Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/24/17 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 NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Boston Red Sox With a full slate of day games on the table, you'd expect a few more offenses to have run totals exceeding 5 runs. The Red Sox certainly do, sitting at 5.28 as we speak. The Sox have the honor of facing off with Jackson Stephens, who's not a MLB-caliber arm. Before getting called up, Stephens was walking over 3 batters per 9 innings in AA/AAA. He does have good movement on his pitches, but that movement far too often brings it into the dirt or 3 feet off the plate. He's struggled in his early innings in the majors and is going up against his toughest test yet in the form of the Boston Red Sox. The Sox hit righties well with a .341 wOBA, and oh ya, they move into one of the greatest parks to hit at in baseball. Fenway is definitely great, but it's nearly impossible for some guys to hit it out to right. The Great American Ballpark was right there with Coors Field in HR expectancy last year and it's kept up in 2017. Benintendi and Mookie are my favorites, with Moreland and Bogaerts following closely behind. The whole order can be played in a GPP as I don't think Stephens gets pas the 4th or 5th inning. Make sure to have some Red Sox exposure. Main Stack - Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi, Xander Bogaerts, Mitch Moreland Sneaky Stack - Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi, Rafael Devers, Jackie Bradley Jr. Texas Rangers It's not too tough to figure out why you want to stack against Jharel Cotton. First things first, he's just as bad against both sides of the plate. In a stack situation, that's ideal. It pushes you away from having to jump certain guys in the order and then be pissed when they come up with a platoon advantage out of the bullpen. With this one, you can stack a consecutive 4 guys, no matter their handedness. Cotton has allowed a .362 wOBA to righties and a .359 to lefties. He has an HR issue and runs into...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/24/17 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. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Clayton Kershaw FD 11700 DK 13400 Opponent - SF (Stratton) Park - @LADFD - 45.29 DK - 29.87 THis is the best pitcher you'll ever see in this article, but it was going to happen one way or another. We have 3 elite arms on the mound today in Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber, and Clayton Kershaw. We touched on Scherzer and Kluber in the main picks article and will now look at Kershaw + a cheaper option. The big problem with Kershaw recently is that the Dodgers don't have much to play for. They are locked into the playoffs and it's not worth risking any injury for statistical purposes. When you have an arm like Clayton Kershaw that has be relied upon heavily for 5 years and the injuries are there, you have to be careful. Still, he will get around 90 pitches and that could very well be enough against the Giants. The Giants are one of the worst teams in baseball at the plate and have held a .320 wOBA with a 23% strikeout rate against lefties. Kershaw is unstoppable at home and I do expect about 6 clean innings here. With that being said, Scherzer and Kluber will be in my cash games. Kershaw will not. Jose Berrios FD 8100 DK 9700 Opponent - DET (Farmer) Park - @DETFD - 31.5 DK - 20.94 If those 3 aces are all a bit too pricey, I get it. In a tournament, you can fade them and pay up for big bats. Those big bats will be under 10% owned and could 2-3 of them could very well outscore/match any pitching performance. However, don't do it in cash games. In cash, you play one of the top options and you move on. As for this cheaper option we speak of, it's Jose Berrios. Berrios can be expected to be around the price of Scherzer in 2018, but we're not there yet. Berrios is one of the biggest prospects in baseball and has been regarded as one of the safest. He has a major-league demeanor with major-league stuff. He's...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/24/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitcher Corey Kluber FD 12000 DK 13100 Opponent - SEA (Leake) Park - @SEA FD - 46.22 DK - 30.61 On first glance, the number of aces on this slate is crazy. It's not as great as it seems, though, as the season is winding down and there are some guys who won't see a full complement of pitches. Kluber, however, has no problem of that kind. He has gone 7+ innings in 6 straight starts and is pretty close to locking up the Cy Young. He gets a pretty fair match-up with the Mariners in a tremendous ballpark for pitchers. The Mariners have been exactly league average against righties with a .324 season wOBA, but strikeout a lot at 23%. They are much worse in Safeco Field and very rarely blow up a pitcher. Kluber is arguably the best pitcher in baseball and I know he's the 1 guy I wouldn't want to face right now. Since the start of the season, Kluber has held righties to a .225 wOBA and lefties