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Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Report – May 21

Future Of Fantasy — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:53:04 +0000

You might have missed it if you weren’t paying close attention last week, but Mike Trout has arrived. Trout was the #1 FanDuel scorer last week with 39 points. Including games of 14.75, 9.75, and 11.75 FanDuel Points. Last week was also the week of the catcher. Generally not a position known for Fantasy dominance, 3 of the Top 12 hitters last week were catchers (Lucroy, Arencibia and Ruiz).

Now it’s a new week. It’s time to stop thinking about catchers and start thinking about daily drafts again. Today’s top pitchers to target are going to be Matt Garza, Jaime Garcia and Jerome Williams. Obviously, Garza is the strongest choice but the other two pitchers show a lot of value and are much cheaper.

Top Pick = Highest Projected Scoring Player
Value Pick = Best FanDuel Value

Starting Pitchers

Top Picks:
Yu Darvish (14.59 pts)
Matt Garza (13.64 pts)
Felix Hernandez (13.59 pts)
Jaime Garcia (12.86 pts)
Gio Gonzalez (12.64 pts)

Value Picks:
Kyle Kendrick (8.73 pts, $3600)
Felipe Paulino (11.49 pts, $5200)
Mike Leake (10.05 pts, $4700)
Randy Wolf (11.62 pts, $5600)
Jerome Williams (12.45 pts, $6700)

Catchers

Top Pick:
Buster Posey (3500)

Value Pick:
Buster Posey (3500)

First Base

Top Pick:
David Ortiz (4200)

Value Pick:
Adrian Gonzalez (3400)

Second Base

Top Pick:
Robinson Cano (3900)

Value Pick:
Steve Lombardozzi (2700)

Third Base

Top Pick:
Will Middlebrooks (3100)

Value Pick:
Todd Frazier (2800)
Jordan Pacheco (2700)

Shortstop

Top Pick:
Troy Tulowitzki (3400)

Value Pick:
Troy Tulowitzki (3400)

Outfield

Top Picks:
Carlos Beltran (4200)
Corey Hart (3300)
Xavier Avery (2400)
Jerry Sands (2600)

Value Picks:
Xavier Avery (2400)
Jerry Sands (2600)
Norichika Aoki (2600)
John Mayberry (2500)

As always, check your starting lineups and Happy Drafting!

Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Report – May 18

Future Of Fantasy — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:56:54 +0000

Interleague, Interleague, where art thou Interleague? Look no further, it has arrived. Interleague play brings a lot of fun matchups and rivalries that we don’t normally get to see. Along with that comes some hilarious managing decisions as well. Basically, American League managers must decide whether to play that often overweight, out of shape Designated Hitter somewhere out in the field or leave them on the bench for that key pinch-hit.

Yesterday’s Future of Fantasy Top Target Pitchers:

Roy Halladay: 8.0 IP – 3ER – 4K – Win
Shaun Marcum: 5.0 IP – 3ER – 5K – No Win

You could have done just fine with Halladay yesterday, as he was the #6 fantasy pitcher yesterday. However, Shaun Marcum didn’t last long enough or earn a win. After a couple days of dominance from my top targeted pitchers, yesterday was rather mediocre. You would have had much better luck if you drafted from my Value Picks yesterday. Four of my five top-value pitchers ended up in the top seven fantasy scorers yesterday.

In other news, Will Middlebrooks is going through the regression process. After a monster start, Middlebrooks has earned a combined 2.50 FanDuel points over his last four games. This will make the Red Sox decision much easier once Youkilis returns shortly. Welington Castillo is a catcher to keep an eye on now that Geovany Soto is heading to the DL. He has the playing time, he will be incredibly cheap, and he has crushed lefties in his incredibly small sample-sized career.

Lance Lynn should be the top target in most of your drafts today. Lynnsanity has posted an average of 15.67 FanDuel points per start this year. Going against the Kemp-less Dodgers shouldn’t be any harder than his previous matchups. I think 10 points is the minimum you get from Lynn, with the upside for a whole lot more. Marco Estrada is another sleeper that you should target today. Estrada has yet to pick up a win in four starts but his peripherals suggest he should dominate this Minnesota Twins squad.

