DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Friday 9/17/21 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 9900 DK 10200 Opponent - CIN (Luis Castillo) Park - CIN FD - 36.68 DK - 20.2 The CY Young awards are coming down to the wire and Buehler is firmly in the conversation in the National League. He has been especially dominant lately holding opponents to two or fewer earned in 11 of his last 12 starts(2.09 ERA). While pitching in Great Amercian Smallpark can be dangerous at times, the Reds have really struggled lately going 7-14 over their last 21 games while averaging under 3.5 runs per game. Buehler is my top pitcher on both sites and I will have exposure in all formats. Dylan Cease FD 8600 DK 9100 Opponent - TEX (Taylor Hearn) Park - TEX FD - 38.36 DK - 20.4 He has a little blip on the radar in his last start but overall has been a very consistent arm for the White Sox and fantasy. Before the last start, he had gone 5+ qualifying for a win in 14 straight and has been striking out about 4% more batters in the second half. Tonight he opens as a -195 favorite in a great matchup against the Rangers who rank dead last in every offensive category in the second half. Fire up Cease in all formats. Catcher/First Base Yuli Gurriel FD 3000 DK 4600 Opponent - ARI (Madison Bumgarner) Park - ARI FD - 14.99 DK - 11.5 The Astros offense has been putting up runs at will recently(35 last 4 games) and I am going right back to the well on Friday. It starts with Gurriel who remains a tremendous value at these prices on both sites given his consistency all season(3.15/.382/.465 slash line) and especially lately as he enters with multi-hit efforts in four of his last five games. At these prices, he is easily my play at first in all formats. Paul Goldschmidt FD 4000 DK 4200 Opponent - SD (Vince Velasquez) Park - SD FD - 11.99 DK - 9.01 This is a case of a huge price differential between the sites as Goldy has reached the $4K mark on FanDuel yet comes cheaper than Gurriel on DraftKings. I am very interested in the latter and making it even better is the fact he comes in red-hot with hits in three straight including two doubles, two home runs, and seven runs scored. He nows faces Velazquez who...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Thursday 9/16/21 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 10600 DK 10600 Opponent - SD (Pierce Johnson) Park - SD FD - 36.97 DK - 20.34 Leading the way on this early slate is Kevin Gausman who is making the most of his one-year deal in San Fran. He enters the night with a 14-5 record but more importantly, an elite 2.65 ERA backed up by a 3.32 xFIP while adding a ton of upside with a 29.4% K rate and the 7th best swing rate(51.4%) in the majors. He now gets a slumping Padres team that went into Wednesday's game losers of five straight while scoring just six runs. There are some slim pickens on this slate and Gausman is easily the top option in all formats. Ian Anderson FD 8000 DK 7900 Opponent - COL (Germán Márquez) Park - COL FD - 34.13 DK - 17.73 From a PTS/$ perspective, Anderson is right at the top of my list under $8K in his fourth start back since injury. He saw mixed results in the first starts but looked very sharp in his last starts holding the Marlins to two earned runs over five innings while striking out nine. He now faces a Rockies team that ranks dead last in almost every offensive stat on the road. Despite the rising price, Anderson will be in my player pool in all formats. Catcher/First Base Jared Walsh FD 2900 DK 4400 Opponent - CHW (Reynaldo López) Park - CHW FD - 9.06 DK - 6.8 Despite the smaller slate, there are some good spots for value and at first, that starts with Jared Walsh. He has been terrific down the stretch with hits in 15 of his last 17 games with five home runs and a .436 wOBA. This is a player who has spent quite a bit of time in the mid to high $5K range on DraftKings and is now heating up and coming at a big discount. Fire him up in all formats. Darin Ruf FD 2500 DK 3900 Opponent - SD (Pierce Johnson) Park - SD FD - 9.83 DK - 7.43 With all the injuries to the Padres rotation, they have signed Ross Detwiler who is projected to get a start on Thursday afternoon. This ties into this value play at first base as Darin Ruf crushes lefties(.428 wOBA/173 wRC+) and has gotten a ton of at-bats near the top of the...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Wednesday, 9/15/21 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB and NBA optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! We're down to the final three weeks! It's been a long grind to get to this point, and it's definitely been full of some major ups and downs. The good news is that we have the upper hand on a lot of the competition right now, with a lot of dead money coming in from NFL DFS goers. These people are making the prize pools more full than usual, making things a bit easier on us. We're just going to keep riding our projections and building solid lineups, which should lead to success for the final few weeks! Pitchers Julio Urías FD - P 10300 DK - SP 10500 Opponent - ARI (Madison Bumgarner) Park - LAD FD - 38.11 DK - 20.38 If it were 1976, Urias would be one of the frontrunners for NL Cy Young behind his 17-3 record. That alone is truly ridiculous, but a 2.98 ERA and 1.03 WHIP are equally as impressive. That doesn't even include his 175 Ks across 163 innings, making him the best pitcher on this slate. What we love here is that he gets to face