You might find these top-value players helpful for building your Daily Fantasy MLB lineup. ASL has calculated optimum lineups for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo contests, and is giving you three players that represent the most value (points/salary) as part of an ideal lineup calculation.

Here are a top-value pitcher and two hitters for each of the three DFS platforms:

Projections listed as of 10:26 AM ET.

DraftKings (Main)

  • P Jack Flaherty, Det, 19.6 for $8,900
  • OF Seth Brown, Oak, 8.0 for $2,800
  • 1B Garrett Cooper, Bos, 7.1 for $2,800

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FanDuel (All Day)

  • P Jack Flaherty, Det, 30.4 for $9,300
  • OF Seth Brown, Oak, 10.6 for $2,400
  • 2B Ildemaro Vargas, Wsh, 9.4 for $2,400

Yahoo (Sat 5/18 24 SAME_DAY)

  • P Cristopher Sanchez, Phi, 12.6 for $40
  • OF Seth Brown, Oak, 7.4 for $7
  • 3B Manny Machado, SD, 8.0 for $8