I would suggest getting Dustin Ackley in any and all lineups today. He has been very hot lately, he’s facing a mediocre Alex White and the game is at Coors Field. I would be shocked if he gives you less than four FanDuel points today.

Top Pick = Highest Projected Scoring Player
Value Pick = Best FanDuel Value

Starting Pitchers

Top Picks:
Justin Verlander (15.75 pts)
Lance Lynn (14.39 pts)
Jered Weaver (14.25 pts)
James Shields (13.71 pts)
Tommy Hanson (12.94 pts)

Value Picks:
Marco Estrada (12.65 pts, $3500)
Alex White (8.31 pts, $3900)
Lance Lynn (14.39 pts, $7100)
Luis Mendoza (7.80 pts, $3900)
Daniel Bard (12.76 pts, $6600)

Catchers

Top Pick:
Miguel Montero (3000)

Value Pick:
Ramon Hernandez (2500)

First Base

Top Pick:
Joey Votto (4600)

Value Pick:
Prince Fielder (3300)

Second Base

Top Pick:
Robinson Cano (3900)

Value Pick:
Dustin Ackley (3000)

Third Base

Top Pick:
Miguel Cabrera (3700)

Value Pick:
Todd Frazier (2500)

Shortstop

Top Pick:
Troy Tulowitzki (3300)

Value Pick:
Brian Dozier (2500)

Outfield

Top Picks:
Carlos Gonzalez (4700)
Curtis Granderson (4300)
Corey Hart (3300)
Ryan Braun (4700)

Value Picks:
Norichika Aoki (2500)
Brandon Snyder (2500)
Gregor Blanco (2700)
Andruw Jones (2700)

As always, check your starting lineups and Happy Drafting!

Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Report – May 17

Josh Culp — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:17:46 +0000

A lot of dayball in the MLB today. Eight day games to be exact. That only leaves seven night games to work with for Daily Fantasy Drafts. Not ideal, but we can still find some value with fourteen lineups to work with.

Yesterday’s Future of Fantasy Top Target Pitchers:

Jaime Garcia: 7.3 IP – 1 ER – 9 K – Win
Felipe Paulino: 7 IP – 0 ER – 0 K – No Win

As you can see, both the pitchers we wanted to target yesterday turned out phenomenal outings. I don’t usually like to play the high-priced pitchers but Roy Halladayand Shaun Marcum appear to be the top target picks today. The Cubs and Astros are both sub-par offenses that are better suited to hit lefties.

With high-priced options at pitcher we are going to need some bargain-bin players to fill out our rosters. Eric Thames, Colby Rasmus, Sean Rodriguez, Will Venable, James Loney, Brian Bogusevic, John Mayberry, Roger Bernadina and Logan Morrison are all cheap names to look at.

Top Pick = Highest Projected Scoring Player
Value Pick = Best FanDuel Value

Starting Pitchers

Top Picks:
Roy Halladay (14.33 pts)
Brandon Beachy (13.16 pts)
Shaun Marcum (12.05 pts)
Matt Cain (11.85 pts)
Jordan Zimmermann (11.79 pts)

Value Picks:
Drew Hutchison (9.38 pts, $4000)
Felix Doubront (11.41 pts, $4900)
Chris Volstad (9.48 pts, $4300)
JA Happ (10.12 pts, $5200)
James McDonald (10.60 pts, $6100)

Catchers

Top Pick:
Carlos Ruiz (3500)

Value Pick:
George Kottaras (2500)

First Base

Top Pick:
Bryan LaHair (3800)

Value Pick:
Bryan LaHair (3800)

Second Base

Top Pick:
Rickie Weeks (2900)

Value Pick:
Rickie Weeks (2900)

Third Base

Top Pick:
Will Middlebrooks (3200)

Value Pick:
Will Middlebrooks (3200)

Shortstop

Top Pick:
Jimmy Rollins (3400)

Value Pick:
Sean Rodriguez (2900)

Outfield

Top Picks:
Jose Bautista (3900)
Curtis Granderson (4300)
Corey Hart (3300)
Ryan Braun (4700)

Value Picks:
Jose Bautista (3900)
Corey Hart (3300)
Eric Thames (2700)
Nick Swisher (3800)

As always, check your starting lineups and Happy Drafting!

Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Report – May 16

Josh Culp — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:20:29 +0000

If you drafted Kevin Correia yesterday, you had a bad time. Correia turned out an infamous negative scoring performance. If you listened to me yesterday when I pimped Ervin Santana and Josh Johnson, you probably had some fun. They finished with the 1st and 3rd best pitching performances last night.

It looks like a great weather day for games all around the league. So what can we expect when drafting our daily fantasy baseball teams? Felipe Paulino and Jaime Garcia are my two top targets today. A pitchers duel should break out in San Francisco with Bumgarner and Garcia. The Giants offense is pretty ugly right now which is why Garcia has some good value on most daily fantasy sites. Felipe Paulino is my secret weapon that is just plain undervalued. I will take advantage of it while I still can.

If you are feeling ballsy then Mike Minor might be a sneaky pick for you. Minor has allowed 21 Earned Runs over his last three starts so we might see a “fight for your job” type of performance.

Daily Fantasy Sites continue to raise Bryan LaHair’s salary but he is still a bargain Vs. RHP with the way he’s been hitting all year. Jerry Sands is also a player to target today vs. an easy lefty.

Top Pick = Highest Projected Scoring Player
Value Pick = Best FanDuel Value

Starting Pitchers

Top Picks:
Yu Darvish (14.94 pts)
Matt Garza (13.60 pts)
Felix Hernandez (13.59 pts)
Gio Gonzalez (13.17 pts)
Chris Capuano (12.34 pts)

Value Picks:
Felipe Paulino (12.13 pts, $4400)
Mike Leake (10.70 pts, $4400)
Kyle Kendrick (7.72 pts, $3200)
Tommy Hunter (9.14 pts, $4400)
Jaime Garcia (12.15 pts, $6300)

Catchers

Top Pick:
Mike Napoli (3700)

Value Pick:
Ramon Hernandez (2500)

First Base

Top Pick:
Bryan LaHair (3800)

Value Pick:
Bryan LaHair (3800)

Second Base

Top Pick:
Ian Kinsler (4000)

Value Pick:
Marco Scutaro (2700)

Third Base

Top Pick:
Miguel Cabrera (3700)

Value Pick:
Matt Downs (2600)

Shortstop

Top Pick:
Troy Tulowitzki (3300)

Value Pick:
Willie Bloomquist (2600)

Outfield

Top Picks:
Brandon Snyder (2500)
Carlos Gonzalez (4700)
Nelson Cruz (3600)
Curtis Granderson (4300)

Value Picks:
Brandon Snyder (2500)
Nelson Cruz (4000)
Jerry Sands (2900)
Seth Smith (2700)

As always, check your starting lineups and Happy Drafting!

Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Report – May 15

Josh Culp — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:38:47 +0000

Bruce Chen held the red-hot Texas Rangers to one run while picking up a win. Who would have thunk it? Jon Lester was the number one FanDuel pitcher last night, earning 19 FanDuel points. Meanwhile, John Danks was busy earning a fantastic negative two points for anyone gutsy enough to draft him last night.

Today we have a lot of day games but there are still plenty (9) night games. I can assure you Vin Mazzaro won’t have the same luck against the Rangers that Bruce Chen did last night. This makes David Murphy, Adrian Beltre, Josh Hamilton, and Ian Kinsler top picks for tonight.

Weather may be a factor in the NYY @ BAL and/or MIL @ NYM games. No way I’m going to draft a pitcher with 50% chance of rain. This eliminates CC Sabathia and Zack Greinke from my thought process.

I think Ervin Santana should finally get some run support and is not too expensive at most sites. If you want to really gamble, Josh Johnson might be a good pick as well. He’s been roughed up a lot this year but he’s due for a monster game. The Pirates might be just what he needs to jump start his season.

