Today’s DFS MLB Playbook, Rankings, and Optimal Lineups will be focused on tonight’s 11 game evening slate that has a scheduled roster lock of 7:00 PM ET/4:00 PM PT. 

If you’re playing the early slate, you should be aware that Michael Wacha is, by far, the biggest favorite of the slate, which makes him a relatively safe play in cash games. On the other hand, Wacha is far from being a perfect situation, so I definitely don’t mind fading him in GPPs. For GPPs, I actually don’t mind taking a shot on Masahiro Tanaka, who people will be unlikely to favor today considering he’s a slight underdog against the O’s, but it should be noted that he threw eight shutout inning in his only start in Camden Yards in 2016. 

Additionally, a few BvP guys I like for the early slate include Pablo Sandoval (7-for-14/.500 AVG vs. Jordan Zimmermann), Mookie Betts (2-for-2/1.000 AVG w/a homer and a walk vs. Jordan Zimmermann), Matt Adams (two homers in five at-bats vs. Bronson Arroyo), Zack Cozart (11-for-23/.478 AVG vs. Michael Wacha), Brett Gardner (9-for-29/.310 AVG w/a homer vs. Kevin Gausman).

Today, I’ll be making my 2017 debut while pulling double duty with the NHL Playbook and Optimal Lineups being posted a little later. If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, well, I’m still technically here, but my availability is just extremely limited moving forward because of my new day job. With that said, I’m still going to be able to provide coverage for the weekend slates. 

Even though my coverage will be limited to weekends, I’ve still be able to get my DFS fix in throughout the week, and it has definitely been interesting. How about Francisco “CHALK” Liriano getting lit up by the Rays in the first inning last night? How about the Dodgers and Rockies scoring three combined runs in Coors? Weird things can happen in DFS MLB. You can’t expect to go even a few days without something bizarre happening. With that said, I’m going to try to dissect all of the games and highlight everything you need to know about tonight’s slate.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach me via Twitter @kle18. It’s definitely the best and easiest way to reach me directly.

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