Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Rankings, lineup advice for Saturday, July 29

Tony Fortier-Bensen

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Rankings, lineup advice for Saturday, July 29 image

Saturday's slate of MLB games begins with four in the afternoon and 11 games in the evening beginning at 6:05 p.m. ET. In the afternoon, Jacob deGrom stands tall as the top pitcher pick for daily fantasy baseball contests. A good matchup for Rich Hill, but then it's a major dropoff afterwards. The evening slate is very similar with a top-heavy choices and a steep gap between other options. 

After Hill, it starts to get sketchy with possible picks. Kyle Freeland has been pitching well, but he is much better at Coors (3.21) than on the road (4.12) and faces the Nationals. Adam Conley has returned from the minors in dominant fashion, but he isn't dependable. Mike Leake had his best outing after struggling badly in his three outings before that, and Dinelson Lamet and Ty Blach have been up and down all season.

In boom-or-bust options, Kevin Gausman has been pitching better in the past couple starts (2-0, 16 Ks in 12 innings), and that includes a six-inning, one-run, eight-strikeout performance against the team he faces today, the Rangers.  Jerad Eickhoff hasn't been sharp this year, but he's been sharp against the Braves, sporting a career 2.00 ERA in eight career starts. His last three outings have been solid, too (2-0, 22 strikeouts in 15 innings).

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Daily Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Pitchers

Rank Pitcher Team Opp
1 Corey Kluber, RHP CLE @CHW
2 Jacob deGrom, RHP NYM @SEA
3 Zack Greinke, RHP ARI @STL
4 Rich Hill, LHP LAD vs SF
5 Kyle Freeland, LHP COL @WSH
6 Ivan Nova, RHP PIT @SD
7 Mike Leake, RHP STL vs ARI
8 Dinelson Lamet, RHP SD @PIT
9 Ty Blach, LHP SF @LAD
10 Jerad Eickhoff, RHP PHI vs ATL
11 Collin McHugh, RHP HOU @DET
12 Kyle Hendricks, RHP CHC @MIL
13 Kevin Gausman, RHP BAL @TEX
14 Miguel Gonzalez, RHP CWS vs CLE
15 Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP BOS vs KC
16 Adam Conley, LHP MIA vs CIN
17 Trevor Cahill, RHP KC @BOS
18 Matthew Boyd, LHP DET vs HOU
19 Junior Guerra, RHP MIL vs CHC
20 Sean Newcomb, LHP ATL @PHI
21 Austin Bibens-Dirkx, RHP TEX vs BAL
22 Blake Snell, LHP TB @NYY
23 Yovani Gallardo, RHP SEA vs NYM
24 Francisco Liriano, LHP TOR vs LAA
25 Chris Smith, RHP OAK vs MIN
26 Caleb Smith, LHP NYY vs TB
27 Erick Fredde, RHP WSH vs COL
28 Tim Adleman, RHP CIN @MIA
29 Adalberto Meija, LHP MIN @OAK
30 Yusmeiro Petit, RHP LAA @TOR

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Saturday, July 29

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Today’s DFS MLB Playbook will feature tonight’s 10-game main slate that has a roster lock of 7:05 p.m. ET. If you’re looking to play the early slate, just know that it looks pretty terrible, and FanDuel doesn’t do it any favors splitting the two 1 p.m. ET games with the 4 p.m. ET games. I would say that DraftKings is the site you’d want to play on if you decide to play the early slate, and it’s a bit of a mess with two high-priced options at pitcher and middle-of-the-road or worse pitchers. Both the Blue Jays and Yankees have two of the biggest expected run totals of the day, so if you’re looking to make an impact in GPPs, I would recommend fading the majority of their hitters. A good strategy that you can consider is paying up for one of the high-priced pitchers (I personally prefer Rich Hill, then Jacob deGrom), and then attacking either the Blue Jays or Yankees (or perhaps both). 

As for the late slate, it doesn’t look like there are going to be any concerns about weather. Nevertheless, Corey Kluber is on track to being ginormous chalk, and rightfully so against a White Sox club that hasn’t scored more than three runs in five consecutive games. I’ll be sure to break down some of the better secondary options below. -- Kenneth Le

                                                         
Pos  Player Matchup Opp. SP FD DK Y! Analysis
SP Corey Kluber (R) CLE@CWS Miguel González (R) $11900 $14000 GO PRO !  
SP Tanner Roark (R) COL@WSH German Marquez (R) $7700 $7500 GO PRO !  
SP Dinelson Lamet (R) PIT@SD Iván Nova (R) $7900 $7900 GO PRO !  
SP Trevor Cahill (R) KC@BOS Eduardo Rodríguez (L) $8400 $7000 GO PRO !  
SP Zack Greinke (R) ARI@STL Mike Leake (R) $10200 $12200 GO PRO !  
C Cameron Rupp (R) ATL@PHI Sean Newcomb (L) $2600 $3300 GO PRO !  
C Matt Wieters (B) COL@WSH German Marquez (R) $2300 $2700 GO PRO !  
C Yan Gomes (R) CLE@CWS Miguel González (R) $2600 $3300 GO PRO !  
1B Chris Davis (L) BAL@TEX Austin Bibens-Dirkx (R) $3500 $4300 GO PRO !  
1B Carlos Santana (B) CLE@CWS Miguel González (R) $3400 $4500 GO PRO !  
1B Josh Bell (B) PIT@SD Dinelson Lamet (R) $3600 $4100 GO PRO !  
2B Daniel Murphy (L) COL@WSH German Marquez (R) $4100 $4800 GO PRO !  
2B Jonathan Schoop (R) BAL@TEX Austin Bibens-Dirkx (R) $3700 $4800 GO PRO !  
2B Rougned Odor (L) BAL@TEX Kevin Gausman (R) $3000 $3800 GO PRO !  
3B Adrián Béltre (R) BAL@TEX Kevin Gausman (R) $3900 $4700 GO PRO !  
3B Freddie Freeman (L) ATL@PHI Jerad Eickhoff (R) $3900 $4600 GO PRO !  
3B Cory Spangenberg (L) PIT@SD Iván Nova (R) $2800 $3100 GO PRO !  
SS Wilmer Difo (B) COL@WSH German Marquez (R) $2700 $3900 GO PRO !  
SS Marcus Semien (R) MIN@OAK Adalberto Mejia (L) $3200 $4000 GO PRO !  
SS Paul DeJong (R) ARI@STL Zack Greinke (R) $3500 $4000 GO PRO !  
OF Bradley Zimmer (L) CLE@CWS Miguel González (R) $3500 $4900 GO PRO !  
OF Bryce Harper (L) COL@WSH German Marquez (R) $5000 $5500 GO PRO !  
OF Michael Brantley (L) CLE@CWS Miguel González (R) $3800 $4900 GO PRO !  
OF Nomar Mazara (L) BAL@TEX Kevin Gausman (R) $3100 $3800 GO PRO !  
OF Christian Yelich (L) CIN@MIA Tim Adleman (R) $4000 $4500 GO PRO !  
OF Kyle Schwarber (L) CHI@MIL Júnior Guerra (R) $3200 $4100 GO PRO !  
OF Max Kepler (L) MIN@OAK Chris Smith (R) $2700 $3300 GO PRO !  
OF J.D. Martínez (R) ARI@STL Mike Leake (R) $4300 $5100 GO PRO !  
OF Adam Frazier (L) PIT@SD Dinelson Lamet (R) $2800 $4100 GO PRO !  

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