DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Tuesday 5/3/22 - Main Slate 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 Brandon Woodruff FD 9700 DK 8900 Opponent - CIN (Tyler Mahle) Park - CINFD - 43.33 DK - 23.56 After struggling to get the K stuff going in his first two starts, Woodruff has started to round back into form over the last couple, striking out 15 batters in his last 10 innings. It’s a good sign for the righty who was electric last season. And on Tuesday he’ll have a chance to improve on that against a bottom-feeding Reds team. Cincinnati is easily the worst offense in the league with a .267 team wOBA, five points lower than the next-closest team. Woodruff and the Brewers are -245 home favorites, far and away the best win odds on the day. I suspect he’s the chalk pitcher here on Tuesday. Joe Ryan FD 10200 DK 9500 Opponent - BAL (Bruce Zimmermann) Park - BALFD - 39.82 DK - 21.84 With Ryan and Woodruff both coming under 10K on DraftKings, I think we’ll be able to fit them in lineups pretty easily together. The Orioles rank 24th in team wOBA this season and strike out at the second-highest rate (25.7%). It’s close to a dream matchup for Ryan who’s been awesome for his first 50 major league innings on the mound. He’s striking out close to 10 batters per nine and has a 4:1 K:BB ratio in that time. The matchup is too good to pass up and the peripherals point in the right direction for Ryan here. Catcher/First Base C.J. Cron FD 4000 DK 5300 Opponent - WSH (Erick Fedde) Park - WSHFD - 14.47 DK - 10.88 The Rockies’ 5.9 implied run line is easily the highest of the day, nearly a run higher than the next-closest team. So we are going to want to have exposure to some of these Coors bats. Cron has started off great in the power department this season, already belting eight home runs on the season with an OPS in the mid-900s. Fedde has been the definition of an average pitcher over the course of his career with a strikeout rate right around seven per nine innings. Cron predictably is doing most of his damage at home with a 1.153 OPS there this season. Let’s fire him up again there on Tuesday. Yasmani Grandal FD 2400 DK 4300 Opponent - CHC (Drew Smyly) Park - CHCFD - 10.69 DK - 7.87...

DFS NBA Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - Tuesday 5/3/22 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. Plus our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or NFL? Be sure to read our free NBA and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy, and more. We've got you completely covered. Point Guard / Shooting Guard Jrue Holiday FD - $8400 DK - $8300Opponent - BOSProj Pts FD - 46.27 DK - 46.88 The Bucks handled the Celtics with relative ease in the first game of the series, winning by 11 and not having to break all that big of a sweat. Holiday took the second-most shots on the team with 20 and finished with 25 points, nine rebounds, five assists, and three steals. It was a complete line and he easily paid these prices. I think he should be in store for that kind of production throughout the series and, if anything, the minutes could tick up as things move along. He should continue to be a popular play as long as Middleton is out of the lineup. Marcus Smart FD - $6300 DK - $6200Opponent - MILProj Pts FD - 30.37 DK - 30.47 Smart only played 32 minutes in the first game, but much of that was due to heading to the locker room in the first half which, at the time, looked to be a pretty bad shoulder injury. But he returned and played through it, finishing with 10 points and six assists. He struggled some from the field, going 3-11 though the same can be said of pretty much every Celtic. I think the price is fine considering in a normal game he’s going to push towards 40 minutes. He picks up enough stats along the way to justify it.  Dillon Brooks FD - $5000 DK - $5500Opponent - GSProj Pts FD - 32.08 DK - 34.07 Desmond Bane FD - $6400 DK - $6700Opponent - GSProj Pts FD - 40.59 DK - 43.72 Both of these guys were bad in Game 1 though there is at least some context around that. Brooks was in foul trouble and had his minutes shaved because of it. And Bane struggled from the field with his shooting, going just 3-10. These two things combined with Jaren Jackson Jr. not getting into foul trouble and taking full run and usage off the table. I don’t think all of those things can combine once again. And also, Ja Morant took a whopping 31 shots,...

