MLB DFS Single Entry Strategy: Wednesday, May 1st
MLB DFS tournament play is unlike that of any other sport. Predicting outcomes with precision is difficult, and player variance is near its peak. There are special considerations when constructing lineups in order for you to find success in the long term. Each weekday, our DFS analysts will examine a specific tournament format and help you understand the application of strategy, via concepts such as pitcher pairings, roster construction, stacking, leverage, ownership, variance, and more.
Wednesday, May 1st
This article will have a focus on single entry and 3-max tournaments. These formats are more partial to optimal builds with some basic pivots, compared to mass multi entry (MME) tournaments where you have to cast a much wider net and consider each and every corner of the slate.
EARLY SLATE
Let’s look at the early slates briefly, which includes a three-gamer on FD and five on DK/FDRFT.
We’ll go ahead and get FD out of the way right off the bat. It is a really bad slate thanks to a lack of pitching, yet still having the chalk offense available (PIT). My guess is that the chalk build will be to plug in Jakob Junis and fill in with the stupidly affordable Pittsburgh bats. You can then have your pick of the litter with good Boston bats too. It is just a really dumb slate.
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