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MLB DFS pitching primer: Wednesday, 7/31 – happy deChalk day!

By Dan Palyo

JUPITER, FL - MARCH 12: Pitcher Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets warms up in the bullpen before a spring training baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium on March 12, 2019 in Jupiter, Florida. The Marlins defeated the Mets 8-1. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
JUPITER, FL - MARCH 12: Pitcher Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets warms up in the bullpen before a spring training baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium on March 12, 2019 in Jupiter, Florida. The Marlins defeated the Mets 8-1. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – JUNE 18: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets pitches in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves on June 18, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

MLB DFS Pitching Primer: Wednesday, July 31

Welcome back to the Wednesday edition of the MLB DFS Pitching Primer! I’m Thunder Dan and I’ll be covering pitching for MLB DFS on all season long at FanSided Fantasy. I’m including both FanDuel and DraftKings pricing and will be covering my favorite pitching options for both sites.

If you haven’t noticed yet,  FantasyCPR is now officially FanSided Fantasy, your one-stop site for everything fantasy sports-related. I know everyone on our staff is really excited about the transition and the opportunity to grow our reach to more fantasy sports fans!

Nothing on our end is going to change, we just happen to have a new site to host our articles and we have big plans to continue expanding our content to give our readers the most comprehensive analysis of season-long and DFS, all for free!

Yesterday my fellow pitching aficionado Brandon nailed most of his picks going with Thor, David Price, Jake Odorizzi, and Griffin Canning with Price being the only guy who didn’t pitch all that well.  I was heaviest on Thor but also had a good bit of Yu Darvish and even rolled the dice (and got away with it) on Joe Musgrove on Draftkings. All in all, it was a good night and profitable, which is all you can ever ask for in DFS.

Today we have a split slate and I am not all that interested in the day games so I am only going to be covering the 8-game main slate on both sites. We have one really obvious play (if you haven’t figured that out already) and then a few interesting pivots, but not many value options to choose from. That is going to make roster construction tough on Draftkings and force many FanDuel players into playing some value bats in order to fit in the higher-priced pitchers.

"The goal of the pitching primer is to help you narrow down your pitching options for both your GPPs and cash games. Analyzing pitchers and pitching match-ups is something I really enjoy and I hope to give you a detailed analysis of why I think each pitcher makes for a compelling cash or GPP play."

I’m going to discontinue the “First Look” slide for the foreseeable future. You can find the pitching match-ups and Vegas odds on any number of sites and trimming it will allow me more time during the late-night or early morning hours to offer more analysis for each pitching pick. Let’s start with my favorite higher-priced options for your cash games.

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