MLB DFS - Postseason Postulations - Wednesday, September 30th

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Well, Happy Wednesday! The first three games went according to script on day one of the playoffs with ace pitchers and strong bullpens keeping the offense in check. But then we got an outlier start in the nightcap with the Yankees reminding us that if an ace is off his game at the wrong time, these playoff teams are good enough to do some damage.

Today’s eight-game slate is still pretty heavy on the pitching side, but there are a few more spots with good, but not great pitching. This slate starts early, so I’m going to go quickly through all this and just give my overall thoughts, without too much deep diving into stats.

Playoffs Day Two

Trevor Bauer at Max Fried
Houston (McCullers? Urquidy?) at Jose Berrios
Sandy Alcantara at Kyle Hendricks
Dallas Keuchel at Chris Bassitt
Hyun-Jin Ryu at Tyler Glasnow
Kwang Hyun Kim at Chris Paddack
Masahiro Tanaka at Carlos Carrasco
Brewers Bullpen Day at Walker Buehler

WEDNESDAY PITCHING

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I see a couple buckets to separate the top pitchers into today.

-Strikeout Aces – Tyler Glasnow, Trevor Bauer
-Long Term Aces – Walker Buehler, Carlos Carrasco
-Real Life Aces – Hyun Jin Ryu, Kyle Hendricks
-Mid-Range – Jose Berrios, Chris Paddack, Max Fried, Chris Bassitt

About the Author

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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