to a .250. I know, lefties really dominate him. In this ballpark, I expect the Klubot to cruise as much as he has recently. His floor is about 6 innings and 7 K's, with a CGSO ceiling. The Mariners are nothing special and certainly won't stand in the way of Kluber if he is on his game. If you have the funds, there's no reason not to pay up. Max Scherzer FD 10800 DK 12900 Opponent - NYM (deGrom) Park - @NYM FD - 45.68 DK - 30.15 If you told me there would be 2 pitchers more expensive than Max Scherzer on a slate just a month ago, I would have called you crazy. He has struggled a bit recently and just hasn't been shown the upside he typically does. With that being said, the definition of struggle is pretty relative. We are talking about Max Scherzer, so his bad games are still 6-7 innings and close to double-digit strikeouts. You just have to e careful with his HR problems. He gets a phenomenal match-up with a lifeless Mets team who has all but given up on the season. Scherzer did have a dominant start last time out against the...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/23/17 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. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Kyle Hendricks FD 8600 DK 9400 Opponent - MIL (Suter) Park - @MILFD - 29.89 DK - 19.79 There are quite a few ways to go at pitcher on this early slate, and most of them were touched on in the main picks article. Kyle Hendricks is really the only guy left that's worth talking about. THe Brewers have the ability put some lefties in their lineup finally, but it hasn't turned into any production. They have still ranked 26th in the league against righties since the ASB and strikeout as much as anyone at 24.5%. Miller Park is a pretty average ballpark and much tougher for lefties to hit in. THe Cubs are still securing the division lead, so this game against the Brewers is absolutely crucial. Hendricks should see around 100 pitches and I do think he's pretty safe. I don't mind him in any format, but I'll get my exposure in cash games. His price is fair and I don't think many will be on him. I expect the Cubs to get to Brent Suter early and for the win to be up for grabs. Consider Hendricks if you're looking for a pivot. Chad Bettis FD 6200 DK 6700 Opponent - SD (Chacin) Park - @SDFD - 27.58 DK - 18.27 On this late slate, you can go a lot of different ways. I do think Strasburg is the top option and I'll have a lot of him in cash games. There is another guy I like, though, in San Diego. Chad Bettis is facing off with the Padres, who we know can be taken advantage of by righties. Bettis is way too cheap on both sites and I'm willing to play him in both formats. Bettis has definitely shown some struggles on the season, but most of them have been caused by the Coors Field elevation. He held a .334 wOBA against righties dating back to 2016 and has also struck out close to 9 batters per 9. They're favored to win this game and I think they will. Jhoulys Chacin struggles against lefties and...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/23/17 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 NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Chicago Cubs This early slate is a pretty interesting one. With 1 offense that stands above the rest, the ownership should be relatively spread out. FOr this spot in the stacks article, I considered 3 or 4 teams. I ended on the Cubs due to expected low ownership and their ability to hit left-handed pitching. They face Brent Suter, who's actually been very serviceable for the Brewers. He's been dominant against lefties, but has some holes against righties. He's allowed a .327 wOBA to them and has held a 1.5 HR/9. Miller Park is one of the friendliest parks in the game for righties and we know the Power the Cubs can bring. Kris Bryant is my top play in the order and probably my favorite play of the entire early slate. Willson Contreras and Anthony Rizzo are the next guys up. Contreras smashes lefties and Rizzo is actually just as good against them. Depending on the way the batting order goes, Ben Zobrist and Albert Almora are my next favorite. They are both very safe and should be good bet to get driven in by the Bryant's of the world. The Cubs are far from a slam dunk, but I don't think that's any different from any of these early games. Take a shot on a team with high upside that will likely be below 20% owned. Main Stack - Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Ben Zobrist, Albert Almora Sneaky Stack - Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez, Albert Almora Arizona Diamondbacks This one is pretty easy. We do have a lot of solid offenses on this main slate, but none compare to the match-up the Diamondbacks are seeing. First things first, Vegas is expecting 5.82 runs, which is by far the highest of the day. Dillon Peters is a 25-year-old lefty who is not at all ready for the major leagues. He's only pitched 20 innings so far and they were full of trouble. He wasn't great in the minor leagues and didn't show any real upside with an 8 K/9 and a 2 BB/9 in...