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Fantasy Alarm Live Streaming:  Keep up with the latest trends, and have your questions answered while watching us live three days a week.

Livestream Schedule:

MLB DFS Live w/ Howard Bender, James Grande, & Jon Impemba (Monday – Friday | 6:30pm ET)

NFL Fantasy Football Live w/ Howard Bender & Brandon Marianne Lee (Thursday | 7:15pm ET)

 

NFL:

Draft Guide

 

Welcome to the 2018 Fantasy Alarm NFL Draft Guide:  The Fantasy Alarm team welcomes you to the 2018 fantasy football season and gives you a full rundown of what you can expect from this year's NFL Draft Guide.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  The Ultimate Cheat Sheet:   A quick, easy-to-use, all-in-one cheat sheet that will help show you which players to draft and when in your fantasy football leagues.

2018 NFL Injury Report:  August 14:  Michael A. Stein breaks down the injury situations across the NFL, including player profiles, reasons for optimism, and reasons for pessimism.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Stats You Need to Know:  AFC West:  Brandon Marianne Lee continues her Stats You Need to Know series with the AFC West teams in order to help you make those tough decisions you'll face on Draft Day for you fantasy football league.

2018 NFL Preseason:  What We Learned After the Week One Games:  Howard Bender takes a look at Thursday's NFL preseason action and what fantasy football owners should take away after watching the games.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Red Zone Consistency:  Matt Selz takes a look at red zone consistency and which players you should be targeting in drafts for your fantasy football teams.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Always Check the Weather:  Dan Malin discusses the need for fantasy football owners to check the weather for every NFL game before setting their lineups.

FLEX Draft:  Experts Don't have to be Cutthroat: Rick Wolf recaps his draft experience with FLEX (Fantasy League of Experts) and shares the strategies that he implemented along the way.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Zero RB Means Zero Championships:  Justin Vreeland puts the Zero-RB strategy to bed once again, urging fantasy football owners to avoid the pitfalls of this strategy trap.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Leave the Stacking to DFS Contests:  Everyone loves the double-points they get when their QB throws to their WR for a touchdown, but Dom Murtha explains why stacking in seasonal fantasy football could be a negative for your team.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Coaching Systems: Howard Bender breaks down all 32 NFL team's coaching systems on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Grow a Pair for Your Auction Drafts:  Howard Bender discusses why and when you need to be aggressive with the bidding in your fantasy football auction drafts.

LeagueSync:  Personalization for Your Football Leagues:  LeagueSync from Fantasy Alarm will allow you the power and control that you need to win your leagues.

GM Genius:  Introduction:  Rick Wolf introduces FANation to GM Genius which is a free fantasy football scholarship competition and learning platform

2018 Fantasy Football ADP Trends:  Version 2.0: Colby Conway delves deep into the science of Average Draft Position this draft season, giving you weekly updates on players and their ADP across a variety of fantasy formats.

2018 Fantasy Football Podcast:  Mock Draft and Training Camp: Brett Talley and Dom Murtha recap the Alarm staff mock draft, discuss current backfield situations, evaluate stacking in season-long, and Dom updates on the rookies.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Superflex Draft Strategy: Dan Malin gives us an inside look on how to approach Superflex leagues, their drafts and much more!

 

MLB:

10-Game Main Slate | Lock Time: 7:05pm EST

 

NYM @ BAL off

BOS -130 @ PHI  T: 8.5

TB @ NYY off

CLE -179 @ CIN  T: 9.5

MIA @ ATL -234  T: 8.5

COL @ HOU -196  T: 7.5

TOR -133 @ KC  T: 9

WAS @ STL -113  T: 9

LAA @ SD -120  T: 8.5

SF @ LAD -187  T: 8

 

MLB Closing Bell:  August 14:  Justin Mason rings in Tuesday's Closing Bell talking Robinson Cano's activation off of the suspension list, Trevor Bauer heading back to Cleveland to get his ankle examined and much more!

Fantasy Baseball Stock Watch:  August 14: Jon Impemba gives us his breakdown on whose stock is rising and who is falling during the fantasy baseball season.

MLB Playbook:  Ben Scherr pores over all of the statistics, splits, and matchups to uncover the very best DFS MLB players for today's contests.

MLB Rankings:  Ben Scherr ranks his top 10 at each position for tonight’s DFS MLB games.

MLB Hitting Coach:  James Grande breaks down the hitting matchups to provide you with his favorite plays for tonight’s slate.

MLB Pitching Coach:  Jon Impemba studies the matchups to provide you with his top pitching plays for tonight’s slate.

MLB DFS Stacks: Tom Vecchio studies the matchups and the data to bring you some of his favorite stacks for today’s MLB DFS slate.

 

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $200,000 Extra Inning: $10 entry, $50,000 to first. 23.46% win

DraftKings:  $7,000 Chin Music, single Entry: $5 entry, $700 to first. 25.36% win

FanDuel:  $60,000 Squeeze: $4.44 entry, $5,000 to first.  20.20% win.

FanDuel:  $6,000 Bunt, Single Entry:  $1 entry, $600 to first.  19.95% win.

 

PGA:

Wyndham Championship | Sedgefield Country Club | Greensboro, North Carolina

Lock Time: Thursday, August 16, 2018 (7:00am EST)

 

DFS PGA Playbook:  Drew Phelps explores every Fairway, reads every Green and uses his DFS Golf experience to put together a winning playbook for the Greenbrier Classic. 

DFS PGA Optimal Lineups: Drew Phelps explores every Fairway, reads every Green and uses his DFS Golf experience to put together winning Optimal Lineups for the Greenbrier Classic.