MLB DFS Tournament Strategy: Thursday, April 18th
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.
Thursday, April 18th
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
The pitching conversation on this early slate is going to revolve around what you do with what will certainly be a chalky Patrick Corbin. He gets to face a Giants team that, while getting a nice positive park shift, doesn’t profile to be very good.
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