The purpose of this column is to highlight some players with upside and well-suited for tournaments. While the majority of the hitter picks will likely have power upside, that's not necessarily the case for all the listed options. Other contextual factors such as batting order, ballpark, opposing pitcher, price, speed, etc also come into play, and you'll see these items sprinkled into the write-ups below. Along with that, we'll be gauging the ownership levels, giving you some plausible pivots from the popular choices in a given game slate.
Today's picks will be featured from the "main slate": games starting at 7:05 ET and beyond.
Max Scherzer | ||||||
| FanDuel Salary | DraftKings Salary | Opponent | FIP | K% | GB% | Vegas Run Total & ML |
| $11,000 | $11,700 | PHI | 2.85 | 27.90% | 36.70% | 7 and -240 |
-Max Scherzer is going to be much lower owned than you'd expect tonight given the fact that he's the heaviest favorite of the night. On a one pitcher site like Fanduel, I expect we'll see even less of him and with the win being so heavily valued on there, it makes him an excellent play. Scherzer is a -240 favorite against a pedestrian Phillies offense, which gives him a ton of upside that's comparable with a guy like Clayton Kershaw tonight.
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