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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: Avoid Problem Players: Dan Malin points out a few bad apples who could spoil your bunch and why you should avoid problem players in your fantasy football drafts.

2018 NFL Draft Guide Video Player Profile: Cameron Meredith: Brandon Marianne Lee gives you her take on New Orleans Saints wide receiver Cameron Meredith heading into the 2018 fantasy football season.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Bold Predictions: The Fantasy Alarm staff shares their bold predictions for the 2018 NFL fantasy football season.

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:  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 Fantasy Football ADP Trends:  Version 1.0:  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 NFL Draft Guide:  Learn Every Team's System:   Howard Bender explains how you can stay ahead of your fantasy football league-mates by learning every NFL team's system on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball.

Fantasy Football Evolution:  Draft Strategies:  When it comes to Fantasy Football Evolution, Dan Malin has you covered. He used the site all last season and is now the foremost expert in regards to draft strategies within the format.

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.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Avoid Injury-Prone Players:  Justin Vreeland shares his thoughts about why you shouldn't draft injury-prone players in fantasy football.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Watching Games vs Box Score Surfing:  Dom Murtha teaches you how actually watching the games will benefit your fantasy football teams so much more than just box-score surfing will.

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

 

MLB:

14-Game Slate 

Lock Time: 7:05pm EST

 

BOS -181 @ BAL T: 9

TEX @ NYY -204 T: 9

TB -125 @ TOR T: 8.5

MIN -110 @ DET T: 9

NYM -116 @ MIA T: 7.5

ARZ -121 @ CIN T: 9.5

MIL @ ATL even T: 8.5 

CLE -140 @ CHI T: 9

SEA @ HOU -220 T: 7.5

STL -154 @ KC T: 9

LAD -109 @ COL T: 10.5

OAK @ LAA even T: 8.5

PHI -133 @ SD T: 8

PIT @ SF -137 T: 7.5

 

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

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

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

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

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

MLB Closing Bell: Lindor for MVP?: Greg Jewett rings in Thursday's Closing Bell discussing Francisco Lindor's case for AL MVP, talks about today's day action and much more!

Fantasy Baseball Bullpen Report: August 9: Justin Vreeland breaks down the many confusing and complex bullpen scenarios around Major League Baseball.

 

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings:  $225,000 Starting Nine:  $9 entry, $50,000 to first. 22.65% win

DraftKings:  $30,000 Four-Seamer, 20 entry max: $4 entry, $2,000 to first. 24.81% win

FanDuel:  $65,000 Squeeze: $4.44 entry, $5,000 to first.  20.11% win.

FanDuel:  $7,000 Bunt, Single Entry:  $1 entry, $700 to first.  20.28% win.