Top Pick = Highest Projected Scoring Player
Value Pick = Best FanDuel Value

Starting Pitchers

Top Picks:
CC Sabathia (15.01 pts) –Avoiding due to weather –
Zack Greinke (14.37 pts) –Avoiding due to weather –
Tim Lincecum (13.59 pts)
Ervin Santana (13.15 pts)
Josh Johnson (12.74 pts)

Value Picks:
Jeremy Guthrie (10.46 pts, $4600)
Josh Johnson (12.74 pts, $6900)
Ervin Santana (13.15 pts, $7200)
Wade Miley (10.40 pts, $5700)
Zack Greinke (14.37 pts, $7900) –Avoiding due to weather –

Catchers

Top Pick:
Mike Napoli (4000)

Value Pick:
AJ Ellis (3100)

First Base

Top Pick:
Billy Butler (3600)

Value Pick:
Eric Hosmer (3100)

Second Base

Top Pick:
Ian Kinsler (3900)

Value Pick:
Ian Kinsler (3900)

Third Base

Top Pick:
Adrian Beltre (3800)

Value Pick:
Adrian Beltre (3800)
Michael Young (3500)

Shortstop

Top Pick:
Derek Jeter (3800)

Value Pick:
Derek Jeter (3800)

Outfield

Top Picks:
Josh Hamilton (5300)
David Murphy (2900)
Nelson Cruz (3600)

Value Picks:
David Murphy (2900)
Josh Hamilton (5300)
Andruw Jones (2700)

As always, check your starting lineups and Happy Drafting!

Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Report – May 14

Josh Culp — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:49:36 +0000

Welcome back from the weekend. I didn’t publish any value reports over the weekend but I’m back on the grind now that it’s Monday. Today looks like a great day to fit as many Rangers in your lineup as you can. Playing at home against an easy lefty is just asking for 10 runs. The problem will be the pricing of the Rangers. Brandon Snyder is a cheap option that crushes lefties, will be very cheap on all Daily Fantasy Sports sites, and should be in the lineup Vs. Bruce Chen.

Dan Haren is my favorite pitcher to target today. His price dropped on most sites after he got shelled last outing. Now he should have a bounce-back performance against the A’s. Scott Feldman, Drew Smyly or Tim Stauffer could be decent value picks if you want to roll the dice with a cheaper option.

Top Pick = Highest Projected Scoring Player
Value Pick = Best FanDuel Value

Starting Pitchers

Top Picks:
Clayton Kershaw (15.78 pts)
Dan Haren (13.57 pts)
Anibal Sanchez (13.50 pts)
Yovani Gallardo (13.37 pts)
Brandon Morrow (12.99 pts)

Value Picks:
Scott Feldman (9.60 pts, $3,600)
Miguel Batista (7.40 pts, $2,900)
Tyson Ross (8.02 pts, $3,500)
Tim Stauffer (11.13 pts, $5,100)
Drew Smyly (12.43 pts, $5,800)

Catchers

Top Pick:
Jesus Montero (3400)

Value Pick:
Jesus Montero (3400)

First Base

Top Pick:
David Ortiz (4200)

Value Pick:
Adrian Gonzalez (3700)

Second Base

Top Pick:
~~Ian Kinsler (3900)~~ NOT IN LINEUP
Dustin Pedroia (4300)

Value Pick:
~~Ian Kinsler (3900)~~ NOT IN LINEUP
Ryan Raburn (2500)

Third Base

Top Pick:
Adrian Beltre (3800)

Value Pick:
Will Middlebrooks (3000)
Alex Liddi (2800)

Shortstop

Top Pick:
Jose Reyes (3800)

Value Pick:
Zack Cozart (3200)

Outfield

Top Picks:
Brandon Snyder (2900)
Nelson Cruz (3600)
Josh Hamilton (5300)

Value Picks:
Brandon Snyder (2900)
Nelson Cruz (3600)
Casper Wells (2400) … If batting in the 2 spot.

As always, check your starting lineups and Happy Drafting!

