DFSR's Daily Fantasy MLB Podcast for FanDuel & DraftKings Tuesday 5/22/18 DFSR’s Doug Norrie and James Davis take to the podcast discussing a full slate of Tuesday MLB action for FanDuel and DraftKings. They start the podcast discussing the move over the weekend by the Rays to start Sergio Romo out of the bullpen for one inning against the Angels. They talk about how these kinds of moves could affect projections going forward. For the main slate of games, the guys debate between the two top options in Gerrit Cole and Chris Sale. Both are in good spots, coming at top dollar. They discuss whether these early season numbers are the new norm for Cole. There’s also some talk of Trevor Cahill and Luke Weaver as SP2 options on DK. On offense, there’s no shortage of bad arms to target like James Shields, Matt Harvey, Matt Koch, Matt Boyd, Mike Leake and more. Be sure to subscribe...

Daily Fantasy MLB Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/21/18 Monday in majors hits us with a nine-game slate. Pitching isn't going to cost all that much even for some of the better arms so there should be plenty of opportunities to pay up for some bigger bats. Let's take a look at some of the day's better values. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB 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 Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitcher Gio Gonzalez FD 8800 DK 11900 Opponent - SD (Robbie Erlin) Park - WSH FD - 35.61 DK - 18.25 Gio enters this game striking out the most batters he’s ever put down in his career. He’s K-ing almost ten batters per nine on the season, up from a career 8.8 K/9 average. The 25% K% is also up over his career number, though he’s given back some of the strikeout gains by also spiking a 4.17 per nine walk rate. Don’t be fooled completely by the 2.36 ERA with the xFIP more than a run higher. But he still enters this game as a big -180 favorite against the Padres who rank in the bottom third of the league against lefties on the season. Their team .304 wOBA ranks 22nd against lefties and they strike out the sixth-most at 26%. Gonzalez is very cheap on FanDuel but the DraftKings price is a little closer. There I’d probably defer to the two guys below, but he’s still firmly in the discussion. Jose Berrios FD 8400 DK 8500 Opponent - DET (Blaine Hardy) Park - MIN FD - 35.42 DK - 18.47 At this point, we basically know what we’re getting with Berrios. He’s a guy who’ll strike out just a bit south of a batter per nine and as long as he’s limiting the walks, won’t get himself into all that much trouble. He’s actually lowered his xFIP into the mid-threes (down more than a run off his career average) and has gone six or more innings in two of his last three starts. The Tigers are a light-hitting bunch with a team .308 wOBA against righties on the season. They’re also without Miguel Cabrera in the middle of the lineup. Berrios comes in with the best Vegas odds on the slate with the Twins a big -200 favorite. He’s a solid play on both sites, but especially on DraftKings where you’re buying him on a nice discount in this...

DFS MLB Podcast for Friday 5/18/18 - FanDuel and DraftKings  DFSR’s Doug Norrie and James Davis take to the MLB pod discussing a full slate of Friday baseball for FanDuel and DraftKings. There are a lot of interesting ways to take lineups today considering some big arms like Max Scherzer could have you spending up all the way at starting pitcher. The guys discuss the merits of that approach along with other secondary considerations like Jacob deGrom coming very cheap on DraftKings. Ivan Nova and Ross Stripling are also solid ways to save money at SP2. No shortage of bad pitchers take the mound as well with the Rangers, White Sox, Cubs and Red Sox all projected for a lot of runs. Finally, the guys have a quick Yanny vs. Laurel debate. Here’s the link for the audio tweet they discussed at the end. guys....play this clip with the audio on. If you think of the word "Brainstorm" you will hear Brainstorm.If you think of the words "Green Needle" you will hear Green Needle. We are officially in the matrix and I have no idea what is going on pic.twitter.com/PAwWlTn0GN — Hungrybox (@LiquidHbox) May 17, 2018 Be sure to subscribe...

DFS MLB Podcast for Wednesday 5/16/18 The DFSR crew of Doug Norrie and James Davis break down a double slate of Wednesday MLB action for FanDuel and DraftKings. They start off by talking about how to handle weather concerns leading to lineup lock and when it should affect your decision-making process about rostering players. For the early slate of games, they debate whether J.A. Happy early season K numbers are sustainable, what to do with Jameson Taillon and the Cardinals as a great stack. Then the evening is just full of elite arms and they try to make sense of the Chris Sale, Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander group of aces. They also look at Walker Buehler as a cheaper pivot. And finally, they try to make sense of the Red Sox run line against Trevor Cahill. Be sure to subscribe...

Daily Fantasy MLB Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/16/18 We've got a huge Wednesday of baseball action coming at you with the games starting in the noon EST hour and running all the way through the evening. It's going to be a full day with big name arms and bats all in good spots. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB 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 Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitcher Early Jameson Taillon FD 8000 DK 7600 Opponent - CHW (Hector Santiago) Park - PIT FD - 33.56 DK - 17.6 Taillon’s numbers look awfully weird this season considering he’s had two complete blowup starts where he failed to get through two and four innings respectively and then left last game early with a finger cut. That’s had him average less than five innings a start though I think there’s enough wonkiness built in to believe this is still a good spot for the young righty. The White Sox strike out 24% of the time against righties this season and have some big swing and miss guys in the middle of their lineup. They are, of course, more imposing getting Yoan Moncada back in the leadoff role, but I still really like the matchup and park here for Taillon. No early line on this game, but I suspect he's at least a -140 favorite with the White Sox coming in at less than four implied runs. J.A. Happ FD 8600 DK 9300 Opponent - NYM (Zack Wheeler) Park - NYM FD - 34.32 DK - 17.84 Happy caught some of the regression bug over his last two games after starting the season striking out batters at a much higher rate than anything else he’d done in his career. In his first 36 innings, he struck out 50 batters. Over his last nine innings (two starts) he’s put down only six. I suspect the truth lies somewhere in between. This is the perfect matchup to catch those numbers back up to what he was doing to start the season. The Mets strike out the third-most (26.8%) of the time against lefties and are without Todd Frazier in the middle of the lineup. Happ isn’t an overwhelming favorite (-124 on the road) but it helps that he gets to roll through the pitcher slot because the game is in the National League. He doesn’t cost an arm and a leg and I love this as a...