Pitching Pulse: Daily Fantasy Baseball 7-17-15

By: Josh Shepardson, July 17, 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
Jose Fernandez	@PHI	10500	10200	161500	0.635	0.490	0.476	3	-152
Sonny Gray	MIN	9600	9900	157800	0.694	0.505	0.487	3	-180
Noah Syndergaard	@STL	8400	9300	138300	0.794	0.538	0.556	3.5	+118
Trevor Bauer	@CIN	8700	8500	119100	0.766	0.588	0.646	3.5	-111
Julio Teheran	CHC	8200	8100	107300	0.813	0.617	0.717	3.5	+116

Jose Fernandez

Players coming back from Tommy John surgery aren't supposed to have pristine control, but Fernandez has. He's made two starts this year spanning 13.0 innings and he's struck out 15 batters while issuing zero free passes. Since allowing two earned runs to the Giants in the first inning of his first start, he's allowed just one earned run in his next 12 innings, and has a span of eight straight scoreless innings including a seven inning, six hit, zero earned run with nine strikeouts masterpiece against the Reds. His swinging strike rate ...