Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues Happy Patriots Day to our American friends and readers. Why don’t the Celtics get their own holiday? They are a great franchise too. The poor Red Sox not only have to work today, they had an early wakeup call, hosting the Rays at 11:00 Eastern. While that game is ignored in daily fantasy leagues, at 7:05 we have eight
Playing Hardball: Sunday MLB Leagues Start Early; Check Lineups Closely
Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues All available Sunday baseball leagues start at 1:05 Eastern. There may be some 4:05 leagues added later, but those would be limited to just five of the 15 MLB games. If you want to be in action this afternoon, start making your picks ASAP. [Read more…]
Playing Hardball: MLB on Saturday Means Early Starts
Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues In daily basketball leagues, a 7:00 Eastern closing time is typical, with almost all matinee games played on Sundays and holidays. Baseball is different. A 162-game season often means early starts on “getaway day” (often Thursdays and Sundays) and on the weekends, many teams schedule family-friendly afternoon games. [Read more…]
Playing Hardball: Bad Weather & Brawl Affect MLB Games
Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues That was a long, strange walk down DraftStreet on Thursday night. The three most obvious pitching choices all performed below expectations, so point scoring was way down across the board. [Read more…]
Playing Hardball: Hidden Opportunities to Win Cash Today
Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues Thursday is relatively quiet in MLB, with only eight scheduled games and more weather issues looming. You can make some money by staying on top of cancellations and/or last-minute lineup changes. There’s also a pitching change for the White Sox that could be a lucrative opportunity. [Read more…]
Playing Hardball: Use Your Fantasy Skills to Win Cash
Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues When you have an unlucky week in Head-to-Head leagues, there’s not much you can do. In deep Roto leagues, the whole season is relatively static, with trades and a few free agents the only way to improve. Daily fantasy sports is a different ball game. [Read more…]
Playing Hardball: A Brand New Season Every Day
Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues Yesterday we warned you not to pay big bucks for Roy Halladay and called his mound opponent Matt Harvey our best bet of the night. As one of Doc’s biggest fans and former neighbors, it was sad to see him working so hard with such poor results; he needed 99 pitches to get through four mediocre innings. [Read more…]
Playing Hardball: Two Experts for the Price of One
Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues The NBA has the night off and all eyes will be on Michigan and Louisville in their NCAA championship showdown. Traditional basketball leagues are down to the wire, and there’s no daily hoops action, but our attention has already turned to baseball for fun and profit. [Read more…]