Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings – 4/3/16

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/3/16 And just like that it's baseball season again. It feels like we never even left the grass fields, crack of the bats and a season that feels like it lasts a lifetime. This first Sunday only has three games on it so this is going to be a shorter version of our daily picks. We'll have a blowout post for Monday's big slate, but this is a good place to get started. Let's get down with our first baseball picks of the season. 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! We've also launched a Stats and Research Page, which includes a lot of the individual statistics that we use to make our projections. It's free! Enjoy.   PITCHER Francisco Liriano FD 8400 DK 9300 Opponent - STL (Wainwright) Park - @PIT FD - 45.74 DK - 25.04 Liriano is coming off one of the best pitching seasons of his career. He finished 2015 with a 3.16 xFIP while striking out 9.88 batters per nine and decreasing his walk rate significantly off the career averages. It's a pitcher headed in the right direction for sure, especially when it comes to his control. He heads into this short slate Opening Sunday as the heaviest (by only degrees) favorite at -116 with a 6.5 o/u, the lowest on the board. The Cardinals were one of the worst teams in baseball against lefties last season, though they are in line for some improvement there in losing Heyward and moving Piscotty into the two slot. Still, they aren't a power impact team and PNC Park is solid for pitchers. On a tough day our system has Liriano as the top pts/$ play. Adam Wainwright FD 8600 DK 8700 Opponent - PIT (Liriano) Park - @PIT FD - 36.79 DK - 18.72 I don't typically like pairing pitchers facing off against each other because it greatly...