Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Top plays for Monday's DraftKings, FanDuel MLB DFS contests

Howard Bender

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As always, especially this time of year, you need to pay very close attention to the weather. We've had a number of postponements recently due to both the cold and precipitation. Teams aren't afraid of delaying games due to the weather, and the last thing you want to do is get caught with players in your daily fantasy baseball lineup who are in danger of having their games postponed. If you notice some shaky weather conditions, you may want to avoid them completely in cash games. If you want to take the risk and use some contrarian plays in GPP tournaments to get a leg up on the ownership projections, then sure, but understand that you could get saddled with a zero.

The plays below are my recommendations for today's DFS contests, but keep in mind, when we're looking for some value plays for lineups, we could dig deeper than just the players here. I will try to have them listed in the introduction to keep you as informed as possible. In the meantime, here's the primer coat to the DFS masterpiece you're looking to create for tonight's contests.

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MLB DFS Picks for Monday, April 16

                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Pos  Player Matchup Opp. SP FanDuel DraftKings Y! Analysis
SP J. deGrom (R) WSH@NYM J. Hellickson (R) $9400 $11500 $54  
SP J. Paxton (L) HOU@SEA D. Keuchel (L) $8500 $8000 $46  
SP B. Snell (L) TEX@TB M. Pérez (L) $7100 $7800 $41  
SP D. Mengden (R) CWS@OAK R. López (R) $6400 $5900 $33  
RP GO PRO !        
C C. Iannetta (R) COL@PIT S. Brault (L) $2300 $3400 $14  
C Y. Grandal (B) LA@SD R. Erlin (L) $3400 $3700 $15  
C F. Cervelli (R) COL@PIT G. Marquez (R) $2700 $3100 $12  
C GO PRO !        
1B J. Smoak (B) KC@TOR E. Skoglund (L) $3800 $4800 $17  
1B J. Abreu (R) CWS@OAK D. Mengden (R) $3400 $4000 $18  
1B E. Thames (L) CIN@MIL L. Castillo (R) $3500 $4700 $18  
IF M. Olson (L) CWS@OAK R. López (R) $3500 $4000 $17  
1B GO PRO !        
2B J. Altuve (R) HOU@SEA J. Paxton (L) $4700 $5300 $19  
2B D. LeMahieu (R) COL@PIT S. Brault (L) $3800 $4300 $17  
2B J. Villar (B) CIN@MIL L. Castillo (R) $2600 $2900 $7  
2B GO PRO !        
3B T. Shaw (L) CIN@MIL L. Castillo (R) $3600 $3400 $17  
3B M. Chapman (R) CWS@OAK R. López (R) $4400 $4200 $21  
3B GO PRO !        
SS T. Story (R) COL@PIT S. Brault (L) $3100 $4100 $15  
SS C. Correa (R) HOU@SEA J. Paxton (L) $4700 $5000 $19  
SS J. Segura (R) HOU@SEA D. Keuchel (L) $4000 $3500 $18  
SS F. Galvis (B) LA@SD H. Ryu (L) $3400 $3300 $13  
SS GO PRO !        
OF B. Harper (L) WSH@NYM J. deGrom (R) $5200 $5000 $23  
OF O. Herrera (L) PHI@ATL J. Teherán (R) $3200 $3900 $15  
OF C. Taylor (R) LA@SD R. Erlin (L) $2900 $3800 $15  
OF G. Polanco (L) COL@PIT G. Marquez (R) $4400 $4700 $18  
OF S. Pearce (R) KC@TOR E. Skoglund (L) $2700 $3100 $14  
OF M. Conforto (L) WSH@NYM J. Hellickson (R) $4000 $4600 $20  
OF C. Dickerson (L) COL@PIT G. Marquez (R) $4100 $3900 $16  
OF GO PRO !        
OF GO PRO !        

Howard Bender