Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/29/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitcher Early Stephen Strasburg FD 10600 DK 11600 Opponent - NYM (Wheeler) Park - @WSHFD - 40.24 DK - 26.37 There are a couple of different ways to go for pitching on the early slate, but when all is said and done in cash games, I'm going to splurge for the safety that is Stephen Strasburg. Four starts into the season and Stras just gets better each time out, adding more K's while walking less. The Mets, while already having 5 runs on the board against Mad Max as I write this are 1-9 in their last ten games going in to Friday night. They have a team wOBA of .289, only the Giants are worst in the National League, that number drops to a league worst .275 against right handed pitchers. Strasburg meanwhile is striking out 20.4% of the batters he faces, while only walking 3.7% and his 0.93 WHIP is among the lowest in the league. Stras is a lock for 7 innings, 8 K's with 10-12 upside while keeping the runs limited. If he walks away with the W that's just icing on the GPP cake making Strasburg an excellent play across the board. Main Brandon McCarthy FD 8000 DK 8900 Opponent - PHI (Eflin) Park - @LADFD - 32.58 DK - 21.21 On the main slate the pitching options aren't as elite. Big spending is something I'll hold more for GPP's and in cash I'll look for the cheap and easy way out to build up on the bats since we have a lot of good hitters facing bad pitching. Brandon McCarthy should serve our purposes just fine. McCarthy takes the mound today against the Phillies in Chavez Ravine. The Phillies have won 8 of their last ten heading in to this weekend series with the Dodgers, but don't let that fool you. While sporting a .321 team wOBA the Phillies are still striking out at a 23.1% clip which should benefit a guy like McCarthy, who's striking out a respectable 8.25 K/9. The Phillies are also a different team outside of Citizens Bank Park. While on the road this season their team wOBA drops all the way down to .291 with thier k% climbing to 26.5% with only 9...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/23/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for GPP stacks to target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Cleveland Indians I’m just going to avoid Coors today, we all know those teams are well in play for GPP’s as always, but if you need a cheaper team to pair with them, or just want to fade entirely there are a few other teams for you to consider. First up we have the Indians. The tribe blanked the White Sox 7-0 last night and should continue that domination into the series finale this afternoon. Although they’re not in that other hitter friendly field in Chi-Town, Guaranteed Rate Field has it’s own perks, though the wind may not be one of them this afternoon as it’s only forecasted at a light 3MPH blowing across to right. The Sox will send southpaw Derek Holland to the hill to face down the Indians battalion of batters . Holland ended last season with a decent .260 wOBA against left handed hitters, but it rose to .346 against right handers. Look for switch hitters Carlos Santana, Francisco Lindor, and Jose Lindor to hit from the right side today adding adding to the right handed bats of Edwin Encarnacion and Brandon Guyer You can work in lefties Michael Brantley, and Jason Kipnis if you like, though I’d be cautious with Kipnis as he’s still fresh of the DL and hasn’t found his groove yet. Texas Rangers The Rangers have taken 3 games of this series already from the Royals, and look to finish them out this afternoon in Arlington. They’ll be facing Jason Hammel to complete the four game sweep. Hammel is 0-1 in three starts this year with his new team. The Rangers will come at him primarily from the left, with Shin-soo Choo, Nomar Mazara, and Rougned Odor, you can complete that stack with Carlos Gomez. In the early going this year, the Rangers are sporting a .291 team wOBA but that quickly climbs to .308 when there’s a right hander on the mound. Their 25 combined home runs is the best in the American League, and they’re walking at 8.41%. Hammel has struggled in his first few starts back in the...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/23/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for tournament pitchers to target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitchers Danny Salazar FD 10100 DK 11300 Opponent - CHW (Holland) Park - @CHWFD - 34.34 DK - 22.61 The Indians dominated the White Sox the last two nights, and that is expected to continue this afternoon in the series finale. I highlighted their bats in the stacks article, and now to show their pitcher some love. Danny Salazar will look to complete the sweep against a Chicago team that has yet to get a single run across the plate this weekend. Last season Salazar averaged 10.5 K/9 and is up to 13.75 through three starts this year. He has huge K upside against a Chicago lineup that is striking out 23.8 percent of the time, third worst in the American League. Chicago will send a right handed heavy lineup to the dish today, to face Salazar who sported a .330 wOBA against right handers last year, and