Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/20/17 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 Madison Bumgarner FD 10400 DK 12400 Opponent - PHI (Lively) Park - @SF FD - 41.74 DK - 27.58 There is no better situation for Madison Bumgarner. He's at home facing off with the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies are the worst team in baseball and are absolutely horrible against lefties. They've ranked 25th in the league with a .299 wOBA and 21% strikeout rate. They have absolutely no power and will struggle to put up runs in this spacious park. Bumgarner is the same guys he has been for the past couple years. Since the start of the season, he's held a .281 wOBA and 21% K rate. AT&T Park is the best park in baseball in limiting runs and this Phillies team is going to have bundles of trouble. Bumgarner is one of the best pitchers in baseball and we can't forget that just because he hasn't done a lot recently. He's the top option in both formats and I don't see it as too close. He will definitely cost you a pretty penny and it'll just come down to how you value your salary. If you're looking for safety, you should probably pay up. Pitchers are far more predictable than hitters and there is also a greater opportunity cost with only 1 on the roster. Jacob deGrom FD 10400 DK 12700 Opponent - MIA (Conley) Park - @NYM FD - 38.11 DK - 25.06 I don't see this as a day to pay down for pitcher(s). While I'll certainly touch on a guy who you can take a flier on in the low-end, it won't be fun. deGrom is the 2nd best play on this slate and he is the same price as Madison Bumgarner. deGrom and the Mets will face off with the lowly Miami Marlins in Citi Field. They have 3 good hitters and 6 poor ones. While definitely a tall task, if deGrom can find a way to get around Stanton, Ozuna, and Yelich, he will be on his way to a dominant outing. As a team, the Marlins rank 15th against righties with a high K%. Even if one of the big 3 does tag deGrom, I don't see him getting flustered and letting it bother the...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/19/17 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 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 Jose Quintana FD 8400 DK 12000 Opponent - TOR (Tepesch) Park - @CHCFD - 35.19 DK - 23.06 If you're playing on this early slate, it's pretty messy. With the Cardinals game possibly raining out, we could see this turn into a 2 game slate. One game has a 10.5 o/u and this one in Wrigley won't be far off. Quintana is really your only reasonable option and he should be close to 80% owned on both sites. He faces off with the Blue Jays, who are visiting Wrigley Field in what is a very weird series. The Blue Jays have ranked 14th in baseball with a .323 wOBA. They also strike out at a 22% clip and practically never walk. Quintana does a good job against both sides of the plate and has posted a .289 combined wOBA. The Jays are definitely better against lefties, but you don't really have a choice. He will very rarely kill you in cash games and this is a slate where it's nearly impossible with the expected outcome and ownership. If Quintana puts up 10, you can still win in cash games. If he puts up 30 and you fade him, you have 0 shot. In a tournament, you can turn and fade him in hopes of an atrocious performance. Personally, I'll throw my hedge $ elsewhere. Ty Blach FD 7300 DK 7100 Opponent - PHI (Eickhoff) Park - @SFFD - 22.97 DK - 15.08 Trust me, I have no desire to roster Ty Blach. Not now and not ever. He barely strikes out 4 batters per 9 innings for god's sake. He's a very weird pitcher that relies on soft contact and luck. In AT&T Park, it works. A team like the Phillies simply can't manufacture runs in a stadium like this. They have 1 or 2 bats that have any type of potential and they are a rookie and a guy with a 30%+ K rate. The Phillies are so bad it's almost difficult to describe it. Think of the 76ers with no draft picks. The '07 Cavs with no LeBron....

