Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, DraftDay and Draftster 8/15/14 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!   Ready to make the leap and get access to the exclusive projection system that produces these picks? Sign up now and get a free 3 day trial to our lineup construction tool for FanDuel and DraftKings. And try out our partner ScoreStreak and our exclusive exclusive ScoreStreak picks.   Pitchers Corey Kluber - FD 10700 DK 10600 DD 21400 DFSTR 14700 Not the most choice of matchups for the guy but it's tough to ignore the kind of success he's had this season. Kluber's been nothing short of a Cy Young candidate with a 2.98 xFIP while striking out close to ten batters per nine. The group of AL stud starting pitchers is kind of long, but Kluber is right there in the mix. He faces the Orioles who've been fine enough against righty pitching while striking out more than 20% of the time. I'm buying here almost primarily on Kluber and it seems his price is completely reasonable across the board. Madison Bumgarner - FD 9200 DK 8600 DD 19400 DFSTR 8800 He's in a tougher matchup against Hamels which does decrease his win expectation some. I'm not in love with that and don't love spending top tier-ish prices on a guy who could end up in a pitcher's duel. But Bumgarner's been his usual model of consistency self and not much should change in this one. AT&T park is solid for pitchers and the Phillies rank 21st in the league in wOBA against lefty pitching. I just with Philly was chucking a bum out there. Lance Lynn - FD 8300 DK 8800 DD 17200 DFSTR 9200 The Padres are still a bad offense. I know they've strung together some hits lately getting their Babip back up into the range of normal. But you don't end up as a basement-dwelling offense just because the ball didn't bounce your way a few times. They still stink. I wish Lynn didn't walk as many guys and his xFIP runs about a run worse than his ERA. So he isn't a lock solid play. But the matchup still works and Lynn does strike out about a batter per nine. Zack Wheeler - FD 7600 DK 8500 DD 14250 DFSTR 9000 The Cubs are downright bad against righties, ranking 28th in team wOBA against RHP with a strikeout rate north of 22%. Those numbers are good enough for a bullish outlook on Wheeler...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, DraftDay and Draftster 8/14/14 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!   Ready to make the leap and get access to the exclusive projection system that produces these picks? Sign up now and get a free 3 day trial to our lineup construction tool for FanDuel and DraftKings. And try out our partner ScoreStreak and our exclusive exclusive ScoreStreak picks.   Pitchers Early Max Scherzer - FD 10900 DK 12000 DD 20750 DFSTR 11200 Some things to not like about Scherzer in this spot but with the early slate such a short one I think it makes almost total sense to choose the top arm and hope for the best. And it isn’t like Scherzer’s been some stiff or anything. He strikes out more than ten per nine and has a 3.11 xFIP. The problem is more that the Pirates rate out so high against righties, coming in at third in team wOBA. But there are plenty of cheap plays that make Scherzer easy to fit and I don’t see much else to like here in the way of arms. Consider Edwin Jackson coming super cheap if you want a little K upside. But this is GPP only and even then it’s not great. Late Stephen Strasburg - FD 9400 DK 9600 DD 19600 DFSTR 8400 And once again I fall down the rabbit hole, but how can we fade him on the late slate? The easy answer is we don’t. I’m one of the biggest Strasburg apologists around. His numbers this season remain ridiculous in every way except the ERA. His xFIP is in the mid 2’s and he’s striking out more than ten batters nine. The Mets rank 24th in the league in team wOBA against righties. Stras would be my top play even in a full slate of games. One a short night? It’s a no-brainer. John Lackey - FD 7600 DK 8400 DD 13100 DFSTR 5500 Padres have come around a bit over the last couple of weeks, no longer just rolling over and giving up before the start of every game. Lackey’s a solid if unspectacular cash game play pairing with Strasburg on two pitcher sites. Again, I’m all over Stras and am prepared to catch some heat for it. It’s fine. I’m a man of conviction. (Whatever that means) Lackey’s price and opponent combined with a decent peripherals make him in play. Consider Jake Odorizzi   Catchers Early Evan Gattis - FD 2800 DK 3400...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 8/14/14 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.   