If you're playing MLB Daily Fantasy Baseball contests, you might find these top-value players helpful for building your lineup. ASL has calculated optimum lineups for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo contests, based on three different projection sources -- numberFire, RotoGrinders, Fantasy Six Pack -- as well as a Blend projection lineup that uses all three sources together.
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Here is a pitcher and a top-value hitter from each projection source for each of the three DFS platforms:
Projections listed as of 11:50 AM Eastern Time.
DraftKings
- Blend: SP Tyler Glasnow, TB, 16.6 fantasy points for $6,900; OF/SS Marwin Gonzalez, Hou, 8.8 fantasy points for $3,300
- numberFire: SP Tyler Glasnow, TB, 19.1 fantasy points for $6,900; OF Kyle Schwarber, ChC, 11.2 fantasy points for $4,200
- Fantasy Six Pack: SP Tyler Glasnow, TB, 17.1 fantasy points for $6,900; 3B Adrian Beltre, Tex, 8.3 fantasy points for $3,600
- RotoGrinders: SP Drew Pomeranz, Bos, 15.6 fantasy points for $6,200; 2B/OF Dee Gordon, Sea, 9.6 fantasy points for $4,200
FanDuel
- Blend: P Max Scherzer, Wsh, 45.4 fantasy points for $11,900; C Mike Zunino, Sea, 10.2 fantasy points for $2,000
- numberFire: P Tyler Glasnow, TB, 35.5 fantasy points for $5,700; SS Chris Taylor, LAD, 12.4 fantasy points for $2,600
- Fantasy Six Pack: P Carlos Carrasco, Cle, 41.1 fantasy points for $10,600; C/1B Mike Zunino, Sea, 10.5 fantasy points for $2,000
- RotoGrinders: P Max Scherzer, Wsh, 48.3 fantasy points for $11,900; C/1B Mike Zunino, Sea, 9.5 fantasy points for $2,000
Yahoo
- Blend: P Carlos Carrasco, Cle, 23.1 fantasy points for $52; OF Gorkys Hernandez, SF, 7.1 fantasy points for $7
- numberFire: P Tyler Glasnow, TB, 20.3 fantasy points for $25; 1B Ronald Guzman, Tex, 6.7 fantasy points for $7
- Fantasy Six Pack: P Tyler Glasnow, TB, 17.1 fantasy points for $25; 3B Adrian Beltre, Tex, 7.5 fantasy points for $9
- RotoGrinders: P Carlos Carrasco, Cle, 24.1 fantasy points for $52; SS Jean Segura, Sea, 8.8 fantasy points for $11
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