MLB DFS Pitching Primer: Monday, 8/5 – Giolito or Morton?
By Dan Palyo
MLB DFS Pitching Primer: Monday, 8/5
Welcome back to the Monday 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!
It’s been a few days since the last installment of the Primer, but I’m really glad that we have Brandon Lauderback on staff now who has been bringing you his “pitching gems of the day” on days when I’m not able to write the Primer. He’s a great writer and analyst and between the two of us, we are committed to bringing you pitching breakdowns for the rest of the season.
Today we have a 13-game slate on both sites and while that usually means there should be a lot of different pitchers to consider, there really aren’t that many arms that interest me tonight.
I am going to recommend four different pitchers today and there are may six guys total who I would consider using in my lineups tonight.
I do my best to give you some different options at various price points every day and I’ll always include my cash and GPP rankings at the end of the article with my final thoughts.
"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."
Let’s start with my favorite higher-priced options for your cash games. It’s a tough call here as there are two high priced options that both merit some consideration for top dog on this slate!