Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 7/25/14 Breaking News! We are offering a new bonus for first time deposits on ScoreStreak. For the next week, if you make a first time deposit to ScoreStreak through DFSR you will receive two weeks (14 days) of our Lineup Construction Tools for FanDuel and DraftKings. It's easy. Just make a first time deposit on ScoreStreak and then sign up for our Lineup Construction Tools. We will credit you the half month of our winning projections for free. You'll also receive an additional $10 to play with on ScoreStreak. If you have any questions, just email us dailyfantasysr@gmail.com or shoot us a tweet @dailyfantasysr     Total Bases Andrew McCutchen Why get crazy here right? All of the stars are aligned for this guy to have a huge game and there aren't even any salary cap issues to worry about here. He's facing a lefty in Coors and that's pretty much all you need to know. But if you feel like you need to know a little more, know this: McCutch is OPS'ing over 1.000 against lefties this season and Brett Anderson is a dude who pitches to contact. This can be a poison pill in Colorado and McCutchen is in such a great spot. Anderson strikes out less than six batters per nine and has an xFIP near four. Why think too hard about this one? Mike Trout Speaking of guys who destroy lefties. Have you heard of Michael Nelson Trout? He's pretty good on this side of the platoon split. His 187 wRC+ and .438 wOBA against southpaws is something we dream about in situations like this: facing the Drew Smyly's of the world. Smyly's xFIP is over four and though he can strike some ("some" being the operative word) batters out, this is still Trout we are talking about.   Hits Jose Altuve If you play anyone else in the top hitters spot, you are simply doing it wrong. Altuve is a hit machine. He never strikes out. Walks even less and is having a fantastic season. He's among the best hitters in the league against lefty pitching with an OPS in the mid .900's thanks in part to a high Babip, but also due to a career platoon split that much favors facing lefties. Oh, and good news: Brad Hand stinks. Howie Kendrick Another guy I'll be targeting against Smyly, Kendrick profiles different than Trout (duh) but makes an advantageous play on this side of the split. His 143 wRC+ against lefties is thanks in large part to his LD% against lefties, a contact rate that plays perfectly to this style of DFS play. Should be able to eek...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, DraftDay and StarStreet 7/24/14 Our Free Baseball eBook is live! Check out the details, and get your copy now! Don't make another lineup before reading this book! It contains one mistake that basically everyone in the daily fantasy baseball industry is making! Try a free 3-day trial to our Lineup Construction Tools for FanDuel and DraftKings. Or, as a SPECIAL OFFER get our premium service free for two whole weeks (14 days) by making a first-time deposit to our partner ScoreStreak. Check out our exclusive ScoreStreak picks for details on this offer.   Pitchers Jeff Samardzija - FD 7900 DK 8600 DD 16800 SS 24200 Must be nice getting traded to a team with a top record in the league. Samardzija is ours system’s top pitching play for the early slate for both raw points and points per dollar. There is so much to like here. He’s priced in the tier below Hamels (see below) in that slate and will be a high percentage play. But for good reason. His peripherals have been solid this season striking out more than eight batters per nine while keeping the walks low. His xFIP is in the low 3’s and Oakland is a pitcher’s park limiting power to lefties. And finally, the Astros rank near the bottom of the league against righties and strike out more than 24% of the time. I’ll have him all over the early slate of games. Edwin Jackson - FD 5900 DK 5800 DD 11050 SS 14200 He’s a risk wrapped up in an enigma that frustrates the hell out of everyone he comes near. But he’s facing the Padres. So what’s guy to do? As we all know, the Dads are about as bad as it gets on offense. Some of it is bad luck, but even a moderate regression would still have them in the basement. EJax meanwhile isn’t as bad as his plus 5 ERA would indicate. The xFIP is almost a run and a half lower. Still not great, but he isn’t this bad. The Padres are a team to bounce back against and get the numbers looking right again. The walks are a concern but if you want to save money on pitching, this is the place to start. Tyson Ross - FD 7900 DK 9300 DD 17150 SS 27000 I don’t like picking pitchers that face each other mostly because it cancels out the opportunity at two wins (on multi-SP sites) but Ross is interesting here today mostly because his numbers this season are pretty damned good. The xFIP is just a hair over three, he’s striking out nearly a batter per nine and...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 7/23/14 DFSR has partnered with ScoreStreak: a new, innovative style of DFS play. Gone is the salary finagling, mixing and matching, and hair-pulling that goes into setting lineups. ScoreStreak simplifies the process in an easy-to-use interface. Employing a prop-pick style, ScoresStreak leagues are specific outcome dependent with three categories: Total Bases, Hits, and for pitchers, Strikeouts. New users who deposit through DFSR will get an extra $10 to play with. We are putting in picks every night and giving you some of our top plays each day. Two are on us, the third is all you. Or go your own way. As always, if you are new to daily fantasy baseball, make sure read our Free Baseball e-book. It contains one mistake that basically everyone in the daily fantasy baseball industry is making! Also be sure to sign up for a free 3-day trial to access the MLB system and spreadsheets that help produce our picks. And give ScoreStreak a try. You'll like it as much as we do.   Total Bases Anthony Rendon Ryan Zimmerman Jayson Werth I typically don’t put three guys into these picks in any one category because I don’t want to give the farm away completely. But there’s no sense in screwing around here or dancing around the obvious. Theses are the dudes to target. They all hit considerably better against lefty pitching, are all stepping into the batter’s box in Coors and get to face Jorge de la Rosa’s low-K profile. It’s a match made in total bases heaven. Why fade the chalk line when there’s no salary to contend with? Don’t be a hero.   