MLB Pitching Primer: Thursday, May 24th
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, May 24th
Early Slate
We have a split day of baseball starting at 12:35PM ET today, with a three-game Early Slate on FanDuel and four-game Early Slate on DraftKings and FantasyDraft that adds the 3:35PM Seattle – Oakland matchup. Later on, we have a three-game Main Slate on FanDuel starting at 7:10PM ET, and a four-game Main Slate on DraftKings at FantasyDraft that starts one hour earlier at 6:10PM.
The pitching is thin on the Early Slate, with the top arm across sites looking like Dylan Bundy for the Orioles. You know it’s a short slate of baseball with some major question marks going if an Orioles starter is the clear top arm of the day, with the O’s starters carrying the worst ERA of any team in the majors this year. Bundy has a strong 10.57 K/9 that is top on the slate, and he benefits today taking on a White Sox team that ranks 8th in K% this season (13th against right-handers) and 24th in runs scored per game.
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