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/19/17 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. Texas Rangers Yep, really going out on a limb with this one. It seems like the Rangers have been the top stack for about a week now, but I guess that's what happens when the White Sox come into town. They easily have the worst rotation in the league and will bring out possibly the worst of all tonight in Derek Holland. Holland is a left-handed thrower who is absolutely awful against righties. In almost 100 innings of work, he's held onto a .404 wOBA and has allowed 24 home runs. He now moves into one of the best parks in the league for hitting. Globe Life Park is great for both righties and lefties and ranked top 5 during the 2016 summer months. Holland is going to give up runs and he's not going to last long. Because of that, I'm fine targeting Rangers lefties who may be lower owned. They will likely see a righty or two out of the bullpen and have a great shot of making an impact. Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrus are the top 2 and musts for a stack. Delino Deshields follows closely behind if he's in the leadoff hole. The rest of the order is a bit wild and I'm fine going anywhere. Joey Gallos is probably my favorite tournament play as he can hit 2 HR's on any given night. Main Stack - Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus, Delino Deshields, Mike Napoli Sneaky Stack - Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus, Carlos Gomez, Joey Gallo Atlanta Braves I know the Braves aren't a team you really want to stack, but hear me out. When they're projected to put up 5.33 runs, you have to listen. Robert Stephenson and the pitiful Reds bullpen will move into SunTrust Park and face off with the hot Atlant Braves. The Braves have been decent at home against righties and obviously, have a few guys who can do real damage. As for Stephenson, he's a failed experiment who is now bouncing from the rotation to the pen and back. He's allowed a .391 wOBA combined and is a...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/19/17 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 Chris Sale FD 11500 DK 14100 Opponent - NYY (Sabathia) Park - @BOS FD - 43.32 DK - 28.61 Let's get right to Stephen Strasburg. We saw the dumpster fire that was the Nationals scratching Scherzer after lock yesterday and I can't say I'm excited for this one. Strasburg has been questionable all week and Dusty Baker said "we'll see". With how things go with this organization, I'm definitely not comfortable with him in my cash games. Fortunately, we have some great pivots. Chris Sale is going to be super expensive, but you know what you're getting. He's arguably the best pitcher in the league this year and he has a pretty solid matchup with the Yankees. They hold just a .305 wOBA against lefties and strikeout nearly 23% of the time. They're worse on the road and have been coming down to earth in recent weeks. Sale is an easy cash game option and one you have to strongly consider in tournaments as well. It just comes down how much salary you're willing to sacrifice for a safe pitcher. Jerad Eickhoff FD 7400 DK 7900 Opponent - SF (Blach) Park - @SF FD - 26.67 DK - 17.72 If you do want to pay down a bit, Jerad Eickhoff makes a lot of sense. While he doesn't have a ton of upside, this is one of the safest match-ups he has seen all year. As we know, the Giants are dead last against righties with a .291 wOBA they only have 2 or 3 hitters that intimidate righties and even they struggle to produce in the spacious AT&T Park. Eickhoff has struggled against lefties on the season, though a .342 BABIP indicates he's been getting a bit unlucky. He's dominant against righties and strikes them out at a 9 per 9 innings clip. Expect Eickhoff to be one of the more popular pay-down options on the slate and rightfully so. Good pitcher. Horrible team. Great ballpark. The pieces are there and as long as Eickhoff can come out with his regular weapons he'll be fine. Catcher Robinson Chirinos FD 2900 DK 3700 Opponent - CHW (Holland) Park - @TEX FD - 12.09 DK - 9.22 We're going to be on these...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/16/17 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.   Texas Rangers With so many bad pitchers on this slate, we may be able to throw a squad of 9 together and put up some runs in a couple of these parks. I mean, I can't fathom the reason for guys like Homer Bailey and Anibal Sanchez to be around. Do these teams not realize how absolutely horrid they are? Is there no point in trying to get a young guy some experience in the majors or try to transition a strong bullpen arm into a starter? I guess these franchises just want to lose now and in the future. I don't get it. Mostly because a guy like Anibal Sanchez is almost as bad as you can possibly be. You won't see a pitcher put up much worse numbers over the same time period. What are these horrid numbers I speak of? Against righties, .409 wOBA. Lefties? .363. In 70 innings of work, he's allowed an astounding 21 home runs. He now moves from Comerica Park to Globe Life, which is a top 5 hitting park in the summer months. The Rangers hold an implied team total over 6 and is an offense you almost need exposure to. Joey Gallo and Rougned Odor are my 2 favorites, with Mazara and Choo just about tied with them. You can go anywhere in this order and obviously guys like Adrian Beltre can go nuts. That goes without being said. Main Stack - Rougned Odor, Joey Gallo, Nomar Mazara, Delino Deshields Sneaky Stack - Rougned Odor, Joey Gallo, Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus Chicago Cubs While most people let their fandom get the best of them, I may be the opposite. As a Cubs fan, I sometimes find myself trying to stay away as I try not to lean towards my bias. In result, it skews my results the other way. Tonight is not the night where I'll be considering the option of fading. I'm playing these Cubs and I'm willing to go down with the ship. Homer Bailey, who's basically the Cincy Anibal Sanchez, doesn't have much left in the...