Million Dollar Musings: Sunday, April 9
CheeseIsGood, a two-time winner of a $1,000,000 first place prize in DFS, is here to give you his musings on the upcoming MLB DFS slate. Whether you are looking for the top pitchers or the best stacks, Cheese has you covered with an extensive deep dive into his MLB DFS picks.
If you celebrate Easter, well then Happy Easter! If you don’t celebrate Easter, but enjoy candy, well, Happy Day! If you don’t really celebrate anything, but have found yourself with missing eggs, well, there’s a good chance someone discovers those for you today, so Happy Day! If you don’t celebrate anything, don’t care about candy, and know where all your eggs are, then Happy Sunday!
We’ve got a 10-game slate that is very evenly balanced on both the pitching and hitting sides. Almost everything is playable, but almost nothing stands out far ahead of the pack. With the early start, let’s jump right in and see what we can find in the way of MLB DFS picks for this egg-shaped candy filled day.
Sunday Pitching: MLB DFS Picks on FanDuel & DraftKings
Well folks, what we have here is a whole slew of pretty good pitchers, without a single great pitcher. With the exception of one cheaper option, the salaries are all tightly bunched as well, and not really a deciding factor between most of these pitchers. Here’s the big old group with their 2022 numbers:
Freddy Peralta vs Cardinals – 27.1% K, 8.5% BB, 3.58 ERA, 3.57 SIERA
Nestor Cortes at Orioles – 26.5% K, 6.2% BB, 2.44 ERA, 3.48 SIERA
Tyler Mahle vs Astros – 25% K, 8.5% BB, 4.40 ERA, 3.88 SIERA
Jon Gray at Cubs – 25.7% K, 7.5% BB, 3.96 ERA, 3.56 SIERA
Carlos Carrasco vs Marlins – 23.6% K, 6.4% BB, 3.97 ERA, 3.60 SIERA
Jameson Taillon vs Rangers – 20.7% K, 4.4% BB, 3.91 ERA, 3.84 SIERA
Drew Rasmussen vs A’s – 21.4% K, 5.3% BB, 2.84 ERA, 3.74 SIERA
Taijuan Walker vs Reds – 20.3% K, 6.9% BB, 3.49 ERA, 4.05 SIERA
George Kirby at Guardians – 24.5% K, 4.1% BB, 3.39 ERA, 3.32 SIERA
Hunter Brown at Twins
Kutter Crawford at Tigers – 23.1% K, 8.7% BB, 5.47 ERA, 4.11 SIERA
There is a little bit of a sliding scale of strikeout ability, made tough by the fact that the higher strikeout pitchers here are also the guys in the tougher matchups. I’m going to group these guys as best as I can, just be aware that there is basically no real separation and you could change my tiers in basically any way you want, and as usual, I will not yell at you.
Top Tier Foursome
Freddy Peralta, Nestor Cortes, Drew Rasmussen, Jon Gray
