DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Saturday 8/7/21 - 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 Yu Darvish FD - P 9000 DK - SP 10100 Opponent - ARI (Taylor Widener) Park - SDFD - 42.9 DK - 24.32 His last three outings or so have been a bit rough, but Darvish is still one of the better pitchers in the game and has had a strong season overall. He is still striking out batters at a closet 30% rate and has mostly been able to limit the walks. He is a massive -260 opening favorite against the Diamondbacks who lack much punch in the lineup. And he’s pitching at home in one of the better pitchers parks in baseball. Everything is lining up for Darvish to be the cash game play on Saturday evening. Charlie Morton FD - P 8700 DK - SP 9400 Opponent - WSH (Josiah Gray) Park - ATLFD - 38.65 DK - 21.39 Morton has quietly been one of the stronger and consistent pitchers over the last few seasons. Though he has made a few different stops along the way, the results have been mostly the same, which is to say, good. This season he is striking out more than 10 batters per nine and still induces groundballs at a 47% which is close to elite. He is a -214 home favorite in this one and way too cheap on FanDuel. Catcher/First Base Ji-Man Choi FD - 1B 3000 DK - 1B 4700 Opponent - BAL (Spenser Watkins) Park - BALFD - 13.12 DK - 9.82 The Rays are in one of the best spots on the slate against Spenser Watkins and the Orioles. Choi is projected to hit second in the lineup for a team coming in over six implied runs. You love to see it. Choi strikes out almost 30% of the time, but he also walks at a 15% rate and gets on base about 36% of the time. Watkins has really struggled in the majors and the swing and miss stuff isn’t a problem for Choi here. Joey Votto FD 4100 DK 6100 Opponent - PIT (Mitch Keller) Park - PITFD - 13.71 DK - 10.29 Votto is very expensive so this is a tougher sell, but it is hard to argue with what the guy is doing this season. He is having an amazing bounce-back season with 22 home runs and an OPS well over .900 at this point. It is his best...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Friday 8/6/21 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 Chris Bassitt FD - P 9800 DK - SP 9800 Opponent - TEX (Mike Foltynewicz) Park - OAK FD - 44.32 DK - 24.15 My top pitcher on this slate is driven mainly by matchup as we all know Burnes is the better overall pitcher and it's not really close(sorry A's fans). While he faces a tough Giants team, Bassitt becomes my top option as he gets an elite matchup against the Rangers who have scored a league-low 44 runs since the ASB. In Bassitt's defense to my opening statement, he is having a career year with 3.28 ERA/3.92 xFIP and has already set career-highs in wins(11) and K rate(25%). All things considered, I will be overweight on Bassitt in all formats, especially on FanDuel where he is $1,100 cheaper than Burnes. German Márquez FD - P 9900 DK - SP 8400 Opponent - MIA (Sandy Alcantara) Park - COL FD - 31.57 DK - 16.52 We have a full slate but the SP2 decision on DraftKings is not an easy one. It may seem crazy to consider a pitcher in Coors "safe" for cash games but hear me out. First of all, Vegas seems to expect a decent performance as the initial total(9.5) is the lowest I have seen in Coors since early in the season and the home team opens as a -160 favorite. For Marquez, he has actually been better at home with a 3.29 ERA(3.83 on the road) and .266 wOBA against(.300 on the road). At his price on Draftkings, we are looking for about 16 points for min value and he has hit that in seven of his last eight starts, topping 20 points four times. Lock and load. Catcher/First Base Joey Votto FD 4200 DK 6000 Opponent - PIT (JT Brubaker) Park - PIT FD - 12.05 DK - 9.04 The price went up after another terrific outing but if you are paying up for one player, Joey Votto has placed himself in that conversation. From a first base perspective, he is still cheaper than Vladdy, has been much better in the short term, and has a better matchup against JT Brubaker. The Reds are in a great spot to pile up the runs again tonight and Votto is my top play at first base. Jonathan Schoop FD 3700 DK 4200 Opponent - CLE (Cal Quantrill) Park - CLE FD - 10.33 DK -...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Thursday 8/5/21 - 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 Sonny Gray FD - P 9300 DK - SP 9300 Opponent - PIT (Wil Crowe) Park - CIN FD - 34.63 DK - 18.69 After two ugly starts out of the break, Gray rebounded in a big way in his last start limiting the Mets to one earned run while striking out seven and walking just one. That is much more on par with what we have seen from him all season and he comes in with an xFIP(3.32) that is nearly a full run lower than his ERA(4.26) telling me there are more good starts on the horizon. Great spot tonight as he and the Reds are big -225 favorites facing a Pirates team that is a bottom 5-10 offense in every category. Lock and load in all formats. Framber Valdez FD - P 9700 DK - RP 9900 Opponent - MIN (Griffin Jax) Park - HOU FD - 29.32 DK - 15.34 Valdez is a little more expensive than Gray on both sites but still under $10K and has an equally good matchup as the biggest favorite(-275) on the slate. He faces a Twins team that has been mid-pack since the All-Star break and has dropped