Another busy Friday in DFS. We've got Fanduel's $25 DFBC Qualifier, DraftKings $100,000 Perfect Game, DraftStreet's $109 DSBC Qualifier & Fantasy Aces $10,000 Survivor Qualifier all going off in just a few hours. I know that most of you don't have the time or energy to pour through thousands of different stats and numbers in such a short amount of time. This is why we present to you the DFS Playbook every single day (Monday-Saturday) so you don't have to work so hard.
The DFS Playbook has been as hot as can be over the last three weeks and our actual cash balance across all sites yeart to date stands at over $46,000. This is straight from the Playbook lineups people and keep in mind that we don't charge a single cent for this. Next year...we may have to reevaluate this but for now we're literally giving away free money.
Tonight is all about the top pitchers in Yu Darvish and Johnny Cueto. It is very difficult to not include at least one of them in every lineup you play. But in order to fit those guys in you'll have to hit on some value plays. You'll notice today's playbook has got a bunch of great values in there because we understand what you need to win.
Here is the DFS Playbook for Friday June 6th:
| Player | Pos | Fanduel | DraftKings | DraftStreet | Aces |
| Yu Darvish | P | 11,400 | 12,500 | 25,774 | 7,600 |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 9,900 | 12,400 | 22,769 | 7,400 |
| Tommy Milone | P | 5,800 | 7,700 | 12,313 | 5,500 |
| Marcus Stroman | P | 4,600 | 6,000 | 12,943 | N/A |
| Derek Norris | C | 3,000 | 3,400 | 6,968 | 4,700 |
| Alex Avila | C | 2,600 | 3,300 | 3,472 | 4,000 |
| John Buck | C | 2,500 | 2,800 | 4,723 | 4,150 |
| Freddie Freeman | 1B | 3,500 | 4,300 | 8,525 | 5,150 |
| Adam Lind | 1B | 3,600 | 4,100 | 6,342 | 4,800 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B/SS | 3,100 | 3,500 | 5,222 | 4,850 |
| Matt Carpenter | 2B/3B | 3,600 | 4,200 | 6,438 | 4,900 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 3B/SS | 3,900 | 4,000 | 6,388 | 4,650 |
| Josh Harrison | 3B/OF | 2,700 | 3,200 | 4,783 | 4,350 |
| Manny Machado | 3B | 3,100 | 3,700 | 5,882 | 4,750 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 4,600 | 5,700 | 9,698 | 5,950 |
| Jed Lowrie | SS | 3,100 | 3,700 | 6,313 | 4,600 |
| Jean Segura | SS | 2,800 | 3,700 | 6,725 | 4,800 |
| Nelson Cruz | OF | 5,300 | 5,500 | 10,621 | 5,800 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | OF | 4,100 | 4,400 | 7,227 | 4,800 |
| Adam Jones | OF | 3,500 | 4,300 | 7,346 | 5,500 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | 4,100 | 4,700 | 6,299 | 4,950 |
| Jason Heyward | OF | 3,000 | 4,100 | 7,066 | 4,950 |
| Nick Markakis | OF | 3,300 | 3,900 | 5,399 | 4,450 |
| Drew Stubbs | OF | 3,500 | 3,600 | 5,453 | 4,700 |
| Danny Santana | OF | 2,700 | 2,700 | N/A | 3,500 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | OF | 2,500 | 2,400 | 5,354 | 4,000 |
If you want my BEST cash game lineups here they are for you:
FANDUEL LINEUP
| Yu Darvish | P |
| Alex Avila | C |
| Freddie Freeman | 1B |
| Josh Harrison | 2B |
| Manny Machado | 3B |
| Jean Segura | SS |
| Nick Markakis | OF |
| Jason Heyward | OF |
| Kevin Kiermaier | OF |
DRAFTKINGS LINEUP
| Yu Darvish | P | 12,500 |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 12,400 |
| John Buck | C | 2,800 |
| Ike Davis | 1B | 3,000 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 3,500 |
| Josh Harrison | 3B | 3,200 |
| Daniel Santana | SS | 2,700 |
| Nick Markakis | OF | 3900 |
| Drew Stubbs | OF | 3600 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | OF | 2400 |
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