It's "getaway day" across major league baseball and that means a smaller than normal DFS slate. We have a six-game slate on tap for  DraftKings and FanDuel and eight games on Yahoo all locking at 1:05 pm ET.  Dylan Cease, Framber Valdez, and Merrill Kelly are the top arms plus we have the series finale in Coors which will feature the big bats of Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, and Charlie Blackmon. Yordan Alvarez is another bat that will be popular today along with Luis Robert and Eloy Jiménez from the White Sox. Keep an eye on the MLB Weather Center for any rain issues across the country, the MLB Vegas Odds, and the MLB Lineups page to get confirmed lineups for tonight. To get projections and to build multiple lineups we have MLB Projections and an MLB Lineup Generator. Now let's get to it and here are my top plays for Thursday afternoon.

 
FD
Position Top Tier Mid-Tier Value-Tier
SP Dylan Cease Merrill Kelly Zach Plesac
1B Paul Goldschmidt José Abreu Garrett Cooper
2B Brendan Rodgers Andrés Giménez Aledmys Díaz
3B Nolan Arenado Ryan McMahon Elehuris Montero
SS Jose Iglesias Paul DeJong Joey Wendle
OF Charlie Blackmon Tyler O'Neill Lars Nootbaar
DK
Position Top Tier Mid-Tier Value-Tier
SP Dylan Cease Merrill Kelly Kyle Gibson
C MJ Melendez Carson Kelly Brian Serven
1B Paul Goldschmidt José Abreu Darick Hall
2B Jose Altuve Brendan Rodgers Charles Leblanc
3B Nolan Arenado Ryan McMahon Elehuris Montero
SS Jose Iglesias Paul DeJong Miguel Rojas
OF Kyle Schwarber Charlie Blackmon Lars Nootbaar
Y!DFS
Position Top Tier Mid-Tier Value-Tier
SP Dylan Cease Framber Valdez Nick Lodolo
1B Paul Goldschmidt José Abreu Darick Hall
2B Framber Valdez Framber Valdez Framber Valdez
3B Brendan Rodgers Nolan Gorman
SS Paul DeJong Jose Iglesias Jeremy Peña
OF Luis Robert Charlie Blackmon J.D. Martinez