Welcome to the free edition of the DFS MLB Playbook for Friday, Aug. 21, courtesy of Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. Every day, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com, who won the 2015 FanDuel Playboy Championship and will be competing for $1 Million in the FanDuel WFB, 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.
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FRIDAY'S DFS MLB PLAYBOOK:
Pos | Player | Opponent | FanDuel | DK | Aces | Analysis |
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SP | David Price (L) | @LAA | $11700 | $12300 | $8000 | GO PRO ! |
SP | Masahiro Tanaka (R) | CLE | $8900 | $9800 | $7150 | Quality starts in eight of his last nine. |
SP | GO PRO ! | |||||
SP | Chris Bassitt (R) | TB | $7600 | $6900 | $5250 | GO PRO ! |
SP | Henry Owens (L) | KC | $5100 | $6500 | $4750 | GO PRO ! |
C | GO PRO ! | |||||
C | Matt Wieters (B) | MIN | $2500 | $3400 | $4750 | .376 wOBA vs. LHP. |
C | Kurt Suzuki (R) | @BAL | $2400 | $2800 | $4000 | GO PRO ! |
C | Nick Hundley (R) | NYM | $3300 | $3700 | $4800 | GO PRO ! |
DH | Victor Martinez (B) | TEX | $3000 | $3400 | $4900 | GO PRO ! |
1B | GO PRO ! | |||||
DH | Billy Butler (R) | TB | $2300 | $2700 | $4600 | GO PRO ! |
1B | GO PRO ! | |||||
1B | Prince Fielder (L) | @DET | $3400 | $4300 | $5500 | .941 OPS vs. RHP this season. |
1B | Mitch Moreland (L) | @DET | $3100 | $4100 | $4650 | GO PRO ! |
2B | Dee Gordon (L) | PHI | $4200 | $5300 | $5350 | GO PRO ! |
3B | Kelby Tomlinson (R) | @PIT | $2700 | $2100 | $3500 | GO PRO ! |
2B | Jose Altuve (R) | LA | $3900 | $4400 | $5400 | .423 wOBA vs. LHP this season. |
2B | GO PRO ! | |||||
3B | GO PRO ! | |||||
3B | Miguel Sano (R) | @BAL | $4000 | $4700 | $5100 | GO PRO ! |
3B | Jed Lowrie (B) | LA | $3000 | $4100 | $4550 | GO PRO ! |
3B | Nick Castellanos (R) | TEX | $3400 | $3300 | $4150 | 1.077 OPS over the last week. |
SS | Jose Reyes (B) | NYM | $3600 | $4700 | $5000 | GO PRO ! |
SS | Troy Tulowitzki (R) | @LAA | $3800 | $4200 | $5900 | GO PRO ! |
SS | Adeiny Hechavarria (R) | PHI | $2600 | $3600 | $4700 | Batting .435 over the last week. |
SS | GO PRO ! | |||||
OF | Adam Jones (R) | MIN | $3900 | $5200 | $5150 | GO PRO ! |
OF | Tyler Collins (L) | TEX | $2500 | $2800 | $3500 | GO PRO ! |
OF | Byron Buxton (R) | @BAL | $2400 | $3600 | $3400 | Should bat leadoff and will have the platoon advantage. |
OF | A.J. Pollock (R) | @CIN | $4200 | $5300 | $5600 | GO PRO ! |
OF | GO PRO ! |
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