Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/23/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitcher Early Carlos Carrasco FD 10200 DK 12800 Opponent - SEA (Moore) Park - @SEAFD - 38.51 DK - 25.29 We've got split slate action here as we approach the final week of the season and boy is it ever split. The main slate has batters aplenty with some questionable pitching and the early slate has some nice arms with questionable bats. It's always a nice slate for pitching when Carlos Carrasco is included. He hit a season high in salary last time out and has come back down a bit following a four run outing against the Royals on the heels of a four game stretch where he allowed just two runs in 29 innings pitched. Another piece to this dominant Cleveland pitching staff, Carrasco is coming in just under 10 K/9 with a 3.35 xFIP which is ranked eleventh among qualified pitchers. Today he takes on a Seattle team that has lost six straight heading into this weekend series and while not eliminated just yet, have little hope of seeing the postseason. They don't strikeout a ton, just 20.5% of the time. As the largest favorite going today with an opening line of -210, Carrasco is an excellent cash option that can be used in tournaments as well. Charlie Morton FD 9200 DK 8700 Opponent - LAA (Norris) Park - @HOUFD - 32.26 DK - 21.39 Also on the early slate we have Charlie Morton, Morton's price has been slowly on the rise but I still think there's some value to be garnered here. Particularly against the Angels, who rank among the bottom third in baseball with a .316 team wOBA vs RHP. The Angels are another team that tend to be stingy with the strikeouts, 19.6% vs RHP, but like Carrasco above, Morton has a knack for exploiting a teams weakness at the plate and compiling K's with ease. Through his last six starts Morton has averaged 10.70 K/9 while holding opponents to two runs or fewer in all but two of those. Another solid favorite in Vegas, Morton has the luxury of throwing in the friendliest park in baseball against an Anaheim team on the outside looking in at the last wildcard spot. These two pair together nicely...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/22/17 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 NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Minnesota Twins We're winding down, with just over a week left in the season, teams have about 10 games to go, while some knew weeks ago that their October calendar was going to be wide open, others are still fighting for their division, or even just the chance to sneak in as a wildcard. We're going to look at three teams tonight that are still fighting for something, and have the opportunity to do so against some questionable pitching. We'll start out with Minnesota. The Twins are in Detroit against the Tigers who already have tee times set for the first week of October. Daniel Norris returns to starting duties for the Tigers after a brief move to the bullpen. Norris has been less than impressive as a starter for Detroit picking up just four wins in 16 starts this season a 5.38 ERA and a 5.04 xFIP which ranks among the worst in the majors. To his credit he doesn't give up a ton of long balls, but a 1.67 WHIP tells us all we need to know about Norris. The Twins are clinging to the last wildcard spot and need every win they can get moving forward. Brian Dozier has been crushing lefties to the tune of a .419 wOBA this season, with five home runs hit this month and should be the center of any Twins stack. Top stacking options: Brian Dozier, Joe Mauer, Jorge Polanco, Eduardo Escobar Arizona Diamondbacks The Diamondbacks most likely will not be winning the west despite the September swoon of the Dodgers who have the division all but wrapped up despite playing so poorly in the final month of the season, but Arizona is still holding on to a solid lead in the top wildcard spot. They'll look to build on the lead with a weekend series at home against the Marlins. Like Daniel Norris above, Conley is just not an impressive pitcher and will be clearly outmatched against the likes of Paul Goldschmidt (.305/.410/.576 slash line) and A.J. Pollock (.363 wOBA vs LHP). Conley brings a 38.1% hard...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/22/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for tournament pitchers 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 NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Chris gave you Zack Greinke, Jon Gray, and Michael Wacha in the main picks article, here we are going to look at some solid GPP pivots you may want to consider. Rich Hill FD 9100 DK 9400 Opponent - SF (Samardzija) Park - @LADFD - 37.22 DK - 24.28 The Dodgers are hobbling into the postseason, going 6-15 in September, and just dropping three of four in Philly of all places, but now they've returned back to the west coast and will open a weekend series hosting the Giants who if you've been paying attention are one of the worst offenses in the game. San Francisco comes into tonight's contest with a .295 team wOBA regardless of the split which is ranked dead last in the majors. They've been hacking away down the stretch as well, striking out 22.5% of the