Covering the Bases: Saturday, May 20
STLCardinals84, one of the best tournament players in the game, is here to cover the bases for the upcoming MLB DFS slate. Whether you are looking for the top pitchers or the best stacks, Cards has you covered with an extensive deep dive into his MLB DFS picks.
Happy Saturday, Grinders! We have the usual split slate Saturday on tap for today, with nine early games and just four night games on the DFS slates for us. The early slate locks at 4 PM ET and will be the “main” slate for today.
This should be an interesting day of baseball, so let’s get right down to business with some of my favorite MLB DFS picks for this Saturday! Have a great weekend everyone!
Saturday Afternoon Pitching: MLB DFS Picks on FanDuel & DraftKings
Top Tier Arms
Logan Webb vs. Marlins
Max Scherzer vs. Guardians
Zach Eflin vs. Brewers
Aaron Nola vs. Cubs
Hunter Brown vs. A’s
Mitch Keller vs. Diamondbacks
This is a really nice mix of top tier arms that we have this afternoon, with six viable high upside options. As usual, here’s a peek at the 2023 data:
Webb – 3.20 ERA, 3.10 xFIP, 25% K, 5% BB
Scherzer – 4.88 ERA, 5.30 xFIP, 22% K, 10% BB
Eflin – 3.38 ERA, 3.02 xFIP, 28% K, 3% BB
Nola – 4.53 ERA, 4.43 xFIP, 19% K, 5% BB
Brown – 3.43 ERA, 3.60 xFIP, 25% K, 9% BB
Keller – 2.38 ERA, 3.11 xFIP, 30% K, 6% BB
We can separate this top tier into two buckets.
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