Today will be my last day contributing to the DFS Playbook on a regular basis due to a shift in responsibilities at FantasyAlarm.com. I hope the research and insight I have put in has been rewarding to you over these past dozen weeks or so, both in an enlightening fashion as well as financially. You guys are already in good hands with the Man, Jeff Mans and he just dropped one of the best DFS informational and strategic articles you will ever find in the How To Use The DFS Playbook. I recommend, or as Jack Bauer would say, “I wasn’t asking, I was just being courteous,” read that article now before going any further. I GUARANTEE you will be glad that you did.
Then bookmark these pages as a complement to the Playbook:
Fantasy Alarm MLB Daily Lineups
Daily Fantasy Baseball Projections
| Player | Pos. | DraftKings | DraftStreet | FanDuel | Reasons |
| Masahiro Tanaka | P | $11,600 | $24,805 | $11,200 | Tanaka looking to become 1st pitcher since 1914 to record a QS in first 17 starts and should have little trouble vs MIN in pitcher friendly Target Field |
| Max Scherzer | P | $10,400 | $20,999 | $10,300 | If you haven't figured it out, spend on pitching tonight. Vegas has given Scherzer and the Tigers the greatest odds of winning among any team going tonight |
| Matt Shoemaker | P | $6,800 | $14,064 | $6,600 | Bounce back beauty of the night right here folks as Shoemaker will face the youngest team in MLB, who not surprisingly, strike out more than any other team in baseball |
| A.J. Ellis | C | $3,100 | $4,643 | $2,500 | RvL vs COL SP Franklin Morales in Coors; Ellis hitting .294 (5-17) over last 6 gms |
| Chris Gimenez | C | $3,000 | $5,229 | $2,300 | Chris Gimenez has a small sample size of success of going 3-for-6 vs BAL SP Wei-Yin Chen giving him some upside among your potential punt options at this position tonight. |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | $5,100 | $6,555 | $4,900 | Albert Pujols if you want to save some money |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | $3,600 | $6,730 | $3,100 | Ike Davis if you want to save the most money; if you Don't Like Ike and still need a cheap bat, with good matchup, and you are playing day game then Marlins 1B/OF Garrett Jones |
| Derek Dietrich | 2B | Not | In | LU | If you can't afford DET 2B Ian Kinsler who is rollin hot and has decent sample size of succes vs TB LSP Erik Bedard |
| Neil Walker | 2B | $3,700 | $5,723 | $2,600 | Brandon McCarthy blows and our projections have Walker providing the best F$/Pts value among all 2B going today with Derek Dietrich ranked 2nd |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | $5,100 | $9,667 | $4,300 | Continues to quietly mash and you can save at 1B in order to spend here |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | $3,300 | $5,211 | $2,600 | .293 (22-75) w/ 3 HR vs LHP this season and hitting about 90 pts higher at home than on the road at .311 |
| Jimmy Rollins | SS | $4,000 | $6,444 | $2,800 | 6-for-14 (.429) during 3-gm hit streak w/ two 2B and a SB and has owned MIA P going 19-for-50 (.380) w/ 2 HR |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | $3,900 | $5,511 | $2,300 | like the price, love the matchup |
| Josh Hamilton | OF | $4,300 | $5,368 | $3,400 | Hopefully you have been rolling with my recommendation of Hamilton who appears to have found his power struck, finally. Add in he will be glad to see HOU as he is 10-for-25 (.400) w/ 3 HR vs them and is 2-for-3 w/ HR and 3B career vs Brett Oberholtzer. Could be a great GPP play as many may shy away from him due to the LvsL matchup |
| Starling Marte | OF | $4,100 | $6,703 | $3,400 | If you guys aren't going to throw me a party on my last day with the Playbook at least I know Marte Parte will (Cutch probably will too but you save over $1K with the darling Startling) |
| Christian Yelich | OF | $4,300 | $6,444 | $3,800 | Lvs homer friendly righty Kyle Kendrick in MIA |
| Alex Rios | OF | $4,100 | $6,295 | $2,700 | Owns BAL LSP Wei-Yin Chen; Michael Choice an interesting discounted option too |
| Scott Van Slyke | OF | $3,300 | $5,529 | $2,700 | When there is a lefty facing the Dodgers than SVS should be considered; bonus game is in Coors |
| J.D. Martinez | OF/UTL | $4,200 | $6,600 | $3,800 | AL Player of the Month gets RvL matchup plus is still swinging a hot bat through 1st two games of July |