DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Friday 6/3/22 - Main Slate Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Gerrit Cole FD - P 10800 DK - SP 10900 Opponent - DET (Elvin Rodriguez) Park - NYYFD - 46.91 DK - 26.57 Cole is a massive, -325 favorite on Friday, easily one of the best money lines you’ll see for a starting pitcher. The win probability really can’t get all that much higher and he’s likely going to be one of the more popular plays on the slate. Cole is having one of his best seasons with a 2.75 xFIP while striking out more than 11 batters per nine and keeping the walks in the low 2’s. He’s just elite, that’s really all there is to it, and is facing off against a very weak Tigers team. Nathan Eovaldi FD 8800 DK 8000 Opponent - OAK (James Kaprielian) Park - OAKFD - 38.99 DK - 21.02 Eovaldi is a -162 road favorite against the A’s on Friday and offers one way to spend down a bit at pitching in order to fit some of the higher-priced bats. The righty has been solid this season, putting up a 6.5:1 K:BB ratio and striking out more than a batter an inning. The 3.13 xFIP is slightly better than the 3.77 ERA and he’s going close to six innings per start because of the efficiency. Oakland ranks dead last in team offense this season and is one of the best matchups to target from a DFS standpoint. I suspect Eovaldi will have a lot of ownership on this slate. Catcher/First Base Vladimir Guerrero Jr. FD 3600 DK 4300 Opponent - MIN (Chi Chi González) Park - MINFD - 14.32 DK - 10.79 There’s a game in Coors that we are going to get to here as well, but it’s hard to ignore the Blue Jays on this Friday slate facing off against Chi Chi González. The latter has pitched more than 260 major league innings with a 12.5% K rate and career 5.29 xFIP. You won’t see it get much worse than that. Meanwhile, Guerrero isn’t having quite the season he put up in 2021, but this is still one of the elite hitters in the game and Gonzalez has almost no chance of getting anything by him. There’s a reason the Blue Jays’ implied run line if pushing six right now. Matt Olson FD 4000 DK 4700 Opponent - COL (Chad Kuhl) Park - COLFD - 13.85 DK...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Thursday 6/2/22(Main Slate) Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Tony Gonsolin FD - P 9800 DK - SP 9100 Opponent - NYM (Taijuan Walker) Park - LAD FD - 30.32 DK - 15.62 The pitching options are pretty sub-par tonight and at the top it comes down to three good, not great options who get average-at-best matchups. I slightly lean Gonsolin here due to his extreme consistency lately as he has tallied 20+ DK/33+ FD points in five straight and six of his last seven games. It can always be risky with the Dodgers pitching staff but more good news as Gonsolin has got up to 90 or more pitches in three straight. I can make a case for and against all three of the top pitchers tonight but Gonsolin is my favourite and top guy in all formats. Keegan Thompson FD - P 7700 DK - RP 6100 Opponent - STL (Matthew Liberatore) Park - CHC FD - 29.88 DK - 14.86 The optimal build on this slate is likely going to be stacking as many bats as possible and that means travelling to the bottom of the salary for a cheap SP2 on DraftKings. It feels like the chalk play will be Chris Flexen against the Orioles but I am pivoting to Keegan Thompson who has been stretched out into a starter's role and has been terrific. He comes into tonight having held opponents to just four earned runs over his last four appearances(three starts) while striking out 14 and walking just three. The matchup doesn't look great at first glance but the Cards are just league average(.309 wOBA/102 wRC+) against righties so at this price, I will take a shot in all formats. Catcher/First Base C.J. Cron FD 4200 DK 5500 Opponent - ATL (Ian Anderson) Park - ATL FD - 12.53 DK - 9.41 Let's kick things off with a trip to Coors and while I prefer the road Braves tonight, I am still wanting some pieces of the Rockies and it starts with C.J. Cron. Despite striking out more and walking less than he did in his first year in Colorado, he is off to a better start hitting over .300 with 13 home runs(4 at this time last year) and is sporting an elite .397 wOBA and 143 wRC+. It's a steep price, but he gets a plus matchup against Ian Anderson who has given up four earned runs in each of...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Wednesday, 6/1/22 How crazy is it that we're in June already? The COVID months felt like they were at a snail's pace, but we're back to time flying by. We're already 30 percent though this MLB season, and we're finally getting a good read on these lineups and rotations. The injuries have been a disaster over the last week, but that does open up some more value. One of the biggest surprises this year has been the resurgence of a Hall-of-Fame pitcher, so, let's start there! Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Justin Verlander FD - P 10900 DK - SP 10000 Opponent - OAK (Cole Irvin) Park - OAK FD - 41.1 DK - 22.86 It's crazy that JV took nearly two years off and has come back better than he was before. This was already one of the best pitchers over the last 10 years, and he's recaptured that form with a 2.03 ERA and 0.83 WHIP. He's still got those numbers despite getting blown up in his last start, and that certainly won't be the case here. Verlander gets to face Oakland, who ranks dead-last in OBP and wOBA. That's no surprise since they play in one of the most spacious ballparks in baseball. In 14 starts at Oakland Coliseum, JV has a 2.64 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, and 9.0 K/9 rate. That has him entering this matchup as a -230 favorite in a game with a 7-run total. Garrett Whitlock FD - P 7000 DK - SP 7000 Opponent - CIN (Hunter Greene) Park - BOS FD - 33.7 DK - 17.95 It's wild that Whitlock is just $7K on both sites. The right-hander has struggled in his last two starts, but he had a 2.43 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, and 11.2 K/9 rate before that. He was doing that damage as a limited starter, but the righty threw 84 pitches and six innings in his most recent start. That means he's pretty much ready for a full workload, and he'd be one of the best starters around if he can keep that going. The best part of this is the matchup, though, with Cincinnati ranked 23rd in OBP, 25th in OPS, and 27th in xwOBA. All of that has him entering this matchup as a -200 favorite. A quality start and a win would be massive from a $7K player, and he has a much higher upside than that with his strikeout potential. I don't...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Tuesday 5/31/22 - Main Slate Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Kevin Gausman FD 10200 DK 9700 Opponent - CHW (Lucas Giolito) Park - CHWFD - 43.35 DK - 23.5 Gausman has now put together a four-year stretch of ace-level pitching and this season might be his best yet. He’s got his K% right around 30% and he’s walking only 2.3% of batters-faced. That’s just ridiculous and it’s why he’s easily the league-lead in WAR among pitchers so far on the year. He’s a -183 home favorite against the White Sox who rank third-to-last in the league in team offense, though they don’t strike out that often. No bother, Gausman is easily the top cash game arm on the slate. Blake Snell FD 7000 DK 8100 Opponent - STL (Adam Wainwright) Park - STLFD - 32.42 DK - 17.73 Snell is making a comeback after an early-season injury and comes into this game as a slight underdog to the Cardinals. This is a guy who’s struck out around 11.5 batters per nine over the last couple of seasons and if he can keep the walks in check he’s an elite arm in the game. This play is more about his price on DraftKings where he’s coming pretty cheap all things considered and we are going to almost definitely want to spend up on some bats for this slate. There is a risk, for sure, but I do think it’s warranted in this case. Catcher/First Base Keston Hiura FD 2600 DK 3100 Opponent - CHC (Justin Steele) Park - CHCFD - 10.51 DK - 7.94 It looks like the wind is blowing out again in Wrigley on Tuesday, and we’ve got another higher run line game headed our way. It worked out well in one of these tilts on Monday and not so much in the other. Regardless, we press on. Hiura should be hitting fifth against the lefty Justin Steele and this makes for an interesting matchup. On the one hand, Hiura is striking out a crazy 41% of the time this season and Steele does has some swing-and-miss stuff. But the former also has an OPS in the 800s and there’s some power. He’s coming cheap and the wind is blowing out. We’ll take it. Matt Olson FD 3400 DK 4700 Opponent - ARI (Humberto Castellanos) Park - ARIFD - 12.74 DK - 9.48 The Braves haven’t quite gotten what they thought they were paying for with...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Monday 5/30/22(Main Slate) Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Walker Buehler FD - P 10300 DK - SP 9200 Opponent - PIT (Zach Thompson) Park - LAD FD - 46.39 DK - 24.85 The pitching on either slate was suspect today with a lack of top options and the ones we do get are either struggling or in a tough matchup. On the main slate, Buehler easily checks the most boxes but I can't say as I am overly excited about the price tag. While he has been consistent to start the year holding opponents to two or fewer earned runs in seven of nine starts(2.91), he has a sub 20% K rate. Tonight, I am willing to overlook that lack of upside given the matchup against the Pirates who are bottom three in almost every statistical category. Fire up Buehler in all formats. Drew Rasmussen FD - P 8900 DK - SP 10100 Opponent - TEX (Glenn Otto) Park - TEX FD - 31.84 DK - 17.48 It's a very similar story for Rasmussen tonight and while I am not a fan of the price tag on DraftKings, he comes at an excellent value on FanDuel tonight. He was fully converted into a starter ahead of the 2022 season and has flourished with a 2.68 ERA/3.11 xFIP, has won five of his last six starts, and struck out 14 over his last two. The only issue I have here is the matchup as the Rangers come in red-hot with a 126+ wRC+/.189 ISO over the last two weeks but on the positive side, they have struck out at a 25% rate in that time and have been worse against righties. Fire up Rasmussen in all formats. Catcher/First Base Pete Alonso FD 4100 DK 5300 Opponent - WSH (Erick Fedde) Park - WSH FD - 12.59 DK - 9.4 Freddie Freeman FD 4100 DK 5500 Opponent - PIT (Zach Thompson) Park - PIT FD - 12.51 DK - 9.43 Decisions, decisions, decisions. That is the case at first base tonight as even with a small slate, we have a ton of options whether wanting to pay up or pay down. Let's start at the top with Alonso who has been scorching hot over the last week and half with hits in eight of 11 games with six multi-hit efforts, and four home runs for an average of 13.2 DK/17.8 FD points per game. He gets a terrific matchup...