Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/7/16 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 Max Scherzer FD 10300 DK 13000 Opponent - PHI (Velasquez) Park - @PHI FD - 43.29 DK - 28.5 There were some rumors of Madison Bumgarner moving up a day and starting today. It looks like Matt Cain will start instead, who is the polar opposite of Bumgarner. That leaves us with only 1 expensive option on the entire day. Max Scherzer. Scherzer and the Nats will face-off with the Phillies, who are one of the more underwhelming offenses in the league. Odubel Herrera and Michael Saunders are both great against righties and are the only 2 guys that can give Scherzer some issues. It's a reach though, as not many guys can get to Scherzer. Righties are a lost cause. In 2016, Scherzer allowed a .206 wOBA, which is lowest among qualified starters. Lefties hit Scherzer a little bit better, but nothing to write home about. Scherzer is far and away the top option at pitcher and is a lock for cash games. He is a top 3-5 pitcher in baseball and on a slate with such uncertainty, there's something to be said for a safe, high-upside pitching target. Outside of Scherzer, you will be relying upon tournament options and "what if's" to produce. In cash games, I wouldn't get too cute on this slate. Scherzer is going to produce and I will be taking the sure thing. Zack Wheeler FD 6500 DK 8000 Opponent - MIA (Chen) Park - @NYM FD - 34.62 DK - 22.73 If you aren't a big MLB fan, the name Zach Wheeler may not mean too much for you. If you do pay attention to the Mets and prospects, you definitely know who Wheeler is. Wheeler pitched 100+ innings in 2013, before twirling 180 in 2014. He then got hurt about 5 different times and only managed to pitch 1 single A inning over the last 2 seasons. When Wheeler was pitching well, he dominated righties and held down lefties pretty well. In 2014, Wheeler sported a ..291 combined wOBA to go along with a 29% hard contact rate and a 9.51 K/9. The Mets will definitely be careful with Wheeler, as they can't have him getting hurt again. We saw Harvey dominate and only get 70 pitches...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/6/17 Welcome to the daily updates and injury news article. We'll try and update it right up to line-up locks with as much information as comes across our desks. Let's get to it! Last night's picks can be found here, so you can wrap your mind around what you need to be looking at before lineups lock tonight. By the way - we keep our projection system updated with all of the changes as they occur throughout the day right up until lineup lock. Every day. If you want access to that system so you can cut out a lot of the research element, click the button below! START YOUR FREE TRIAL! What We Know Rajon Rondo has been ruled out against the 76ers Rondo has been a huge part of the Bulls offense as of late, so this will be interesting to see. Jerian Grant will get the start and definitely deserves some ownership in tournaments. Jimmy Butler will also play a lot of point guard and we will get to him later. Nikola Mirotic could also see an uptick in usage. What We're Waiting to Know Paul Millsap is likely to play against the Celtics Millsap came back and played 26 minutes last game. he should see around 30 in this one and if he plays, I will avoid him. If Millsap is out, Dwight Howard is a solid option.Schroder would also pick up some usage and be interesting against Isaiah Thomas. Sean Kilpatrick is questionable against the Magic The Nets have a million different guards, so nobody will see extra minutes either way. The Nets have been spreading minutes out like crazy and I have no interest in anyone besides Jeremy Lin. The "Every Lineup" Guys Isaiah Thomas Isaiah and the Celtics got destroyed by LeBron in crew last game and ended up playing only a portion of his regular minutes. The Celtics want the 1 seed and Thomas will see a ton of minutes here. Dennis Schroder is one of the worst PG defenders in the league and the Hawks have ranked 27th since the ASB against PG's. Thomas is the only real reliable offensive option on the C's and they will rely on him heavily in this one. Jimmy Butler With Rajon Rondo already confirmed out, you have to think Jimmy Butler will be playing a ton of point guard here. The 6'ers are obviously not the team to slow down Butler, who has been on fire as of late. The Bulls are in must-win mode and Butler is the only guy who can score on a consistent basis. While Butler is...

