Early DFS MLB Playbook for May 21

Ted Schuster

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Welcome to the early DFS MLB Playbook for Thursday, May 21, 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. Check out FantasyAlarm.com's premium product when you're ready to go PRO. 

THURSDAY'S EARLY DFS MLB PLAYBOOK:

Pos  Player Team Opponent Aces DK FanDuel Breakdown
SP David Price (L) Tigers HOU $7500 $9600 $10900 Trust Kershaw more, but Price in a better spot to get a Win
SP Clayton Kershaw (L) Dodgers @SF $7850 $12400 $11200 Pitching much better than numbers appear
SP Archie Bradley (R) Diamondbacks @MIA $5600 $5100 $6800 Would only use in a tourney on Aces & DK
C Carlos Ruiz (R) Phillies @COL $4150 $3500 $3000 .374 career OBP vs. LHP but could get day off
C Anthony Recker (R) Mets STL $3500 $3200 $2400 2 HR in last start vs. lefty
C Cameron Rupp (R) Phillies @COL $3000 $2600 $2200 Punt Option vs. De La Rosa
1B Darin Ruf (R) Phillies @COL $3300 $3500 $2500 .619 slugging vs. LHP
1B Miguel Cabrera (R) Tigers HOU $5850 $5400 $5200 1.427 OPS in day games in 2015
1B Ben Paulsen (L) Rockies PHI $3750 $3400 $2200 Value option in Coors
2B Kolten Wong (L) Cardinals @NYM $4850 $3500 $3200 6-for-16, 4 RBI in series so far; better if leading off
2B Ian Kinsler (R) Tigers HOU $4900 $4600 $3900 .452 OBP in past 7 with 3 SB
2B Jose Altuve (R) Astros @DET $5700 $4300 $4300 18-for-45 vs. LHP in 2015; has struggled lately, though
SS Freddy Galvis (B) Phillies @COL $4000 $3800 $3100 15-for-29 for LHP in 2015
SS Brad Miller (L) Mariners @BAL $4150 $3500 $2900 3 HR in past 6 games; excelling since moving atop order
3B Yasmany Tomas (R) Diamondbacks @MIA $4250 $3900 $3100 11-for-25 in past 6 yet no one seems to use him
3B Eric Campbell (R) Mets STL $4250 $2700 $2600 Value option
3B Matt Carpenter (L) Cardinals @NYM $5250 $4100 $4000 deGrom gives up .371 wOBA vs. lefties
OF Nelson Cruz (R) Mariners @BAL $6000 $5400 $4700 12 HR in 66 AB's in road games
OF Delmon Young (R) Orioles SEA $4250 $3200 $2300 Career .302 vs. LHP
OF Juan Lagares (R) Mets STL $4500 $3300 $2200 .317 OBP vs. LHP in 2015
OF A.J. Pollock (R) Diamondbacks @MIA $4900 $3900 $3600 4-for-5 in past 2 games with 3 SB & HR
OF Adam Jones (R) Orioles SEA $5150 $4400 $3400 .444 vs. LHP in 2015; .344 vs. LHP in 2014
OF Carlos Gonzalez (L) Rockies PHI $4750 $4400 $3300 Williams gives up a ,371 wOBA vs. Lefties

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Ted Schuster