Arizona. This club is battling for the worst record in baseball and ranks 24th in runs scored, 26th in OPS, and 29th in xwOBA. That's on full display when you see that Urias is averaging 28.7 DK points in their two meetings this season, backed by a 0.77 ERA and 0.60 WHIP. Jose Urquidy FD - P 8700 DK - SP 10000 Opponent - TEX (Kohei Arihara) Park - TEX FD - 34.49 DK - 17.98 Not many people talk about Urquidy regarding Houston's success, but maybe they should. This guy has a 3.51 ERA and 1.02 WHIP in one of the quietest great seasons from any pitcher in the league. That alone makes him a brilliant value on FanDuel, with Urquidy averaging 27.2 FD points per game. The best part of this play is the matchup, though, with the Rangers ranked dead-last in OBP, wOBA, and runs scored. That was crystal clear last season when Urquidy threw seven innings in each of their two meetings, averaging over 40 FD points per game. Not to mention, Jose and the Stros enter this matchup as a -230 favorite. Dallas Keuchel is a good GPP play against a shorthanded Angels team as a -200 favorite. Catcher/First Base Pete Alonso FD - 1B 3800 DK - 1B 4700 Opponent - STL...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Tuesday 9/14/21 - 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 11400 DK 10700 Opponent - BAL (Alexander Wells) Park - BALFD - 46.58 DK - 26.26 Cole is a massive favorite against the Orioles today, coming in at -325. That is one of the biggest lines you will see and it makes total sense considering his talent against the disaster that is Baltimore. Though the grip issue from earlier in the season looked like it was going to be an issue, the numbers have remained elite with Cole striking out more than 12 batters per inning on the season and carrying in a 2.81 xFIP. Baltimore is a bottom-third team on the season and have started trotting out some younger guys as we get near the end of the season. No reason to fade Cole here considering he is head and shoulders above the rest of the group today. Kyle Gibson FD 8600 DK 8100 Opponent - CHC (Adrian Sampson) Park - CHCFD - 33.5 DK - 18.02 After Cole, there is a lot to like with the secondary options on DraftKings especially. Gibson is a big favorite against the rebuilding Cubs on the slate, coming in as a -212 home favorite. Chicago has been using mostly a skeleton crew since shipping most of its talent off at the trade deadline. Gibson isn’t probably as good as the low 3’s ERA would suggest, but he is coming at a reasonable price on DraftKings and shouldn’t face all that much resistance in this matchup. Catcher/First Base Luke Voit FD 3200 DK 3800 Opponent - BAL (Alexander Wells) Park - BALFD - 14.49 DK - 10.83 You are going to see a decent amount of Yankees on this list today for sure. They are in just such a good spot on the mound but also at the plate as well. Against the lefty, Voit should find himself around the middle of the lineup which bodes well for the run-scoring oppportunites. Voit has actually been platoon neutral for his career, above-average against both sides with a 131 wRC+ and .866 OPS against southpaws. Wells has been terrible through his first 22 major league innings and there is a reason the Yankees are expected to put up runs. Ryan Zimmerman FD 2000 DK 2900 Opponent - MIA (Jesús Luzardo) Park - MIAFD - 10.66 DK - 8.05 I really prefer Voit over the rest of the field here...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Sunday 9/12/21 - 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 Aaron Nola FD 8800 DK 9300 Opponent - COL (Ryan Feltner) Park - COLFD - 44 DK - 24.2 Nola comes into Sunday as a huge favorite against the Colorado Rockies. The Phillies are -260 at home and have a relatively easy matchup hear against one of the worst road offenses in the league. Nola is better than the 4.57 ERA would suggest with the xFIP sitting more than a run lower at 3.44. He is striking out about 11 batters per nine on the season with a 5.5:1 K:BB ratio pointing to a very efficient arm. He’s just run bad on the strand rate and the HR/FB which is driving the ERA up. That shouldn’t be an issue against the Rockies. Lance McCullers Jr. FD 9000 DK 10100 Opponent - LAA (Jaime Barria) Park - LAAFD - 38.76 DK - 21.57 McCullers is a -235 home favorite against the Angels on Sunday with the latter featuring about one scary bat in the whole lineup (Ohtani). The rest of the group is about as pedestrian as it gets and McCullers should have an easy time here. He’s striking out hitters at a 27% rate this season through the 4.36 BB/9 rate is still something of an issue. He isn’t quite as good as the 3.19 ERA would suggest with the xFIP sitting at 3.72, but this is still such a good spot. I like him a bit better on FanDuel, but he still slots as a DraftKings SP2. Catcher/First Base Vladimir Guerrero Jr. FD 4500 DK 6200 Opponent - BAL (Zac Lowther) Park - BALFD - 15.67 DK - 11.88 He is the highest projected bat on the slate and for good reason. For starters, the Blue Jays has a 6.4 implied run line coming into the game which is about as high as you’ll ever see in a major league contest. And Vlad is about as good a hitter as you’ll see with a 1.007 OPS on the season thanks to 42 home runs and a .407 OBP. He’s just awesome. You are paying for it at this point for sure, but he is worth it. Yuli Gurriel FD 2900 DK 5500 Opponent - LAA (Jaime Barria) Park - LAAFD - 13.97 DK - 10.72 Jamie Barria has been just terrible this season and the Astros are in a good spot on Sunday. The former is...