DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy baseball lineup-July 29

Major League Baseball has 14 games on tap for under the lights tonight, so start your weekend with my DraftKings daily picks for Friday.

Jun 29, 2016; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer (31) prepares to pitch against the New York Mets in the fourth inning at Nationals Park. The Nationals won 4-2. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Major League Baseball gets the weekend off to a great start tonight with 14 games scheduled to fill up this Friday. The Cubs and Mariners get the schedule started with a matinee, but the other 28 teams are all in the DFS fantasy baseball pool for tonight. To see who I think should be in your lineup, check out my DraftKings daily picks on the following slides.

Overall, the weather looks like a non-issue for the most part tonight, and it does help that many of the games are scheduled for indoor locations. Most of the games are in the early wave with seven games starting between 7:00-8:00. There are three more games starting at around 8:00 before the final wave of four games coming from the West Coast close out the night. If you play in a turbo or late-only league, you can modify my picks, but I’ll pick from all 14 games for my lineups in this post.

Almost every morning, you can find my DraftKings daily picks right here at FanSided. My daily goal is to provide you the information you need to select the best of the available options to build your own lineup that can bring home a win. 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.

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 DraftKings daily picks, all salary references and references to “fantasy points” refer to DraftKings pricing and scoring. If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, 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 leading up to game time, 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 DraftKings 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.

With those preliminary comments out of the way, let’s get going with my DraftKings daily picks for this Friday.

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