Freeroll Friday Value Report – May 11

Josh Culp — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:11:18 +0000

It’s Freeroll Friday people, I hope you all get excited as I do for Friday.

Today’s Daily Fantasy Sports Contests Agenda

1 — CLICK HERE to enter the $1,000 Fantasy Feud Freeroll. This is the most important thing you’ll do all day.
2 — The folks over at FanDuel never let us down. CLICK HERE to enter the $200 FanDuel Freeroll. More free money.
3 — After trying your hand at the free money, take a dive into the big boy contest. CLICK HERE to enter your $10 entry into the Daily Fantasy Baseball Championship. The winner of this contest wins a Las Vegas Trip and DFBC Finals Seat ($15,000 value).

Pitchers

The following is my list of pitchers ranked by their Predicted FanDuel points.

Matt Garza (13.43 Points)
Yu Darvish (13.19 Points)
Madison Bumgarner (13.03 Points)
Felix Hernandez (12.88 Points)
Chris Capuano (12.50 Points)
Vance Worley (12.47 Points) — VALUE PICK
Bud Norris (12.11 Points) — VALUE PICK
Jaime Garcia (11.84 Points) — VALUE PICK
Felipe Paulino (11.79 Points) — VALUE PICK
Gio Gonzalez (11.76 Points)

Other Value Picks: Mike Leake, Kyle Drabek, Nick Blackburn, James McDonald, Rick Porcello

For hitters, I will provide a Top 5 or so for each position, followed their matchup rating on a scale of 1-100. These are based on projected lineups. Make sure you keep an eye on starting lineup updates and weather reports as the day progresses.

Catchers

Joe Mauer (68)
Buster Posey (68)
Carlos Santana (62)
Geovany Soto (61) — VALUE PICK NOT IN LINEUP
Carlos Ruiz (59)
Ryan Doumit (58)

First Base

~~Kendrys Morales (75)~~ NOT IN LINEUP
Albert Pujols (75)
Travis Hafner (72) — VALUE PICK
Adrian Gonzalez (71)
David Ortiz (69)
Joey Votto (69)

Second Base

Jason Kipnis (81)
Dustin Pedroia (77)
Ben Zobrist (67)
Ian Kinsler (67)
Robinson Cano (61)

Third Base

David Wright (76)
Miguel Cabrera (76)
Adrian Beltre (71)
Wilson Betemit (67) — VALUE PICK
Jeff Baker (64) — VALUE PICK
Brett Lawrie (62)

Shortstop

Starlin Castro (66)
Sean Rodriguez (64)
JJ Hardy (62)
Asdrubal Cabrera (61)
Zack Cozart (55)

Outfield

Josh Hamilton (93)
Jose Bautista (82)
Matt Kemp (77)
Shane Victorino (75)
Alejandro de Aza (74) — VALUE PICK
Shin-Soo Choo (72)
Josh Willingham (67)
Hunter Pence (67)
BJ Upton (66)
Curtis Granderson (66)
Adam Jones (66)
Ryan Braun (64)
Nick Markakis (62)
Johnny Damon (61) — VALUE PICK
John Mayberry (60) — VALUE PICK

Good Luck and Happy Drafting!

Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Report – May 10

Future Of Fantasy — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:38:41 +0000

It looks like a great weather forecast day for games, unlike the last two days. However, there are only six games on tonight’s schedule, so don’t get too excited.

My two favorite pitching options tonight are Henderson Alvarez and Max Scherzer. Alvarez is facing the AAA Twins so he should be able to go 7+ innings and hopefully snag a win. Scherzer has been hit or miss this year, but should put in a solid effort against the A’s without Cespedes. Here is the full value report:

Top Pick = Highest Projected Scoring Player
Value Pick = Best FanDuel Value

Starting Pitchers

Top Picks:
CC Sabathia (13.65 pts)
Stephen Strasburg (12.90 pts)
David Price (12.40 pts)
Max Scherzer (12.08 pts)
Derek Holland (11.72 pts)

