Daily Fantasy MLB Pitcher Breakdown FanDuel and DraftKings- 5/3/16 Welcome to our new daily article breaking down some of the other pitching targets on this slate. We covered our system's top value plays in our daily picks article and our updates articles but here we will look at other dudes to consider. Now’s your chance to get DFSR Pro with MLB Optimal Lineups, Projections and Player Cards. Or try a free trial of our base package with projections for every player. While the seasons overlap, you'll get access to our tools for the NBA and NHL as well! 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 Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. A quick heads up - we post an updates article every day in the early afternoon, EST, to catch everyone up on how things are changing as a result of whatever news has come through. We also have great talks in the comments of that article. Hope to see you there! Stacking in DFS MLB is such an important concept if you’re looking to take down a big tournament on FanDuel or DraftKings. It’s also a good way to diversify cash games because the variance in baseball can mean wild swings (ahem) in the scoring on a particular slate. The concept is easy. You want to pile players from one or two teams into your lineups because those guys compound scores by helping each other score runs when the going is good. Pitching Targets Jake Arrieta FD 12100 DK 12100 Opponent - PIT (Niese) Park - @PIT FD - 42.41 DK - 23.32 Our top cash-game play of the day is Jake Arrieta. He was dominant in 2015, and already has a no-hitter under his belt in 2016. Since 2015, Arrieta has been lights out with a 2.42 FIP (2nd in MLB), 26.8 K% (8th in MLB) and a 0.85 WHIP (T-1st in MLB). Not only has he been able to fan hitters and allow less than one walk/hit per inning, but he also owns a stellar 56.1 GB% (5th in MLB). This shows his ability to keep the ball low in the strike zone and force a lot of groundballs, which limits damage. The matchup isn't the prettiest for Arrieta, as he will be going up against the Pirates, but he will still do his thing and is the top cash-play game of the day. Matt Moore FD 7600 DK 8600 Opponent - LAD (Kazmir) Park - @TB FD - 27.24 DK - 13.74 Matt Moore is one of my top GPP...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings- 5/2/16 Welcome to our new daily article breaking down some of the other stacking targets on this slate. We covered our system's top value plays in our daily picks article and our updates articles but here we will look at other dudes to consider. Now’s your chance to get DFSR Pro with MLB Optimal Lineups, Projections and Player Cards. Or try a free trial of our base package with projections for every player. While the seasons overlap, you'll get access to our tools for the NBA and NHL as well! 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 Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. A quick heads up - we post an updates article every day in the early afternoon, EST, to catch everyone up on how things are changing as a result of whatever news has come through. We also have great talks in the comments of that article. Hope to see you there! Stacking in DFS MLB is such an important concept if you’re looking to take down a big tournament on FanDuel or DraftKings. It’s also a good way to diversify cash games because the variance in baseball can mean wild swings (ahem) in the scoring on a particular slate. The concept is easy. You want to pile players from one or two teams into your lineups because those guys compound scores by helping each other score runs when the going is good. Stack Targets New York Mets vs. Mike Foltynewicz (Braves) Park - Citi Field Mike Foltynewicz has really struggled in the early going of his career, and I don't see things better for him tonight. He has a 5.05 FIP and 1.77 HR/9, which means he is allowing almost two homers per game. Foltynewicz has also struggled getting outs, as opposing hitters have a .306 AVG against him, which puts the Mets in a perfect position to do some damage. Now let's get to the bats I am looking to target against Foltynewicz. There isn't a clear-cut place to start with this Mets' lineup. A lot of these hitters hit right-handed pitching well, so I will look to see with which handiness of hitter Foltynewicz struggles with the most. And that is -- Left-handed batters. They have a career .401 wOBA and.582 SLG against him, so I will just start with Curtis Granderson, Neil Walker, Michael Conforto and Lucas Duda. These four left-handed bats will be hitting at the top of the order and will have plenty of opportunities to drive...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitcher Breakdown FanDuel and DraftKings- 5/2/16 Welcome to our new daily article breaking down some of the other pitching targets on this slate. We covered our system's top value plays in our daily picks article and our updates articles but here we will look at other dudes to consider. Now’s your chance to get DFSR Pro with MLB Optimal Lineups, Projections and Player Cards. Or try a free trial of our base package with projections for every player. While the seasons overlap, you'll get access to our tools for the NBA and NHL as well! 