seven of their last 10 games and could be without Josh Donaldson for a sixth straight game. For Valdez, he got a late start to the season but has made up for lost time with a 7-2 record, 3.01 ERA, and 3.66 xFIP in 12 starts. Like Gray, he is in play in all formats and I personally love pairing them together on DraftKings which keeps us below $20 combined. Catcher/First Base Joey Votto FD 4400 DK 5700 Opponent - PIT (Wil Crowe) Park - PIT FD - 12.03 DK - 9.03 First base is loaded and I wouldn't blame you for going either of them tonight but I lean Votto as that $500 discount Vladdy could easily come into play on DraftKings. While Votto isn't on the same MVP trajectory, he has been arguably the hottest bat since the ASB hitting .328 with a .511 wOBA and nearly set an MLB record with home runs in seven straight. Combine the red-hot form with a great matchup vs. the Pirates and Wil Crowe(5.40 ERA/4.85 XFIP) and you have a core play for all formats. Andrew Vaughn FD 2800 DK 2900 Opponent - KC (Daniel Lynch) Park - KC FD...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Wednesday 8/4/21 - 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 9200 DK 10600 Opponent - KC (Carlos Hernández) Park - KCFD - 40.6 DK - 22.02 There are a couple of ace-level pitchers going on this slate making for some interesting decisions about where to spend on arms. Giolito is a -245 home favorite against the Royals who rank 26th in team wOBA this season. They don’t strike out a ton, but they are a weak-hitting bunch. Meanwhile, while the K stuff is down a little bit this season he is still one of the better arms in the game, striking out about 10.5 batters per nine and walking fewer than three. I like the FanDuel price point especially and he has some of the best win odds on the slate. Shohei Ohtani FD - P 10700 DK - SP 9500 Opponent - TEX (Kolby Allard) Park - TEXFD - 40.03 DK - 21.39 What can you say about the season Ohtani has had? It has simply been amazing with the only real negative being that the Angels have struggled and Mike Trout hasn’t been around all that much to see if because of injury. While the 3.05 is running better than his 3.65 xFIP, this is still a guy striking out close to 12 batters per nine on the year. He faces the Rangers on the road as a -155 favorite with a 8 o/u. Texas sold off its biggest bat at the deadline and this is a compromised lineup, to say the least. Have to love Ohtani on this main slate. Jameson Taillon FD - P 8000 DK - SP 10200 Opponent - BAL (Matt Harvey) Park - NYYFD - 35.42 DK - 18.72 He is pitching in Yankee Stadium which isn’t all that great considering the short porch in right field, but he comes in as a great, -205 money line favorite against the Orioles in this one. Taillon has put down almost a batter an inning on strikes and kept the walks mostly under control. Baltimore is a bottom-third offense on the season while striking out 24% of the time as a team. I like Taillon as a DraftKings SP2 here. Lucas Giolito (FD $9200 DK $10600) Catcher/First Base Gary Sánchez FD 2800 DK 4400 Opponent - BAL (Matt Harvey) Park - BALFD - 13.64 DK - 10.07 Sanchez has a FanDuel price that just remains too cheap for his...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Tuesday 8/3/21 - 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 Zack Wheeler FD 10700 DK 9700 Opponent - WSH (Patrick Corbin) Park - WSHFD - 44.01 DK - 24.29 Today is an interesting day for cash games because there is one ace-level arm but then also a ton of big money bats were are going to want to have in cash. It could make for som salary squeezing. But it is tough to fade Wheeler here who is a -169 road favorite against the Nationals who shipped off some key bats at the trade deadline. Wheeler has been excellent this season, dialing up the strikeouts to a career-best 10.6 K/9 rate, easily the highest of his career and it hasn’t come at the cost of control. He is the best pitcher on the slate. Adrian Houser FD 6800 DK 7600 Opponent - PIT (Max Kranick) Park - PITFD - 29.21 DK - 14.66 Houser isn’t anywhere close to the strikeout pitcher that Wheeler is, not by a longshot. But he does something else on an elite level and that is generate groundballs. Opponents are putting the ball on the ground 60% of the time against the righty which is helping him keep the ERA low despite the lack of high-end K upside. He is a -204 favorite against the lowly Pirates on this slate with the latter one of the worst offenses in the league this season. Dylan Cease (FD $8300 DK $8400) Catcher/First Base Gary Sánchez FD 2800 DK 4600 Opponent - BAL (Alexander Wells) Park - BALFD - 13.42 DK - 9.91 Sanchez has never been able to fully recreate his unreal rookie season, but he still remains a dangerous bat in the Yankees lineup. He has 17 home runs on the season and for his career has been batter against lefties with a 118 wRC+ and .347 wOBA in that split. He takes more walks against southpaws, though does strike out more in that platoon as well. No matter against Wells who doesn’t have swing and miss stuff in his repertoire. C.J. Cron FD 3800 DK 4000 Opponent - CHC (Zach Davies) Park - CHCFD - 14.43 DK - 10.87 You are going to see a lot of the same teams for these cash plays because two squads are just in much better shape than anyone else. Cron has been decent this season with an OPS up and around .800, striking out just 22%...