DFS MLB Playbook for Friday

Ted Schuster

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Welcome to today's DFS MLB Playbook, courtesy of Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. Every day, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com will publish their top daily fantasy baseball plays at each position across various DFS sites in the Playbook. It's a great place to start your MLB DFS research for the day, but there's much more behind the curtain. 

The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. So, enjoy the free sneak peek into the best DFS MLB plays for Friday's games (minus Brewers-Cubs at 2:20 p.m. ET) below and check out FantasyAlarm.com's premium product when you're ready to go PRO. 

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FRIDAY'S DFS MLB PLAYBOOK

PLAYER POS TEAM OPP ACES FANDUEL DK BREAKDOWN
Max Scherzer SP WSH NYM 7750 10500 12000 Prefer on FD and Aces
Matt Harvey SP NYM WSH 7650 10300 11200 Prefer on DK
Scott Kazmir SP OAK TEX 6750 9200 7400 Great value on DK
Carlos Carrasco SP CLE TOR 6750 8700 7900 Should handle TOR
Tom Koehler SP MIA PHI 5500 6600 5800 Philly offense awful
Buster Posey C SF LAA 5250 3500 4000 Crushes lefties
Brian McCann C NYY BOS 4850 3300 4900 Better on FD
A.J. Pierzynski C ATL CIN 4750 2900 3700 On base in every game
Andrew Susac C SF LAA 3750 2200 3000 Very cheap
Miguel Cabrera 1B DET KC 5550 5300 5400 Vintage Cabrera right now
Chris Davis 1B BAL TB 4750 3900 5000 1.204 OPS in last 5
Matt Adams 1B STL PIT 4650 3000 4200 .423 AVG over last 7
Jose Altuve 2B HOU SEA 5650 4500 5000 Play of the Day!!
Dee Gordon 2B/SS MIA PHI 5450 3400 4600 Speed w/ .583 OBP last 6
Dustin Pedroia 2B BOS NYY 4950 2900 3900 .392 career OBP vs L
Johnny Giavotella 2B LAA SF 3500 2300 2900 Only use if in front of Trout
Evan Longoria 3B TB BAL 4950 3100 4200 14-36 with 6 HR vs Tillman
Matt Carpenter 3B STL PIT 5250 4100 4400 .517 OBP in 28 AB vs Burnett
Yangervis Solarte 3B/2B SD COL 4650 2300 3200 .429 OBP last 6; value play
Eduardo Escobar 3B/SS MIN CWS 3750 2200 2800 .877 OPS vs lefties in 2014
Troy Tulowitzki SS COL SD 5600 4300 4600 3 HR in 28 ABs vs Kennedy
Brandon Crawford SS SF LAA 4350 2500 3800 .301 AVG vs LHP in '14
Mike Aviles SS/3B CLE TOR 4250 2400 3200 Value play
Mike Trout CF LAA SF 5900 5400 5200 Getting hot, fair price
Hanley Ramirez LF BOS NYY 5750 4400 5000 .925 OPS in career vs Lefty
Jacoby Ellsbury CF NYY BOS 5150 4200 5200 Guarenteed steals if on base
Matt Holliday LF STL PIT 4950 3500 4200 Still cheap for recent production
Scott Van Slyke LF LA ARI 4650 2500 3900 1.045 OPS vs Lefties in 2014
Josh Reddick RF OAK TEX 4650 3500 4000 1.405 OPS last 6
Kole Calhoun RF LAA SF 4850 3300 4300 .464 OBP last 6
Justin Maxwell RF SF LAA 4350 2800 3100 Power upside vs lefty
Kevin Kiermaier RF TB BAL 4650 2400 3800 FD value play
Paulo Orlando RF KC DET 4350 3000 2000 Great punt option 
Odubel Herrera LF PHI MIA 4250 3000 3200 Nice value on Aces

Check for pregame updates to the Playbook at FantasyAlarm.com.

Ted Schuster