DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Thursday 9/2/21 - Main Slate Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Shane McClanahan FD 10100 DK 10100 Opponent - BOS (Eduardo Rodriguez) Park - BOS FD - 39.66 DK - 21.73 We get a very small slate tonight so the drop in price for McClanahan is minor considering the tougher matchup vs. the Red Sox. The good news is that Rays went into Wednesday's game winners of nine straight overall and nine of their last 10 vs. the Red Sox. For McClanahan, he has been very good in his rookie season and even better in the second half posting a 2.90 ERA/3.26 xFIP while striking out 27% of batters and has picked wins in five straight starts. He is my top pitcher on this slate in all formats. Carlos Carrasco FD 6800 DK 8000 Opponent - MIA (Zach Thompson) Park - MIA FD - 34.95 DK - 19.35 It was a long road back after a spring training injury but not many have been better facing adversity than Carrasco. The Mets eased him back into action upon his return at the end of July and the good news is that he is coming off his best start of the season(7 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BB) and it came against the top team in baseball. If he is finally stretched out to 85+ pitchers, he is a steal at these prices against a Marlins team that ranks bottom five in almost all categories in the second half. Catcher/First Base Freddie Freeman FD 4000 DK 5900 Opponent - COL (Chi Chi González) Park - COL FD - 17.72 DK - 13.26 With a smaller slate and the game in Coors Field, we are going to want to jam as many Braves bats in our lineups as possible tonight. The good news is that there is lots of value on their team which will help us get to Freeman. He may not be having another MVP season but has still been very good with a .293/.388/.503 slash line and sits third in baseball with 95 runs scored. Also making it him a priority is the fact the position is pretty dry after him. He is in play in all formats. Austin Hedges FD 2300 DK 2200 Opponent - KC (Mike Minor) Park - KC FD - 6.67 DK - 5.03 On DraftKings, I am almost always looking for value or to straight punt the position in cash...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Wednesday, 9/1/21 Yo, how the hell is it September 1? After 2020 lasted about six centuries, we're absolutely flying through 2021. What that does mean is that we have just one month remaining in the season. This is where the playoff contenders beat up on the rebuilders, leading to some lopsided scorelines. It looks like we should have mostly close games here, though, so let's go ahead and get into it! Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB and NBA optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Carlos Rodón FD - P 10200 DK - SP 10100 Opponent - PIT (Mitch Keller) Park - CHW FD - 42.66 DK - 23.22 If you stumbled into Rodon in your season-long leagues, congratulations on a successful season. This guy has come out of nowhere to develop into one of the best pitchers in baseball, generating a 2.49 ERA and 0.99 WHIP. His upside has been amazing, too, scoring at least 46 FanDuel points in 11 starts this year. That's truly incredible, giving him the highest average of any player on this slate. We absolutely love all of that against a team like Pittsburgh, ranked dead-last in both runs scored and OPS. That has Rodon and the Sox entering this matchup as a -350 favorite as well. Steven Matz FD - P 8000 DK - SP 8300 Opponent - BAL (Matt Harvey) Park - TOR FD - 36.1 DK - 19.17 This one could back to bite us, but there's a lot in Matz's favor here. The biggest is the matchup, with Baltimore ranked 26th in OBP and 23rd in wOBA. More importantly, they lose pretty much every day inside this division, with Toronto entering this matchup as a -280 favorite. Anybody who's $8K and a -280 favorite needs to be at the top of the list, especially when they're rolling. Matz is doing just that, maintaining a 1.30 ERA and 1.12 WHIP over his last five starts. That's the stud we saw in New York, and we think he should be in line for another quality start and a win here. Kevin Gausman has been an NL Cy Young candidate all year and should succeed at home against a 22nd-ranked Brewers offense. Catcher/First Base Vladimir Guerrero Jr. FD - 1B 4400 DK - 1B 6100 Opponent - BAL (Matt Harvey) Park - TOR FD - 16.71 DK - 12.67 It's sad that Vlad isn't getting any more consideration for AL MVP, but it's hard to compete with an ace who will likely finish...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Tuesday 8/31/21 - Main slate Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clickiang the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Lucas Giolito FD 10200 DK 8800 Opponent - PIT (Bryse Wilson) Park - PITFD - 41.46 DK - 22.44 Giolito is a big-time, -285 favorite against the lowly Pirates on Tuesday. He hasn’t been as good this season as the last two, but the identical 3.68 ERA and xFIP play well enough and he is still striking out more than 10 batters per nine. The Pirates rank dead last in team wOBA this season and strike out around 22% of the time. They are such a light-hitting bunch with barely any pop in the lineup, giving Giolito a very high floor in this matchup. Lance McCullers Jr. FD 9200 DK 10100 Opponent - SEA (Yusei Kikuchi) Park - SEAFD - 39.31 DK - 22 McCullers isn’t an overwhelming favorite in this game, ringing in at -157 on the road against the Mariners with an 8 over/under. The Mariners rank 27th in team wOBA this season, striking out well over a league-average rate at 26%. For McCullers, walks are still a slight issue with