MLB DFS Expert Survey: Tuesday, September 5
Our panel of experts is here to give you their MLB DFS picks 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 STLCards’ top overall pitcher? Find out below!
MLB DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for Tuesday, September 5
How do you plan to beat the field of opponents? What tactic or strategy will set you apart?
CheeseIsGood: I’m going to stick with a small pool at pitcher, playing Gerrit Cole anywhere salary will allow and just taking the chalky-ish Chris Bassitt and Brandon Pfaadt where I can’t afford Cole. There is enough high-end offense that I expect to see things spread out far enough for ownership to not really matter. The Braves are ‘obvious’ but not chalky because of the salaries. The Giants and Cubs are ‘obvious,’ but both lineups are spread out enough that there aren’t a tight group of clear popular bats within those lineups. This all makes me quite content just playing the ‘obvious’ Braves, Cubs, Giants, and Diamondbacks and basically ignoring ownership as a factor.
stevietpfl: We have 3-4 stacks with massive ceilings. I’m going to build my stacks first, then plug in my pitching. Gerrit Cole is projected to be the highest-scoring pitcher, and I agree with that. We live in a salary-cap world though. I think Brandon Pfaadt, Brady Singer, and Dean Kremer all have great matchups and have a lot of upside to make some of the top-end stacks work. I’m going to roll the dice and be underweight on Cole in one of the best matchups in baseball.
squirrelpatrol: No pitcher stands out for me once ownership is factored in, so I’ll likely spread out my exposure at pitcher and consider ownership for single-entry formats. For stacks, I’ll have some of the higher implied run total home teams, like the Cubs, Yankees, and Braves (where I can afford them), but I’ll particularly aim to be overweight the less-popular road teams with upside, such as the Giants, Orioles, and Blue Jays.
TastefulTides: It will be all about the Wrigley game. This won’t be like yesterday, where we saw two great pitchers on the mound in the great hitting weather. Tonight, we get a bullpen game for the Giants and Kyle Hendricks for the Cubs. Getting overweight those two stacks and living in the mid-range for pitching will be my strategy.
Dean78904: I expect to have a tight pitcher pool. If salary weren’t a thing, I’d just load up on Gerrit Cole. But it is, so I’ll likely hang out in the mid-to-upper tier, starting with Chris Bassitt, who gets to face his inept former team in pitcher-friendly Oakland. My very clear options in the mid-tier are Dean Kremer and Brandon Pfaadt, as they get to face especially rancid lineups. Since I don’t make a lot of lineups, ideally, my pitching pool ends after those four arms. I tend to rarely play the Giants, as the combination of their unappealing home ballpark and pinch-hit tendencies are just too much of a turnoff for me. That said, the Giants are in a Wrigley Wind game, and they get a Cubs team that is heavily right-handed in the pen. As far I can tell, Drew Smyly is the only lefty in the Cubs’ pen. I’m not saying the pinch-hit risk is gone, as Smyly could throw multiple innings if needed, but I think it’s a little more subdued today than most days.
Who is your top overall pitcher (when considering price, matchup, projected ownership, etc.) on the board and why?
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