDFD - 30.79 DK - 20.31 Through three starts so far this season, Dan Straily is sitting with a 1-1 record in his new setting down in south beach. Tonight, he leaves Marlins park behind for the extremely pitcher friendly Petco Park in San Diego, home of the poor hitting Padres. San Diego is hitting with a piddling .287 team wOBA to start this season, and is striking out at an average 22.5% clip. The Marlins aren’t favored to win by much either, in fact, only one pitcher is looking like a solid option for a win tonight, we’ll get to him in a moment. Regardless of the win factor, the spacious park and poor offense provides us with plenty of potential upside for Straily making him an appealing tournament option on the main...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/22/17 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. Baltimore Orioles I said last night this was looking like one of my favorite stacks of the day, and the more I think about it, the more it is. Baltimore is hosting the Red Sox this weekend in Camden Yards, and tonight they step in to the batters box against Steven Wright. Wright had a solid 2016 finishing with a combined .287n wOBA and 7.3 K/9. This year through three starts however he has been struggling mightily, including getting rocked by the Orioles last week in Fenway. In that game he lasted 1.1 inning allowing 8 runs on 8 hits, and surrendering home runs to Chris Davis and Adam Jones. Pairing those two with Manny Machado, and Mark Trumbo could be an excellent way to go tonight. Those four combined for a .346 wOBA last year and 151 of the Orioles collective 253 home runs. The weather may be a factor here tonight, so keep an eye on the forecast as we draw closer to game time, current forecast is drizzle with a light wind blowing across from left to right. Philadelphia Phillies Next up, we have one of my favorite tournament stacks from last season, and that’s not just because I consider Citizens Bank Park to be my summer home. The Phillies lineup is designed for GPPs, they’re about as “boom or bust” from 1-8 as you’ll find anywhere in the majors. Just look at what they did to Jeremy Guthrie a couple of weeks ago. Granted, those games are few and far between, and I’m not implying the Phitins’ are going to put 12 on the board against Jaime Garcia, but that’s what provides the separation we want in a big tournament. Philadelphia, for what it’s worth is actually projected for 4.2 runs tonight, and Garcia is off to a shaky start to the season going 0-1 in three starts allowing 2.08 HR/9 and only striking out 4.15 batters per 9. This bodes well for swing first Philadelphia. Garcia finished last season with a .301 wOBA against left handed bats (.342 versus right), which elevated to .368...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/22/17 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 Carlos Carrasco FD 10300 DK 10900 Opponent - CHW (Shields) Park - @CHWFD - 35.66 DK - 23.39 Carlos Carrasco is the most expensive pitcher on the main slate across the industry and with good reason. Sporting a 1-1 record he comes in to tonight's contest with the White Sox in Chi Town with a 2.33 ERA, a .84 WHIP and a 19/6 K/BB ratio. That ratio would be even better if he didn't struggle so much with his control last time out against Detroit. He actually whiffed as many as he walked in that one, 5 each. The White Sox righty heavy bats are nothing to worry about against an ace right hander like Carrasco, who struck out 1.02/9 from each side of the plate last season and was more dominant versus the right side of the plate with a .294 wOBA compared to a .313 against lefties. The tribe is heavily favored in this game and I expect to see Carrasco throwing deep in to the night. A high floor high ceiling play definitely in play in all formats. Jacob deGrom FD 10500 DK 9900 Opponent - WSH (Gonzalez) Park - @NYMFD - 33.89 DK - 22.28 deGrom was scheduled to start last night against the Netionals in Citi Field but was pushed off a day due to neck stiffness. This is one to watch closely. If cleared to start, and everything I'm reading leads me to think he will, he makes for an excellent cash game play against a Nationals team that sported a respectable, yet still league average .318 wOBA against righties last year. I'd steer clear in tournaments, as Washington only struck out 20% of the time against right handers, and toeing the rubber against Gio means the win is far from a sure thing. If deGrom is held out once again, the Mets seem likely to insert Sean Gilmartin into his spot in the rotation which would add greatly to the appeal of the Washington bats. I fully expect deGrom to make the start, and he's been sharp to start off this season sporting a .56 WHIP despite having yet to garner a win in this first month. Michael Pineda FD 9100 DK 10100 Opponent - PIT...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/16/17 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 Indians get us started today coming in with the highest implied run total on the day at 5.1. They host the Tigers in Cleveland, and today the Tigers will be running Matt Boyd out to the mound. Boyd got off to a rough start this season giving up 5 runs to the White Sox before being pulled after only 2.1 innings. He was able to bounce back nicely in his second start throwing 6 shut out innings against the Twins. Today the lefty will have a challenge ahead of him with the power hitting Indians offense in Progressive Field. There should be a nice wind blowing out to right. Along with right handed hitters Edwin Encarnacion, and Brandon Guyer, Cleveland will send out switch hitters Carlos Santana, Francisco Lindor, and Jose Ramirez. Even left handed batter Michael Brantley poses a threat batting in the top of the order. I wouldn't be surprised to see Santana, Lindor and E.E. heavily owned in cash games, but any combination of 1-6 could make for a strong tournament stack as well. Fire up No Half Time for baseball season, and get a $25 bonus code when you use promo code DFSR25MLB! Kansas City Royals Our next stack is the Kansas City Royals. K.C. are hosting the Angels who will send Tyler Skaggs out to try and salvage a win after dropping the first two games of the series. Last season Skaggs sported a .323 wOBA against righties and .344 against lefties. He went 3-4 in ten starts with a 4.25 xFIP and allowed 4.17 BB/9 hasn't been any more impressive this season. Through two starts Skaggs has allowed 10 runs in 10.1 innings with 18 base runners. He'll be saddled with more than he can handle with the likes of Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain, Salvador Perez, Cheslor Cuthbert, and Eric Hosmer with Gordon and Cuthbert both come in at a nice bargain especially if they're batting towards the top of the order. Oakland Athletics For our last stack we head to Oakland where the Astros take on the Atheltics. You...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/16/17 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 Gio Gonzalez FD 9300 DK Opponent - PHI (Eickhoff) Park - @WSHFD - 32.45 DK - 21.32 Gio Gonzalez is riding an impressive spring in to an impressive start to the season. The southpaw has a 1-0 record through two starts and has a 1.33 WHIP with 13 Ks and only two walks. While it's still early going, he looks to be well on the path to best his 2016 season where he went 11-11 in 32 starts, striking out nearly a batter per inning and allowing a mere 0.96 hr/9. Today he will take the hill against NL East rivals the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies are not much different from the mediocre offense Gio saw several times last year, a team with a 23.1 k% which was fourth worst in the league, and homered 161 times. The one difference would be the departure of Ryan Howard, taking 15% of those home runs with him. Look for Gio to go deep into this one, while picking up at the very least 7 K's with 10+ not being entirely out of the question. Jerad Eickhoff FD 7500 DK Opponent - WSH (Gonzalez) Park - @WSHFD - 27.69 DK - 0 On the other side of that match up we have Jerad Eickhoff. The Hoff is actually looking pretty sharp through his first two starts, though the Phillies general lack of offensive support has kept him out of the win column. He opened the season in Cincinnati suffering a loss despite allowing only 2 runs in 6.2 innings, and receeived a no decision after seven innings of one run ball against the Mets. He'll face an uphill battle trying for a win against the high powered Nationals offense with the likes of Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy. For all their power however, the Nats still struck out at a 20.2% rate last season and we're going to need for him to hone in and fan some Nat bats today since the win will be hard to come by. If you're looking for a cheap arm with definite upside potential then give...