time. This makes for a great time to buy in on Rich Hill. Hill, if you recall, had a no hitter going into the tenth against the Pirates last month until a bad pitch to Josh Harrison. He followed that up with back to back starts against Arizona, getting owned in Chase Field before dominating at home. Hill comes to the mound today with 10.79 K/9 and a .261 BABIP which keeps him ranked among some guys named Kluber and Kershaw. Trevor Bauer FD 8800 DK 9000 Opponent - SEA (Ramirez) Park - @SEAFD - 33.54 DK - 22.05 Unlike the Dodgers, the Indians have been steamrolling their way into the postseason. The Tribe have won 27 of their last 28 games, and though that sole loss came on Trevor Bauer's watch in his last start, we can't fault him one off outing, particularly when it comes on the heels of five straight quality starts, four of which garnered wins. Bauer will take to the hill in Safeco Field, one of the more favorable pitcher parks on the slate against the Mariners. Seattle has been the epitome of average this season with a .320 wOBA and 101 wRC+, they aren't the easiest team to target for strikeouts either,...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/20/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for tournament pitchers 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 NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Robbie Ray FD 11100 DK 13000 Opponent - SD (Lamet) Park - @SD FD - 39.72 DK - 26.11 This is the pivot from Chris Sale. With Sale having a few rough starts over the last month, I do think we see around 15% ownership on Ray. He deserves it, too. He has been great all season long with a .256 wOBA vs righties and a .277 against lefties. He strikes out just as many as Chris Sale (12 per 9)  and walks 1 fewer. He's also on absolute fire over his last 4 games. Since the start of September, Ray has pitched 26 innings, accounting for 46 strikeouts!!! No, that is not a misprint. He's striking out guys at an insane clip right now and gets to walk into Petco Park, the largest ballpark in baseball. He's used to pitching in Chase Field, so it's about as big of an upgrade as you can have. The Padres have ranked 28th against lefties on the season with a .309 wOBA and 24% strikeout rate. RObbie Ray is a very good pitcher and there's a chance he outscores Chirs Sale on this slate. I presonally went with Sale in cash, but it wasn't easy. Jon Lester FD 8700 DK 9200 Opponent - TB (Snell) Park - @TB FD - 34.88 DK - 22.99 If you want to pay down just a bit for a guy who's far too cheap, Jon Lester fits the bill. We know the pitcher he morphs into with things on the line and it's playoff time for these Cubbies. They're hanging on to the division lead by a few games and can't afford to lose any to the lowly Rays. Lester has doinated lefties this year and struggled a bit against righties. He's also dealt with a .335 BABIP, which is tough for a guy that can't hold runners. The good thing with the Rays is that their speed comes from the left side and you can't steal 1st base. Lester has the ability to pitch a CGSO without anyone blinking an eye. His price is cheap...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/20/17 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 NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL or MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Houston Astros I really hope you didn't expect to see the Astros ignored here. When a team is possessing a 6.20 implied total in an average ballpark, you're bonkers to ignore it. It has only happened once or twice all season long. That's a number you see in Coors Field. However, James Shield is basically the walking Coors Field. He has allowed a .394 wOBA to lefties against a .354 against righties. He allowed nearly 3 HR's per 9 innings and has a hard time getting an ant out, let along MLB hitters. We know how lethal this Astros lineup is and the potential for an early exit is there. The White Sox have one of the worst bullpens in the game, so it could get very ugly, very fast. With Shields being a bit worse against lefties, Reddick is my favorite in the OF. He has the power to hit it out and is sandwiched between Altuve and Springer. Altuve is a must if you're ever stacking the Astros. The rest of the order is full of great bats against righties and I can't fault you for using any of them. The main point is to make sure you get exposure to this team. I would say this is the most confidence I've had in an offense all year long. Main Stack - Jose Altuve, Josh Reddick, Marwin Gonzalez, George Springer Sneaky Stack - Jose Altuve, Josh Reddick, Carlos Correa, Brian McCann St. Louis Cardinals Williams "Rookie" Davis has done his best James Shields impression thus far, giving up an insane .429 wOBA to both righties and lefties. He is young, and the small sample size should be considered. However, he wasn't great in the minors and the Reds aren't necessarily surprised by what they've seen. He might get better eventually, but I highly doubt it's in 2017. Davis has a long way to go and he now faces a Cardinals team that's used to hitting in Busch Stadium. Great American Ballpark is one of the 2 best in the league for HR's and actually slightly...