Value Picks:
Tommy Hunter (7.80 pts, $4,100)
Henderson Alvarez (10.48 pts, $6,000)
Max Scherzer (12.08 pts, $7,100)
Kevin Correia (8.10 pts, $4,900)
Jason Marquis (7.81 pts, $4,800)

Catchers

Top Pick:
Joe Mauer ($3,500)

Value Pick:
Chris Gimenez ($2,400)

First Base

Top Pick:
David Ortiz ($4,500)

Value Pick:
Adrian Gonzalez ($3,600)

Second Base

Top Pick:
Ian Kinsler ($4,200)

Value Pick:
Ian Kinsler ($4,200)

Third Base

Top Pick:
Miguel Cabrera ($4,100)

Value Pick:
Will Middlebrooks ($3,000)

Shortstop

Top Pick:
Asdrubal Cabrera ($3,700)

Value Pick:
Sean Rodriguez ($2,800)

Outfield

Top Picks:
Jose Bautista ($3,900)
Nelson Cruz ($3,600)
Josh Hamilton ($4,500)

Value Picks:
Jose Bautista ($3,900)
Nelson Cruz ($3,600)
David Murphy ($2,800)

As always, check your starting lineups and Happy Drafting!

DraftDay Online Championship of Fantasy Sports

Future Of Fantasy — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:02:43 +0000

DraftDay has been on my Daily Fantasy Sports radar for sometime, but their latest promotion has won me over. Starting May 21st, DraftDay will be hosting a 5-day fantasy baseball event will showcase DraftDay’s best, culminating in a $20,000 Main Event on Friday May 25.

If you aren’t a DraftDay member, now is the time to SIGN UP. As you can see below, the User Interface is very kind on the eyes and easy to use.

The DraftDay Online Championship of Fantasy Sports will include 8 events over the course of 5 days until a winner is crowned on May 25th. This is the first five day event to come along in the Daily Fantasy Sports world. Now is the perfect to try out DraftDay before the Big Event takes place in two weeks.

Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Report – May 9

Josh Culp — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:54:24 +0000

If you didn’t have Josh Hamilton on your Daily Rosters yesterday, you probably had a bad time. Ham Bone was the #1 Outfield Option in my Value Report yesterday, so you should have had him in your lineups. I held off entering any contests yesterday because of the high percentage of rain in a lot of games. It turned out to not be a problem, but better safe than sorry, right?

Today there may be weather concerns in Mets @ Phillies, Rays @ Yankees and/or Rangers @ Orioles. Those games have potential for a ton of fantasy value so I will probably only enter a few contests today. Make sure you check the weather in those games before picking your players today.

Top Pick = Highest Projected Scoring Player
Value Pick = Best FanDuel Value

Starting Pitchers

Top Picks:
Cliff Lee (16.22 pts)
Jon Lester (13.18 pts)
Tim Lincecum (13.10 pts)
Josh Johnson (12.75 pts)
Drew Smyly (12.51 pts)

Value Picks:
David Phelps (10.09 pts, $4,000)
Drew Smyly (12.51 pts, $5,600)
Lucas Harrell (7.95 pts, $4,100)
Josh Johnson (12.75 pts, $6,800)
Jon Lester (13.18 pts, $7,100)

Catchers

Top Pick:
Miguel Montero ($3,100)

Value Pick:
Miguel Montero ($3,100)

First Base

Top Pick:
David Ortiz ($4,500)

Value Pick:
Kendrys Morales ($3,200)

Second Base

Top Pick:
Ian Kinsler ($4,200)

Value Pick:
Ian Kinsler ($4,200)

Third Base

Top Pick:
Adrian Beltre ($3,800)

Value Pick:
Alex Liddi ($2,800)

Shortstop

Top Pick:
Rafael Furcal ($4,100)

Value Pick:
Cody Ransom ($3,200)

Outfield

Top Picks:
Carlos Beltran ($4,200)
Bryce Harper ($3,400)
Matt Holliday ($4,200)

Value Picks:
Brandon Snyder ($2,900)
Bryce Harper ($3,400)
Allen Craig ($3,700)

As always, check your starting lineups and Happy Drafting!