MLB DFS picks and pivots: September 5

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 4: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox rounds third base after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a game against the Minnesota Twins on September 4, 2019 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /

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ST. LOUIS, MO. – SEPTEMBER 04: San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford (35) congratulates San Francisco Giants center fielder Kevin Pillar (1) after he hit the game-winning home run during a Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals on September 04, 2019, at Busch Stadium, Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via 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’s MLB DFS winning line-up rolled out a double ace approach with Shane Bieber and Zac Gallen who combined for over 60 fantasy points while a low cost 6 man stack of the San Francisco Giants at 5% ownership or lower, was able to put up 9 runs and collect nearly 220 fantasy points on FantasyDraft last night.

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!