Pitching Pulse: Daily Fantasy Baseball 6-22-15

By: Josh Shepardson, Updated June 22, 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	FantasyFeud Salary	FD Ratio	DK Ratio	FF Ratio	Opp Vegas Run Total	Money Line
Clayton Kershaw	@CHC	12100	12700	168200	0.551	0.394	0.457	3.5	1.555
Felix Hernandez	KC	11600	10900	142400	0.575	0.459	0.540	3	1.833
Michael Pineda	@PHI	10100	9300	137800	0.660	0.538	0.558	3	1.366
Trevor Bauer	DET	8700	7500	126700	0.766	0.667	0.607	4	1.709
Hector Santiago	HOU	7500	7200	99800	0.889	0.694	0.771	3.5	1.641

Clayton Kershaw

On a day when Kershaw gets the start, normally I'd be advocating 100% cash game usage, but that's not the case today. He is a nice betting favorite (-180) and is facing a Cubs lineup with strikeout tendencies (22.1% strikeout rate against lefties), so the upside is there, but the wind is blowing out at Wrigley Field tonight. The result is ...