DFS NBA Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - Sunday 5/1/22 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. Plus our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or NFL? Be sure to read our free NBA and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy, and more. We've got you completely covered. Point Guard / Shooting Guard Stephen Curry FD - $9500 DK - $8900Opponent - MEMProj Pts FD - 47.91 DK - 49.92 Curry is coming too cheap on DraftKings at sub-$9K and now that he’s fully back in the starting lineup, the minutes should press towards 40 as long as the game stays close. He took 22 and 23 shots in each of the last two games, putting up 30 and 33 points respectively. He was able to get after it on the defensive end with six steals total in that span and he’s likely to keep the assists in the 6-7 range at least. The Grizzlies are going to have their hands full with Curry in this series and the Warriors in general are looking like a very tough out. Jrue Holiday FD - $8100 DK - $8200Opponent - BOSProj Pts FD - 46.27 DK - 46.88 For the Bucks to be ultra-competitive in this series Jrue is going to need to be pretty amazing considering Milwaukee is still without Khris Middleton for the foreseeable future. It was hit or miss for him last series with the shooting not completely there on a consistent basis, and more of the playmaking duties fell onto Giannis’s shoulders as well. But Holiday still averaged 16 points, seven rebounds, and five rebounds over 36 minutes per. It stands to reason that the run increases with games staying closer here. He’s going to have Jayson Tatum duties on the defensive end which is a task in and of itself, but he’s still a good play here. Klay Thompson FD - $6500 DK - $7100Opponent - MEMProj Pts FD - 38.55 DK - 41.03 He’s got the minutes ramped up to 40 which he played in the closeout game against the Nuggets last time out. If that’s going to be the case then I think are still getting him as a solid value play on FanDuel. It’s a bit tougher on DraftKings where he’s gotten a bit too expensive. Sure, Curry joining the starting lineup doesn’t help the usage rate, but he averaged 17 shots per game over the Denver series and lit it up at 43% from...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Saturday 4/30/22 - All Day 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 Shane Bieber FD - P 10400 DK - SP 8900 Opponent - OAK (Cole Irvin) Park - OAKFD - 45.44 DK - 25.26 Bieber hasn’t dialed it all the way up to start the season, striking out less than a batter an inning through his first 22 innings. That’s way off his career pace, but it’s still early in the season and I’m not all that worried about this ace. The velocity is down some which is a bit concerning though, again, it’s early the year and the colder weather can sometimes have this effect. I still like him as a -151 road favorite against the A’s with the run line at a paltry 6.5. Because he hasn’t been lights out to start the season, the price is down some on DraftKings. Gerrit Cole FD - P 9800 DK - SP 10000 Opponent - KC (Carlos Hernández) Park - KCFD - 43.32 DK - 24.46 Cole had a brutal outing against the Tigers on the 19th and that’s really skewing a lot of his season stats. It’s such an outlier that I’m willing to kind of wipe it off the books considering he had five walks in 1.2 innings, something that just legit never happens for the guy. And even with that he has 21 Ks in 18 innings pitched. He’s still an ace and that should be the case again here on Saturday where he’s a big favorite against a lighter-hitting Royals squad. The price isn’t high enough on FanDuel where he’s likely to be very high owned on the evening slate. Logan Webb (FD $10200 DK $10000) is a huge -240 home favorite today against the Nationals. He’s got the park in his favor and the Nationals are a weaker offense. He just isn’t elite with the K’s. Sean Manaea (FD $9600 DK $8900) draws the Pirates as a -166 road favorite heading into Pittsburgh. Catcher/First Base José Abreu FD 3400 DK 4600 Opponent - LAA (José Suarez) Park - LAAFD - 10.74 DK - 8.13 The White Sox are facing off against the lefty Jose Suarez on Saturday which is good news for their whole offense. Suarez has been decidedly below average for his career, sporting a 5.04 xFIP, while striking out batters less than 20% of the time. Meanwhile, Abreu has been much better against lefties, rocking a .929 OPS and .390 wOBA...