Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, and DraftStreet for 6/16/14 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 8800 DraftKings 11200 DraftStreet 19265 So here is your risk/reward play of the day. The Braves greatest weakness aligns perfectly with the their greatest strength and we are left staring at Hamels wondering whether to play him across the board or avoid him completely. On the one hand the Braves rank second in the league in team wOBA against lefties with a .351, coming in behind only the Rockies who play their games in an atmosphere akin to the moon. On the other hand, the Braves strike out the most in the league against lefties at a crazy 25.3% rate. What to do? On a short day, I'm playing him. Hamels has been solid this season K-ing more than a batter and inning and sporting an xFIP in the low 3's. There aren't many other guys out there today who can generate the swings and misses like Hamels. He could get blown up, but I think he presents your best chance at big points from the SP slot. Julio Teheran FanDuel 8600 DraftKings 10000 DraftStreet 18197 On the other side of things is Teheran, a guy I'm willing to admit has vexed me all season. I was right on him basically once and that was him getting blown up in Colorado. So I really can't even take credit for that. The rest of the time I've just been waiting for him to be bad. He hasn't been, thanks in large part to a microscopic walk rate that really limits his downside because he doesn't throw a ton of extra pitches or extend innings. In fact, the walk rate helps to even out his lack of strikeouts. He has swing and miss stuff, but it isn't elite. The Phillies are among the bottom feeders of the league against righties. I just really wish Teheran and Hamels weren't pitching against each other. Tyson Ross FanDuel 6700 DraftKings 8800 DraftStreet 16569 He's rather quietly putting together a super...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 6/16/14 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 David Ortiz Hard to not go with Ortiz in one of your total base slots today. He's facing Kevin Correia who doesn't strike anyone out, and doesn't walk them either. Dude wants (or can't help) the ball getting in play. Ortiz, who is already difficult to strike out, doesn't rate to pile those up today. And though he can take a walk, Correia should be in the strike zone early and often. Look for Papi to take advantage and out system has him as the highest expected total bases by a considerable margin. Miguel Cabrera If you just started following baseball yesterday this pick might not make a ton of sense. For everyone else, here's your not-so-shark pick of the day. Miggy crushes everyone equally. This includes lefties like Jason Vargas. Like Correia above, Vargas relies on hitters making contact and hopes those hit balls land in the gloves of the guys behind him. He also limits the walks which means the ball should hit the bat. Vargas's FB% keeps his Babip low but he also runs the risk of the ball going out of the park or in the gaps. Miggy should be able to grind out some bases today. Hits Daniel Murphy There are a few good options today in the hits category and this is where you will probably win or lose your matchup as I think Ortiz and Miggy will be heavy starts in the total bases category. I'm going with Murphy in one of these spots simply because his contact rate is off the charts. He strikes out less than 12% of the time and walks less than 9% of the time. The...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, and DraftStreet for 6/15/14 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 Corey Kluber FanDuel 8500 DraftKings 8800 DraftStreet 18856 Kluber has been nothing short of brilliant since a few hiccups early in the season. He's striking out close to 11 batters per 9 and limiting the walks. Frankly, he's putting up ace numbers and has been one of the best pitcher's in the game. The xFIP is 2.75, more than a half run lower than his ERA. And the Red Sox are a sneaky team to target for pitchers. These guys don't go up and down the lineup like they have in the past and are middle of the pack against righties. It isn't a super safe play, but nothing today feels that way. I'll take the K upside Kluber presents without facing one of the top flight offensive teams. He's underpriced a little because he's playing the Red Sox. Take advantage. Ian Kennedy FanDuel 6800 DraftKings 9100 DraftStreet 18397 He's coming off a rough outing against the Phillies last time around. That was in a hitter's park and Kennedy is a flyball pitcher used to the friendly confines of Petco. He should feel right at home in CitiField. The Mets rank near the bottom of the league in wOBA against righties and just generally stink. I'm buying on Kennedy on the matchup as well as his prices and the awesome K rate and peripherals this season. He's got about a 4.5/1 K/BB rate and the ballpark should keep the flyballs from going over the fence. I'd consider him in cash games. James Shields FanDuel 8400 DraftKings 9000 DraftStreet 18115 I had a whole genius write up done on this Shields play and it got deleted right before post so now I am annoyed. I know you don't care about this, just venting. Anyway, it centered around how this was a risky pick. The White Sox are good against rigthies, but they also strike out a ton which boosts Shields's upside. It's a close one and I would only...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 6/14/14 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. Today's picks brought to you by the DFSR team with a hat tip to Mark Hallman Total Bases Nelson Cruz One great aspect of ScoreStreak is you ability to play guys regardless of salary considerations. This would sound like an easy proposition, i.e. just choose the best players always. But with such a large player pool we need to make careful consideration in a limited number of spots. Today Cruz is a guy tough to play on salary sites because of his price, but here he’s in the sweet spot for total bases. Hr crushes lefty pitching with a .974 OPS and .415 wOBA over the last year against that hand. And then we get Mr. J.A. Happ(less). Cruz will face the lefty in Camden Yards, a batter’s haven. This is the top total bases expectation on the day and a guy I’ll have in my top spot. Giancarlo Stanton He’s significantly better against lefties, so I’m typically hesitant to get him in against righties. That being said, I’m usually considering him with the salary in mind. Here that isn’t an issue as we are just looking for total bases and not necessarily value hunting. It should be mentioned that he has a large gap between his expected total bases and his expected hits meaning he needs to be in one of the top total bases spots as he’s an all or nothing kind of guy. And hey, welcome back Vance Worley. You are about to get smoked.   Hits Robinson Cano Cano’s seen a power outage since the move to Seattle. Some of this was to be expected going from a great hitter’s park to a pitcher’s park. Though...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, and DraftStreet for 6/13/14 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 Clayton Kershaw FanDuel 10400 DraftKings 12200 DraftStreet 25550 For me, Kershaw is the clear #1 among the big money pitchers today. Felix is more expensive, and he's facing a better offense. Dodger stadium is perfectly suited to Kershaw's electric stuff, and the Diamondbacks are a below-average team in terms of wOBA when they're away from their lovely home park. The only downside? They're also the 3rd hardest team in the league to strike out. I don't know if that will matter against Kershaw, but it's worth keeping an eye on. Collin McHugh FanDuel 7000 DraftKings 10500 DraftStreet 16497 This is a close one for me - but I'm going in the direction of McHugh for a couple of reasons. First of all, you're still getting incredible potential bang for your buck on these prices. No one else in the 7k range (on FD) is as capable as McHugh is of a 20 point outing. There's certainly a little risk here, but here's a brightside - the Rays are a lowly 23rd in the majors in wOBA, and Alex Cobb isn't quite the ace he looked like he might become. Andrew Cashner FanDuel 8100 DraftKings 9500 DraftStreet 17555 Okay, so I get that I am an intense upside whore, but hear me out. Cashner has put away stuff, and the Mets not only strike out a lot, they don't really do anything well on offense (28th in the majors in wOBA, behind only Cashner's Padres). The only ding on Cashner in this game is that Bartolo Colon has actually been pretty awesome for the Mets, as well. Cashner isn't really a double-up play, but if you want some serious upside on a decent price? He's your guy. I couldn't kill you for taking Colon in this one, either. Just pick your poison. Also considered: Lance Lynn, Matt Garza, Nathan Eovaldi   Catcher Buster Posey FanDuel 3200 DraftKings 4300 DraftStreet 6229 Posey has been pretty pedestrian recently, but what that...