Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftStreet, and DraftKings 6/6/14 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 Cole Hamels FanDuel 8400 DraftKings 8900 DraftStreet 16820 Feels like Hamels is an incredible deal across the industry tomorrow and he will be in cash games for me throughout. The price is advantageous considering he's facing the Reds, a team that slips in the wOBA against lefties rankings each day. Bumgarner shut them down yesterday. It stands to reason Hamels will do the same today. They weren't a good team with Votto, and they are really bad without him. Every minute that Brandon Phillips remains as a top four hitter in their lineups, you can feel safe with many pitchers against them. They stink, striking out almost 24% of the time. Hamels has been solid this season with a 3.58 xFIP and striking out a batter an inning. For the money, this is the top pitching play of the day. Dallas Keuchel FanDuel 7700 DraftKings 9900 DraftStreet 20799 On DraftStreet and DraftKings the price has corrected, making playing him there a bit of a stretch. But on FanDuel he is coming at a nice discount. He isn't out of play on the other sites, it's just much closer. He's been awesome this season rocking a 2.77 xFIP to go along with super solid peripherals like a 4:1 K:BB ratio. The Twins come in near the bottom of the league against lefties and, like the Reds, strike out nearly 24% of the time. On FanDuel, Keuchel is the only way I'd pivot away from Hamels. Where Hamels is cheaper, he's the clear play. Brandon McCarthy FanDuel 5700 DraftKings 6700 DraftStreet 13995 It isn't often that "Brandon McCarthy" and "upside" are mentioned in the same sentence, but there you have. Our shit is groundbreaking. McCarthy has seen a bump in K's this year, almost two per nine more than his career averages. I'm always a little wary of this kind of spike, but it's there nonetheless. Good news for you is that his ERA of 5.20 is way off his 2.86...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftStreet, and DraftKings 6/5/14 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 Madison Bumgarner FanDuel 9400 DraftKings 11100 DraftStreet 18594 I don't think I'm paying all the way up for Tanaka today. He's simply too expensive and the A's are a solid hitting team. Masahiro is priced out of consideration. But not Bumgarner. He's a bit expensive on DraftKings, but on FanDuel he's a solid price and DraftStreet seems like a downright steal. Bumgarner's been one of the best pitchers in baseball this year sporting an 2.86 xFIP (2.85 ERA, he's the truest of the true) , K-ing 10.5 per nine innings and limiting the walks as usual. He's just so solid. And the Reds are just so meh for the season, and that's with Votto grouped into some of the stats. Bumgarner is the cash game play for sure between price and expectation. Solid upside as well. Doug Fister FanDuel 7600 DraftKings 7500 DraftStreet 16524 Another possible cash game consideration is Fister. This is a guy who punches walks in the face. Literally. He hates them How else to explain to the 0.61 BB/9 rate he's rocking. That is an insane number, small sample size be damned. The Phillies are near the bottom of the league against right-handed pitching and strike out about 20% of the time. That latter number isn't terribly high, but it's something. Fister won't score you a lot of points with the strikeout, but he isn't a favorite to get rocked because he induces groundballs and gives no free passes. I like the price on him as a mid-tier play for multi-pitcher sites. Travis Wood FanDuel 7100 DraftKings 6800 DraftStreet 14564 While the Mets rank around the middle of the league in wOBA against lefties, there is one number sticking out like a sore thumb: 25.5%. That's their K rate against southpaws. For the time being this is the worst in the league. Wood is not as bad as his 5.15 ERA would suggest as his xFIP sits a full run lower. Of course a 4.00...