early on this year it’s sitting at .212. It’s clear and warm in Chicago today, with a light breeze so the conditions are perfect and Salazar could be looking at a big day. I love him in all formats. Marcus Stroman FD 8500 DK 9600 Opponent - LAA (Undecided) Park - @LAAFD - 26.99 DK - 17.93 Marcus Stroman is 1-2 through three starts to begin this season, but that is due primarily to the lack of run support, he struggled some his last time out against Boston, but his first two starts should have been wins, with 3 runs allowed on 13 hits through 15.1 innings. The Jays have started to finally win a few games, and more importantly, they’re scoring runs, even in losses, putting 16 runs across in their last 4 games. Today they’ll go for the series win in Anaheim, against a righty heavy Angels lineup that once you get past Mike Trout is none too impressive. The Angels are hitting with a .293 combined team wOBA, that only climbs to .297 against right handed arms. They’ve got a 28.3 hard hit percentage, and the wind will be blowing straight out at 9MPH. This pick isn’t without risk...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/22/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for tournament pitchers to target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitchers Kenta Maeda FD 8000 DK 9000 Opponent - ARI (Ray) Park - @ARIFD - 27.83 DK - 18.58 Kenta Maeda takes a bit of a hit today for the ballpark, the Dodgers are in Chase Field this weekend, but is still worth a look in tournaments for a number of factors. Last year the right hander finished with a .384 wOBA against left handed bats, and a .298 from the right side. This bodes well in his favor against the Diamondbacks Righty heavy lineup. The DBacks, despite playing in one of baseball’s more hitter friendly parks, are batting with a team wOBA of .319 and have only gone long 15 times so far this season, though 9 of those did come at home. They also strike out at a 25.3% K rate which is the third worst rate in the majors and provides a nice upside boost to Maeda, a pitcher that struck out 9.17 batters per 9 last year and is holding at an even 9 per 9 so far this year. The Dodgers are favored to win, though not by much, but if they can get the runs across early and Maeda builds up the Ks he could pay handsomely tonight. Dan Straily FD 7700 DK 7800 Opponent - SD (Weaver) Park - @SDFD - 30.79 DK - 20.31 Through three starts so far this season, Dan Straily is sitting with a 1-1 record in his new setting down in south beach. Tonight, he leaves Marlins park behind for the extremely pitcher friendly Petco Park in San Diego, home of the poor hitting Padres. San Diego is hitting with a piddling .287 team wOBA to start this season, and is striking out at an average 22.5% clip. The Marlins aren’t favored to win by much either, in fact, only one pitcher is looking like a solid option for a win tonight, we’ll get to him in a moment. Regardless of the win factor, the spacious park and poor offense provides us with plenty of potential upside for Straily making him an appealing tournament option on the main...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/22/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitcher Carlos Carrasco FD 10300 DK 10900 Opponent - CHW (Shields) Park - @CHWFD - 35.66 DK - 23.39 Carlos Carrasco is the most expensive pitcher on the main slate across the industry and with good reason. Sporting a 1-1 record he comes in to tonight's contest with the White Sox in Chi Town with a 2.33 ERA, a .84 WHIP and a 19/6 K/BB ratio. That ratio would be even better if he didn't struggle so much with his control last time out against Detroit. He actually whiffed as many as he walked in that one, 5 each. The White Sox righty heavy bats are nothing to worry about against an ace right hander like Carrasco, who struck out 1.02/9 from each side of the plate last season and was more dominant versus the right side of the plate with a .294 wOBA compared to a .313 against lefties. The tribe is heavily favored in this game and I expect to see Carrasco throwing deep in to the night. A high floor high ceiling play definitely in play in all formats. Jacob deGrom FD 10500 DK 9900 Opponent - WSH (Gonzalez) Park - @NYMFD - 33.89 DK - 22.28 deGrom was scheduled to start last night against the Netionals in Citi Field but was pushed off a day due to neck stiffness. This is one to watch closely. If cleared to start, and everything I'm reading leads me to think he will, he makes for an excellent cash game play against a Nationals team that sported a respectable, yet still league average .318 wOBA against righties last year. I'd steer clear in tournaments, as Washington only struck out 20% of the time against right handers, and toeing the rubber against Gio means the win is far from a sure thing. If deGrom is held out once again, the Mets seem likely to insert Sean Gilmartin into his spot in the rotation which would add greatly to the appeal of the Washington bats. I fully expect deGrom to make the start, and he's been sharp to start off this season sporting a .56 WHIP despite having yet to garner a win in this first month. Michael Pineda FD 9100 DK 10100 Opponent - PIT...