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

Livestream Schedule:

MLB DFS Live w/ Howard Bender, Jon Impemba & James Grande -- M-F 6:30-7pm ET

NFL Fantasy Football Live w/ Howard Bender & Brandon Marianne Lee -- Thurs 7:15-8pm 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 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!

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.

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 Draft Flow Chart:  If you believe drafting by position is as important as "best player available" then check out Brett Talley's fantasy football flow chart to help guide you through your drafts this season.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Dynasty Leagues:  Howard Bender gives you the rundown on setting up a fantasy football dynasty league and also throws in the pros and cons of playing in such a league.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Using FAAB/Waivers Properly:  Howard Bender runs through the different ways to acquire free agents throughout the season and what strategies and styles will work best for your fantasy football leagues.

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.

 

MLB:

14-Game Slate 

Lock Time: 7:05pm EST

 

CHC -136 @ PIT  T: 8.5

TOR @ NYY -170 T: 8.5

MIA @ WAS -388  T: 7.5

TB @ BOS -175  T: 9.5

BAL @ CLE -385  T: 9

SF -114 @ CIN  T: 8.5

COL @ ATL -130  T: 8.5

LAA @ TEX off

KC @ CWS -121  T: 9

DET @ MIN -170  T: 8.5

MIL @ STL -131 T: 8.5

HOU -148 @ OAK  T: 8

LAD -123 @ SEA  T: 8

ARI -125 @ SD   T: 7.5

 

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

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

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

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

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

MLB Closing Bell:  August 16:  Justin Mason rings in Thursday's Closing Bell discussing all the happenings around the league including a Yasiel Puig suspension!

Fantasy Baseball Daily Round Up:  August 16:  Greg Jewett goes around the league, giving a daily state of the union for the world of fantasy baseball. He outlines current storylines and gives insight on what to watch for going forward.

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Advice:  August 15: James Grande is here to look around the Fantasy Baseball waiver wire to point out some interesting names to consider heading into the next week of the MLB season.

 

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $250,000 Mini Champ Series: $10 entry, $50,000 to first. 22.27% win

DraftKings:  $50,000 Micro Champ Series, 20 Entry: $2 entry, $5,000 to first. 21,53% win

FanDuel:  $65,000 Line Squeeze: $6.66 entry, $10,000 to first.  19.97% win.

FanDuel:  $6,000 Bunt, Single Entry:  $1 entry, $600 to first.  20.65% win.

 

WNBA:

5-Game Slate 

Lock Time: 7:00pm EST

 

MIN @ CON

LAS @ WAS

LVA @ DAL

ATL @ PHX

NYL @ SEA

 

DFS WNBA Playbook & Breakdown:  Steve Pimental provides the best DFS plays and optimal lineups for Friday's five-game WNBA slate.