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MLB DFS Picks and Pivots: August 18 – Knock your Sox off

By Brian Tulloch

BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 17: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox poses before a game against the Baltimore Orioles on August 17, 2019 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 17: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox poses before a game against the Baltimore Orioles on August 17, 2019 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /
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BALTIMORE, MD – AUGUST 11: A detailed view of a Houston Astros baseball hat and Oakley sunglasses during the game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 11, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images) MLB DFS /

Welcome to the Sunday edition of MLB DFS Picks and Pivots, a fantasy baseball column focused on helping you find the best core lineup for this slate of DFS action!

For those of you finding us for the first time, the concept behind MLB DFS Picks and Pivots is to give you a first look at the day’s MLB DFS slate, including our top picks, plays and pivots, using FantasyDraft pricing as a reference to help you build your best fantasy baseball line-up and win big.

Picks and Pivots is not a simple “best plays” column but rather it focuses on slate strategy and roster construction to help give you insight into how I will look to play this slate.

Welcome back my friends! After two weeks of family vacation on a multiple state road trip, I am back and ready to dive into some MLB DFS action. A huge thank you to the whole team at FanSided Fantasy Sports for holding things down each and every day while I was gone with tons of DFS and season-long content as we inch closer towards the start of the NFL season.

Picks and Pivots is not a simple “best plays” column but rather it focuses on slate strategy and roster construction to help give you insight into how I will look to play this slate. The goal of this article is to dig through the slate, highlight our top plays and help you identify the best slate strategy across your MLB DFS line-ups.

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Without further ado, let’s get into today’s slate!