Happy Sunday and welcome to Fantasy Alarm's August 3rd MLB DFS Playbook for the DraftKings and FanDuel main slates! Our experts have done the work for you, pouring over matchups, statistics, and trends to provide elite MLB DFS picks to take your game to the next level. Whether you're setting lineups for large GPPs or head-to-heads, our MLB DFS picks are designed to provide a competitive advantage. With our carefully curated list of top plays and value recommendations, you're poised to construct winning lineups with the best MLB DFS picks on the market. Let's get into today's slate and start dominating with these expert MLB DFS picks!

 

 

This season's MLB DFS picks and playbook will include a pitcher and hitter core players section with in-depth written analysis, a player pool grid, and a core stacks section to maximize your MLB DFS picks strategy.

The core player segment is the backbone of your MLB DFS picks, offering the central players you can use to construct lineups around. You will not always use every core player in a single lineup, but these are essential building blocks for your MLB DFS picks on a nightly basis.

The player pool grid consists of players from the core section along with other alternatives to finalize your MLB DFS picks roster. The grid is also sectioned into high-priced players, mid-priced players, and value-tier players to enable you to build a well-rounded roster for your MLB DFS picks.

The stacks portion of this article will focus on our top lineup stacks of the day, addressing which players to use in terms of matchups and salary to maximize your MLB DFS picks output.

Also, listen in to the daily MLB DFS Show, hosted by yours truly, Jon Impemba, Howard Bender, and James Grande. The show is an early breakdown of the day's MLB DFS picks slate and gets you started on your daily research on the right foot to make informed MLB DFS picks!

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Recommended MLB DFS Starting Pitchers

Core MLB DFS Pitchers

Coors Field Stack (FanDuel Only)

Have you seen all the runs being scored in this series? I don't imagine it stops with Bradley Baylock and Mitch Keller on the mound here today. Everyone is in play today in this game from the offensive side.

New York Mets Stack

The Giants are sending out Carson Whisenhunt for his second career start. In his debut last week against the Pirates he allowed four runs on five hits over five innings. He faces a much tougher matchup today with the Mets and I'm willing to bet they do some damage here this afternoon. Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto should lead all stacks but using Brandon Nimmo, Cedric Mullins and Jeff McNeil in those lineups make sense as well.

Cleveland Guardians Stack

Whenever I see that Jose Urena is on the mound for a team I will always look to stack against him. Urena is a pitcher that often gives up a ton of power and while we've dogged the Guardians offense a lot this season, we need to be looking at Jose Ramirez, Kyle Manzardo, Angel Martinez and Steven Kwan this afternoon.

Chicago Cubs Stack

Things started well for us yesterday with the Cubs but their offense couldn't get anything else going the rest of the day. With Brandon Young pitching for the Orioles this afternoon I'm going right back to the Cubs offense where they are always in play to be the highest scoring team on the slate.

Recommended MLB DFS Hitters

Core MLB DFS Hitters

Jacob deGrom (FD Only)

Pitching is really bad today but at least we have more games to look at on FanDuel. We look to deGrom as our top starter given his overall upside even if he has a tougher matchup today against the Seattle Mariners.

Logan Henderson

With Jacob Misiorowski now on the IL we see Logan Henderson promoted to make the start and re-join the Brewers rotation. Henderson was excellent earlier this season but has struggled a bit since being sent back to Triple-A. Given the matchup and his previous success I'm willing to run him out there today.

Edward Cabrera

Everyone thought the Marlins were set to trade Cabrera and Sandy Alcantara at the trade deadline. Instead they kept both starters and find themselves in the NL Wild Card mix. The Yankees lineup has some boppers but no doubt the absence of Aaron Judge makes them easier to attack. I'm betting on Cabrera to continue his impressive season here today as the Marlins look for a sweep of New York.

Joey Cantillo

There really isn't a ton of value on today's slate but I do like Cantillo. We saw him get up to 95 pitches two starts ago and we are betting on the Guardians putting up some runs today which may give him a good shot at getting those win points. He's also been a strikeout per inning guy since moving into the rotation and the Twins do have some guys who like to strikeout, especially against lefties.

Player Pool

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Stacks

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