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John Gresen's KBO DFS lineup picks for contests on FanDuel and DraftKings on 5/26/20. Daily fantasy baseball analysis for pitchers, hitters and DFS stacks.
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If you haven't been following me on Twitter @efhatch1990dfs, then you should start! I have been covering KBO since day one, and have been creating my own personal sheets to help people win money. I am going to include some of that data here in my RotoBaller column, too. New to KBO? Don't worry, we got you covered! DraftKings and FanDuel will use the same scoring system that they do for MLB, however, the roster builds are much different on FanDuel. You must roster two infielders, two outfielders, and two utility players along with a pitcher for a total of only seven players on FanDuel.
DraftKings has kept its normal MLB structure with two starting pitchers and an entire eight-hitter lineup for a total of ten players. Building lineups on each site is going to be a good bit different on most nights. Today, I'll be providing my KBO DFS lineup picks and analysis for this five-game slate on DraftKings and FanDuel that locks at 5:30 AM on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. You can check our daily KBO Betting Picks as well. Make sure you are also following me @efhatch1990dfs on Twitter, and good luck RotoBallers!
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KBO DFS Pitchers
2020 Pitchers Stats
Let me preface this by saying that this slate is loaded with pitching!
Chang Mo Koo
$9.6K DraftKings, $26 FanDuel
If you haven't read my articles before, I play one GPP line and one cash line - Chang will be in both tonight. He is the top strikeout pitcher on the slate, and probably the entire league.
Chang has a career 22.2% K-rate, last year he had a 25.4% K-rate, and this year he's cooking with grease having a 32.9% K-rate through the first three games. And if you think he's gone up against bad teams, you'd be wrong. Check out his game logs:
- Doo - 8 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 Ks (and we know Doosan is a very low K team) - 28.2 DraftKings points
- KTW - 8 IP, 4 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 Ks - 39 DraftKings points
- SAM - 6 IP, 2Hits, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 Ks - 31.1 DraftKings points
I think he's safe even if he gives up a bomb or two.
Chris Flexen
$8.7K DraftKings, $26 FanDuel
This is my SP2 cash play on DraftKings if I can get him to fit, and I will try. Flexen's transition from MLB to KBO has been great - in the first three games he's almost doubled his K-rate.
Even if that regresses, which it probably will, he can get us there with his run prevention having just a 2.70 ERA. He's going up against a struggling SK team that strikes out at a high rate, and that makes me like him a lot on FanDuel. He can get us the QS and the win, with K upside.
Dan Straily ($7.3K DraftKings, $24 FanDuel)
Dan the man Straily has not been the man this year, except once where he scored 40 points. He's been having control issues so far this season, but I think if he can get that under control (9% BB rate for his career) he can have a field day with SAM.
Straily has a career MLB strikeout rate of 19.8%, and is rolling at 27.2% over the first three KBO games. I like him for GPP, and if he can keep batters off the bases he should be a great play at his price on DraftKings. On FanDuel I'd rather stick with the two pitchers I mentioned earlier, or Tyler Wilson.
Other DFS starters to consider:
- Tyler Wilson (Cash)
- Drew Gagnon (DraftKings GPP)
KBO Top Hitter Stacks
KT Wiz vs Drew Gagnon
I'm looking for Gagnon to regress here against a very good offense. He currently has a 34.3% K-rate early on, although his career in MLB rate is just 14.5%. Could he have figured it out? Sure, it's possible. Do I think he can sustain this pace? Absolutely not.
Gagnon has given up 13 HRs in just 35 1/3 innings in the majors, and I think we can see him give up a few bombs here. With just a 65% LOB rate for this year, if someone gets on base I can see them getting driven in with a homer.
Main DFS targets:
- Mel Rojas Jr.
- Jae Gyun Hang
- Yoon Ho Jo
- Woo Jun Sim (leading off as a salary saver)
Doosan Bears vs Jong Hoon Park
Today is not a great day for offense, so I'm going to ole reliable. Sporting a career 10.1% BB-rate, I feel that Doosan batters will be able to get on base against Park. They are one of, if not the most patient teams in the league.
Couple that with him giving up the second-most home runs per nine on the slate, sitting at 1.2 on the season, and it could be bad news. I foresee a lot of base runners, and a lot of balls put in play for Doosan tonight. I like the full four or five-man stack here for DFS lineups.
Main DFS targets:
- Jose Fernandez
- Kun Woo Park
- Jae Hwan Kim
- Jae Won Oh (a good salary saver too, with a little power upside)
NC Dinos vs Seung Ho Lee
Lee has the second-lowest K-rate, and is in the middle of the pack in walks, going up against a walk-happy and K-happy team. I think the K stats even each other out, and there will be some runners on base for the power bats to add runs. This is one of the top offenses in the league and can put runs up in bunches.
Lee has the highest home runs per nine (just barely over Joon Hoon Park) at 1.23, to go along with an ERA of 4.91 and FIP of 4.85. I like the Dinos to put some runs on the board.
Main DFS targets:
- Min Woo Park
- Sung Bum Na
- Suk Min Park
- Eui Ji Yang (if he starts I think he'll be fine with his neck, he's had a few days off now)
Good luck in your DFS contests everyone. Be sure to stop back every day for some more KBO DFS analysis here at RotoBaller!
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