MLB DFS Expert Survey: Friday, April 18th

by Justin Bailey (Jbails26) Last Updated 2025-04-18 22:11:11 Premium Content Part of the product MLB DFS

Our panel of experts is here to give you their MLB DFS advice for today’s main slate contests by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know CheeseIsGood’s favorite sneaky stack? Or headChopper’s top overall pitcher? Find out below!

MLB DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for Friday, April 18

Who is your favorite hitter to spend up for in cash games?

CheeseIsGood: Matt Olson
stevietpfl: Juan Soto
boggslite: Juan Soto
Dean78904: Juan Soto (FD) / Matt Olson (DK)

Editor’s Note: Looking for more places to play? Check out our Underdog Fantasy promo code and PrizePicks promo code, two of the best DFS apps available today.

CheeseIsGood: Things are spread out evenly enough, especially on the pitching side, that I prefer MME tonight. I can’t narrow things down to a couple of best combos, and I want to make sure I have my top 5-6 stacks with different pitching combinations mixed in. I will be pretty heavy on the Orioles, Mets, and Braves, while also getting well above the field on the Giants.

stevietpfl: I’m going to focus on a 3-entry max contest tonight. I can narrow my pitching pool down to 3 or 4 guys I like, and there are 3 or 4 main teams I want to stack. On these types of slates, I like to focus on condensing down my lineups. I want to be overweight on Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Logan Webb, Drew Rasmussen, and Carlos Rodon. As far as the bats, I’m going to be focusing on Baltimore, the New York Mets, the Red Sox, and the Giants.

boggslite: Large-field tournaments – Most of the high-priced pitchers draw tough enough matchups that I don’t expect any slate-breaking performances. I instead prefer to save some salary at pitcher with guys like Bowden Francis, Drew Rasmussen, and Jacob deGrom. This will allow me to load up on offense, where I’ll be targeting Boston, Baltimore, and Mets as my favorite stacks.

Dean78904: I mostly focus on single-entry and smaller-field contests. It is a big enough slate where I’m not overly concerned with pOWN%. This means I won’t stray too far away from Baltimore, New York Mets, and Boston in small contests, with the Astros being my most ambitious potential stack. More than most, I’m willing to stray from the standard 5-3 / 4-4 stacks, as I’m open to 3-3-1-1 / 4-2-1-1 iterations tonight. If the game plays at Coors Field, I’m more interested in MacKenzie Gore than anything else.

Want to read more? Sign up for Premium!