DFSR is proud to announce we are partnering 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. Your goal is to hit outcomes. The higher the number, the more points you get. Choose players who will hit their marks and you win. Deposit through DFSR now and you'll get an extra $10 to play with. Come play us. We are putting in picks every night. We are also giving you some of our top plays each day. Two are on us, the third is all you. Or go your own way. ScoreStreak makes it easy to mix and match outcomes. 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. Today's picks are brought to you by new DFSR contributor Mike AKA Spetty.   Total Bases Chris Davis Davis is my clear-cur #1 pick today. Though he’s started somewhat slow in the power department this year, from 2013 to present he still sports an elite wOBA and ISO .442/.365 vs. RHP. Nick Martinez has been pretty decent vs. left-handed batters this year as indicated by his 1.31 ERA,  however, his xFIP of 5.97 is a full 4.5 runs higher than his current ERA and portends that a huge regression is coming sooner than later. Roll Davis out with confidence today, you won’t be disappointed. Paul Goldschmidt Goldschmidt is primarily known as a lefty-masher, however what many don’t realize is that he’s actually a relatively equal-splits guy. So far this year, he has a .391 wOBA and a .233 ISO. While not elite, it’s pretty damn good, and considering many of our top options have injury concerns (Trout, CarGo etc), Goldy is definitely in play today (especially at Coors Field, where routine flyballs regularly turn into HR’s). He’s facing Jordan Lyles, who is average at best vs. RHB. Throw in the fact that he has a little extra motivation after being benched vs. lefty Jorge De La Rosa last night, and Goldy makes for a solid play.   Hits Daniel Murphy Murphy doesn’t have a ton of power, but fortunately that doesn’t matter in the hits category. The bottom line is that he’s...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftStreet, and DraftKings 6/4/14 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 Stephen Strasburg FanDuel 9900 DraftKings 11400 DraftStreet 21911 The guy is an actual monster. As in, I'm scared he might be hiding under my bed tonight. With 90 Ks in 75 IP, and facing the elderly and generally bad Phillies offense, Strasburg is easily the highest upside play for any format. David Price FanDuel 9200 DraftKings 10500 DraftStreet 21789 A distant 2nd to Stras in my mind, but Price will still get a lot of run today. These aren't the Marlins of last year, but they can still strike out a ton, and Price can strike out a ton of guys. 90 Ks against 9 walks! Price is having one of his best peripheral seasons yet, and the bad luck has really eaten into what should be a phenomenal ERA. The guy price is facing has had the opposite luck, and has used a worse than pedestrian smoke and mirrors routine to eek out an excellent ERA. I love Price for the win, and all the goodies that come with it. Josh Beckett FanDuel 7500 DraftKings 9600 DraftStreet 17004 If you are targeting a lot of expensive hitters today, you may want to consider one Josh Beckett. He's striking out nearly a guy per inning, he's facing what's left of John Danks, and in a terrific place to pitch. Now, there's real downside to playing Beckett. The White Sox have some guys who can really hit righties. But who cares? If you're targeting cheaper upside, Beckett makes a nice play. Also considered: Tony Cingrani, but I like the guys above much better.   Catchers Buster Posey FanDuel 3600 DraftKings 4300 DraftStreet 6533 When the Giants face a lefty, Posey inevitably tops the catcher charts. While he hasn't shown it this year, Posey is one of the true lefty-killers in the game. He's put together a near 1.000 OPS against lefties for his career, and while Cingrani is a nice pitcher - it really doesn't matter how nice you are...

DFSR is proud to announce we are partnering 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. Your goal is to hit outcomes. The higher the number, the more points you get. Choose players who will hit their marks and you win. Deposit through DFSR now and you'll get an extra $10 to play with. Come play us. We are putting in picks every night. We are also giving you some of our top plays each day. Two are on us, the third is all you. Or go your own way. ScoreStreak makes it easy to mix and match outcomes. 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. Today's picks are brought to you by new DFSR contributor Mike AKA Spetty.   Total Bases Adam Jones Nelson Cruz and Adam Jones were #1 and 1A based on our projections, however Nelson Cruz was hit on the wrist with a pitch on Sunday and though the x-rays came back negative, I’m erring on the side of caution and recommending Jones as nothing will sap power more than a wrist injury. If I were confident that Cruz’s wrist was completely fine, he’d be my clear-cut top pick. Though Jones is not historically a lefty-masher, he has been smashing them this year to the tune of a .536 wOBA and a .340 ISO and will be facing off against the terrible Joe Saunders. Though Saunders gets crushed by everyone, he’s particularly putrid against right-handed batters, as evidenced by his wOBA of .409, 1.43 HR/9 and 4.50 K/9 vs right-handed batters last season (Saunders has only started two games this year so it’s too small of a sample size to carry any weight). Given Jones’ recent success vs LHP’s and Saunders’ struggles against RHB’s, Jones may be lucky if he’s not arrested for assault and battery after what he does to Saunders tonight. Miguel Cabrera Miggy can hit anyone on any given day, and that’s the bottom line. Though Miggy is historically better vs. lefties, he’s still one of the best hitters in baseball vs all pitchers regardless of their handedness. In fact, he...