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MLB DFS First Look on DraftKings and FanDuel: Thursday, April 2nd

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2026-04-02 05:29:28

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The MLB DFS First Look, complete with sortable odds, pitcher & hitter breakdowns, and team offense rankings, will help you get an early start on the upcoming DraftKings and FanDuel slates that are loaded into our MLB DFS optimizer, LineupHQ.

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MLB Odds & Schedule

Away Pitcher Handed Line A-Total Home Pitcher Handed Line H-Total G-Total Time (ET)
Minnesota Twins Taj Bradley RHP 136 3.90 Kansas City Royals Cole Ragans LHP -162 5.10 9.0 2:10 PM
Toronto Blue Jays Dylan Cease RHP 0.00 Chicago White Sox Sean Burke RHP 0.00 0.0
Atlanta Braves Reynaldo Lopez RHP -122 4.48 Arizona Diamondbacks Ryne Nelson RHP 104 4.02 8.5 9:40 PM
New York Mets David Peterson LHP -120 3.94 San Francisco Giants Robbie Ray LHP 102 3.56 7.5 9:45 PM


Playbook

Pitcher Breakdown

Note: All statistics are from the 2025 season.
Pitcher Team Handed Opponent Line Total DK FD xwOBA xERA SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% HC% Time (ET)
Cole Ragans KCR LHP vs MIN -162 9.0 $9,000 0.261 2.63 2.67 4.93 37% 9% 16% 37% 33% 2:10 PM
Taj Bradley MIN RHP at KCR 136 9.0 $7,700 0.318 3.99 4.37 4.96 22% 10% 10% 43% 34% 2:10 PM
Sean Burke CHW RHP vs TOR 0.0 $6,500 0.356 5.15 4.41 4.29 22% 10% 10% 36% 35%
Dylan Cease TOR RHP at CHW 0.0 $9,700 0.298 3.47 3.48 4.47 31% 10% 16% 36% 33%
Ryne Nelson ARI RHP vs ATL 104 8.5 $6,000 0.316 3.93 4.09 3.52 21% 7% 10% 40% 39% 9:40 PM
Reynaldo Lopez ATL RHP at ARI -122 8.5 $7,000 0.463 10.03 5.77 3.27 9% 9% 6% 36% 18% 9:40 PM
Robbie Ray SFG LHP vs NYM 102 7.5 $8,200 0.308 3.72 4.14 3.64 25% 9% 13% 36% 31% 9:45 PM
David Peterson NYM LHP at SFG -120 7.5 $7,500 0.336 4.51 4.08 4.09 21% 9% 10% 55% 36% 9:45 PM

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Offense Breakdown (Team Stats by Handedness)

Note: All statistics are from the 2025 season.
Offense Total TvsLHP TvsRHP Opponent Opp Pitcher Handed PvsLHB PvsRHB Time (ET)
Minnesota Twins 3.90 0.291 0.315 at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 0.303 2:10 PM
Kansas City Royals 5.10 0.289 0.325 vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 0.303 2:10 PM
Toronto Blue Jays 0.00 0.324 0.331 at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 0.340
Chicago White Sox 0.00 0.312 0.309 vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 0.297
Atlanta Braves 4.48 0.309 0.323 at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 0.311 9:40 PM
Arizona Diamondbacks 4.02 0.329 0.334 vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 0.328 9:40 PM
New York Mets 3.94 0.312 0.342 at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 0.307 9:45 PM
San Francisco Giants 3.56 0.293 0.324 vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 0.327 9:45 PM

Hitter Breakdown (Stats by Handedness)

