Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings and Starsdraft 10/3/15 In case you didn't know this by now, it's basically impossible to know who will play, and for how much at this time during the season. But if you're crazy (or addicted) enough to keep playing - read on. You're among family, here. And while you're here, go ahead and get a free trial of access to the exclusive projection system that produces these picks for the NFL, MLB, and NBA! Sign up now and get a free 3 day trial to our lineup construction tool for FanDuel, DraftKings and Starsdraft. Click here for a free 3 Day Free Trial Pitchers Early Slate Rainout fun! I recommended Gio before last night's rain out, and he makes a good play in the first half of this double-header as well. Here you go! Gio Gonzalez - FD 9300 DK 8200 StarsDraft Opponent- NYM (Syndergaard) r Park- @NYM If the Mets are going to continue to trot out the B team, Gio makes for a pretty interesting play here. With 20+ FanDuel fantasy points in his last 5 starts, and you're not going to find a lot of upside like this on these relatively low prices this late in the season for a couple of reasons. First of all, a lot of the best pitchers are on good teams, and they aren't going to pitch deep into games right now unless they are still fighting for a playoff spot. Gio's still nearly a strikeout per inning guy with a better than league average xFIP, and that should be enough to get it done against the Mets' back-ups. If they start the actual good hitters maybe I'll reconsider, but this is a good tournament play from where I'm sitting. Late Slate Max Scherzer One never knows how many innings one is going to get out of a big name starter with nothing to play for at the end of the year, but that was true in Scherzer's last start as well, and he pitched 8 nearly no-hit, 10 strike-out innings against a good-hitting Red Sox team. Today he'll get the Mets, who have literally nothing to play for, and with Scherzer making a fringe Cy-Young case, he may very well get left out there for a decent amount of time. If you think the Mets are going to play their starters in the 2nd half of a double-header with the play-offs around the corner, I got a bridge to sell you. Scherz should be shooting fish in a barrel. Shelby Miller - FD 6800 DK 7700 StarsDraft Opponent- STL (Lackey) R Park- @Atl Shelby Miller has 17 losses this year, leading the...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings and Starsdraft 10/2/15 This time of year, it's anybody's guess who's going to play until the lineups are live. To that end, I'll do my best to put out some guys who will be good plays (if they play), but I'll never be able to account for the potential last minute lineup changes that will come across. If you want the rest? Go ahead and get access to the exclusive projection system that produces these picks. We'll have a projection in there for any guy you might want to play, and you can make adjustments up to the last minute. Sign up now and get a free 3 day trial to our lineup construction tool for FanDuel, DraftKings and Starsdraft, and feel free to use it for NFL and NBA season as well! Click here for a free 3 Day Free Trial Note: Just pretend that every player has a "if he plays" tag after his name for this article. It's just impossible to know who will rest, and why. Good luck! Pitchers Chris Sale - FD 12000 DK 11700 StarsDraft Opponent- Det (Simon) R Park- @Cws Dallas Keuchel - FD 11200 DK 11300 StarsDraft Opponent- Ari (de la Rosa) R Park- @Ari With a fair amount of big names going on Friday, there are a lot of potential directions to go. Jake Arrieta has been amazing, but he's freaking expensive right now, and it's unlikely the Cubs will let him go deep given their locking in the playoffs. And really, when you zoom out on the season, Sale has been the better fantasy pitcher when it comes to things actually in his control. He's got the league's best K/9, the 2nd best xFIP (behind Kershaw), and is generally just insanely good by any metric. While Detroit has crushed lefties this season, there's talk that Cabrera might be shut down - which will change a lot of that. As for Keuchel, our system actually isn't a huge fan, but he's arguably the safer play here considering the fact that Houston's season on the line, and he's been pretty fantastic. Arizona has been pretty decent against left handed pitching in their own right, so it's far from a sure thing - but as far as top dollar cash game plays today, these are the guys I'm looking at. Gio Gonzalez - FD 9300 DK 8200 StarsDraft Opponent- NYM (Syndergaard) r Park- @NYM If the Mets are going to continue to trot out the B team, Gio makes for a pretty interesting play here. With 20+ FanDuel fantasy points in his last 5 starts, and you're not going to find a lot of...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings and Starsdraft 10/1/15 Well - things are winding down for this regular season. A lot of playoff spots are secure, a lot of awful players have been called up for September, and here we are - just trying to figure out what the heck is going to happen on a day to day basis. Thursday happens to be quite a large daily fantasy baseball slate, so I'll go ahead and give you a play for the early slate, and then a couple of plays in the late slate for each position. If you want the rest? Go ahead 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, DraftKings and Starsdraft - it works for NFL as well, so don't be shy! Click here for a free 3 Day Free Trial A quick note: It's the end of the year, which means that you really have no idea who is going to play, and who isn't. This is based on a best guess, but inevitably some or all of these picks will be sitting for reasons known or unknown. Make sure to check probable starting lineups before you actually lock yours in, and for the love of