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MLB DFS Picks and Pivots: Aug. 27

By Brian Tulloch

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 18: Colorado Rockies Garrett Hampson, #1, center, gets doused with Gatorade by teammate Charlie Blackmon after Hampson's walkoff, RBI-single in the 10th inning won the game for the Rockies against the Miami Marlins at Coors Field on August 18, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The Rockies beat the Marlins 7-6. Garrett Hampson singled on a fly ball to left fielder Harold Ramirez allowing Yonathan Daza to score winning the game for the Rockies. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - AUGUST 18: Colorado Rockies Garrett Hampson, #1, center, gets doused with Gatorade by teammate Charlie Blackmon after Hampson's walkoff, RBI-single in the 10th inning won the game for the Rockies against the Miami Marlins at Coors Field on August 18, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The Rockies beat the Marlins 7-6. Garrett Hampson singled on a fly ball to left fielder Harold Ramirez allowing Yonathan Daza to score winning the game for the Rockies. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) /
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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – AUGUST 26: A general view of the scoreboard during the 9th inning of the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on August 26, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) MLB DFS /

Welcome to the Tuesday 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.

Monday night’s slate was simply all about hitting as only three pitchers even cracked 20 fantasy points and the entire top 10 of raw point plays were bats. The winning lineup on this night went with a 6 man Oakland A’s stack alongside Sonny Gray which paid off in a big way as Gray delivered the top pitching line of the night and Oakland exploded for 19 runs against the Royals.

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!