Early/Turbo DraftKings MLB Picks June 1: Tigers choke on Soroka

PITTSBURGH, PA – MAY 21: Trevor Story #27 of the Colorado Rockies hits a home run in the second inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on May 21, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

Early/Turbo DraftKings MLB Picks June 1: Tigers choke on Soroka

We have an interesting early slate for our DraftKings MLB tournaments. The two games starting at 1:10 and 2:10 eastern are in their own turbo slate instead of being included in the early slate. The next five games make up the early slate. There are then eight games for the main tournament. Are you thoroughly confused? Good. That’s the way they want it!

DraftKings MLB Turbo Notes

First thing first: this awkward to game slate. Kyle Gibson and Yonny Chirinos are the two highest priced pitchers, and when you consider the past stats of the other two, I’m at least considering using both. I’m not going to though for a variety of reasons.

First off, Gibson, like Berrios, has good past numbers against the Rays. However, his home splits are much better than the road ones. Berrios wasn’t terrible last night, and if Gibson were in his price range, I would strongly consider him. However, it’s hard to pay $10,500 for Gibson.

Chirinos has been very good, but this is a tough matchup against a team that hits like the Twins do. That said, on a short slate, Chirinos’s 2.05 ERA at home is taking one of my pitching spots. That leaves us with another that doesn’t look very appetizing. I’m moving off of Gibson and onto Jefry Rodriguez because I expect Nova to get torched, and that leaves us money for Cleveland bats.

Kipnis, Carlos Santana, and Lindor will definitely be in my lineup. I also really like Jose Ramirez at $4,300. If we then lock in Austin Meadows, that only leaves us $3,266 per slot for catcher and two outfield spots. Is this doable?

It is if Travis d’Arnaud starts at catcher again. I would imagine the Rays wouldn’t roll Zunino out there again so soon, so d’Arnaud allows us a solid $3,750 per slot for the last two outfield positions.

The lowest I’m comfortable going is Jake Bauers. That would leave us $4,000 for the last slot, which leaves Buxton or Eloy Jimenez. I’m pretty sure we know where to go there. You could use Tilson over Bauers, but keep in mind that we would be throwing two outfielders against our pitcher. Not that Jefry is going to pitch a shutout. I’m just not crazy about Tilson. I would rather have another Indians bat.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – MAY 26: Brandon Woodruff #53 of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches in the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Miller Park on May 26, 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /

DraftKings MLB Early Pitchers:

Top Tier:

Mike Soroka ($10,900): This is a dream matchup for Soroka against the strikeout happy Tigers. Soroka has dominated early on in his career. Through eight major league starts this season, Soroka is 5-1 with a 1.07 ERA and 0.89 WHIP with 46 strikeouts in 50.2 innings pitched. He’s going to dominate the Tigers too. Soroka is completely worth the money today.

Lance Lynn ($10,300): Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Lynn priced like this. The Royals are hitting a stout .277 against Lynn in 101 at bats, but they have just three runs to go with 25 strikeouts. Lynn limits the damage and isn’t giving up long balls. Lynn’s home numbers scare me a bit, but he also racked up 23 DraftKings points in his first game against the Royals. Lynn should be worth the price today.

Brandon Woodruff ($10,100): Woodruff’s numbers against the Pirates aren’t great, but he hasn’t faced them this year. Woodruff has been nearly unhittable in four May starts, allowing just 17 hits and five runs in 33 innings pitched. Yeah, his price should be a lot higher. Especially when you consider his road numbers. Lock in Woodruff and go from there this afternoon.

Middle Tier:

Erick Fedde ($8,100): This price is too high for me, especially when you can have Woodruff for $2,000 more. I know the Reds blew up Corbin, but there was a reason I had no Corbin last night. This is an extreme hitter’s park and the Reds smash lefties. They can hit righties too, but the damage is far less. Fedde is good to use as a low owned play, but there is plenty of risk here yet.

Shaun Anderson ($7,200): Anderson has pitched five innings in each of his three starts, so we know that we are getting that from him. The results have been mixed. This is also Anderson’s first road trip, and he has to face a DH. However, the Orioles are almost exclusively right handed and don’t hit righties all that well. There is decent upside here.

Bargain Pitchers:

David Hess ($4,200): Honestly, outside of the top three, pitching this afternoon is horrendous. Hess held his own at Coors Field in his last start, picking up 10.8 DraftKings points. He picked up 13.3 in Yankee Stadium three starts ago. The one in the middle? Hess lost four DraftKings points against the Yankees at home. This highlights the issues with Hess this year. He has been horrid at home (9.47 ERA in four starts) and serviceable on the road. The Giants offense is so weak that I’m considering Hess here, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

My Picks: Williams, Eovaldi

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DraftKings MLB Early Notes:

If you are stacking in the early games, it looks like a good idea to attack Homer Bailey. Bailey doesn’t give up a ton of homers, but he allows plenty of runs. Joey Gallo and Hunter Pence have homered off of Bailey before, but those two alone will set you back $11,100. Rougned Odor and Asdrubal Cabrera are the ones that look too cheap.

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Starling Marte has the only Pirates homer against Brandon Woodruff. I’m not going to tell you not to play Josh Bell though. Bell is 2-5 against Woodruff so far, but has no counting stats.

You are basically playing the Brewers against the Pirates bullpen since Kingham has failed to make it through five innings so far this year. Christian Yelich has been the best against Kingham, going 3-9 with a homer and three RBI. Moose is on fire and I like Cain leading off, so there is plenty of goodness from the Brewers standpoint.

There are plenty of cheap bats available in Baltimore. Brandon Belt remains my favorite play from either side, and I really like the punt plays of Panik and Brandon Crawford. Stevie Wilkerson looks good for the Orioles, as does Dwight Smith Jr. I don’t see much beyond that on either side though.

Stacking Braves against a struggling Daniel Norris is not the worst idea I’ve heard either. Freeman is probably the low hanging fruit, but I’m willing to pay down for the struggling Ronald Acuna and Ozzie Albies. They wont be slumping forever. Dansby Swanson looks good as well.

Derek Dietrich is an elite play today. Aside from that, I’m not all that excited about any other Reds. Senzel is too expensive, but a slumping Jesse Winker at just $3,800 is tempting.

Tanner Roark is solid, and I think ownership is going to be really high after Tyler Mahle‘s night last night. I still don’t trust this. Roark has always given up plenty of base runners. Matt Adams is 5-9 with two homers and six RBI against Roark. Suzuki and Parra have taken him deep as well. Forget all of them except maybe Adams. It’s Juan Soto that’s going to get him.

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