Covering The Bases: MLB DFS Picks Today for Sunday 6/28

by Justin Van Zuiden (stlcardinals84) Last Updated 2026-06-28 14:12:34 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, Justin has you covered with an extensive deep dive into his favorite MLB DFS picks today on June 28, 2026.

Happy Sunday, Grinders! It hasn’t quite taken hold just yet, but we are headed for a July heat wave next week. I expect some fireworks with the bats as we head toward next week’s holiday. My oldest son is also turning 16 on Wednesday, which means you need to watch out for a new crazy driver on the roadways. That’s making me feel quite old at the moment, but life goes on. We’ll see if this old geezer can find some picks today.

This Sunday brings us a healthy 11-game main slate with very little in the way of MLB Weather concerns outside of some afternoon thunderstorm chances in Pittsburgh. It’s the bats that we would want in that game anyhow, and I am not concerned about the game getting postponed. It should be all systems go for lineup building.

Let’s dig in and see what the close to the weekend has to offer for MLB DFS picks!

Sunday Pitching: MLB DFS Picks on DraftKings and FanDuel

TOP TIER PITCHERS

• Hunter Brown at Tigers
• Drew Rasmussen vs. Diamondbacks
• Kyle Bradish vs. Nationals
• Jesus Luzardo at Mets
• Brandon Woodruff vs. Cubs
• Gavin Williams vs. Mariners

We may not have any future Hall of Famers pitching today, but this is still a quality group of aces. It’s going to be difficult to split things up among them, and I will tell you that all of them are generally playable. Let’s look at the 2026 numbers to see if anything stands out:

Brown – 1.40 ERA, 3.08 xFIP, 34.6% K, 13.6% BB (4 starts, 19 innings)
Rasmussen – 2.62 ERA, 2.90 xFIP, 26.8% K, 4.5% BB
Bradish – 3.64 ERA, 3.82 xFIP, 24.7% K, 11.0% BB
Luzardo – 4.00 ERA, 3.01 xFIP, 28.1% K, 7.7% BB
Woodruff – 3.00 ERA, 4.03 xFIP, 25.0% K, 5.0% BB
Williams – 3.82 ERA, 3.21 xFIP, 28.5% K , 8.0% BB

I only have one true cut from this tier, and that is going to be Kyle Bradish. The advanced metrics still concern me, and his 11% walk rate is the highest of this tier if you exclude Brown’s small sample size. I really don’t think Bradish is at the ace level yet, but he is priced at $9,700 on DK and $10,200 on FD. The Nationals rank just 21st in team strikeout rate against RHP this year, and they rank 3rd behind only the Yankees and Dodgers in team ISO against RHP. Bradish makes zero sense as a priority on this deep slate.

Drew Rasmussen is another pitcher that just misses my cut, but it’s not because of his numbers. They are solid across the board, and the Diamondbacks have not been a good offense against RHP in 2026. The Rays have also been (surprisingly) letting him throw more pitches in recent starts. He’s averaging comfortably above 90 pitches per start over his last 7 outings. However, I don’t trust that to continue every time out, and I still have faith in the Diamondbacks offense to rebound. I won’t fault anyone for using Rasmussen, and I like him better than Bradish, but I won’t have much exposure.

The other pitcher from this tier that makes me a little nervous is Gavin Williams. His starts have seemingly gotten worse each month, as he posted a 2.35 ERA in April, a 3.55 ERA in May, and now owns a 6.64 ERA in June. The trends aren’t great, and this is just a middle-of-the-road matchup. He probably makes my tournament pool if I am building 25+ lineups, but he’s a clear step behind some of the others.

I have strong interest in each of the other pitchers I have listed here. Hunter Brown is my SP1, though I will admit there’s some risk. After all, he has only thrown 19 1/3 innings at the MLB level this season. That said, I am still very much intrigued by his stuff, the strikeouts have been there, and we can’t forget that he was one of the best pitchers in baseball a year ago. There shouldn’t be any pitch count limits at this point, and the Astros need some innings out of him after seeing their bullpen get taxed over the last couple of games in Detroit. The Tigers rank just 22nd in team wOBA and have the 6th-highest strikeout rate against RHP this year. I’m on board with Brown.

There is also plenty to like about Jesus Luzardo and Brandon Woodruff. Woodruff returned from the injured list and pitched 6 brilliant 1-hit innings against the Reds with no walks and 10 strikeouts. That will play. He is also coming off a 2025 season where he had a 32% strikeout rate, and he was back to looking like an ace again. He won’t unseat Jacob Misiorowski for that title in 2026, but Woodruff can still be a very, very good major league pitcher. I like him as my 2nd choice overall on DK where he is still discounted a bit at $8,800. If you are playing on FanDuel, I’ll give the edge to Luzardo. His advanced metrics paint a much better picture than his 4.00 ERA does, and it certainly helps to face the disaster that is the Mets offense. Luzardo is coming off a 13-strikeout performance against the Nationals in his last start, and I think he’s poised for a great summer.

I am ranking this tier as Brown > Woodruff > Luzardo > everyone else overall, but I will flip Woodruff and Luzardo on FD.

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