Million Dollar Musings: Tuesday, May 30
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.
Happy Tuesday! We’ve got a doozy (Harvey Wallbanger?) of a 13-game slate tonight with a whole bunch of everything. We’ve got spend-up aces and spend-up bats in good spots, and we’ve also got upside options in all different price ranges on both sides of the ledger.
I’m going to give you some favorites of mine, but this is definitely one of those slates with no one correct answer on either side. No time for Tom Foolery here, so let’s jump on in and take a look at all these strong MLB DFS picks available tonight.
Tuesday Pitching: MLB DFS Picks on FanDuel & DraftKings
We’ve got a loaded pitching slate with quality options in all different price ranges. I’m going to sort the buckets based on DK pricing to begin with, and we’ll see how far we can narrow things down:
The $10k+ Aces
Shane McClanahan at Cubs – 29.1% K, 9.7% BB, 1.97 ERA, 3.76 SIERA
Zac Gallen vs. Rockies – 28.3% K, 5.3% BB, 2.97 ERA, 3.34 SIERA
Joe Ryan at Astros – 28.9% K, 4.1% BB, 2.21 ERA, 3.21 SIERA
Logan Gilbert vs. Yankees – 29.6% K, 4.3% BB, 3.60 ERA, 3.11 SIERA
The trio of Zac Gallen, Joe Ryan, and Logan Gilbert all have the same 28-29% strikeout ability, and all have outstanding walk rates this season. Shane McClanahan has seen some control issues this season, but he has the same strikeout rate as the others and the same long-term control.
McClanahan has also seen his control issues iron themselves out in the past couple starts, and because of how strong he has been to this point in his career, I am just giving him the benefit of the doubt on that control. Essentially, this puts all four of these pitchers in a virtual tie based on skill set.
Gallen was pitching at an elite level until the past couple starts, when his strikeouts dipped and the walks came up, resulting in him being hit with 10 ER in 10 innings. I don’t see any red flags in his pitch type or velocity, so I’m just chalking it up to a bad couple starts. At home against the Rockies is a strong enough matchup to call him my SP1 on this slate.
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