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Friday 4/29/22 - Main Slate 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 Nestor Cortes FD - P 10000 DK - RP 10000 Opponent - KC (Kris Bubic) Park - KCFD - 36.41 DK - 19.62 Nestor Cortes is a $10K pitcher just a month or so into the season just like we all thought, right? Well, he deserves every bit of this pricing bump considering how lights-out he’s been to start the season. He has a ridiculous 45% K rate through his first 15.2 innings on the season and has 25 K’s to 3 BBs. It’s just be so sick from the 27-year-old who showed flashed of this last season. The K rate isn’t likely to sustain at this level, but it really doesn’t need to for him to maintain this price point. He’s a -200 road favorite against the Royals and could be a popular arm on the slate. Frankie Montas FD - P 10200 DK - SP 8100 Opponent - CLE (Aaron Civale) Park - OAKFD - 41.92 DK - 22.79 Montas has gone six or more innings in each of his last three starts and is able to do so by combining swing-and-miss stuff with excellent control. He has a 5:1 K:BB ratio and comes as a -127 home favorite in this matchup. But the Indians have one of the lowest implied run lines on the slate seeing as how the over/under on this game is sitting at an even 7. Montas is a great price on DraftKings where he’s likely to one of the highest owned players on Friday. Catcher/First Base Joey Votto FD - 1B 2900 DK - 1B 2800 Opponent - COL (Antonio Senzatela) Park - COLFD - 13.58 DK - 10.16 The Reds have been horrible to start the season with a 3-15 record and the worst team wOBA in the league, kind of by a lot. It’s been a rough road. And now we are left in an interesting spot. Because some of their prices are way down as they head into Coors Field for the weekend. Votto is hitting in the middle of the order and coming sub-$3K on both sites. Yes, he’s been worse than bad to start the season but I think we need to take the risk on the park and an early sample size driving things down. C.J. Cron FD 4100 DK 5200 Opponent - CIN (Hunter Greene) Park - CINFD - 14.18 DK - 10.66...

DFS NBA Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - Wednesday 4/26/22 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. Plus our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or NFL? Be sure to read our free NBA and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy, and more. We've got you completely covered. Point Guard / Shooting Guard Jrue Holiday FD - $8100 DK - $8600Opponent - CHIProj Pts FD - 46.4 DK - 47 The Bucks can finish off the Bulls here on Wednesday and Chicago could be without both Zach Lavine and Alex Caruso. It’s looking like the series is basically over regardless though stranger things and all. Jrue took the second-most shots on the team in Game 4, putting up 21 on his way to scoring 26 points while also adding seven assists. With Khris Middleton out, the price hasn’t really corrected enough on Jrue considering the uptick in usage and on-ball time. I suspect he’s one of the most popular plays on this two-game slate. Ayo Dosunmu FD - $4500 DK - $4400Opponent - MILProj Pts FD - 24.14 DK - 26.08 Coby White FD - $4200 DK - $4500Opponent - MILProj Pts FD - 21.75 DK - 24.53 The Bulls' situation is really up in the air at the time of this writing. Zach Lavine is in Covid protocols and Alex Caruso is in the concussion protocol, having not traveled with the team ahead of the game. It’s very likely both of these guys are out for Chicago which would obviously be close to a death blow for the team. From a fantasy perspective, it could mean one or both of Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White get the start in the backcourt for the Bulls. Whoever starts is a value play and would likely play a lot, even in a blowout. Chicago is just so thin right now that all of the minutes should be there for these guys. Will Barton FD - $5500 DK - $5800Opponent - GSProj Pts FD - 29.93 DK - 33.09 Barton had a pretty bad Game 4 in the Denver win over the Warriors, their first of the series. Austin Rivers ended up playing a ton and Bones Hyland took a lot of shots per minute in the backcourt. But Barton overall has been decent in this series from a fantasy perspective, averaging 16 points, seven rebounds, and four assists in the previous three games. He’s coming cheap enough on FanDuel to play in cash...