Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 6/11/14 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 Our system has David Ortiz ranked as far and away the #1 option for total bases tonight, and for good reason. Since 2013, Ortiz has a .417 wOBA and .285 ISO vs. right-handed pitchers. Tonight he’ll be facing Josh Tomlin. Tomlin has been decent this year and has only a .261 wOBA vs. left-handed batters, however, when he does give up hits to them, it’s usually as home run as evidenced by his very-high 1.71 HR/9 innings to LHB. I think Ortiz is in a good spot to homer today, and with the short slate tonight, Ortiz is a solid option for total bases. Edwin Encarnacion E5 has been crushing the ball since early May, and tonight squares off against Kevin Gausman. Since 2013, Encarnacion has been an elite hitter vs. right-handed pitchers as evidenced by his .396 wOBA and .292 ISO vs. them. Gausman is a highly-ranked prospect and has shown flashes of brilliance in his brief major league career, however he does give up a .325 wOBA and 1.82 HR/9 to RHB since 2013, but note that this is a pretty small sample size. As I noted in my picks yesterday, inexperienced pitchers are more prone to make mistake pitches or hang pitches, and more times than not, elite hitters like Encarnacion deposit those mistake pitches into the seats. Jose Bautista would be my 2A today for all of the same reasons I like Encarnacion today, so it really comes down to a matter of preference between the two of them.   Hits Robinson Cano Cano has made a living hitting vs. right-handed pitchers, especially right-handed pitchers like Chase Whitley, who he’ll be...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, and DraftStreet for 6/12/14 Our Free Baseball eBook has been downloaded over 500 times! 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 A note on the big boys: Scherzer and Sale are facing each other, and both Detroit and the White Sox have decent offenses. I'm not touching either. Zack Greinke FanDuel 9900 DraftKings 11600 DraftStreet 20202 Greinke has been back in Cy Young form this year, much to the chagrin of Doug and I's Scoresheet team, who smugly traded him away after last year's "lucky" performance. He'll face the Reds and the terrible pitcher Alfredo Simon. The Reds are the 2nd worst run scoring team in the majors this season behind only the Padres. Hard to think of a better spot for an elite pitcher, though you can ding him slightly for the park. Jeff Samardzija FanDuel 7700 DraftKings 8900 DraftStreet 17259 Aside from one blow-up against the Brewers, Samardzija has been phenomenal this year. The lack of wins is an anomaly, and nothing to be concerned about other than the fact that the Cubs are a lower tier running scoring team. The good news is that they'll face Edinson Volquez, a pitcher who is bad and easy to score runs off of. How is that for analysis? Wade Miley FanDuel 6200 DraftKings 7800 DraftStreet 14906 Want to a little bit off board with me for a second? With a bunch of expensive hitters available today, I'm going to throw out at least 1 Wade Miley lineup today. His xFIP is a full run below his ERA, the Astros are awful, and he will be away from his nasty home park. The Astros are the 3rd worst run scoring team in the AL, and they are trotting out the incredibly ragged arm of Scott Feldman. With 26 Ks and 17 walks in 56 innings, the Diamondbacks offense is going to rattle all over him, or something. Also considered: Jon Lester, Roenis Elias, Kyle Lohse Catcher Carlos Ruiz FanDuel 2400 DraftKings 3900 DraftStreet 4298 Awesome match-up for Ruiz, who handles left handed pitching very well, and...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 6/11/14 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 Evan Gattis Justin Upton would’ve been my clear #1 facing a rookie (and failed prospect) left-handed pitcher in Tyler Matzek, however Upton left yesterday’s game with a hamstring injury, so I’m going instead with fellow teammate and lefty-masher Evan Gattis who also in Coors facing the same gas can. I’d love to give you some MLB stats for Matzek over the past year or two, but ummm, he doesn’t have any, namely because he’s not a major-league pitcher. What I can tell you is that he has a 4.05 ERA, a 1.53 WHIP and has given up 1.09 HR’s/9 in AAA this year. I can also tell you that of the 8 hr’s he’s given up so far this year, 7 of them have come vs right-handed batters who assuredly aren’t as good of hitters as El Oso Blanco. From 2013 to present, Gattis has killed lefties to the tune of a .394 wOBA and .297 ISO vs lefties. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Matzek hang a pitch or two to Gattis which he’ll promptly deposit into the seats. Gattis is an easy pick and the clear #1 choice for total bases today with Upton out. Chris Davis It’s no secret that Davis has had a somewhat disappointing season thus far. It’s also no secret that he has tremendous raw power and can hit 2 hr’s on any given day and no one would be surprised. Today he faces off against Rubby De La Rosa, who has had all of two starts in the majors this season. He’s not a terrible pitcher by any means, but rookie pitchers are more prone to make mistake...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, and DraftStreet for 6/11/14   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 Man there are almost too many options here tonight. Very difficult to narrow down. I could make cases for starting about 8-9 different guys. It's a tough road today. Tried to narrow it down here. Yu Darvish FanDuel 11400 DraftKings 12200 DraftStreet 26241 Let's clear away the big boys first. Darvish and Tanaka are the two high-priced studs going today. As is the pitching theme, there are strong cases for both. I am going with Darvish with the slight edge over Tanaka. Darvish has the more difficult opponent in the Marlins, but they also strike out at a higher rate than the Mariners. Tanaka feels a little safer in that respect, but if I'm shooting for highest total points I'd roll Darvish. Yu K's a batter more per game, and while the xFIP (3.22) is higher than Tanaka's (2.47), the lines on the game (Yu -200, Masahiro -170) help boost Darvish's win expectancy points just enough to put him over the edge. Look, you can't go wrong either way here if you can afford the salaries. If I had to choose between the two I'd go Yu. Cole Hamels FanDuel 8400 DraftKings 10600 DraftStreet 19679 The Padres are an offensive abomination. Sure, they've been a bit better of late as the early season saw them running really bad with Babip. But even as that number regresses to the mean we are still left discussing only whether they are bad or just plain awful. They rank near the bottom of the league in offense against lefties with a team .280 wOBA. Hamels is basically the pitcher he's always been. His ERA (3.38) xFIP (3.45) and K/9 (8.95) are all nearly identical to his career averages. These above average numbers are more than enough considering the opponent in the Padres. Hamels' salary won't break the bank and I like his safety today even in a hitter's park. Hyun-Jin Ryu FanDuel 8200 DraftKings 7900 DraftStreet 15906 Another guy facing a...

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. Sign up for ScoreStreak through DFSR now and you'll 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 Let's not get cute here. I was scared off of Miggy a bit yesterday because of the hamstring issue. He did away with that rather quickly, sending a ball over the fence and immediately erasing any lingering doubts about being nicked up. Cabrera is an equal opportunity killer, murdering both lefties and righties with efficiency. Against southpaws he owns a 1.083 OPS over the last year and change with a 195 wRC+. Danks be Danks, owning a high 4's ERA and just generally being a lefty you want to target any time he takes the mound. Miggy should be your top total bases guy today. I wouldn't suggest a fade. David Ortiz These two picks look similar to yesterday. That's to be expected to some degree on a site like ScoreStreak in which you are playing for specific outcomes regardless of price. Granted we wouldn't put these guys up here everyday, as matchups and park are critical. But Papi makes the list again because Chris Tillman is bad rocking a 4.72 xFIP and not striking out enough batters per nine. Baltimore is one of the best hitter's parks in the whole league, boosting power to all fields, especially to right. The two things scaring me off of Papi are Tillman's walk rate (free passes don't help us with total bases) and the Red Sox as a whole have just stopped hitting meaning Ortiz could see less at bats.   Hits Ian Kinsler I'm only on Kinsler when he faces lefties, but when that's the case we shoudl definitely be targeting him for hits. His splits have actually been evening out over the short term. In the last year plus...