Hits Michael Brantley Here’s a guy who just wants to put the ball in play over and over again. I have a feeling Kyle Gibson will oblige. Brantley has a K% and BB% both around 8.00 which is as low as you’ll see from a middle of the order hitter. His contact rate is outstanding. Anthony Swarzak on the other hand strikes out less than five batters per nine and walks around four. I’ll have him all over him top hits category today without hesitation. Victor Martinez Doesn’t love to walk and likes to strikeout even less. V-Mart makes such a solid play today for the overall hits category on those considerations alone before you even factor in that Trevor Cahill is pretty garbage. The only thing tempering me a little on Martinez today is Cahill’s K% and BB% are both pretty high which will bring down the contact expectation some. Otherwise, the ballpark is perfect for hitters and Martinez has been raking this season.   Strikeouts Madison Bumgarner I wish they weren’t playing in Philly, but Darvish in the Bronx and Strasburg...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, DraftDay and StarStreet 7/22/14 Our Free Baseball eBook is live! Check out the details, and get your copy now! Don't make another lineup before reading this book! It contains one mistake that basically everyone in the daily fantasy baseball industry is making! Tired of shedding bankroll? Be sure to sign up for a free 3-day trial to access the MLB system and spreadsheets that help produce our picks. We're also trying a new format called Scorestreak - it's a much more accessible game than the traditional salary cap format, and people who sign up through DFSR get a few free bucks. If you're interested, here are today's daily picks: Check em out.   Pitchers Pitching is kind of a disaster today. I don’t want to pay a boat load for Wainwright as his peripherals and xFIP are running way behind his salaries. He’s been good but not anywhere close to the sub-2 ERA guy you see. But man are there a bunch of losers on the mound. Mike Minor - FD 6900 DK 7200 DD 11950 SS NA This is how much I hate the pitching options today. I’m recommending a guy who was sent down to the minors a few months ago because his ERA was through the roof and this is his first start back. Oh and don’t forget his time in the minors was nothing to write home about. But Salazar’s xFIP is well below his ERA and there was for sure some bad luck thrown in there along the way. The Twins are an average team against righties and strike out more than 21% of the time. This is risky for sure, but every pitcher feels that way today. Consider Jimmy Nelson for some K's. Note: I think there’s a case for basically going as cheap as possible on pitching today, crossing your fingers and loading up on bats. This is as bad a pitching day as I’ve seen.   Catchers Brian McCann - FD 2700 DK 3700 DD 7100 SS 5200 Get ready to see a lot of Yanks on this list tonight. That’s because Nick Martinez probably shouldn’t be in the major leagues. His xFIP is close to six and he strikes out less guys than he walks. (3.90 to 4.16). These are atrocious numbers and McCann meets them perfectly because he’s been running bad this season keeping the price low. He is so far and away the best per $ play in our system tonight that I’m not even recommending anyone else. That’s how confident I am in this play. Never done that before, but hey, what good is making picks if you can’t put...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 7/22/14 DFSR has partnered with ScoreStreak: a new, innovative style of DFS play. Gone is the salary finagling, mixing and matching, and hair-pulling that goes into setting lineups. ScoreStreak simplifies the process in an easy-to-use interface. Employing a prop-pick style, ScoresStreak leagues are specific outcome dependent with three categories: Total Bases, Hits, and for pitchers, Strikeouts. New users who deposit through DFSR will get an extra $10 to play with. We are putting in picks every night and giving you some of our top plays each day. Two are on us, the third is all you. Or go your own way. As always, if you are new to daily fantasy baseball, make sure read our Free Baseball e-book. It contains one mistake that basically everyone in the daily fantasy baseball industry is making! Also be sure to sign up for a free 3-day trial to access the MLB system and spreadsheets that help produce our picks. And give ScoreStreak a try. You'll like it as much as we do.   Total Bases Miguel Cabrera Nothing crazy about this pick at all though I think it is worth noting that I think our system is underrating Chase Anderson just a little. But Miggy gets a bump for basically being Miggy and for getting to slug in such a great park in Chase Field. He's raking righties this season with an OPS in the mid .900's which is down for him but still super solid for any mere mortal. I am going safety today at total bases even with a bunch of Nats playing in Coors. (Who I will still have in some slots.) Mike Trout There are a lot of players to like today and I could make cases for a bunch of guys, but I'm going a little safer than usual with Trout today as I want to target his matchup with Miguel Gonzalez. Gonzalez doesn't have elite swing and miss stuff and does generate walks, but this is Trout and our system has so many other guys so closely grouped that distinguishing among them is tough.   Hits Jacoby Ellsbury Brett Gardner Nick Martinez is the very definition of "awful". Dude walks more guys than he strikes out which is great place to start when we are sniffing out hits. Both Ellsbury and Gardner hitting at the top of this lineup, along with their speed make great plays here. I will have both in for sure as I think they are such huge favorites considering Martinez's deficiencies. The stadium offers another big boost though I think I'd stick these guys in no matter the stadium. When going after hits we want to face low K pitchers first and foremost along with advantageous sides...