The highest-scoring day in baseball playoff history made some daily fantasy investors very happy. Going with the cheapest possible pitchers and the right combination of bats was the key to winning at DraftKings. [Read more…]
Road warriors are the story so far in the MLB playoffs. Both home teams lost in the Wild Card games and both home teams dropped their ALDS openers yesterday. There is tremendous pressure on Marcus Stroman $8600 this afternoon (12:45 Eastern) to reverse that trend. [Read more…]
The computers at DraftKings have paid Clayton Kershaw $15500 a well-deserved compliment by assigning that salary. However, where’s the incentive for him to pitch a complete game or strike out 15? [Read more…]
Some days, the best ballplayers take the Golden Sombrero. Last night, my pitchers were disappointing, none of my hitters was particularly great and my scores at DraftKings were embarrassing. [Read more…]
Thanks to Chris Sheridan, who allowed me to stray from the fantasy corner with a front-page column on Canada Basketball. My home and native land lost to Argentina yesterday in a poorly-played game at the FIBA Americas tournament in Mexico City. [Read more…]
If salaries were no object, most of us would predict Clayton Kershaw $14400 to be the best-performing SP in tonight’s baseball pools at DraftKings. Fellow Cy Young contender Max Scherzer $12500 would have his supporters. At those prices, neither is exactly must-start. [Read more…]
We’re back to a full slate of 15 ballgames and Clayton Kershaw $15000 towers above the other pitchers in DFS contests at DraftKings. [Read more…]
A full slate of 15 MLB games starts just after noon Eastern. Early contests at DraftKings close at 12:10, featuring excellent pitching in six games. “King” Felix Hernandez $11200 gets the call over Chris Archer $11300 and Francisco Liriano $10300 as my #1 SP. Recently-improved Justin Verlander $7200 might even duel with Archer at a much better price. [Read more…]