How have the recommendations been for you? Did my picks help you make it rain dollar, dollar bills? Hope so as I know the discounted pitching recommendations paid off big time and at least Jered Weaver looked better than this:
As for Thursday night, we have just eight games to choose from so the pickings will be a little bit slimmer, but if you are like me I actually like the smaller slate of games because if we nail that sleeper or two play you are almost guaranteed to have a big night. If you get caught in a quandary remember if you have a specific question remember you can always tweet @FantasyNomad and/or post in the comments section below. Don’t forget to bookmark the following three sources to check daily as a compliment to our picks of day.
Fantasy Alarm MLB Daily Lineups
Daily Fantasy Baseball Projections
Starting Pitcher Picks of the Night
| Pitcher | Pos. | DraftKings | DraftStreet | FanDuel | Reasons |
| R.A. Dickey | P | $9,000 | $15,176 | $7,600 | Has allowed two or fewer earned runs in five of his last six starts, has recorded seven consecutive quality starts, and KC's offense Royally sucks vs RHP (lowest OPS among AL teams). |
| Zack Wheeler | P | $7,200 | $13,804 | $6,600 | Like the strikeout upside here, confidence up after good last start, and could be under owned due to the high-risk factor (thus a better GPP play then a cash game one). |
| Matt Shoemaker | P | $5,000 | The price alone is enticing enough, but add in he has been stellar in his 3 starts and gets a favorable matchup vs the Mariners. |
Discounted Hitter of the Night: Angels C.J. Cron
| Hitter | Pos. | DraftKings | DraftStreet | FanDuel | Reasons |
| Nick Hundley | C | $2,500 | $3,131 | $2,200 | Brad Peacock: 5.20 ERA, 13% HR/FB, and 6 BB/9 rates |
| Jason Castro | C | $4,000 | $4,295 | $3,100 | Current 4-gm hit streak (6-for-18, .333) and you get the LvsR matchup vs BAL SP U-bad-o Jimenez |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | $3,900 | $4,545 | $2,800 | Favorable matchup vs SEA SP Mauer as Cron has 7th highest contact rate at 83% among 1B in MLB (min. 20) and is 5-for-14 (.357) with a HR over his last five games |
| Chris Carter | 1B | $3,400 | $3,765 | $2,400 | coming off a 2 HR game giving him 5 in the month of May and is 4-for-9 over his last two games, and facing RHP Ubaldo Jimenez whom oddly RHH have a better AVG and SLG% against him then lefties. If Carter sits in favor of Marc Krauss consider him as he went 2-for-3 in his one matchup vs Jimenez and he will come at a Big Lot Bargain |
| Daniel Murphy | 2B | $4,400 | $6,590 | $3,200 | He and teammate David Wright are tied for second in NL in hits with 66 behind Paul Goldschmidt's 68. |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | $4,400 | $6,470 | $3,500 | dude is on fire for details type his name in search box on our home page |
| David Wright | 3B | $4,700 | $5,743 | $3,600 | see above |
| Erick Aybar | SS | $4,200 | $5,122 | $3,000 | hitting .304 (7-for-23) w/ HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R, and SB over last 7 days and hitting 46 points higher from the left side of the plate this year w/ all 3 HR vs RHP |
| Justin Upton | OF | $5,400 | $7,878 | $4,400 | 6-for-9 (.667) w/ a HR in his career versus the struggling Jake Peavy with the game in hitter friendly Fenway |
| Jose Bautista | OF | $5,300 | $8,979 | $4,000 | Tough to pass on him with the way he's hitting this season and has against tonight's opponent, James Shields, who is 9-for-28 (.321) w/ 4 HR |
| Allen Craig | OF | $4,400 | $5,586 | $3,000 | hitting .345 (10-29) w/ HR, 8 RBI, and 4 R over last 7 games and 2-for-4 vs Vogelsong for what that is worth |
| Jason Heyward | OF | $4,000 | $6,004 | $2,900 | hitting .313 (15-for-48) w/ HR and 2 SB over last 12 games |
| Jay Bruce | OF | $3,700 | $5,350 | $3,300 | been struggling so price has decreased and get tasty LvsR matchup vs ARI Collmenter |
Best of luck tonight and and again if you have a specific question remember you can always tweet @FantasyNomad and/or post in the comments section below. Be sure to check our Fantasy Alarm MLB Daily Lineups and Weather closer to gametime and here is a possible lineup to consider for Thursday night:
