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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/8/18): MLB DFS Lineups
We've got a ten game featured slate on DraftKings this Sunday, and it's an odd pitching slate. Going into the season we never would've expected to see Zach Eflin ($10,400) as the most expensive pitcher on a two-game slate, let alone a main slate. With a lack of a true ace there is a bloated middle […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 14: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 14)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we saw some great performances over the weekend from three young pitchers. Max Fried utterly dominated the Cardinals for 11 […]
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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/1/18): MLB DFS Lineups
We've got a nine game featured slate this Sunday, and it's a day where bad teams will be in the spotlight on DFS. That's because some bad teams are in favorable hitting matchups, making this an interesting day on the hitting side of things. CWS @ TEX and LAA @ BAL both a 10 O/U, […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 13: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 13)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. There weren't many hot young prospects to look at this week, at least none that hadn't already been covered in previous iterations […]
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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/24/18): MLB DFS Lineups
There is a twelve game featured slate on DraftKings today, with a few high priced pitchers and high expected run totals among the slate of games. Predictably, MIA @ COL boasts the biggest total with an 11.5 O/U. DET @ CLE is next with a 9.5 O/U, and four other games have a 9 O/U. […]
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FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (6/24/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
We've got an 11 game slate on FanDuel this Sunday. This slate omits the Coors Field game, which allows for more flexibility and strategies. DET @ CLE and BAL @ ATL have the two biggest expected totals with a 9.5 O/U each. Four other games have a 9.0 O/U, and everywhere else is at 8.5 […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 12: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 12)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we saw the big league debut of Jonathan Loaisiga, the first career win for Shane Bieber, and Wade LeBlanc's best […]
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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/17/18): MLB DFS Lineups
We've got a ten game featured slate this Sunday on DraftKings. COL @ TEX boasts the highest run total at a 10.5 O/U, while WAS @ TOR and MIN @ CLE come in behind it at a 9.5 O/U. The Colorado bats should definitely be our focus on this slate, as they face a very […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 11: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 11)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we're looking at Danny Duffy's best start of the season, Clay Buchholz's return to relevance, and sinkerball specialist Paul Blackburn's […]
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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/10/18): MLB DFS Lineups
We’ve got a large Sunday slate on DraftKings today. Usually DraftKings doesn’t lump games that start after 3:00 PM EST into the main slate on Sundays, but they extended it today and got the two games with the highest Vegas O/U totals on the slate. ARI @ COL has an 11.5 O/U and HOU @ […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 10: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 10)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we're looking at two pitchers who came back from injury, though the injuries were of differing severity. We're also looking […]
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FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (6/2/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
It’s the first Saturday in June and FanDuel brings us an eight game featured slate tonight. This slate has a pair of elite pitchers in tough matchups, some good pitchers in cake matchups, and another potential Coors Field slugfest. Vegas projects a low scoring slate, as the 10.5 O/U in the Coors Field game is […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 9: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 9)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we saw two Oakland right-hander's shut down the scuffling Diamondbacks. We also saw one of the key pieces to the […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 8: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 8)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we saw Jack Flaherty strike out the world with his slider on Sunday. We also saw two Tigers' lefties continue […]
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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/20/18): MLB DFS Lineups
We’ve got an 11 game featured slate this Sunday, and it is dominated by NL East pitchers. Four of the five highest priced pitchers on this slate play for teams in the NL East. Sorry Wei-Yin Chen, we don’t want to play you today. But we do want to build our lineup around two of […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 7: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 7)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week saw two 21-year-old rookies go into Coors Field and blank the Rockies. An uninspiring afterthought veteran also did something very […]
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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/13/18): MLB DFS Lineups
It’s Sunday Run-day in Major League Baseball! Why call it Run-day, you might ask? That’s because there should be crooked numbers all over big league scoreboard this Sunday. Of the 22 starting pitchers on this eleven-game slate, seven of them are below $5,000 and four of them are the minimum $4,000 for a starting pitcher. […]
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Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 6: Buy or Sell?
Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 6)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. With all the exciting young pitching prospects being called up and doing well and some veterans surprising us it was hard to […]
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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/6/18): MLB DFS Lineups
It's a nine game main slate this Sunday, and it's an interesting slate at that. There are a couple big time aces on the mound, as well as a some vulnerable starters to target with the bats. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 5/6/18. […]
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Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 5)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we've got a trio of youngsters to look at, two in the NL Central and one in the AL. Each […]
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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/29/18): MLB DFS Lineups
Sunday brings us a big 12 game slate with a wealth of options at the plate and on the mound. This article will focus only on the featured slate, as that is where most contests will take place. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on […]
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