Happy Sunday and welcome to Fantasy Alarm's August 24th MLB DFS Playbook for DraftKings and FanDuel main slates! Our experts have analyzed matchups, stats, and trends to deliver top-tier MLB DFS picks to elevate your game. Whether you're building lineups for large GPPs or head-to-heads, our curated MLB DFS picks offer a competitive edge. With our expert selections and value recommendations, you're set to create winning lineups with the best MLB DFS picks available. Let’s dive into today’s slate and dominate with these elite MLB DFS picks!

This season’s MLB DFS Playbook includes a pitcher and hitter core players section with detailed analysis, a player pool grid, and a core stacks section to optimize your MLB DFS picks strategy.

The core player section is the foundation of your MLB DFS picks, highlighting key players to build your lineups around. While not every core player needs to be in every lineup, they’re critical building blocks for your nightly MLB DFS picks.

The player pool grid includes core players and additional options to complete your MLB DFS picks roster. It’s organized into high-priced, mid-priced, and value-tier players to help you craft a balanced lineup.

The stacks section highlights the top lineup stacks of the day, focusing on ideal player matchups and salaries to maximize your MLB DFS picks performance.

Also, tune into the daily MLB DFS Show with Jon Impemba, Howard Bender, and James Grande for an early breakdown of the day’s MLB DFS picks slate, setting you up for success with informed MLB DFS picks!

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MLB DFS Picks & MLB Playbook

MLB DFS Weather Conditions for August 24, 2025

NYM @ ATL: Spotty showers and storms possible, 30% chance of rain. Likely a dry game, but a shower could cause a delay if it hits the ballpark.

WAS @ PHI: Very low chance of a stray shower. Winds blowing out at ~10 mph.

HOU @ BAL: Small chance of a single shower, unlikely to disrupt. Winds ~10 mph, slightly out to left and right to left.

KCR @ DET: Cluster of showers may arrive during the game. Unclear if it’s light enough to play through or will cause a brief delay. Check radar before the game.

MIN @ CHW: Low chance of a stray shower. Winds blowing out to left-center at 15 mph.

Recommended MLB DFS Starting Pitchers

Core MLB DFS Pitchers

Ranger Suarez vs Washington Nationals

Suarez has been one of the better pitchers in baseball this season and while he struggled in two of his last three outings we saw him look strong in his most recent start, striking out 10 over six innings against the Mariners.

Today’s matchup against the Nationals presents a much more favorable opponent to target.

Kevin Gausman vs Miami Marlins

It has been an up and down season for Gausman but he’s on a stretch of solid outings and while the Marlins offense has been good at times we can’t ignore the fact that missing Kyle Stowers from the lineup really changes your perception when it comes to starting a pitcher against them. 

Merrill Kelly vs Cleveland Guardians

Kelly has been as good for the Rangers as he was for the Diamondbacks which is good for us playing DFS because it means we should be able to rely on a quality outing with a handful of strikeouts with limited damage done against him. We should also possibly be encouraged with this matchup today after we saw Jack Leiter dominate this lineup. 

Eury Perez vs Toronto Blue Jays

The value pitching options on this slate are not good so while I’d almost never willingly start a pitcher against the Blue Jays we can throw a dart at Eury Perez because he has the best pure stuff of anyone in his price range. We’ve seen flashes of elite swing and miss stuff from Perez this season but hes still throwing too many pitches and control can be a problem. It’s not ideal but if you have to pick someone cheap he would be the guy.

Recommended MLB DFS Hitters

Core MLB DFS Hitters

Philadelphia Phillies Lefties vs Jake Irvin

If you’ve paid attention to our content this season on the MLB DFS Show then you know this is a no-brainer spot today as Nationals starter Jake Irvin has horrendous numbers against lefties, allowing 2.1 HR/9 and a .530 slugging percentage.

New York Mets vs Bryce Elder

Punching bag #2 for us today is Bryce Elder. Another starting pitcher with just overall poor peripheral numbers that we love to target when on the mound. Elder doesn’t discriminate either, both lefties and righties do the damage with righties hitting him slightly better overall.

Chicago White Sox vs Taj Bradley

It was the White Sox who ended Bradley’s Tampa Bay Rays career as they roughed him up in his final start which led to him demotion to Triple-A and then eventual trade to the Twins. Things have not gone well for Bradley in the Twins Triple-A organization with the righty posting an ERA north of 7.00.

The White Sox offense has also sparked this series and have been a good hitting team against RHP for the last month.

Detroit Tigers vs Seth Lugo

The Tigers have seemingly had Lugos number this season with the Royals righty having allowed seven runs on 10 hits over 10 innings against Detroit this season. The lefties are generally the target here but adding someone like Spencer Torkleson can bring the stack together which his power against right-handed pitching.

Player Pool

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Stacks

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