Total Bases Todd Frazier Devon Mesoraco Welcome back to Coors Field everyone. Been missing you something fierce. What with you cool, crisp air that creates a launching pad effect the likes of which we could only hope to recreate in some sort of zero gravity chamber. It's great. And hail to the visiting team walking in for a four game series. You'll be seeing these names quite a bit over the next few days I'm sure. Facing off today against Jorge de la Rosa, both Frazier and Mesoraco (the latter especially) are hitting lefties quite well and stand to have some big power upside going today. In terms of total bases, I suspect they'll get more than a few chances to rack 'em up. Time for another visit in the Rocky Mountain air.   Hits Jose Altuve The sample size is for sure small, but Allen Webster has been nothing short of an abomination since hitting the bit leagues. It's only fifteen innings, but he's walked more than he's struck out and has just basically been tattooed. Altuve on the other hand keeps his good times rolling right along. He is such a favorite for hits at this point it's kind of crazy. The LD% is solid, he never walks, never K's and has the ball in play early and often. Should be more of the same today. Scooter Gennett Scooter hates taking walks. I love that about the guy in this format. And his strike out rate of 12.8% is more than adequate in what we're looking for to profile hits on a given day. I don't love the matchup with Edwin...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, DraftDay and StarStreet 8/13/14 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! Ready to make the leap and get access to the exclusive projection system that produces these picks? Sign up now and get a free 3 day trial to our lineup construction tool for FanDuel and DraftKings. And try out our partner ScoreStreak and our exclusive exclusive ScoreStreak picks.   Pitchers Good news first. Some crappy pitcher is going to win people money tonight. Bad news: You need to wade through a bunch of crappy pitchers and matchups to find the winner. Jordan Zimmermann - FD 8700 DK 9200 DD 17550 SS 26700 I'm actually surprised our system doesn't like Zimmerman more today, but I suspect he'll be a fairly heavy cash game play because of the matchup and the park. The Mets rank in the bottom third of the league in team wOBA against righties and Zimmerman has been kind of great this season. He's striking out more than eight batters per nine and walking almost no one. Among qualified starters he has one of the lower BB%'s in the league. This is such a solid spot even against Big Fat Bartolo Colon. Jose Quintana - FD 7600 DK 8100 DD 16000 SS 22800 Has had a decent enough season with an xFIP in the mid three's and fine enough peripherals. Really trying to pick up some value on the margins and this price tier is a bit of a log jam. Could just as easily make case for Jered Weaver except Quintana has a better xFIP while Weaver has a better matchup. I'll take the dude over the opponent in the slightest of edges here. Ian Kennedy - FD 7600 DK 8300 DD 15750 SS 23500 Oof, doesn't feel great. But the Rockies aren't exactly the same mashing team on the road. In fact, away from Coors the Rockies are ranked 28th in team wOBA. That's such a significant drop and I'm willing to buy Kennedy not primarily, but heavily on this discrepancy. It's stark. Kennedy is fine enough, striking out his fair share while walking some too. It isn't all aces, but he's coming very cheap and this game going in San Diego means the power upside for the Rockies is severely limited. Kyle Lohse - FD 6900 DK 8000 DD 15200 SS 21400 Cubs are brutal against righties this season. Just brutal. They strike out more than 22% of the time in that split and rank 28th...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for ScoreStreak 8/13/14 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 Been some time since I put Papi out there but today seems like as good a day as any. He's struggled a bit this season thanks in part to a much lower Babip than his historical averages. This has driven down his triple slash line. It isn't the only problem, but it's worth mentioning. Today he faces average dude Mike Leake in a decidedly hitter's park. I'm buying on Papi for the first time in a while and think he offers some nice total bases upside in the early slate. Jay Bruce Going a little off board today, but since I focused on the early slate with Papi, I'll give you another guy you can pair with him during the early PM games. Bruce has struggled this season, but he faces low K, middling prospect Anthony Raunaudo. This is a solid spot for Bruce, hitting at the top of the lineup in a matchup that downgrades his chances at K-ing repeatedly. Looking for a little separation from the field with this pick and I think the upside is there.   Hits Jose Altuve I don't want to get in the habit of picking him every single day, but sometimes that kind of repetition is warranted. Such is the case with Altuve who is just have a crazy good season. his contact rate is awesome, he rarely walks and today the stars align as he faces a pitcher in Kyle Gibson who doesn't strike anyone out. The latter consideration is especially important as whatever happens with Altuve today, it's as heavy a favorite as you'll see to at least have...