Million Dollar Musings: Monday, September 3rd

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Monday, September 3rd

Happy Monday, Happy Labor Day, Happy September and War Eagle! We have flipped the calendar to the final month of the season, and DFS will get an added layer of difficulty with the expansion of rosters. With it comes unpredictable lineups, especially from non-contending teams, and shorter leashes for many starting pitchers with more available arms in the bullpen. In addition, the tricky game of guessing late-game bullpen matchups becomes that much harder as most teams have an endless array of relievers available.

We’ll talk about different ways to approach all this in the articles each day, but essentially, if I had just one message on it, it would be my old favorite go-to phrase – Don’t Overthink It. If the only thing we can know is who is starting, I want to keep the bulk of the emphasis on that part of the equation.

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Dave Potts (CheeseIsGood)

One of the preeminent baseball minds in all of fantasy, Dave Potts (aka CheeseIsGood) has won contests at the highest levels of both season-long and DFS. He is a 2x winner of a $1,000,000 1st-place prize in DFS, having won the 2014 FanDuel baseball Live Final and following that up by taking down a DraftKings Milly Maker Tournament in 2015. In addition, he’s won the Main Event championship in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship and the NFBC Platinum League, which is the highest buy-in entry league. His consistent success in the NFBC tournaments earned him a prestigious spot in their Hall of Fame. Dave can also strum a mean guitar while carrying a tune, and if you’re lucky, you’ll see him do so on one of his MLB Crunch Time appearances. Follow Dave on X – @DavePotts2