This is a stack that will carry the multi home run upside needed to give you a shot to take down a GPP, and will typically not be the chalk offensive team of the day. The Victims: Lefty Adam Morgan and the Philadelphia Bullpen Adam Morgan is the exact type of pitcher that we like […]
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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 resources out there that analyze matchups, but few that approach DFS from the perspective of
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Break out the bats. With a lighter schedule of games and most of the ‘aces’ of each staff already behind us, Thursday’s matchups heavily favor the hitters. Simply put, teams that tend to strike out a lot – at least, they did in 2015 – are facing relative ‘contact pitchers’ while the pitcher throwing Thursday
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Another day of Opening Week games brings another early slate ripe with potential. For Wednesday, the Blue Jays will be the ‘Storyline Play of the Day,’ as they became the first team in history to lose a game via an overturned call featuring a now illegal slide at second base. If any team is eager
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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
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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
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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
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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
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