Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner) 

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We are ramping up our coverage on DFS play at MLB Reports, and will include some strategy articles in the forthcoming days and weeks.  We come from a high level of handicapping backgrounds, and have been given the go ahead from the braintrust at MLB Reports to start sharing some of these with you.

Of course Chuck Booth (MLB Reports Majority Owner) and I spearheaded this movement back a few years ago with just regular baseball futures.  We were not sure if we wanted to go ahead with the MLB DFS Fantasy at all, but were finally convinced for demand by a couple of our BBBA writers (Josh Robbins and Trey Rose).  The need is there and we are looking to deliver.

I have played DFS long enough to be the guy who writes the posts here.  The gambling philosophy championed by Booth in the 90’s is brilliant for any sources of tournaments or gambling period! 

It weaves the Martingale Betting System (progressive betting with the double up theory) and it fosters it with several other techniques so you don’t bet against yourself.

One of the biggest blunders made by many gamblers is betting against themselves.  We are going to simplify the process, so if you win, you can really win – none of this barely break even nonsense.

Our new Draft Strategy is now here.  Please read after the post

Now here is what we are going to do for today’s MLB DFS FanDuel style.

We Will Give You – Daily

5 team stacking options ( We are going to draw most of our players from these 5 squads).

3 Pitching candidates (High level, midlevel and budget).

15 Games – ALL Day Slate (Thursday May 18, 2016)

Stacking Options  – Todays Rankings

(1) Cubs vs Jimmy Nelson

(2) Tigers vs Ricky Nolasco

(3) Nationals vs Bartolo Colon

(4) Marlins vs Jeremy Hellickson

(5) A’s vs Martin Perez

3 Pitchers to use.

(1) Francisco Liriano, ATL @ PIT, $10, 000

(2) Justin Verlander, MIN @ DET, $8600

(3) Tom Koehler, MIA @ PHI, $6500

Sample Lineup 1

P –Francisco Liriano, ATL @ PIT, $10, 000

C  – J.T. Realmuto, MIA @ PHI, $3000

1B – Justin Bour, MIA @ PHI, $3400

2B –Daniel Murphy, WSH @ NYM, $3800

3B – Martin Prado, MIA @ PHI, $3600

SS – Danny Espinosa, WSH @ NYM, $2500

OF –  Ben Revere,  WSH @ NYM, $2400

OF – Christian Yelich, MIA @ PHI, $3600

OF – Jayson Werth, WSH @ NYM, $2900

$34, 700, 000 ($300 left)

Sample Lineup 2

P –  Tom Koehler, MIA @ PHI, $6500

C  – Victor Martinez, MIN @ DET, $3200

1B – Anthony Rizzo, CHC @ MIL, $4800

2B – Ben Zobrist, CHC @ MIL,  $4200

3B – Danny Valencia, TEX @ OAK, $2900

SS – Marcus Semien, TEX @ OAK, $2700

OF –  Khris Davis, TEX @ OAK, $3100

OF – Jason Heyward, CHC @ MIL, $3400

OF – Dexter Fowler, CHC @ MIL, $4200

$ 35, 000, 000 ($0 left)

Sample Lineup 3

P –  Justin Verlander, MIN @ DET, $8600

C  – Miguel Montero, CHC @ MIL, $2300

1B – Miguel Cabrera, MIN @ DET, 4000

2B – Ben Zobrist, CHC @ MIL, $4800

3B – Kris Bryant, CHC @ MIL, $4300

SS – Francisco Lindor, CIN @ CLE, $3500

OF –  Justin Upton, MIN @ DET, $2800

OF – Jason Heyward, CHC @ MIL, $3400

OF – J.D. Martinez, MIN @ DET, $3800

$34, 800, 000 ($200 left)

If you’re not familiar with the points breakdown, here’s the format utilizing a $35 million salary cap.  

Scoring System: https://www.fanduel.com/spring-training?t=lobby

1 Starting Pitcher (SP)

1 Catcher (C)

1 First Baseman (1B)

1 Second Baseman (2B)

1 Third Baseman (3B)

1 Short Stop (SS)

3 Outfielders (OF)

Game Types: https://www.fanduel.com/how-it-works

50-50s

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