Million Dollar Musings: MLB DFS Picks Today for Sunday 4/6

by Dave Potts (CheeseIsGood) Last Updated 2025-04-06 14:51:46 Premium Content Part of the product MLB DFS

Whether you are looking for the top pitchers or the best stacks, Dave Potts (aka CheeseIsGood) has you covered with an extensive deep dive into his MLB DFS picks. Cheese, one of the preeminent baseball minds in all of fantasy sports and a winner of a $1,000,000 1st-place prize on both DraftKings and FanDuel, is here to give you his musings on the upcoming MLB DFS slate.

Happy Sunday! We have the usual 1:35 pm ET start for today’s slate, with one key difference between the sites. As we saw for most of last season, when there is a game at Coors Field that starts at 3:10, FD is including that game, while DK is not. This of course changes the offensive side of the equation on the FD slate significantly, so be aware of that if you’re playing both sites. Another schedule note is that the first game of the Cardinals-Red Sox doubleheader is not on the slate even though it starts at the same time as these other games.

We also have more weather concerns today, starting with a dreadful Red/Orange in Atlanta. When I see a Red on the MLB weather page, I will not include that game in my analysis, and I will just assume it’s a PPD. We also have two Orange/Yellow games, but for now, those will be included. Be sure to keep an eye on them.

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.

Sunday Pitching: MLB DFS Picks on FanDuel & DraftKings

An important note to start here – if by some chance the weather clears up in Atlanta, Grant Holmes would be the best option among cheap pitchers, but at this moment, I am not including him. Three of the pitchers in my top tier are in the Orange/Yellow games (Glasnow, Burnes, Sanchez), so don’t forget to check before lock that they are good to go. I’ll start by separating the pitchers into two buckets based on salary.

TOP TIER PITCHING

• Tyler Glasnow at Phillies – 32.2% K, 6.7% BB, 3.49 ERA, 2.90 SIERA
• Corbin Burnes at Nationals – 23.1% K, 6.1% BB, 2.92 ERA, 3.75 SIERA
• Cristopher Sanchez vs. Dodgers – 20.3% K, 5.8% BB, 3.32 ERA, 3.58 SIERA
• Ronel Blanco at Twins – 24.6% K, 10.1% BB, 2.80 ERA, 4.17 SIERA
• Drew Rasmussen at Rangers – 30.2% K, 5.2% BB, 2.83 ERA, 2.55 SIERA
• Jackson Jobe vs. White Sox – 2nd career start

In any matchup, Tyler Glasnow would be the best pitcher here. He was in top form in his first start with 8 strikeouts in 5 scoreless innings, and should see his pitch count take another step up into at least the mid-80s today. The matchup is tough enough that I won’t call him a must-play, but he is the SP1.

After Glasnow, we run into question marks with everyone else in the top tier.

Corbin Burnes has seen back-to-back seasons with a steep drop-off in strikeouts, and while the strikeouts came back in his first start, he also had control and power issues. Last season was all about control and ground balls, so we’re going to need a few more starts before we know what kind of skill set we’re getting from Burnes this season. Either way, I’m confident we’ll be getting a good pitcher, but I much prefer the wait-and-see approach after the strange first start, which also came with decreased velocity. He’ll probably be fine, and I’ll call him the raw points SP2, but he is far enough behind Glasnow that he doesn’t make the primary pool.

I love Cristopher Sanchez in general, but being a below-average strikeout pitcher to begin with makes him a tough sell against the Dodgers. He’s so good with the control and ground balls that I also expect him to be fine today, but like with Burnes, he’s just too far behind Glasnow to be in serious consideration for primary lineups.

Ronel Blanco was a thorn in my side all of last season with a goofy low .220 BABIP masking his flawed skill set. He looked like basically the same guy in his first start, with control issues and strikeout ability in the right matchups. He’s been good enough in real life for long enough that I can’t tell you not to play him, but I can tell you that I’m not playing him.

Drew Rasmussen looks like a far better pitcher than Blanco, with more strikeout ability and considerably better control. The two downgrades to Rasmussen today come with matchup and pitch count. He threw 70 pitches is his first start, and while I’d expect to see 80 today, there is not any realistic ceiling for pitch count here. While the matchup is not great, it’s not horrible either, and with a salary below everyone else in this tier, he is my next choice after Glasnow, though I’m still hoping to find something cheaper.

I’m very curious to see if Jackson Jobe ends up being popular today. He is a highly touted prospect, and he’s pitching at home against the White Sox. But that is where the good news ends. He’s expensive, and he looked terrible in his first start in Seattle. As much as scouts like him, the numbers have not been there yet even in the minors, so I’m going to need to see the talent show itself before I pay $8,800 for him in any matchup.

MID-TIER AND CHEAPER PITCHING

Want to read more? Sign up for Premium!