One of the best ballgames on Friday is the Pirates at Cubs, with Gerrit Cole $10600 taking on Jon Lester $10200; home field in the wild card game remains up for grabs. It’s not as big a deal in DFS because of a 2:20 start, playable only in All-Day contests at DraftKings. [Read more…]
Thursday being a travel day for most MLB teams, there are several matinees. Early (4 games) and All-Day contests at DraftKings close at 3:10 Eastern, followed by Turbo pools (4:05; 6 games.) [Read more…]
Wednesday’s 15 MLB games begin at 1:08 Eastern, with Early (2 games) and All-Day action at DraftKings. There are also Turbo contests (2:10; 6 games) before the evening pools (our focus) close at 7:05. [Read more…]
My Pirates stack paid off last night despite the Rockies walking Andrew McCutchen $5800 three times. Starling Marte $5300 was 4-for-5 with a homer and Aramis Ramirez $4400 also went deep. All three are RH batters facing a hittable southpaw in tonight’s second game of a sweepable series. [Read more…]
There are 11 ballgames on Monday, counting the first half of a White Sox at Tigers doubleheader. We’re more interested in the other ten in DFS contests at DraftKings that close at 7:05 Eastern. [Read more…]
Thursday evening baseball DFS presented a “not enough pitching” problem. Congratulations to those who used John Lackey and Marco Estrada to win my money. [Read more…]
A light day for baseball starts early, with the finale of the Cubs-Pirates series at 12:35 Eastern. The other matinee concludes a high-scoring 4-game set between the A’s and White Sox. [Read more…]
I did not win the $1,000,000 top prize at DraftKings last night — duh, I’m still here — but didn’t lose my $20 buy-in either. Finishing at #5564 out of more than 90,000 teams was good enough to win $40. [Read more…]