Pitching Pulse: Daily Fantasy Baseball 7-1-15

By: Josh Shepardson, Updated July 01, 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
Carlos Carrasco	@TAM	9100	10200	120100	0.733	0.490	0.640	3	1.793
Jon Lester	@NYM	8600	10300	100800	0.775	0.485	0.763	3	1.819
Wei-Yin Chen	TEX	7800	8200	127300	0.855	0.610	0.604	3.5	1.552
Jose Quintana	@STL	7700	6900	85300	0.866	0.725	0.902	3.5	2.35
Chris Heston	@MIA	7600	6500	123500	0.877	0.769	0.623	3.5	1.793

Carlos Carrasco

Starter Danny Salazar only managed two strikeouts against the Rays last night, but he twirled 7.2 innings of two hits, two walks, one earned run baseball in picking up a win. The Rays have stayed in the American League East mix, but that's primarily the product of their pitching. They rank in the bottom half of the league in wRC+ (93) and wOBA (.297) and have posted the sixth highest strikeout rate (21.2%) against right-handed pitchers this year. Carlos Carrasco has been ...