MLB DFS Plays for 4/5/16
Two rainouts from Monday will carry over into an early Tuesday slate, as the Yankees, Astros, Red Sox, and Indians will all get early afternoon starts. The morning slate is now full of pitching options, while the night games include a pair of teams attempting to bounce back from Opening Day shutouts. Currently, we are using […]
MLB DFS Plays for 4/4/16
Monday’s earliest game – Astros at Yankees – has already been postponed due to rain, lowering the number of games down to twelve for the full slate. Thankfully, the pitcher’s pool is loaded, regardless, as each team will send its relative ‘ace’ to the mount. Of course, this weakens hitters across the board. Currently, we are […]
MLB DFS Game Theory for 4/4/16
The first real day of the DFS MLB season is upon us and I’m extremely excited. In this article I’m going to look at the slate as a whole from a game theory perspective, rather than try to figure out which hitters have exactly the best matchup. Both are important, but there are a lot of […]
FanDuel NBA DFS: This Season vs Opponent Production of Ceiling and Value Plays for the 4/2/16 Slate
When I construct my fantasy lineups, throughout the DFS sports, two common things end up being my baseline for the path my roster takes. The top value plays and the highest ceiling superstar studs. In this article, I will attempt to attack these two prevalent fantasy focus points in NBA DFS. I will list the […]
MLB DFS Plays for 4/3/16
Sunday’s three-game Opening Day slate offers only six pitchers from which to choose and two slots to fill. In their respective matchups, a look at each pitcher’s xFIP over the last three seasons suggests that Adam Wainwright, Marcus Stroman, and Matt Harvey have the advantage against their opposing counterpart. Harvey’s separation is not only the […]
A Beginner’s Guide For Daily Fantasy Baseball
Dear Daily Fantasy Baseball Beginner, When I was approached by Tom Fitzgerald here at XNSports to do this beginner’s guide to Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) for the upcoming baseball season, I kinda thought he was crazy. I’m no heavy volume player. After thinking about it though it could be my casual approach towards the game […]
2016 MLB Selling Opportunities
New York Mets – O/U 89.5 – Projected 83-79, No Playoff Berth When the Mets cruised to a division title by mid-September, many were caught off-guard. After all, New York’s pitching staff was highly-touted by those who follow the Minor League systems, but had yet to make an impact on the Major League level. Those […]
2016 MLB Buying Opportunities
Minnesota Twins – O/U 78.5 – Projected 88-74, AL Central Division Winner The Minnesota Twins may be often overlooked in what some are considering a crowded AL Central, but they have quietly been assembling one of the league’s best crop of young talent. This year’s version of the 2015 Cubs, the Twins will likely feature […]