In the world of baseball, Memorial Day is considered a milestone. The season is no longer ‘young,’ and teams are beginning to position themselves for a run through the ‘dog days’ of summer. Officially beginning this stretch is a full, thirty-team slate of games on Monday. Currently, we are using xFIP and wOBA simply to […]
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Memorial Day Weekend does little to mess with the typical Sunday schedule, as all teams except the Dodgers and Mets will play in the afternoon. With Clayton Kershaw on the mound and a game in Colorado this afternoon, prices are elevated, however, they exist on separate slates. Currently, we are using xFIP and wOBA simply
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Saturday brings another full day of baseball, highlighted by the return of Texas’ Yu Darvish, a potential pitcher’s duel in New York, and Madison Bumgarner throwing in Colorado. In addition to the storylines, there are more than enough options to fill Saturady’s contests. Currently, we are using xFIP and wOBA simply to compare one pitcher’s
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Friday’s full slate begins with a single afternoon game and the remaining 28 teams following at night. There will certainly be enough pitching options to consider, but the must-watch player of the day – regardless of fantasy implications – is Julio Urias in his first career Major League Baseball start. Currently, we are using xFIP
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With only half of the league’s teams in action, Thursday features one of the lightest slates of the week. There are still a few afternoon matchups – making multiple daily fantasy slates a possibility – but there is a noticeable split where pitchers should dominate the day games and hitters thrive at night. Currently, we
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A full slate of games fills Wednesday with a nearly perfect split between the afternoon and night contests. The scale tends to lean towards pitchers in the day games, with hitters potentially owning the night. Currently, we are using xFIP and wOBA simply to compare one pitcher’s performance against another – especially against opposite-handed hitters.
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Monday’s article included some changes to how we present our picks for the day. Please read Monday’s introduction for a full understanding. Currently, we are using xFIP and wOBA simply to compare one pitcher’s performance against another – especially against opposite-handed hitters. We aren’t using these numbers for calculation. To help with some calculations, we
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With one-quarter of the 2016 Major League Baseball season – and, with it, the daily fantasy baseball season – behind us, we will be revising the structure of this column. The general path taken to identify some of the top players of the day began with identifying the games that are projected to be higher
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