Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/30/17 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 Wade Miley FD 7800 DK 8200 Opponent - NYY (Montgomery) Park - @NYYFD - 24.75 DK - 16.53 Pitcher as a whole is pretty ugly today. Austyn gave you Keuchel and Archer, who are fine cash game plays, but if you're looking for a nice tournament play with a ton of upside, then look no further than Wade Miley. Miley is severely underpriced for his ceiling, but he's also sitting with a pretty low floor today due to his match up with the Yankees. It's because of the match up that I won't look to Miley in cash games, but he's my play of the day in tournaments. The Yankees have a team wOBA of .310 against southpaws dating back to last year, but it climbs to .334 in the first month of this season. They've got 32 home runs, 21 coming at home, and they are actually favored to win the final game of this series. That said, in Miley we have an arm with 11.08 K/9 which is the fifth best in the AL, giving up only 0.69 HR/9 and holding opposing left handed batters to a .244 wOBA dating back to last season (.303 for right handers). The 4.85 BB/9 is concerning, but if he can take advantage of the Yankees 20.4 K% to get them swinging he can collect some K's, hope for some runs support from his offense while holding the Yanks in check, he could be in for a big day, paying huge value on his bargain salary. Hyun-Jin Ryu FD 6600 DK 9200 Opponent - PHI (Pivetta) Park - @LADFD - 29.73 DK - 19.5 After Miley we're really looking at some risky plays. The Dodgers look to Sweep the Phillies out of L.A. today after a dramatic comeback last night. To complete the sweep they will send Hyun-Jin Ryu to the mound. The system loves Ryu as the top points per dollar play on FanDuel where he is coming in at a steal. It's a little more iffy on DraftKings. Ryu is better than his 0-4 record would suggest, striking out...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/30/17 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 Dallas Keuchel FD 10500 DK 9400 Opponent - OAK (Hahn) Park - @HOU FD - 34.86 DK - 22.88 It looks like Cy Young Dallas Keuchel is back. While he hasn't been bad over the last year, he hasn't shown the same upside or consistency we have seen at other times. So far this season, he has held a .207 combined wOBA that's  backed up by an elite 22% hard contact rate allowed. He has been around 7 strikeouts for 3 seasons now and it looks like the type of pitcher he is now. He faces off with the Oakland Athletics, who are a very inept offense. Just looking at the lineup, it's not hard to see why we like picking on them. The projected top 3 in this order is Adam Rosales - Jed Lowrie - Ryon Healy. Khris Davis is the only bat to be scared of here and I expect Keuchel to pitch around him. Lower in the lineup, Keuchel should have some easy outs with the likes of Joyce, Decker, and Pinder. He's at home, where's he has pitched much better over his career. As long as he's able to do what he's been doing and staying inside the strike zone, he'll have a great game. He can get into trouble when he starts walking batters and is forced to make uncomfortable pitches to good hitters in bad counts. Keuchel is actually more expensive on FanDuel, and by a pretty good margin. I like him a lot more on DraftKings and would say he's definitively my top cash game option. On FanDuel, there's a discussion to be had with Archer more than $1000 cheaper. Let's take a look at the spot he's in. Chris Archer FD 9100 DK 10500 Opponent - TOR (Sanchez) Park - @TOR FD - 34.05 DK - 22.59 We know what were going to get when we roster Archer, but not at all. He is pretty consistent and after the 1st inning, you will have a pretty good idea of how your night is going to end up. This match-up with the Blue Jays will only exaggerate that. He had his worse start of the year last time out against the Orioles, who seem...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/29/17 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. Arizona Diamondbacks The Diamondbacks were in this spot yesterday, and true to what Brent said, if they're in a hitter friendly park against a southpaw, they will be back, so here we are a day later. The Rockies will send another lefty to the hill tonight in the form of Tyler Anderson, and while the DBacks didn't deliver quite as we would hope last night with only 2 of their starting 8 contributing double digit FanDuel points, we have to acknowledge their being right back in play today. Anderson comes in with a 1-3 record through 5 starts this season, which is not surprising as it's tough to pick up a win when you're only averaging 5 innings per start. He's allowing 2.13 HR/9 and though only 2 of his long balls allowed have come outside of Coors, the park similarities here make this almost like a Coors game. He's also holding a 4.09 xFIP this season and his wOBA (.408) against righties is something to behold. For Arizona's half of the deal Brent covered the Lefty bashing they're capable of yesterday. Dating back to last season Yasmany Tomas and Paul Goldschmidt are sporting a .420 and .432 wOBA respectively with A.J. Pollock, and Chris Owings not far behind at .355 each. Despite the fact that Tomas went 0for at the plate last night, that wOBA and his price, especially on FanDuel will have me right back at it tonight with Goldy, Pollock and Owings. Chicago Cubs The Cubbies continue their interleague series with the Red Sox in Fenway. Today they step in to the box to face Steven Wright. Wright has been extremely inconsistent to start the season, going a combined total of 5 inning in two starts where he got rocked by the Orioles. While his other two starts were slightly more productive, there is plenty we can exploit on Wright. While he struck out a respectable 7.3/9 last season, to date this year, he's only getting K's at a 4.58 clip per 9, while allowing a .468 wOBA to left handed batters which jumps to an...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/29/17 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 9800 Opponent - SEA (Gallardo) Park - @CLEFD - 33.46 DK - 22.09 If you're looking to fade off of Stephen Strasburg in the early slate there are plenty of options worth considering, at the top of the list in Danny Salazar. Salazar is off to a strong start to the 2017 campaign. He got roughed up a little by the White Sox last time out, allowing four runs in 5 innings, off of 7 hits and three walks. His 14.29 K/9 is the best in the American League. My primary concern with Salazar lies in his control as his 10.9 BB% is the highest in the AL, however in our favor is the fact that the Mariners as a whole only walk 9.9% of the time, so their impatience could benefit us greatly here. The Mariners have combined for 23 home runs this season, but with the wind forecasted to blow in at 9mph, Salazar should be able to keep them in the yard. I see Strasburg being the cash play of the day, but if you want to go a different way in a tournament, you could do worse than Danny Salazar. Michael Pineda FD 8700 DK 10100 Opponent - BAL (Jimenez) Park - @NYYFD - 32.49 DK - 21.4 Another option on the early is Michael Pineda. Pineda's K/9 isn't on the level of Salazar's, but it comes awfully close at 11.19. He's rocking a 2.32 xFIP, and has a .319 wOBA against left handed bats, which drops to .263 against righties. The wind at Yankee Stadium is expected to be blowing directly out at a crisp 8mph, so that presents some concern with the Orioles power hitters, but the upside lies in the Baltimore 22.3% K Rate which is sixth highest in the AL. Baltimore is projected for only 3.7 runs, and they're trotting Ubaldo Jimenez out there. He got rocked by the Yankees once already this season, so is Pineda can keep the ball in play, and limit the runs the win should be a given. I prefer Salazar,...

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...