MLB Picks At Chalkboard Fantasy Today, 4/14: Baseball Projections + More
We’ve got a nice, solid Monday slate ahead of us and you look like you’re ready to build that Chalkboard Fantasy bankroll with our Chalkboard MLB DFS picks!
From top starters on the mound like Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal to some heavy-hitting lineups like the Yankees and Padres, there are going to be plenty of fantastic opportunities to build some pick ‘em lineups here.
There’s no need to fish for super-high multipliers at this point in the season, so we won’t get too greedy. Just building the bankroll is all, so let’s get to our favorite picks for today.
Chalkboard Fantasy Picks for Monday, April 14: MLB DFS Projections
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Manny Machado Chalkboard Fantasy MLB Pick: More Than 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI (1.72x)
The Padres have the best record in baseball and Machado has been one of the primary forces behind that. He’s hit safely in all but two games this season and he’s posted more than 1.5 HRR in five of his last six games.
Now he’s facing Jameson Taillon who not only pitches to a ton of contact, but he’s also being decimated by right-handed hitters. With the way he’s seeing the ball right now, we’re going to invest where we can.
Framber Valdez Chalkboard Fantasy MLB Pick: More Than 17.5 Outs (1.33x)
There’s plenty to like about Valdez in this start against the St. Louis Cardinals. I like his strikeout potential a lot, but where we really like to go with the big lefthander is distance. He’s gone at least six innings in two of his first three starts and the one he only went five was because he was battling an illness at the time.
The Cardinals have looked somewhat decent this season, but they’re coming back down to Earth and they’re posting a 23.4-percent strikeout rate so Valdez should have little issue making it through this lineup at least three times.
Total Multiplier: 2.29x
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Player News
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told reporters that Zach Eflin (lat) is likely to return and start Sunday against the Angels
It was assumed that Eflin would be back this weekend, but now we have a concrete date. The 31-year-old may not be at full strength after throwing fewer than 60 pitches in his rehab start, but the Orioles feel confident enough to have the right-hander back on the bump for the series finale against the Angels.
Riley Greene is not in the lineup for the first game of a doubleheader against the Rockies on Thursday.
Greene will get a break and likely return to the lineup for the second game of the twin-billing. Zach McKinstry will get the start in left field while Greene rests.
Yu Darvish (elbow) is facing live hitters on Thursday.
Darvish has been throwing bullpen sessions and traveled to the team’s complex in Arizona to face live hitters on Thursday. It will be his first time facing live batters since a spring training appearance on March 13th. He will likely need a few sessions like this before the Padres can map out a rehab appearance timeline for him.
Adael Amador is starting at second base and batting ninth for the Rockies on Thursday.
Amador has now started three of the last four games at second base for the Rockies. He’s gone just 7-for-43 this season with 15 strikeouts in 16 games. He’s just 22 years old, so there is plenty of time for him to adjust to the MLB level, but he doesn’t need to be on redraft radars right now.
Jackson Holliday is playing second base and batting second for the Orioles on Thursday against the Twins.
With Cedric Mullins sitting out on Thursday, Gunnar Henderson will bat lead off, and Holliday will jump up from sixth in the order to second. Holliday is riding a hot streak right now, and the Orioles are taking advantage. This is likely just a one-game sample with no Mullins or Adley Rutschman in the lineup, but Rutschman has been struggling, so perhaps it could become a more permanent spot in the lineup for Holliday moving forward.
Endy Rodriguez (finger) had his splint removed this week.
Rodriguez suffered a lacerated right index finger on April 14th. Now that he is out of his splint, he “is playing catch and doing a slightly modified swing.” Once he can progress to taking full swings, we’ll have a better sense of the timeline for his return.