Covering The Bases: MLB DFS Picks Today for Saturday 9/13

by Justin Van Zuiden (stlcardinals84) Last Updated 2025-09-13 15:50:01 Premium Content Part of the product MLB DFS

Long-time grinder, Justin Van Zuiden (aka stlcardinals84), is here to cover the bases for the upcoming MLB DFS slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. Whether you are looking for the top pitchers or the best stacks, Cards has you covered with an extensive deep dive into his favorite MLB DFS picks.

Greetings, Grinders! Welcome to the weekend! Today brings us a strange slate with games spread out all over the place, but FanDuel and DraftKings are not offering big prize pools for the early games on a college football Saturday. There are much bigger prize pools available for tonight, so I will focus today’s article solely on the main slate featured this evening. We have a 7-game slate available that looks to be heavily weighted toward pitching.

This looks to be a very quiet day on the MLB Weather front, so Kevin Roth can continue to enjoy his life of luxury. It should be all clear for lineup building, so head on over to our MLB DFS Optimizer and let those lineups fly!

Let’s dive in and see what this Saturday has in store for DFS!

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Saturday Night Pitching: MLB DFS Picks on FanDuel & DraftKings

ACES ABOUND

Bryan Woo vs. Angels
Hunter Greene vs. Athletics
Hunter Brown vs. Braves
Joe Ryan vs. Diamondbacks
Dylan Cease vs. Rockies
Logan Webb vs. Dodgers

For the second consecutive Saturday, we have a slate that is loaded with high-end pitching options. I could even throw a couple of other names into this tier, but I will stop with these top 6. As usual, let’s begin with a look at the 2025 data for these aces:

Woo – 3.02 ERA, 3.48 xFIP, 25.7% K, 4.9% BB
Greene – 2.59 ERA, 3.27 xFIP, 32.0% K, 5.4% BB
Brown – 2.25 ERA, 3.15 xFIP, 28.9% K, 7.9% BB
Ryan – 3.32 ERA, 3.66 xFIP, 28.0% K, 5.4% BB
Cease – 4.71 ERA, 3.58 xFIP, 30.0% K, 10.0% BB
Webb – 3.12 ERA, 2.75 xFIP, 26.3% K, 5.4% BB

All of these pitchers are very good and could be the SP1 on any given slate. It is surprising that we have this much top-end pitching on just a 7-game night. The lowest strikeout rate of the bunch belongs to Bryan Woo at 25.7%. However, Woo is sitting with a 7.5 strikeout prop as of this morning. That is thanks to his matchup against the swing-and-miss marvels that are the Los Angeles Angels. Woo has a fine combination of safety and upside, but I worry that his ownership might get out of hand, especially if Zach Neto and/or Jo Adell remain out of the Angels lineup. He’s my SP1 in cash game builds, but I do slightly prefer a few of the others in GPP formats.

Dylan Cease is the other “safe” option at the top with a 7.5 strikeout prop of his own. That is thanks to his matchup against the woeful Rockies, who remain the worst offense in baseball when playing away from Coors Field. They have scored just 8 total runs in their last 6 games, and half of those came last night. Cease continues to pitch to pedestrian overall numbers despite a solid set of advanced metrics, but this is a great spot for him to showcase an upside performance.

I would expect Woo and Cease to dominate ownership, and they should definitely be the highest-owned pitchers. Everyone else in this tier will be a bit contrarian, with maybe Hunter Greene being an exception on DK because of his somewhat cheap salary there. Greene is the most expensive pitcher on FD and won’t be as popular on that site. The A’s do have some power in their lineup, but it is a hit-and-miss group that does have some strikeouts. The Reds are still very much in the playoff race in the National League with the Mets losing each day, and we know they will let Greene throw 100 pitches if they need it. His strikeouts are elite, the command has been great this year, and the upside is clearly there. He is my top GPP arm.

Hunter Brown continues to roll along, and he has now gone 7 straight starts without allowing more than 2 runs. The Braves continue to flounder and rank just 20th in the league in team wOBA over the last 30 days despite their talent. Brown is absolutely fine as a GPP option. Joe Ryan seems to be fading a bit in the second half and has had 3 disaster outings in his last 4 starts. However, he will be lower owned for sure, and I will also keep him in my GPP pool. His matchup gets an upgrade if a banged up Ketel Marte happens to be out of the Arizona lineup again.

Logan Webb is perfectly fine and would be an elite option on a different slate, but I can’t prioritize him among all these aces in a matchup against the Dodgers. By all means, go ahead if you are sold on the Dodgers not being a scary lineup. I understand the logic, but this just isn’t the night where I want to take that chance. Some of these other aces have more safety and upside on this specific slate.

SECONDARY PITCHING OPTIONS

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