the 11% BB% the second-highest number of his career. But his 27.8% K% is his best mark in four seasons, giving him big time upside on that number in the game against Seattle. I like the FanDuel price better than the DraftKings one here and think the bit of savings will help you roster a bigger bat or two. Consider Brandon Woodruff (FD $10600 DK $9400) on DraftKings where he is a bit cheaper than McCullers and can dial up the Ks as well. The matchup against the Giants is much worse though. Catcher/First Base José Abreu FD 3900 DK 5000 Opponent - PIT (Bryse Wilson) Park - PITFD - 14.73 DK - 11.14 Yasmani Grandal FD 3200 DK 5300 Opponent - PIT (Bryse Wilson) Park - PITFD - 12.79 DK - 9.47 The White Sox are in one of the best spots on the slate facing off against the righty Bryse Wilson. The team implied run line is right around six runs and they are all coming moderately priced. Abreu has put up some power numbers this season with 27 home runs and an OPS sitting in the mid-800s. He should be able to make a lot of contact here considering Wilson has shown almost no swing-and-miss stuff at the major league level. Meanwhile, Grandal has dealt with some injury issues this season,...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Monday 8/30/21 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Robbie Ray FD 10900 DK 9700 Opponent - BAL (Chris Ellis) Park - BAL FD - 44.26 DK - 23.57 We have two of the top three in the NL CY Young odds are the top tonight but I will be building around Robby Ray as my top pitcher. He is having a career year as he enters the night with the 7th best ERA(2.72) in baseball and adds an elite 31% K rate. He has been even better in the second half going 6+ innings in seven of eight starts, allowed more than five hits just once, and has tallied an average of 7.8 K’s per start. He now gets a bottom-five offense in the O’s and at these prices gives us a terrific combination of a high floor and ceiling. Fire up Ray in all formats. German Márquez FD 9100 DK 8500 Opponent - TEX (A.J. Alexy) Park - TEX FD - 36.09 DK - 18.91 With Burnes and Wheeler just over $10K on Draftkings tonight the option is most definitely there to pay up for both pitchers which will keep you under the $20K threshold. For me, I will be looking for a little more savings and will be rolling with German Marquez, at least in cash games. He has been much better at home(weird right?) but I am not at all concerned about those home/road splits tonight in a plus matchup vs. the Rangers who have scored a league-worst 3.4 runs per game with a 70 wRC+ and .262 wOBA in the second half. Catcher/First Base Max Muncy FD 3700 DK 4800 Opponent - ATL (Drew Smyly) Park - ATL FD - 13.24 DK - 9.75 With this being a smaller slate with a lack of options at the position, I didn't expect a sub $5K price on DraftKings for Muncy but here we are. He has been a beast all season with a .392 wOBA and 150 wRC+, both of which are top 10 amongst all hitters in baseball. He now gets a plus matchup against an average-at-best Drew Smyly and has absolutely crushed lefties to the tune of a .401 wOBA and .262 ISO. Even on FanDuel, Muncy is easily my top play at the position in all formats tonight. Anthony Rizzo FD 3500 DK 3700 Opponent - LAA (Undecided) Park - LAA FD - 9.08 DK - 6.81 Luke Voit FD 3200 DK...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Sunday, 8/29/21 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB and NBA optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! This is one of my favorite slates in recent memory. One of the reasons I love it is because we have two pitchers that I absolutely adore. I actually thought these two would be the most expensive players on both sites, but both barely cracked the Top-5. That has lineup construction looking like a breeze, so let's go ahead and get into it! Pitchers Zack Greinke FD - P 9000 DK - SP 9300 Opponent - TEX (Taylor Hearn) Park - TEX FD - 33.55 DK - 17.68 I was so excited when I saw that Greinke was below $10K on both sites. He was my top target coming in, and I absolutely love how the pricing played out. The biggest reason we like him is this tasty matchup, with Texas ranked dead-last in both OBP and wOBA. That makes them the worst lineup in baseball, and a stud like Greinke should have no problem slowing them down. We're talking about a righty with a 3.41 ERA and 1.11 WHIP, which is right on par with his amazing career averages. He actually went off in his one matchup with the Rangers, allowing four baserunners across seven sensational innings. Not to mention, ZG enters this matchup as a -210 favorite as well. José Berríos FD - P 8500 DK - SP 9100 Opponent - DET (Matthew Boyd) Park - DET FD - 35.53 DK - 19.56 Berrios has been bad the last two weeks, but we're going to chalk that up to a rough stretch. In his previous six starts before a three-game slide, Jose had a 2.54 ERA and 0.77 WHIP over his previous six outings. That's much more indicative of the stud we saw for most of the season, dropping at least 27 FanDuel points in each of those. The reason we believe he can bounce back to that player here is the matchup, with Detroit ranked 25th in wOBA and 27th in K rate. Berrios actually faced this lineup a month ago, striking out eight batters across seven impressive innings. Ranger Suarez is a nice option with his sub-2.00 ERA if you're looking to go cheap at pitcher. Catcher/First Base Paul Goldschmidt FD - 1B 4000 DK - 1B 5800 Opponent - PIT (Wil Crowe) Park - PIT FD - 11.92 DK - 8.96 The Cardinals are fighting for their lives to stay in the playoff hunt, and Goldy is doing all...