Note: All statistics are from the 2025 season.
Batter Team Handed Order Total xwOBA xISO wOBA ISO wRC+ HC% BB% K% DK Pos FD Pos Opponent Opp Pitcher Handed P-wOBAvL P-xFIPvL P-K%vL P-wOBAvR P-xFIPvR P-K%vR Time (ET)
Austin Martin MIN RH 1 3.90 0.345 0.124 0.381 0.127 147 33% 8% 17% $3,400 OF at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Byron Buxton MIN RH 2 3.90 0.350 0.266 0.417 0.360 171 41% 10% 20% $5,400 OF at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Luke Keaschall MIN RH 3 3.90 0.324 0.116 0.235 0.097 46 25% 4% 22% $3,900 2B at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Matt Wallner MIN LH 4 3.90 0.327 0.232 0.341 0.241 119 31% 13% 20% $3,000 OF at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Ryan Jeffers MIN RH 5 3.90 0.325 0.157 0.391 0.103 153 28% 18% 15% $2,800 C at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Josh Bell MIN SH 6 3.90 0.359 0.229 0.247 0.147 55 25% 12% 24% $3,200 1B at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Victor Caratini MIN SH 7 3.90 0.329 0.170 0.319 0.218 105 50% 3% 25% $2,600 1B/C at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Royce Lewis MIN RH 8 3.90 0.297 0.160 0.301 0.153 92 33% 8% 18% $3,500 3B at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Brooks Lee MIN SH 9 3.90 0.289 0.140 0.289 0.110 83 33% 3% 22% $2,800 SS at KCR Cole Ragans LHP 0.352 3.73 28% 0.303 2.27 41% 2:10 PM
Maikel Garcia KCR RH 1 5.10 0.335 0.146 0.332 0.152 110 33% 8% 12% $5,000 3B vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
Bobby Witt KCR RH 2 5.10 0.365 0.222 0.358 0.215 128 39% 7% 18% $6,200 SS vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
Vinnie Pasquantino KCR LH 3 5.10 0.334 0.205 0.361 0.228 131 35% 8% 13% $4,200 1B vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
Salvador Perez KCR RH 4 5.10 0.357 0.266 0.333 0.247 111 40% 4% 19% $4,100 C vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
Carter Jensen KCR LH 5 5.10 0.447 0.297 0.437 0.300 183 54% 14% 22% $3,600 C vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
Jonathan India KCR RH 6 5.10 0.315 0.140 0.297 0.116 86 31% 10% 18% $2,900 2B vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
Jac Caglianone KCR LH 7 5.10 0.321 0.194 0.226 0.112 37 38% 8% 23% $3,900 OF vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
Isaac Collins KCR SH 8 5.10 0.322 0.113 0.355 0.133 130 35% 15% 21% $3,000 OF vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
Kyle Isbel KCR LH 9 5.10 0.251 0.070 0.294 0.111 84 28% 5% 16% $2,500 OF vs. MIN Taj Bradley RHP 0.324 4.35 22% 0.303 4.21 21% 2:10 PM
George Springer TOR RH 1 0.00 0.404 0.280 0.420 0.257 175 37% 11% 19% $5,500 OF at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Jesus Sanchez TOR LH 2 0.00 0.323 0.200 0.320 0.170 104 37% 9% 21% $3,500 OF at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Vladimir Guerrero TOR RH 3 0.00 0.384 0.206 0.356 0.168 130 40% 11% 14% $6,000 1B at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Addison Barger TOR LH 4 0.00 0.331 0.207 0.330 0.228 112 42% 7% 23% $3,700 3B/OF at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Alejandro Kirk TOR RH 5 0.00 0.359 0.203 0.336 0.145 117 40% 9% 11% $4,000 C at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Daulton Varsho TOR LH 6 0.00 0.437 0.178 0.351 0.348 126 38% 7% 29% $4,600 OF at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Kazuma Okamoto TOR RH 7 0.00 0.322 0.043 0.361 0.000 136 33% 14% 43% $4,400 3B at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Ernie Clement TOR RH 8 0.00 0.303 0.077 0.282 0.077 79 22% 5% 10% $3,400 2B/3B at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Andres Gimenez TOR LH 9 0.00 0.308 0.109 0.293 0.114 87 24% 7% 17% $3,000 SS at CHW Sean Burke RHP 0.343 4.61 24% 0.340 4.70 21%
Chase Meidroth CHW RH 1 0.00 0.300 0.080 0.295 0.079 88 28% 9% 13% $3,400 2B vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Munetaka Murakami CHW LH 2 0.00 0.921 1.500 515 75% 43% 0% $4,500 1B vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Andrew Benintendi CHW LH 3 0.00 0.320 0.197 0.307 0.163 96 33% 10% 17% $2,800 OF vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Colson Montgomery CHW LH 4 0.00 0.341 0.271 0.363 0.317 135 42% 10% 34% $4,100 3B/SS vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Miguel Vargas CHW RH 5 0.00 0.319 0.171 0.309 0.168 97 32% 10% 18% $3,600 1B/3B vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Austin Hays CHW RH 6 0.00 0.300 0.169 0.303 0.172 88 32% 5% 27% $3,300 OF vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Everson Pereira CHW RH 7 0.00 0.242 0.143 0.145 0.000 -14 32% 12% 36% $2,400 OF vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Edgar Quero CHW SH 8 0.00 0.290 0.110 0.270 0.079 70 29% 9% 19% $2,200 C vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Luisangel Acuna CHW RH 9 0.00 0.271 0.063 0.244 0.033 57 15% 5% 16% $2,500 2B/OF vs. TOR Dylan Cease RHP 0.324 4.12 28% 0.297 2.87 33%
