Pitching Pulse: Daily Fantasy Baseball 6-24-15

By: Josh Shepardson, Updated June 24, 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
Gerrit Cole	CIN	11100	10500	177400	0.601	0.476	0.434	3	1.561
Clay Buchholz	BAL	8400	7200	118800	0.794	0.694	0.648	3.5	1.699
Roenis Elias	KC	7700	7400	103700	0.866	0.676	0.742	3.5	1.862
Jimmy Nelson	NYM	6900	6100	70000	0.966	0.820	1.099	3.5	1.8
Bartolo Colon	@MIL	7500	6900	104100	0.889	0.725	0.739	4	2.15

Gerrit Cole

It's rare that a pitcher is so clearly the top option like Cole is. He's the biggest betting favorite, in the game with the lowest over/under total, at a pitcher-friendly home ballpark and he has the best numbers across the board of any starter getting the ball tonight. It's also not the case of him being the best of a bad lot, either. The righty has gone from burgeoning ace to full-blown ace. He ranks ...