DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Tuesday 4/12/22 - 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 Yu Darvish FD - P 9700 DK - SP 10100 Opponent - SF (Alex Cobb) Park - SFFD - 34.55 DK - 18.65 Darvish was anything but sharp in the first game of the season, walking four and only striking out three in his four innings. That’s not the kind of efficiency (or lack thereof) we want to see out of a SP in this price range. But I think we can go back to the well for Tuesday with some factors working in his favor. The run line in this game is low (8) thanks to a fantastic pitcher’s park in San Fran and the Giants have one of the lowest implied run lines on the day. Darvish has gotten the walks in check over the last couple of seasons so I’m not as worried about any control issues and I think the FanDuel price is especially a bargain. Patrick Sandoval FD 8400 DK 7900 Opponent - MIA (Jesús Luzardo) Park - MIAFD - 32.3 DK - 16.84 Sandoval draws a good matchup against the Marlins as a -167 home favorite, some of the better win odds on this main slate of games. Miami has scored all off 11 runs through their first four games, highlighting just how bad of an offensive attack this team is working with this season. Sandoval, for his part, is coming off a solid 2021 campaign that saw him strike out more than 9.5 batters per nine with a 3.79 xFIP that played better than average. I like the price on both sites and think he makes a strong SP2 candidate on DK. If you think the 9.45 K/9 rate from last year is real then Alex Cobb (FD $7600 DK $7000) is a total bargain here even in a bad matchup against the Padres. Catcher/First Base Max Muncy FD - 1B 3100 DK - 1B/2B 4600 Opponent - MIN (Chris Archer) Park - MINFD - 13.95 DK - 10.31 Muncy is still coming too cheap to start the season, especially considering the kind of potent lineup he’s able to hit in combined with his own skills at the plate. He’s coming off a .900 OPS season, walking at a borderline elite level, and carrying a ton of power (36 home runs last season). Archer is still able to strike batters out, but has struggled with consistency over the last couple...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Monday 4/11/22(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! After a wild opening weekend to the 2022 season, we now enter the first full week of the season and it starts with a full day of baseball. For this article, we will be looking solely at the seven-game main slate that locks at 6:40 pm ET on both sites. Let's get started. Pitchers Huascar Ynoa FD 8600 DK 8600 Opponent - WSH (Undecided) Park - WSH FD - 28.36 DK - 14.73 We are now five days into the season and that means teams are reaching the bottom of their rotations. On the main slate, it will be tough to pay up for Manoah against a stacked Yankees lineup so I will be taking a more balanced approach that starts with Ynoa. It feels like we have been waiting for a breakout for a while but he has plus stuff and had an xFIP(3.40) that was over a half a run better than his ERA94.05) over 17 starts last season. He also produced an above-average 27% K rate and faces a Nats team that is striking out over 30% of the time to start the season. Fire up Ynoa in all formats. Nick Martinez FD 5700 DK 5900 Opponent - SF (Alex Wood) Park - SF FD - 13.28 DK - 6.97 This slate is probably going to lead me to a similar strategy I have used almost every slate to start the season and that is to save at pitching and load up on bats. So far so good so let's keep it rolling on Monday. Martinez is sub $6K on both sites but I am really only interested on DraftKings as a cheap Sp2 to give me 4-5 innings and 12-15 DK points. Martinez hasn't pitched in the majors since 2017 and has been in Japan but has apparently picked up some velocity over the last couple of seasons and is a brand new pitcher. I am willing to find out at these prices against a Giants team that is Top 10 in K %(29%) early in the season while scoring just 10 runs through three games. Catcher/First Base Jared Walsh FD 3400 DK 4700 Opponent - MIA (Elieser Hernandez) Park - MIA FD - 12.36 DK - 9.32 Overall, it has been a rough start for the Angels' offense who have scored just 10 runs in their first four games but there have been some bright...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Sunday, 4/10/22 The opening weekend featured some fascinating results, and it's interesting to see how these lineups are playing out. I'll be covering Sunday slates from here on out, and these are some of the most exciting cards out there. It always features all 30 teams, with most of the games being played during the day. It also features some bizarre lineups, because this is the day coaches love to rest players. We likely won't see much of that here in the opening week, but it's something you need to watch as the season progresses! 