MLB Pitching Primer: Tuesday, May 29th
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, May 29th
Arms To Trust (Relatively Speaking)
As you can see from my nicely edited title for this section, no one on this slate is what I would necessarily call a trustworthy arm. We have no horses (what I often call aces if you haven’t noticed by now) on this slate, and every one of the 28 pitchers available comes with some warts. So this ‘Trustworthy’ section is really how Pitcher X compares to Pitcher Y. Everyone is going to come with a little risk in some way, shape, or form, but there are definitely going to be a handful of guys that we can trust way more than others. So with a bow tied on that stupid monologue, let’s move on to actually talking about important stuff.
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