MLB DFS - Postseason Postulations - Wednesday, October 7th

postulation
[ˌpäsCHəˈlāSH(ə)n]
NOUN
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A suggestion or assumption of the existence, fact, or truth of something as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

Happy Wednesday! We’ve got the same setup as yesterday with all four division series games playing today. As usual for these playoffs, there are not a lot of pitchers who are likely to pitch deep into the games, but there also aren’t any bad pitchers to want to attack. I’ll continue to spread out my exposure to several different offenses, as we just need one big inning to move up the leaderboards, and they will often come against the bullpens. Let’s jump in and see what we are dealing with.

Wednesday Pitching

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Pitching is going to continue to tricky with all these teams using the bullpens early and often in this postseason. There are basically two pitchers on this slate with any sort of realistic upside, Kershaw and Anderson. However, DK has moved the pricing around just enough that we might need to mess with one of the cheaper SP2 options in tournament builds. On FD, it’s a little easier today to get to one of those top two pitchers, so that is going to be my lean. Here’s a glance at all these pitchers:

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Dave Potts (CheeseIsGood)

One of the preeminent baseball minds in all of fantasy, Dave Potts (aka CheeseIsGood) has won contests at the highest levels of both season-long and DFS. He is a 2x winner of a $1,000,000 1st-place prize in DFS; having won the 2014 FanDuel baseball Live Final and following that up by taking down a DraftKings Milly Maker Tournament in 2015. In addition, he’s won the Main Event championship in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship and the NFBC Platinum League, which is the highest buy-in entry league. His consistent success in the NFBC tournaments earned him a prestigious spot in their Hall of Fame. Dave can also strum a mean guitar while carrying a tune, and if you’re lucky, you’ll see him do so on one of his MLB Crunch Time appearances. Follow Dave on Twitter – @DavePotts2