Another Friday night in DFS and there are plenty of big money contests to be aware of tonight. Ideally, you should have been building your bankroll all week in order to afford yourself a few entires into the big money tournaments tonight. Here is a quick rundown of the big contests across the DFS industry tonight:
Fantasy Baseball Championship Qualifier - $200 Entry - Top 44 paid out
Perfect Game $100,000 Guaranteed - $200 Entry - Top 125 paid out
Moon Shot - $10,000 Guaranteed - $2 Entry - Top 1,150 paid out
DFBC Qualifier - $10 Entry - Winners gets DFBC ticket to Vegas, top 330 paid out
Monster $100,000 - $200 Entry - Top 101 paid out
Strikeout - $50,000 - $25 Entry - Top 220 paid out
DSBC Qualifier - $11 - Winner gets DSBC entry, top 105 paid out
$1200 Line Drive - $22 Entry - Top 10 paid out
$2000+ In Guaranteed Prizes - Freerolls up to $108 Entry - Non Salary Cap Format
Now that you know where to play tonight let's get you locked in on who should be in your lineups in these great contests tonight. Here is the DFS Playbook for Friday May 2nd:
Player | Pos | Fanduel | DraftKings | DraftStreet | Reasoning |
Felix Hernandez | P | 10,300 | 12,500 | 25,150 | Great matchup, one of best in MLB |
Andrew Cashner | P | 8,500 | 9,700 | 18,570 | 2-0, 0.81 ERA at home |
Danny Salazar | P | 7,200 | 7,000 | 17,173 | White Sox are starting to tumble |
Jorge De La Rosa | P | 5,700 | 6,800 | 14,964 | High risk/reward at home vs bad offense |
Buster Posey | C | 4,000 | 4,500 | 6,972 | .357 BA, 1.03 OPS Vs LHP |
Saltalamacchia | C | 3,300 | 4,200 | 5,195 | .391, 3 HR in last 7 games |
Miguel Olivo | C | 2,200 | 2,700 | N/A | Value, was hitting .390 in AAA |
Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4,400 | 5,700 | 9,795 | 18-43 (.419) 2 HR Vs Shields |
Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3,200 | 3,200 | 5,830 | Getting hot, hits 30 points better Vs RHP |
Juan Francisco | 1B | 2,200 | 3,800 | 5,060 | Hitting .355/.459/.1.169 Vs RHP in '14 |
Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 3,300 | 4,700 | 6,910 | Value, starting to make hard contact |
Robinson Cano | 2B | 3,900 | 4,700 | 7,688 | Playing the hot hand once again |
Ryan Raburn | 2B/OF | 2,200 | 2,800 | 3,369 | 12-37 (.351) 3 HR Vs Danks |
David Wright | 3B | 3,400 | 4,800 | 6,643 | Career .337/.433/.1.08 Vs LHP |
Evan Longoria | 3B | 3,900 | 4,900 | 7,580 | Low salary, .922 OPS career Vs LHP |
Carlos Santana | 3B/C | 3,000 | 4,000 | 5,886 | Hits 40 points better Vs LHP |
Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 5,200 | 6,100 | 9,853 | One of the best hitters in MLB right now |
Alexei Ramirez | SS | 3,800 | 4,300 | 6,652 | Great fastball hitter, 6-7, HR Vs Salazar |
Sean Rodriguez | SS/1B | 2,400 | 2,800 | 5,962 | Career .758 OPS Vs LHP, cheap |
Yasiel Puig | OF | 4,000 | 4,300 | 7,835 | On fire, playing in big Cuban community |
Giancarlo Stanton | OF | 4,600 | 5,000 | 9,360 | .323/.408/.1.07 at home this year |
Nick Markakis | OF | 3,100 | 4,000 | 6,729 | Hot bat, .393, 2 HR in last 4 games |
Mike Morse | OF | 3,400 | 4,800 | 5,827 | .375/.412/.912 in last 5 games |
Desmond Jennings | OF | 3,300 | 4,100 | 7,673 | Getting hot, .292 BA in lat 6 games |
Jose Tabata | OF | 2,300 | 2,200 | 4,199 | Leading off, great value play tonight |