The Morning Alarm provides a snapshot of the fantasy sports industry, as well as what you can find at Fantasy Alarm today.

 

Today’s Highlight

FantasyAlarm Live Chat: FantasyAlarm now has a live chat feature located on the bottom right of the page.  All FA Subscribers have access to the chat rooms, where we talk DFS, as well as talk to our experts about your upcoming MLB Draft.

 

NBA

5-Game Slate 

Lock Time: 7:00pm EST

CHI @ DET -12.5 T: 211.5

PHO @ ORL -6 T: 218

NO @ HOU -7.5 T: 226.4

LAL @ MEM +5 T: 218.5

CHA @ DAL +1.5 T: 214.5

NBA Waiver Wire: Justin Fensterman dives into the fantasy basketball waiver wire in hopes of delivering productive additions to your season-long leagues.

Ben Scherr has you covered with the NBA DFS Playbook and lineup breakdowns in the NBA DFS Optimal Lineups.

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $300K Champ Series Medium 4’s: $44 Entry, $100,000 to first. 20.00% win.

DraftKings: $200,000 Champ Series Mini 4’s, 20-Entry Max: $4 Entry, $30,1000 to first. 23.09% win.

FanDuel:  $250,000 NBA Shot: $4 Entry, $15,000 to first.  20.32% win.

FanDuel: $250,000 Saturday Layup: $9.99 Entry, $50,000 to first. 20.19% win.

 

NHL

10-Game Slate 

Lock Time: 7:00pm EST

DET @ TOR -260 T: 6

WAS @ MON +160 T: 5.5

CAR @ OTT +115 T: 6

ARI @ FLA -220 T: 5.5

TB @ NJ +115 T: 6

CHI @ NYI -130 T: 6.5

BUF @ NYR -170 T: 6

STL @ CLB -160 T: 5.5

NAS @ MIN -105 T: 5.5

LA @ EDM +110 T: 5.5

Gabriel Farnesi takes a look around the NHL and gives his take on the top injuries around the league.

Tom Vecchio pores over all the match-ups and statistics to finalize the NHL DFS Playbook and Optimal Lineup for Saturday’s slate. 

Check out our NHL Tools for an added advantage when building your DFS lineups for tonight’s slate.

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $50,000 Shootout Championship: $40 Entry, $10,000 to first. 22.31% win.

DraftKings: $10,000 Champ Series Sniper 20 Entry Max: $3 Entry, $1,000 to first. 24.53% win.

FanDuel:  $25,000 Breakaway: $4.44 Entry, $5,000 to first. 20.84% win.

FanDuel:  $3,500 Wrister 10 Entry Max: $2 Entry, $500 to first. 19.88% win.

 

NASCAR

STP 500 Track Breakdown| Playing DFS NASCAR this week? Matthew Selz has the full track breakdown for this week's race -- the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway..

 

MLB

Offseason Coverage

A complete look at the projected batting orders of every team for the 2018 MLB season.

Steve Pimental takes you through the Head2Head Sports contests and how to play and win cash. Play the salary cap game and the home run pick 'em.

Jon Impemba gives us his breakdown on whose stock is rising and whose is falling up to this point in Spring Training.

Some players have been known to over or under-perform at various points of the season. Howard Bender urges you to focus on a player's skill-set as opposed to what they are doing at the moment.

Michael A. Stein breaks down the injury situations across Major League Baseball, including player profiles, reasons for optimism, and reasons for pessimism.

With the steady ride in home runs and overall power in MLB, Jon Impemba helps fantasy baseball owners learn about launch angles and how best to use them.

Brandon Marianne Lee loves her stats and jumps into the MLB fray with a look at some surprising stats from each team and what fantasy baseball owners need to know.

One of the most popular MLB statistics to emerge in recent years is exit velocity but most people still don't know what it means or how to use it. Greg Jewett tells you everything you need to know for fantasy baseball purposes.

Fantasy baseball owners tend to overreact to hot and cold starts despite being told to wait for a greater sample size. Howard Bender explains why you need to understand the concept.

The Fantasy Alarm staff makes their bold predictions for the 2018 MLB fantasy baseball season.

Too many people substitute Average Draft Position (ADP) for rankings. Howard Bender explains Exactly What It Is and how best to use it during your fantasy baseball drafts.

For the 2018 MLB Draft Guide, Howard Bender & the Fantasy Alarm team offer you a more expansive look at the key impact MLB players with regard to the 2018 fantasy baseball season.

 

NFL

Offseason Coverage

2018 NFL Free Agent Tracker: Dom Murtha keeps track of all the NFL free agent signings and tells you who you need to start targeting for your 2018 fantasy football season.

2018 NFL Draft Preview Wide Receivers: Brandon Marianne Lee highlights the top wide receivers entering the 2018 NFL Draft

Fantasy Alarm NFL Podcast: Brett Talley and Dom Murtha recap the biggest free agency moves of the offseason so far.  

2018 NFL Draft Preview: Quarterbacks: Brandon Marianne Lee highlights the top quarterbacks entering the 2018 NFL Draft.

Power To The Fans: Fan-Controlled Football League: The next generation of fantasy football is here. Announcing a new concept that marries Madden and pro football, the Fan Controlled Football League.

2018 NFL Draft: Mock Draft Version 1.0 | Dom Murtha is moving the calendar forward to the upcoming NFL Draft and telling you how he currently sees all 32 first-round picks playing out in 2018.

2018 NFL Draft: Positional Previews – Wide Receiver | Dom Murtha breaks down the pros and cons of the top wide receivers available in the 2018 NFL Draft.

2018 NFL Divisional Draft Needs: NFC East | Dom Murtha goes division by division, team by team, and pick by pick, breaking down the 2018 draft strategy for each NFL franchise.