MLB Pitching Primer: Tuesday, April 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.

Tuesday, April 24th

EARLY SLATE

Unless I am missing something, it appears that only FanDuel has a slate with the early games on it. They have a four-gamer over there starting at 5:10 PM EST, so let’s touch on that very briefly before heading on to the Main Slate.

If you are playing cash games on this slate, there isn’t exactly a clear path here. Jose Berrios probably projects with the highest overall score, but that is simply due to the other options at our disposal. He is certainly not worth a $9,600 price tag against a great Yankees lineup, especially when the gap in projection isn’t that big between him and the other options. I will say that I absolutely love Berrios in tournaments considering how good he is against righties. He might very well only see three lefties today, which puts his ceiling on a level that no one else can touch on this small slate.

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