MLB DFS Expert Survey: Tuesday, September 2nd

by Justin Bailey (Jbails26) Last Updated 2025-09-02 20:39:21 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 Tuesday, September 2

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

CheeseIsGood: Heliot Ramos
headChopper: Willy Adames
stevietpfl: Heliot Ramos
Dean78904: Heliot Ramos

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What is your preferred tournament format (e.g. large-field, single-entry) to play on this slate? How do you plan to beat that field of opponents? What tactic or strategy will set you apart?

CheeseIsGood: I prefer larger-field MME tournaments tonight. I am having trouble getting away from Giants chalk, and I’m more worried about that in smaller-field contests. I am going to have some single-entry teams where I fade the Giants, but my preference overall is to be over the field. I’m mostly going to focus on Shota Imanaga and Logan Webb for spend-up pitching, though I prefer Bryan Woo if the salary ends up not mattering. As long as the weather holds, the White Sox and Twins will be my next two offenses after the Giants.

headChopper: With a game in Coors Field, I’m playing about 20 lineups on each site in large-field GPPs. I want multiple builds rather than narrowing down to one. I’ll be overweight on the Giants, but I think the pitching angle is where I get different. Early pOWN% is heavy on Logan Webb and Yu Darvish, but I’m not locked in on either. I can rotate 7 or 8 pitchers comfortably, which naturally gives me leverage. Beyond the Giants stacks, there isn’t one offense I feel I need to jam, so I’ll spread the rest out with various one-offs.

stevietpfl: I’m going to be focusing on single-entry contests. I don’t love the pitching options, so I’m going to focus on narrowing down my pitcher pool. I will focus on Logan Webb and Shota Imanaga. Typically, I look to be underweight on the stacks that are projecting for higher ownership, but tonight, I want to play the Giants. To pair with the Giants, I’m going to look for one-offs and mini stacks who are projecting for lower ownership.

Dean78904: I mostly focus on single-entry and smaller-field type contests. I’m still debating how to handle the Giants, as they will be even more popular in these types of contests, so I’m weighing the possibility of a fade. The tricky part is that CWS/MIN is my favorite pivot game, all things considered. I’m a little tilted seeing Kevin Roth give the game an orange for his MLB Weather forecast, putting the game in doubt. If weather allows for baseball in Minnesota, it will likely be my first look if I decide to move off the Giants. Shota Imanaga is my favorite SP, with Wrigley looking like an excellent pitching environment tonight. I’ll pair him with whoever fits among the variety of options that I like but don’t love. If I’m saving salary, I currently have Michael Lorenzen over Yu Darvish.

Who is your favorite pitcher (when considering price, matchup, projected ownership, etc.) on the board and why?

CheeseIsGood: Shota Imanaga – Straight-up, I’d still take Bryan Woo over Imanaga, but it’s close enough that with the $1,000 salary gap, I’ll just start with Imanaga. He’s ideally suited to pitch in these weather conditions at home, when the Wrigley wind keeps his fly balls in the park. The Braves are also a much higher strikeout team against LHP, with 6 batters in the projected lineup above a 23% K rate this season.

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