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MLB DFS Picks and Pivots: Aug. 29 – A Perfect Storm

By Brian Tulloch

MESA, AZ - FEBRUARY 20: Jon Lester #34 of the Chicago Cubs poses during Chicago Cubs Photo Day on February 20, 2018 in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
MESA, AZ - FEBRUARY 20: Jon Lester #34 of the Chicago Cubs poses during Chicago Cubs Photo Day on February 20, 2018 in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – AUGUST 28: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates his solo home run in the dugout during the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 28, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) MLB DFS
DENVER, CO – AUGUST 28: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates his solo home run in the dugout during the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 28, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) MLB DFS /

Welcome to the Thursday 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.

Wednesday night was a perfect example of what happens when the chalk hits. Two of the top three scoring hitters were members of the Boston Red Sox as Xander Boegarts and Rafael Devers combined for 66 fantasy points while the most popular SP, Anthony DeSclafani (41% owned in GPP play) ended up as the highest raw point pitcher on the night with 33.95 fantasy points. Sometimes eating the chalk is a necessary evil my friends – how did it taste?

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!