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Starting Pitcher Selection

Starting Pitcher Selection is a course that fully delves into everything you need to know about selecting starting pitchers across all daily fantasy sites. Pitching is much more consistent than hitting, and this course will give you a great foundation on how to efficiently and effectively start your lineup building every day.

In this course, you’ll learn:

• How different daily fantasy sites value pitchers
• Which basic pitching stats are outdated and which are still useful
• How to interpret the important advanced pitching stats
• How to use the RotoGrinders MLB tools
• How to put all the pitching information together on a daily basis to profit in MLB DFS

5 lessons

  1. 1

    Know Your Daily Fantasy Site

    The first step to selecting the right pitcher is to know each site’s scoring system and how they affect strategy

  2. 2

    Basic Statistical Analysis, Part 1

    The old metrics like ERA and WHIP are fine descriptive stats, but we have more predictive ones now

  3. 3

    Basic Statistical Analysis, Part 2

    Here are the advanced metrics you should most look at when selecting your SP’s

  4. 4

    Using RotoGrinders' MLB Tools

    Check out all of the MLB DFS offerings at RotoGrinders

  5. 5

    Putting It All Together: Cash Games, Tournaments, and Miscellaneous Ramblings

    General heuristics and strategy items for selecting your starting pitchers on a daily basis

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Instructor

Justin Van Zuiden

Justin Van Zuiden, aka stlcardinals84, is a popular RotoGrinders contributor and GrindersLive host who routinely finishes in the top 10 of the TPOY race. He’s appeared in numerous live finals and has logged countless six-figure wins in a host of different sports, including five in PGA. Justin is also a main contributor of sports betting picks at ScoresAndOdds

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