I’m back again to walk you guys through Saturday’s DFS MLB action. As always, I’m always looking to focus on the big slates on all of the sites, and I’ll tell you now that the big slates are a little different on both DraftKings and FanDuel.

The Playbook and Rankings will feature players from the early slate, but the Optimal Lineups will include lineups for both the early slate and the late slate. 

On DraftKings, the big slate of the day is the 10-game early slate that has a roster lock of 2:10 PM ET/11:10 AM PT. The big GPP that DK is running for this slate is a $160K Guaranteed Saturday Slugfest with a $40 entry fee. 

There is also a four game late slate with a roster lock of 8:10 PM ET/5:10 PM PT. There’s actually some big prize pools for this slate as well, including a $150K Guaranteed Saturday Slugfest with a $40 entry fee. There’s also a few low dollar tourneys like the $65K Guaranteed Four-Seamer for $4 and the $65K Guaranteed Rally Cap for $8. 

On FanDuel, the early slate actually starts at 4:05 PM ET/1:05 PM PT, so it’ll feature just nine games. They will offer two $100K Guaranteed tourneys with the $555 Monster and the $4 Squeeze. 

As for the evening slate, the $100K Guaranteed Squeeze will be available again for $4 and there’s also a $40K Guaranteed JUMBO Rally for $7. 

The only game that won’t be featured in any content is the 1:05 PM ET/10:05 AM PT White Sox/Blue Jays game.

If you’re looking for targets for the evening slate, I’m going to highly recommend Jake Arrieta as your SP1 and Alex Meyer, Ivan Nova, and Mike Clevenger as your realistic SP2 options. For hitting, if you do fade Alex Meyer, you’ll definitely want to consider Lorenzo Cain who has hit eight of his 10 home runs in June and has four homers in his last three games. As for stacking options, I like the Angels (Maybin, Calhoun, Pujols, Escobar, Simmons), Astros, and Red Sox. 

In terms of weather, I’m probably the most worried about D-Backs/Phillies but I’m guessing that’ll still play fine. There’s going to be a little precipitation in Baltimore, Atlanta, Minnesota (mainly the second game) and Detroit, so please keep an eye on any potential weather developments.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach me via Twitter @kle18. Good luck!

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