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 Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. A quick heads up - we post an updates article every day in the early afternoon, EST, to catch everyone up on how things are changing as a result of whatever news has come through. We also have great talks in the comments of that article. Hope to see you there! Stacking in DFS MLB is such an important concept if you’re looking to take down a big tournament on FanDuel or DraftKings. It’s also a good way to diversify cash games because the variance in baseball can mean wild swings (ahem) in the scoring on a particular slate. The concept is easy. You want to pile players from one or two teams into your lineups because those guys compound scores by helping each other score runs when the going is good. Pitching Targets Johnny Cueto FD 10600 DK 10800 Opponent - CIN (Finnegan) Park - @CIN FD - 36.75 DK - 19.93 I know he was in our MLB baseball picks article, but he is the clear No.1 pitcher on tonight's slate! Johnny Cueto has been outstanding to start the 2016 season, and I don't see the Cincinnati Reds slowing him down tonight. Cueto looks like the Cueto we were all accustomed to seeing when he was in a Reds' uniform. He has a 3.4 BB% (6th in MLB), which shows the control he has in his pitches. Not only has Cueto shown us that he has control of his pitches, but has also shown us his ability to punch guys out, as he owns a 22.6 K%. Speaking of strikeouts -- the Reds have a 22.2 K% (10th in MLB) against right-handed pitchers, in 2016. I see Cueto dominating the Reds tonight and is a great play in all formats! Jonathan Gray FD 5500 DK 0 Opponent - SD (Shields) Park - @SD FD - 32.25 DK - 16.7 I know...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/2/16 I know it's Monday, but at least we have a 10-game slate on our hands! Most of the aces pitched yesterday, but we still have some nice pitching options for tonight. Make sure to check out our other MLB articles, as they will touch on weather/news, stacks and a few other pitching options. Now Let's get to our top plays for each position! Now’s your chance to get a free trial of DFSR Pro with MLB Optimal Lineups, Projections, and Player Cards! While the seasons overlap, you'll get access to our tools for the NBA, NHL, and MLB! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA? Be sure to read our free NBA eBook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. A quick heads up - we post an updates article every day in the early afternoon, EST, to catch everyone up on how things are changing as a result of whatever news has come through. We also have great talks in the comments of that article. Hope to see you there! Pitcher   Johnny Cueto FD 10600 DK 10800 Opponent - CIN (Finnegan) Park - @CINFD - 36.75 DK - 19.93 Johnny Cueto has been outstanding to start the 2016 season, and I don't see the Cincinnati Reds slowing him down tonight. Cueto looks like the Cueto we were all accustomed to seeing when he was in a Reds' uniform. He has a 3.4 BB% (6th in MLB), which shows the control he has in his pitches. Not only has Cueto shown us that he has control of his pitches, but has also shown us his ability to punch guys out, as he owns a 22.6 K%. Speaking of strikeouts -- the Reds have a 22.2 K% (10th in MLB) against right-handed pitchers, in 2016. I see Cueto dominating the Reds tonight and is our top pitcher of the night. Dallas Keuchel FD 10500 DK 9900 Opponent - MIN (Berrios) Park - @HOUFD - 36.15 DK - 19.12 Next up on our list is -- Dallas Keuchel. Sure, some people might be afraid to use him, as he has allowed 11 earned runs in his last two outings, but he was pitching on the road. Tonight, he will be pitching at home, which is where he is dominant. Since 2015, he owns a 2.04 FIP and a 0.89 WHIP when pitching at home. And to make things better for Keuchel and his beard, they will be going up against the Twins. They have had a rough start to the season and have...

Daily Fantasy Baseball Strategy for FanDuel and DraftKings - Platoon Splits Can you believe it? Baseball season is almost here and with it comes months of waiting for that Coors lineup to post, sweating out weather reports, watching some nameless rookie ruin your dreams when you stack against him, and everything else that makes the summer great. At DFSR we're going to lead into baseball season with some strategy articles to get your mind spinning on all the nuances that comes with daily fantasy baseball lineups. If you want a lot of these ideas condensed into one place, make sure to download a copy of our free baseball eBook. There's a nice shiny link below. And while you wait for MLB, you can get a jump start on our membership package. Right now we've got projections for NBA and NHL running everyday and FanDuel and DraftKings NBA Optimal Lineups in our DFSR Pro package. Click here to start a free 3 day trial. Now let's start looking at the baseball season. The deal with platoon splits If you have any experience whatsoever with daily fantasy baseball, you'll know that paying attention to righty/lefty match-ups is one of the principle backbones of setting an MLB DFS lineup. Almost all players in baseball are better when hitting against pitchers of the opposite handedness (though there are a few notable exceptions, like Adam Jones), and some players have an absolutely enormous split. But wading through this information isn't as easy as just taking right handed hitters against left handed pitchers and calling it a day. Let's get to it. First of all, not all platoon splits are created equally, and this should dramatically change how we look at each player. Let's look at a couple of examples. The relatively normal case of David Ortiz Ortiz had a 1.008 OPS against right handed pitchers last year, and a .703 OPS against lefties. This means that he had a better line against right handed pitching than Mike Trout has had for his career, but was about as good as David Eckstein's career line against lefties. Naturally, this meant Ortiz was unplayable against left handed pitching at basically any price, and very attractive against right handed pitching. But it also meant a little bit more. Wide platoon splits are a blessing and a curse So, yes, in general David Ortiz was a great play when he was up against right handed pitching. But there was more to this than first meets the eye. First of all, there was Ortiz's price. Ortiz's absolutely pathetic approach to lefties last year actually made him a better value against right handed pitching, because the various daily fantasy baseball sites...