It’s an unusual MLB schedule this week, with every team playing four interleague games. They are divided into home-and-home 2-game series, so this is actually getaway day before the venues shift tomorrow. [Read more…]
You can’t win ’em all. On Sunday we went with Chris Sale instead of the brilliant Max Scherzer and several unlikely hitting heroes emerged. Congratulations if you had 2B/3B Jace Peterson $3500 or2B/SS Ryan Goins $2000, who both showed surprising power. [Read more…]
Sunday Night Baseball is usually top-notch TV with the peerless Dan Shulman doing play-by-play. However, tonight’s game between the Reds and Cubs will be completely overshadowed by the pivotal Game Five of the NBA Finals. [Read more…]
On Friday night, one of my pitchers got rocked for -2.85 FPTS, one of my hitters somehow went 0-for-5 with 3 K in a 13-10 game and another of my guys got only 1 AB before crashing into the wall and leaving with a bruised back. [Read more…]
It’s hard to match the NBA Finals for drama. For DFS action, we’re all baseball for the summer. Friday is often the best day of the MLB week, as 15 weekend series begin, large crowds are well lubricated and home teams are psyched. [Read more…]
Nobody wins every day, which is why we call DFS a grind. I got crushed on Wednesday after a long streak of solid picks. A “sure thing” pitcher lost badly and only three of my hitters scored double-digit points. [Read more…]
There are four afternoon games in MLB, with a 12:35 ET deadline for Early contests at DraftKings. I’m not crazy about any of the matinee pitchers and will focus instead on the 11-game evening slate, closing at 7:05. [Read more…]
Tonight features a full slate of 15 MLB games. Max Scherzer $12000 vs. Masahiro Tanaka $10400 at Yankee Stadium isn’t quite as dramatic as Game Three of the NBA Finals but it’s as good as regular-season baseball gets. [Read more…]