DFSR's Daily Fantasy NBA Podcast for DraftKings and FanDuel Thursday 4/6/17 DFSR's Doug Norrie and James Davis take to the NBA pod to discuss a smaller slate of NBA action. This late in the season there are still a few teams playing for the playoffs and seeding, while others are actively tanking. The Magic are in a great spot tonight against the terrible Nets and basically Orlando's entire starting five is in play for cash games. Aaron Gordon likely becomes the chalk play of the bunch, but you can consider all of the Magic tonight. Jimmy Butler, Giannis and Karl-Anthony Towns highlight the big money plays tonight and it should be fine fitting in their salaries with some other value rounding out the slate. All of this and more on DFSR's NBA pod. Subscribe to this podcast on...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/6/17 The MLB throws us the first curveball of the season with this weird all-day slate. While I love baseball all day long, I would prefer 1 or 2-time slots where a majority start. Still, it's pretty cool to have so many options. Remember, we are in the 3rd/4th game for most of these teams, so the gas cans are coming out to play. We have a whole bunch of gas cans on the mound today with only a couple somewhat reliable arms. Let's take a look at the top plays from each position. Feel free to comment below or join the live chat at the bottom of the page. You can also find me on twitter @ VarneyDFS. 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 Brandon McCarthy FD 6300 DK 7200 Opponent - SD (Weaver) Park - @LAD FD - 34.52 DK - 22.57 The Padres are a team we will be targeting a lot with pitchers this year. If you play NBA DFS, think the Nets. The Padres only have 1 or 2 guys in positive match-ups each night and even those guys aren't great. Brandon McCarthy isn't great either. He's a slightly above-average pitcher with a whole lot to prove this year. He returned from Tommy John last year, but only pitched 40 innings. It will be interesting to see how he can handle a fresh season from start to finish. However, fatigue shouldn't be a problem today. McCarthy is a very smart pitcher and should be able to work around this lineup extremely easily. He's worse against lefties, but not by much. The Padres currently have the lowest implied team total on the all-day slate at 3.13, which is barely less than the Braves at 3.36. When Matt Harvey is facing a team as bad as the Braves and the Padres STILL have a lower total, you know how bad they are. McCarthy is a superior cash game play in the early slate and makes sense in tournaments on a slate with no good pitching. Gio Gonzalez FD 8400 DK 8400 Opponent - MIA (Koehler) Park - @WSH FD - 31.12 DK - 20.51 Pitching on this early slate is absolutely horrible. I don't really like Gio Gonzalez and neither does the optimizer. With that...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/6/17 Welp, the NBA is completely insane right now, but tonight actually doesn't look too off the wall tonight thanks to some of the crazier teams taking a night off. Still, some positions look a little dicey and some situations remain unknown as of this writing, so be sure to stay tuned as it gets closer to lineup lock tonight. Or maybe my brain is just fried because I'm trying to juggle baseball and basketball at the same time. Either way, let's get to the picks! Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our MLB Optimizer, and our new MLB player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA? Be sure to read our free NBA Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Point Guards Dennis Schroder FD - $7300 DK - $7800Opponent - BOSProj Pts FD - 35.68 DK - 38.64 Real talk - point guard is pretty rough tonight. You have some overpriced guys (like Wall), others with less than attractive match-ups (like Lillard), and then a host of unknown situations. The diamond in the rough for me? Dennis Schroder. Schroder has been a relative constant in a see of uncertainty in Atlanta recently, posting 5x points per dollar on these FanDuel prices in 5 of his last 6 games, and flexing considerable upside above that as well. The Celtics haven't been a conventionally great match-up for opposing point guards this season, but any potential opportunity to square of with Isaiah Thomas has to be considered a plus. There's a decent chance he'll draw some of the other tough wing defenders (like Bradley and Smart) at some point, but even in a league average match-up Schroder has to be considered the best mid-high tier option tonight from where I'm sitting. Isaiah Thomas FD - $8500 DK - $8600Opponent - ATLProj Pts FD - 42.51 DK - 45.05 You're not getting a discount on Thomas at these prices, but you get a level of security here that you don't get from a lot of the other options. Thomas has been locked into 19-21 shots recently, and with Boston clawing for the top seed, you can bet he'll see his maximum run in this game. Atlanta has become a sneaky good match-up for opposing point guards with Dennis Schroder seldom up to the task of shutting them down. With most teams playing for little to nothing, I'm happy to take a ball handler who is shouldering a heavy burden here. Also considered: Matthew Dellavedova and...