Ronald Acuna ATL RH 1 4.48 0.397 0.272 0.416 0.247 170 42% 16% 23% $5,800 OF at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Drake Baldwin ATL LH 2 4.48 0.353 0.208 0.346 0.202 122 34% 9% 15% $4,300 C at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Matt Olson ATL LH 3 4.48 0.360 0.244 0.378 0.225 144 40% 15% 23% $4,800 1B at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Austin Riley ATL RH 4 4.48 0.330 0.225 0.318 0.170 103 38% 6% 31% $4,200 3B at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Mike Yastrzemski ATL LH 5 4.48 0.329 0.182 0.351 0.189 127 37% 14% 19% $3,800 OF at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Ozzie Albies ATL SH 6 4.48 0.299 0.123 0.292 0.119 85 23% 10% 16% $4,000 2B at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Michael Harris ATL LH 7 4.48 0.315 0.169 0.296 0.166 88 35% 2% 19% $3,500 OF at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Dominic Smith ATL LH 8 4.48 0.306 0.145 0.341 0.153 121 28% 7% 19% $3,300 1B at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Mauricio Dubon ATL RH 9 4.48 0.278 0.084 0.264 0.113 67 23% 6% 11% $2,300 SS at ARI Ryne Nelson RHP 0.256 4.39 19% 0.311 3.83 23% 9:40 PM
Ketel Marte ARI SH 1 4.02 0.390 0.249 0.381 0.233 146 35% 12% 16% $5,200 2B vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Corbin Carroll ARI LH 2 4.02 0.372 0.267 0.380 0.295 145 42% 11% 25% $5,900 OF vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Geraldo Perdomo ARI SH 3 4.02 0.363 0.230 0.365 0.190 134 30% 13% 14% $4,900 SS vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Gabriel Moreno ARI RH 4 4.02 0.346 0.174 0.342 0.153 119 31% 9% 18% $3,500 C vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Nolan Arenado ARI RH 5 4.02 0.289 0.122 0.271 0.145 74 26% 6% 14% $3,200 3B vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Alek Thomas ARI LH 6 4.02 0.399 0.261 0.292 0.125 85 37% 5% 27% $2,700 OF vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Jose Fernandez ARI RH 7 4.02 $2,500 3B vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Carlos Santana ARI SH 8 4.02 0.290 0.130 0.278 0.102 78 24% 11% 20% $2,200 1B vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Jordan Lawlar ARI RH 9 4.02 0.253 0.104 0.234 0.103 45 24% 5% 43% $2,400 3B/OF vs. ATL Reynaldo Lopez RHP 0.361 6.23 8% 0.328 4.69 9% 9:40 PM
Francisco Lindor NYM SH 1 3.94 0.347 0.175 0.302 0.129 96 29% 9% 14% $5,300 SS at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Juan Soto NYM LH 2 3.94 0.429 0.321 0.340 0.200 122 37% 14% 24% $6,300 OF at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Bo Bichette NYM RH 3 3.94 0.353 0.179 0.364 0.231 136 38% 5% 11% $4,500 3B/SS at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Jorge Polanco NYM SH 4 3.94 0.454 0.166 0.373 0.234 148 27% 7% 18% $3,500 1B/2B at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Luis Robert NYM RH 5 3.94 0.321 0.180 0.375 0.240 142 30% 14% 20% $4,700 OF at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Mark Vientos NYM RH 6 3.94 0.320 0.187 0.320 0.202 108 36% 5% 23% $2,600 3B at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Marcus Semien NYM RH 7 3.94 0.318 0.153 0.290 0.088 85 33% 12% 18% $3,000 2B at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Francisco Alvarez NYM RH 8 3.94 0.326 0.208 0.407 0.304 167 38% 16% 21% $3,400 C at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Tyrone Taylor NYM RH 9 3.94 0.298 0.107 0.252 0.044 62 36% 9% 19% $2,000 OF at SFG Robbie Ray LHP 0.270 4.70 22% 0.307 4.14 25% 9:45 PM
Willy Adames SFG RH 1 3.56 0.327 0.211 0.296 0.221 91 29% 10% 30% $4,400 SS vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM
Rafael Devers SFG LH 2 3.56 0.367 0.242 0.320 0.174 105 34% 9% 27% $5,600 1B vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM
Heliot Ramos SFG RH 3 3.56 0.320 0.175 0.321 0.164 108 40% 8% 26% $3,700 OF vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM
Luis Arraez SFG LH 4 3.56 0.303 0.076 0.286 0.085 85 14% 4% 5% $3,800 1B/2B vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM
Matt Chapman SFG RH 5 3.56 0.340 0.174 0.291 0.116 88 45% 14% 18% $4,300 3B vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM
Jerar Encarnacion SFG RH 6 3.56 0.297 0.173 0.269 0.200 72 47% 4% 23% $3,200 OF vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM
Harrison Bader SFG RH 7 3.56 0.297 0.154 0.297 0.160 88 36% 8% 36% $3,100 OF vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM
Patrick Bailey SFG SH 8 3.56 0.264 0.123 0.242 0.095 54 29% 6% 30% $2,500 C vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM
Casey Schmitt SFG RH 9 3.56 0.328 0.180 0.269 0.120 72 31% 10% 25% $2,900 1B/2B vs. NYM David Peterson LHP 0.249 2.42 29% 0.327 4.14 18% 9:45 PM

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