The Opener: MLB DFS Pitching Picks for Tuesday (5/17)
FTN's Vlad Sedler picks out the best and worst starting pitchers in DFS for Tuesday around baseball.
UPDATE
Removed Lucas Giolito (starting Wednesday instead). Adding Brady Singer ($4,800 DK) as a core GPP play.
For the 3-game early slate, top play is chalky Dylan Cease. If you don't need the salary, consider Tyler Gilbert (Arizona) – Dodgers have struggled against lefty pitchers all season – GPP only though.
Dylan Cease + Miles Mikolas in cash
Dylan Cease + Miles Mikolas or Tyler Gilbert in GPP
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There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter...
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May 17, 2022, 8:13 AM EDT
Vlad is the head of fantasy baseball content at FTN Fantasy as well as a contributor to seasonal football and DFS analysis for FTN Daily . He is one of the world's top high-stakes players with over 50 league championships in NFBC/NFFC. Vlad is a DFS live finalist, Tout Wars expert league champ, CDM Hall of Famer and a two-time nominee for FSWA's Football Writer of the Year award. A die-hard L.A. Kings and Dodgers fan, he has been playing fantasy sports competitively since 1995. Some, though not all, call him the FAAB Whiiiisperer.
