Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Rankings, lineup advice for Thursday, August 3

Tony Fortier-Bensen

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Rankings, lineup advice for Thursday, August 3 image

Thursday's slate is relatively busy (13 games) and includes three games in the afternoon. Although the top-dollar pitchers in daily fantasy baseball contests have great matchups, there is a value from the mid-tier level of pitchers.

The afternoon games feature a pair of great pitchers, Zack Grienke and Jose Quintana, but also offer solid options German Marquez, who has nine or more strikeouts in his last three starts (all wins), and Michael Wacha, who goes against a struggling and strikeout-prone offense in Milwaukee. Wacha should continue his July dominance, holding a 1.86 ERA in his last six starts. 

The evening slate features decent value picks Collin McHugh, Parker Bridwell and Ty Blach. In a boom-or-bust option, Matthew Boyd, has been toeing the quality start line with three straight starts with three ERs, but he has three wins and 16 Ks in 19 innings.

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Daily Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Pitchers

Rank Pitcher Team Opp
1 Zack Greinke, RHP ARI @CHC
2 Corey Kluber, RHP CLE vs NYY
3 Sonny Gray, RHP NYY @CLE
4 Alex Wood, LHP LAD @ATL
5 Michael Wacha, RHP STL @MIL
6 Jose Quintana, LHP CHC vs ARI
7 German Marquez, RHP COL vs NYM
8 Collin McHugh, RHP HOU vs TB
9 Parker Bridwell, RHP LAA vs PHI
10 Ty Blach, LHP SF vs OAK
11 Matthew Boyd, LHP DET @BAL
12 Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP BOS vs CWS
13 Miguel Gonzalez, RHP CWS @BOS
14 Trevor Cahill, RHP KC vs SEA
15 Kendall Graveman, RHP OAK @SF
16 Chris Tillman, RHP BAL vs DET
17 Sean Newcomb, LHP ATL vs LAD
18 Jerad Eickhoff, RHP PHI @LAA
19 Yovani Gallardo, RHP SEA @ KC
20 Rafael Montero, RHP NYM @COL
21 Matt Garza, RHP MIL vs STL
22 Sal Romano, RHP CIN @PIT
23 Chad Kuhl, RHP PIT vs CIN
24 Adalberto Meija, LHP MIN vs TEX
25 Blake Snell, LHP TB @HOU
26 A.J. Griffin, RHP TEX @MIN

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Thursday, August 3

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Although we have a solid 10 games for tonight's slate, it's pretty wide open in terms of pitching and hitting. With the sites having some extreme pricing differences, having exposure to more than a core group of players tonight may be the best route to go. The biggest areas of rain concerns tonight are in MIN, PIT, and CLE. Check on our weather page for updates closer to first pitch. Good luck! -- Ben Scherr

                                                                       
Pos  Player Matchup Opp. SP FD DK Y! Analysis
SP Alex Wood (L) LA@ATL Sean Newcomb (L) $9600 $11400 GO PRO !  
SP Corey Kluber (R) NYY@CLE Sonny Gray (R) $11100 $11000 GO PRO !  
SP Collin McHugh (R) TB@HOU Blake Snell (L) $8200 $7500 GO PRO !  
SP Rick Porcello (R) CWS@BOS Miguel González (R) $8100 $9700 GO PRO !  
SP Parker Bridwell (R) PHI@LAA Jerad Eickhoff (R) $7700 $8300 GO PRO !  
SP Chris Tillman (R) DET@BAL Matt Boyd (L) $6100 $4800 GO PRO !  
C Evan Gattis (R) TB@HOU Blake Snell (L) $3000 $4200 GO PRO !  
C Buster Posey (R) OAK@SF Kendall Graveman (R) $3500 $4200 GO PRO !  
C Jason Castro (L) TEX@MIN A.J. Griffin (R) $2600 $3300 GO PRO !  
C Christian Vázquez (R) CWS@BOS Miguel González (R) $2700 $4900 GO PRO !  
C Austin Barnes (R) LA@ATL Sean Newcomb (L) $2400 $4200 GO PRO !  
1B Joey Votto (L) CIN@PIT Chad Kuhl (R) $4000 $5100 GO PRO !  
1B Eric Hosmer (L) SEA@KC Yovani Gallardo (R) $3600 $4400 GO PRO !  
1B Hanley Ramírez (R) CWS@BOS Miguel González (R) $2900 $3500 GO PRO !  
1B Mike Napoli (R) TEX@MIN Adalberto Mejia (L) $2800 $3200 GO PRO !  
1B Logan Morrison (L) TB@HOU Collin McHugh (R) $3500 $4100 GO PRO !  
2B José Altuve (R) TB@HOU Blake Snell (L) $4500 $5500 GO PRO !  
2B Robinson Canó (L) SEA@KC Trevor Cahill (R) $3600 $4200 GO PRO !  
2B Jonathan Schoop (R) DET@BAL Matt Boyd (L) $3900 $5200 GO PRO !  
2B Kaleb Cowart (B) PHI@LAA Jerad Eickhoff (R) $2200 $2000 GO PRO !  
2B Logan Forsythe (R) LA@ATL Sean Newcomb (L) $2700 $2900 GO PRO !  
3B Manny Machado (R) DET@BAL Matt Boyd (L) $3800 $4600 GO PRO !  
3B Mike Moustakas (L) SEA@KC Yovani Gallardo (R) $3500 $4400 GO PRO !  
3B Justin Turner (R) LA@ATL Sean Newcomb (L) $3400 $4300 GO PRO !  
3B Rafael Devers (L) CWS@BOS Miguel González (R) $3100 $3700 GO PRO !  
3B Kyle Seager (L) SEA@KC Trevor Cahill (R) $3500 $4000 GO PRO !  
SS Marwin González (B) TB@HOU Blake Snell (L) $3500 $4400 GO PRO !  
SS Tim Beckham (R) DET@BAL Matt Boyd (L) $2500 $4400 GO PRO !  
SS Elvis Andrus (R) TEX@MIN Adalberto Mejia (L) $3500 $4400 GO PRO !  
SS Brandon Crawford (L) OAK@SF Kendall Graveman (R) $2700 $3000 GO PRO !  
SS Tim Anderson (R) CWS@BOS Rick Porcello (R) $2400 $2500 GO PRO !  
OF Mike Trout (R) PHI@LAA Jerad Eickhoff (R) $4800 $5500 GO PRO !  
OF Mookie Betts (R) CWS@BOS Miguel González (R) $4100 $5000 GO PRO !  
OF Jesse Winker (L) CIN@PIT Chad Kuhl (R) $2300 $3100 GO PRO !  
OF Kiké Hernández (R) LA@ATL Sean Newcomb (L) $2100 $4600 GO PRO !  
OF Jarrod Dyson (L) SEA@KC Trevor Cahill (R) $2300 $3900 GO PRO !  

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Tony Fortier-Bensen