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MLB DFS Picks and Pivots: Aug. 26 – Play Sonny Gray? I think I just May!

By Brian Tulloch

ST LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 21: Adam Wainwright #50 of the St. Louis Cardinals looks on after giving up a three run home run to Mike Moustakas #11 of the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning at Busch Stadium on August 21, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images)
ST LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 21: Adam Wainwright #50 of the St. Louis Cardinals looks on after giving up a three run home run to Mike Moustakas #11 of the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning at Busch Stadium on August 21, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON – AUGUST 22: Fans find a seat in the shade of the first base grandstands. The Boston Red Sox host the Kansas City Royals in the conclusion of a regular season MLB baseball game that was suspended by weather in the top of the tenth inning earlier in the month at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 22, 2019. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) MLB DFS
BOSTON – AUGUST 22: Fans find a seat in the shade of the first base grandstands. The Boston Red Sox host the Kansas City Royals in the conclusion of a regular season MLB baseball game that was suspended by weather in the top of the tenth inning earlier in the month at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 22, 2019. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) MLB DFS /

Welcome to the Monday 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.

Happy Monday all! After taking the weekend off for my annual fantasy football dynasty league draft, I am back and ready to kick off another week of MLB DFS as the pennant races are heating up around baseball. Keep in mind that as football draws closer and closer, you will see the interest start to wane for MLB which is always a spot to gain an edge on the field that may not be willing to dig as deep.

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!