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 Hyun Jin Ryu FD - P 8000 DK - SP 9200 Opponent - TEX (Martin Perez) Park - TOR FD - 36.49 DK - 19.06 Toronto is actually my World Series pick, and this article will emphasize why. Ryu will have to be a focal piece of that run, being the veteran pitcher for this volatile rotation. The crafty lefty has a 3.00 ERA and 1.10 WHIP since 2018. He's coming off the worst season of his career, but a 3.22 ERA and 1.13 WHIP through July of last season shows that he still has the stuff to get it done. The main reason we love him here is this matchup, with Texas ranked 28th in both runs scored and xwOBA while sitting 30th in OBP and OPS. That has Ryu entering this matchup as a -250 favorite, the largest favorite on the slate. Steven Matz FD - P 7900 DK - SP 7100 Opponent - PIT (Bryse Wilson) Park - STL FD - 35.37 DK - 18.45 Matz isn't exactly the most exciting pitcher to use, but he's flashed moments of brilliance throughout his career. The southpaw had a 3.82 ERA in what was a bounceback 2021 season, posting a 3.42 ERA over his final 20 starts. That alone earned him a contract with the Cardinals, and this is a good ballpark for him to get going. The main reason we like him here is this matchup, with Pittsburgh ranked 28th in runs scored, 27th in xwOBA, and dead-last in runs scored last season. That has Matz and the Cards entering this game as a -210 favorite as well, making him one of the values of the day below $8K! Corey Kluber (FD $8300 DK $7400) enters his matchup as a -200 favorite against Baltimore and has shown Cy Young upside in the past. It's far...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Saturday 4/9/22 - All Day 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 Brandon Woodruff FD - P 10500 DK - SP 9700 Opponent - CHC (Justin Steele) Park - CHCFD - 38.48 DK - 21.04 The Brewers and Cubs were rained out on Friday pushing the Woodruff start to Saturday and he remains in a good spot. We will have to wait on the wind direction to figure out just where this over/under will land, but the Brewers’ righty comes in as a -150 road favorite against Chicago. Woodruff was excellent last season, striking out more than 10.5 batters per nine and rocking a 3.05 xFIP which trailed the 2.56 ERA by about a half a run. I like the pricing on both sites and think he has some solid K upside against this Cubs’ lineup. Carlos Rodón FD - P 10100 DK - SP 9300 Opponent - MIA (Pablo López) Park - SFFD - 38.18 DK - 21.05 Rodon will make his first start in a Giants uniform after coming over as a free agent in the off-season. The lefty was insane last season, finally putting together all of the promise he had coming up, converting the stuff to real strikeouts in a big way. He K’d more than 12 batters per nine and the 2.44 BB/9 rate was, by far, the lowest of his entire career. It all just worked itself out and now he moves to the NL and to one of the best pitchers’ parks in baseball for the season. You have to love the strikeout upside here against the Marlins and he makes for one of the better pitching options on the day as a -151 home favorite. I don’t mind Kyle Gibson (FD $8300 DK $7200) as a cheaper DraftKings option on this slate facing off against the A’s. Catcher/First Base Matt Olson FD - 1B 3800 DK - 1B 5200 Opponent - CIN (Vladimir Gutierrez) Park - ATLFD - 15.24 DK - 11.35 The Braves get one of, if not *the* best matchup of the day facing off against Vladimir Gutierrez who we will get to a little later. For Olson’s part, he’s sliding into the Freddie Freeman slot in the lineup after coming off a career year in 2021. He sported a .911 OPS with 39 home runs for the A’s. One of his biggest changes was cutting out the strikeouts, reducing the K rate from north of 25% to 17%...

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Friday 4/8/22 - All Day 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 9800 Opponent - BOS (Nathan Eovaldi) Park - NYYFD - 41.27 DK - 23.33 Cole was masterful again last year, striking out more than 12 batters per nine, rocking an xFIP under three, and getting through games in an ultra-efficient manner with a 6:1 K:BB ratio. I don’t love setting things up here against the Red Sox in Yankee Stadium, but he’s almost just too good a talent to pass up. The Yankees have had a longer leash with his pitch counts in the past and he won’t totally break the bank for you considering the strikeout upside. He's an especially good deal on DraftKings coming less than $10K.  Shane McClanahan FD - P 8700 DK - SP 6600 Opponent - BAL (John Means) Park - TBFD - 38.22 DK - 20.68 McClanahan enters Friday as one of the biggest moneyline favorites on the day at -184 with the Tampa Bay and Baltimore game also having the lowest total at 7.5. That’s a good place to be for a starting pitcher and the young lefty is coming off an excellent rookie campaign in 2021. He struck out more than ten batters per nine and sported a 3.23 xFIP along the way. The one knock is that he didn’t average a ton of innings per start which does cut into the upside. But if we learned anything from the first set of games, starting pitchers by and large are on short strings to start the season. He is coming way too cheap on both sites. Max Scherzer FD - P 11000 DK - SP 10200 Opponent - WSH (Josiah Gray) Park - WSHFD - 38.98 DK - 21.99 On the evening slate, it sure looks like we are going to want to roster Max Scherzer even as one of the more expensive arms going. The Mets' big off-season signing brings high expectations here especially considering they are going to now be without another ace Jacob DeGrom for some time. Simply put, Scherzer has been one of baseball’s best arms going on almost a decade now and continues to put up some of the most dominating numbers in the game. He’s struck out 12 batters per nine like clockwork and, for the most part, has really limited the walks as well. The Mets are -182 road favorites against the Nationals...