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FanDuel MLB DFS Breakdown: 8/24 – Indian Summer

By Dan Palyo

TORONTO, ON - JULY 22: Mike Clevinger #52 of the Cleveland Indians delivers a pitch in the first inning during a MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on July 22, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - JULY 22: Mike Clevinger #52 of the Cleveland Indians delivers a pitch in the first inning during a MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on July 22, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MA – MAY 19: George Springer #4 of the Houston Astros bats during the second inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox on May 19, 2019 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /

FanDuel MLB DFS Breakdown: Saturday 8/24

Welcome to a special Saturday edition of the FanDuel MLB DFS Breakdown! I’m Thunder Dan and I’ve been covering pitching for MLB DFS on all season long at FanSided Fantasy. Back by popular demand, I’m ready to do a complete slate breakdown for the FanDuel main slate today, and don’t worry I’m still going to talk plenty about pitchers!

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!

If you didn’t stack Marlins and White Sox last night (two of the lowest-rated offenses on that slate that combined for 27 runs) don’t worry because no one else did either. Last night’s slate was rather fluky, but a stark reminder that anything can and sometimes will happen in MLB DFS.

Tonight we have a 9-game main slate on FanDuel. There are three late games that were left off the slate, so don’t bother looking for Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Toronto or Seattle players. My goal, as always, is to help you get your process started with my favorite plays for both cash games and GPPs, and I will be covering both slates for you.

I will give you my top arms for cash and GPPs, my cash core of three hitters you should build your cash game lineup around, and three of my favorite teams to use in GPPs when you build your three and four-man hitting stacks.

I am going to do my best to give you some different options at various price points and today I’ll include my GPP sample lineups for both slates at the end of the article with my final thoughts. Let’s get things started with my top “cash game arm” at the pitcher position.