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FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy baseball lineup-July 15

By Zachary Thompson

Jul 5, 2016; New York City, NY, USA; Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton (27) and Miami Marlins center fielder Marcell Ozuna (13) celebrate Stanton
Jul 5, 2016; New York City, NY, USA; Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton (27) and Miami Marlins center fielder Marcell Ozuna (13) celebrate Stanton /
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Baseball is back, and you can build your DFS lineup for the FanDuel Friday competitions with the help of these FanDuel daily picks.

Jul 8, 2016; New York City, NY, USA; Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (37) pitches against the New York Mets during the first inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 8, 2016; New York City, NY, USA; Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (37) pitches against the New York Mets during the first inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

After a four-day break from regular season games, Major League Baseball is back this Friday with every team starting a new weekend series.  All but one of the 15 games are on the fantasy baseball slate for tonight with the lone exception being the Rangers-Cubs game that gets underway at 2:20 at Wrigley.  The rest of the action not the diamond is under the lights tonight giving us 28 teams to pick from for today’s FanDuel daily picks.

Most of the games tonight feature division rivals including the Yankees @ Red Sox, Mets @ Phillies, Royals @ Tigers, Brewers @ Reds, and Orioles @ Rays in the 7:00 PM ET hour.  The other two games with start times before 8:00 are the Pirates @ Nationals and Rockies @ Braves.  At around 8:10, we get more divisional action as the Twins host the Indians while the Cardinals welcome in the Marlins in a non-divisional matchup.  Out West, the Dodgers visit the D-Backs and the Giants are in San Diego in the NL West while the Mariners host the Astros in the AL West.  The two late non-divisional games are the Blue Jays visiting the Athletics and the White Sox taking on the Angels.

With all those teams in action, there are a ton of great options for fantasy baseball. The goal of my FanDuel daily picks which you can find here almost every morning here at FanSided is to provide you the information you need to build your own lineup that can bring home a win for your team. In order to help you find the position and price-point that you need, there are a variety of options on each slide with high-salary options, mid-range options, and high-value options at each position.

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For starting pitchers and outfielders, I’ve separated my picks into high-salary and high-value options on separate slides while the other positions each get one slide per position with multiple pricing options. I base each of my picks on the current form of each player and the matchups each player will face in tonight’s contest game.

I’ve found it very helpful to rank my picks to show the strength of each selection. For a full explanation of the rating system, check out the last slide of this post, but in short, more stars means more confidence (on a points-per-dollar basis). Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how I’m putting together the my most confident picks into my lineups for today’s competition. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but you’re welcome to check out my lineups and use them as a place to get started.

In my FanDuel daily picks, all salary references and references to “fantasy points” refer to FanDuel pricing and scoring.  If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for DraftKings, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on the fantasy baseball hub.

If you have any questions about my picks for today or any of our FanSided fantasy coverage, you can leave them at the bottom of the page in the comments section.  For an even quicker response, you can find me throughout the day on Twitter @FansidedFantasy.

Make sure to follow on Twitter for any late-breaking lineup news as well and any adjustments as lineups come out throughout this Friday due to weather or other concerns. As lineups come out throughout this evening, I’ll adjust my team if necessary and let you know my new lineups on Twitter.

If you find my picks and analysis helpful and would like to check out my DFS fantasy baseball posts each morning, the easiest way to find the FanDuel daily picks is to drop a bookmark on our fantasy baseball hub or follow on Twitter where I’ll tweet out the links each day when my picks go live.

Let’s get the weekend started right with these FanDuel daily picks for Friday, July 15:

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