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MLB DFS Pitching Primer: Monday, 8/5 – Giolito or Morton?

By Dan Palyo

MLB DFS Pitching: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 20: Lucas Giolito #27 of the Chicago White Sox delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of the game on August 20, 2018 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is a make up game from the weather postponed game on April 15, 2018. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MLB DFS Pitching: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 20: Lucas Giolito #27 of the Chicago White Sox delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of the game on August 20, 2018 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is a make up game from the weather postponed game on April 15, 2018. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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MLB DFS Pitching: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – MAY 02: Starting pitcher Charlie Morton #50 of the Tampa Bay Rays throws in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on May 02, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) /

MLB DFS Pitching Primer: Rankings and Review

This is where I give you my final rankings for both cash games and GPPs. Remember, rankings for cash are based on safety, while rankings for GPP are based on their ceiling and point-per-dollar upside.

Remember on DK, I prefer to pay up for at least one high-priced pitcher in cash and on FanDuel I prefer to pay up in cash more often than not.

You really need to have Giolito or Morton in your cash game lineups today, especially if you’re playing on FanDuel where you simply can’t afford to have a mediocre or bad performance from your cash game pitcher.

On Draftkings my favorite pairing for cash games will be pairing Gioltio with a cheaper arm like Turnbull or Civale. Playing Giolito and Morton in the same lineup is really not viable as it leaves you with about 3.5k left for each of your position players.

If you play mainly on FanDuel try not to spread your ownership out too much among different pitchers guys, otherwise, you are probably hurting your chances at winning a GPP by getting the right stack with the right pitcher.

Reminder, it’s MME season! FanDuel is now offering a nickel arcade in addition to their quarter arcade if you want to practice building those CSV files and building 150 lineups.

Draftkings also has dime and quarter arcades, too! Lock in your favorite pitchers and stacks and let the optimizer do some of the heavy lifting, you’d be surprised how often it will come up with combos that your human brain would have never considered.

Cash Rankings

  1. Giolito
  2. Morton
  3. Kyle Hendricks

GPP Rankings

  1. Morton
  2. Giolito
  3. Civale
  4. Turnbull

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