Selecting Pitchers
And anyway, there are no shortcuts in DFS. Can you snag a couple lucky GPP wins without putting in the time and effort it takes to become a truly great player? Of course you can. But can you become a consistently profitable player without being willing to work hard and gain knowledge and become a truly great player? Absolutely not.
But here’s the cool thing: every single one of you who has read to this point has the ability to become a truly great DFS player.
Here’s the other cool thing: DFS is — no question about it — still in its adolescent phase. DFS is growing rapidly, each and every year, and that means that more room for “great players” is always being made. There is no reason whatsoever why you should not be one of them.
After all, you’ve put up with me through seven lessons! That’s an accomplishment right there. If you can put up with me for this long in order to gain some knowledge, I know you can be dedicated enough to become a truly great DFS player.
Unless, that is, you skipped straight to this lesson. In which case: have you ever considered playing pogs instead? I hear it takes less time and effort to become really good.
This lesson piggybacks on the last lesson — What to Look for in Opposing Lineups — as balancing a pitcher’s stats with the lineup they will be facing is really what “Selecting Pitchers” is all about. After all, now that you have a complete understanding of all the core stats, of where to find them, of how to weigh them, and of the variations to which you should be paying attention (such as home/away), you could easily compare a pair of pitchers and know which would be likelier to have a good game if these two guys were pitching against the same team. But two starting pitchers do not pitch against the same team on the same night. And that’s why lineups come so heavily into play.
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