MLB Pitching Primer: Thursday, April 5th
Everything in the sport of baseball comes down to the hitter-versus-pitcher matchup – which makes pitching the most important element of MLB DFS play. Without an understanding of the best pitching plays on the day, your DFS efforts will be sunk! Each day, the Pitching Primer will provide you with some of the top pitching plays on the day – taking a close look at the “why” behind these picks, and helping you to identify pitchers others might overlook.
Thursday, April 5th
Early Slate
Welcome to Thursday and another day-long slate of early-season baseball. We have games scattered throughout the day today, and each site has handled things differently. On FanDuel there is a small all-day slate starting at 1:05PM, a larger early-only slate starting at 2:05PM with six games, and a 6:35PM main slate with the last four games of the day. DraftKings has the six-game 2:05PM slate but a main slate with only three games starting at 7:05PM. FantasyDraft has a six-game 3:05PM slate that includes the 6:35PM Orioles-Yankees game, and then a three-game 7:05PM slate with the night games.
I’ll be posting some preliminary thoughts on the early slates by 10:00AM EDT this morning, then updating with more detailed information as lineups begin to come out for the early games around noon, and then a detailed look at the main slates by 2:00PM EDT.
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