Pitcher Salary Exploitation: Daily Fantasy Baseball 5-12-15

By: Scott Malewig, Updated May 12, 2015

Each day during MLB season will bring us some major price differences among starting pitchers on all sites. These price discrepancies and the site's roster differences can alter the way we use pitchers on each site, as well as how the field of opponents will use them. Listed below are five of today's top pitchers, each with their salary listed as well as a ratio that takes into account both the total salary cap on the site and the number of roster positions that need filling. We've also provided some betting info for you reference. The higher the ratio, the more you'll be able to spend elsewhere.

Name	Opponent	FanDuel Salary	DraftKings Salary	Fantasy Feud Salary	FD Ratio	DK Ratio	FF Ratio	Opp Vegas Run Total	Money Line
Chris Sale	MIL	9600	9400	143900	0.694	0.532	0.535	3.5	1.91
Jake Arrieta	NYM	9500	8600	136000	0.702	0.581	0.566	3	1.71
A.J. Burnett	PHI	8200	8200	109300	0.813	0.610	0.704	3.5	1.64
Edinson Volquez	TEX	8500	5600	110000	0.784	0.893	0.699	3.5	1.78
Chris Heston	HOU	5800	4800	74700	1.149	1.042	1.030	4.5	2.46

Chris Sale

Sale is the least exciting “top option" that we've had in a few days. He's been short of his usual dominant self all season since returning from injury, but does face...