God, don't play full-day slates. Pitchers Early Slate Jerad Eickhoff - FD 6100 DK 8800 StarsDraft Opponent- Nym (Stauffer) R Park- @Phi Lord knows I spend enough time bragging about my awesome picks, so let me take a refreshing break for you: I couldn't have been more wrong about Jerad Eickhoff. While he's still out-performing his peripherals, it seems like the gains he's made in the last couple of seasons have been legit. He's an excellent control guy, and he has enough stuff to put up a decent strike-out game as well. Today he'll face the Mets, who have nothing to play for - as evidenced by the fact that Tim Stauffer will be taking the mound. Given the other options early (and the likelihood of Price getting pulled early), I think Eickhoff actually makes a fine play in any format. Late Slate Jose Fernandez - FD 10900 DK 11200 StarsDraft Opponent- TB (Odorizzi) R Park- @TB The runaway favorite for our projection system for late slate cash games. Fernandez has been an improved version of his old dominant self through 10 starts this season - posting a 10.71 K/9 against just 2.15 BB/9. In spite of the innings being very limited, he's still averaged 13.4 FanDuel fantasy points per game, and his 2.71 xFIP would be a top 5 figure if he had enough...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings and Starsdraft 9/23/15 Well, it's Wednesday, and I have a couple of pieces of great news for you: 1) For those of you that wrote in - No, I am not dead. I just almost died due to dehydration while writing the picks last night. 2) I will be going on vacation for a few days, so those of you who love Doug will get to read oh so much of him while I'm gone! 3) The dead money in the DFS sites continues to pour in thanks to the loves NFL, so let's get to giving you some big value daily fantasy baseball plays. 4) If you'd like, you can go ahead 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, DraftKings and Starsdraft. Click here for a free 3 Day Free Trial Pitchers Max Scherzer - FD 11000 DK 12400 StarsDraft Opponent- Bal (Tillman) R Park- @Was So much damned juicy big named pitching tonight, it's hard to know where to begin. Max gets the nod for me, well, because our projection system likes him best. But the reasons it like him best are probably what are interesting to you, so here goes. The Orioles are actually quite tough on right handed pitching, so this might not be what you'd call the safest play ever, but they also come with a lot of built in upside for opposing pitchers due to their huge strikeout rate. Their 23% strikeout percentage against right handed pitching is the 3rd highest in the majors, and you can believe that number will be higher when Max attacks. You know what you're getting in Scherzer by now - the majors' 4th highest K/9 and the 10th best xFIP, AND the third lowest walk rate in the majors. Throw in a nice match-up with the late Chris Tillman, and we're all systems go on this one. Corey Kluber - FD 10100 DK 12300 StarsDraft Opponent- Min (Hughes) R Park- @Min Kluber is a really solid 1a. option to the Big Scherz tonight. Kluber actually has a better xFIP than Scherzer, but he gives a little back fantasy-wise with a lower K/9 and a slightly higher BB/9. You could even argue that Kluber has the better match-up, here. He'll face the Twins, who have the 8th highest K rate, but the 5th lowest wOBA against righties. I think you could make a very strong case that this is the safer play, but I don't think he has quite the upside Scherzer does. Still, if you wanted to...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings and Starsdraft 9/22/15 There's really nothing like Tuesday MLB daily fantasy baseball contests. All of the NFL money finds its way into baseball contests - guys who know football, but mostly know they want to get even after a weekend loss. This is the time for sharks to circle. Tuesday's a nice big slate, but it's made very interesting by a decided lack of top tier pitching. This means lots of guys to pick from today, and a sea of possible options to wade through. No reason to be overwhelmed by the choice - let's dive in to it. Ready to see the projections that inform our daily picks columns? Go ahead 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, DraftKings and Starsdraft. Click here for a free 3 Day Free Trial Pitchers While lots of bad pitching makes choosing hitters a little bit easier, it obviously makes choosing pitchers tough as well. It's interesting today because I can't really recommend guys outside a very narrow price window. That said - let's do this. Danny Salazar - FD 9100 DK 11100 StarsDraft Opponent- Min (Santana) R Park- @Min I'll give you the biggest upside guy first. A quick glance at Salazar's game log tells you most of what you need to know about him. He's got some huge games - even against great hitting teams like the Blue Jays (7 IP, 10 Ks, 1 BB, 2 ER, W) and Yankees (7.1 IP, 8 Ks, 5 BB, 1 ER, W), and some truly horrible games as well. In that way, it's kinda hard to know which Salazar you're going to get from night to night. And... this sort of makes him perfect for deployment in a big tournament. Tonight's match-up with the Twins should raise Salazar's floor somewhat. They've struck out at the 8th highest rate vs. right handed pitching this year, and managed the AL's worst wOBA against northpaws. He's also got a nice match-up with Ervin Santana, who appears to be back to normal after his 2 game black-out to greatness. I get it if you like Ross better for safety, but I'm very tempted to just roll with Salazar everywhere. Tyson Ross - FD 9100 DK 10600 StarsDraft Opponent- SF (Heston) R Park- @Sd I've written up Ross so many times this season that it's starting to get old hat for me, but I've gotta give you the best plays, so here you go. Let's get the elephant in the room out of the way - the Giants...