Happy Wednesday, August 24th! We have an eight-game MLB DFS main slate on DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo Fantasy. We have a slate full of elite MLB DFS offenses that we can choose from in Toronto, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Tampa Bay. Make sure to check the MLB Weather Center because there are always pop-up storm worries in the summer, 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 DFS Projections and an MLB Lineup Generator plus check out the MLB tools page. Now let's get to it and here are my top plays for Monday's slate!
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Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
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SP | Framber Valdez | Miles Mikolas | Brady Singer |
1B | Freddie Freeman | Rhys Hoskins | J.T. Realmuto |
2B | Jose Altuve | Brandon Lowe | Donovan Solano |
3B | Alex Bregman | Max Muncy | Alec Bohm |
SS | Jorge Mateo | Bo Bichette | Bryson Stott |
OF | George Springer | Kyle Schwarber | Nick Castellanos |
Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
SP | Framber Valdez | Zac Gallen | Miles Mikolas |
C | Adley Rutschman | Alejandro Kirk | Francisco Mejía |
1B | Freddie Freeman | Rhys Hoskins | Albert Pujols |
2B | Jose Altuve | Brandon Lowe | Donovan Solano |
3B | Nolan Arenado | Alex Bregman | Ramón Urías |
SS | Bo Bichette | Bryson Stott | Jorge Mateo |
OF | Kyle Schwarber | Nick Castellanos | Lars Nootbaar |
Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
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SP | Shane McClanahan | Framber Valdez | Miles Mikolas |
C | Adley Rutschman | Alejandro Kirk | Francisco Mejía |
1B | Paul Goldschmidt | Freddie Freeman | Ryan Mountcastle |
2B | Jose Altuve | Brandon Lowe | Cavan Biggio |
3B | Nolan Arenado | Donovan Solano | Ramón Urías |
SS | Jorge Mateo | Bo Bichette | Taylor Walls |
OF | Kyle Schwarber | Randy Arozarena | Austin Hays |
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