FanDuel MLB DFS Picks: Monday 9/2/24

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Let's check out the top options on today's main slate.

Note: All MLB odds come from FanDuel Sportsbook. All stats come from FanGraphs and Baseball Savant unless noted otherwise.

MLB DFS Picks

Pitcher Breakdown

Once you factor in matchups, pitch counts, and everything else, it seems like Logan Gilbert ($10,500) is the top priority of the slate.

He's on a heater, posting a 28.1% strikeout rate in 13 starts while using his slider more. He'll put that up against an Oakland Athletics lineup that has a 26.5% strikeout rate on the active roster against righties.

Gilbert has the highest strikeout projection of the night by my numbers, and FanDuel Research's MLB DFS projections have him as the top projected FanDuel point scorer by 2.8 points.

Others to Consider

• Osvaldo Bido ($9,000 vs. Seattle Mariners)
  • This is a higher salary than expected for Bido, but he has been pitching very well since rejoining the rotation and is facing a high-strikeout Mariners team at home.
• Luis Severino ($8,400 vs. Boston Red Sox)
  • Both Severino and Brayan Bello have been surging and are in play for tonight. Severino gets the slight edge because he's at home and facing the higher-strikeout team (23.3% against righties on the current active roster).

Stacks to Target

• New York Yankees (4.78 implied total)
  • The Yankees will face Jack Leiter, who has plenty of talent but has struggled across four starts in the majors. His batted-ball data at Triple-A also hasn't been other-worldly, allowing us to stack a Yankees active roster with a slate-leading 124 wRC+ against righties.
• San Diego Padres (4.52 implied total)
  • Ty Madden is likely to be the bulk pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, and his 18 Triple-A starts have been him post a 7.97 ERA. Jackson Merrill, specifically, seems like a standout at $3,400 given his stolen-base juice and absurd batted-ball numbers of late.
• Minnesota Twins (3.75 implied total)
  • This is Zack Littell's first start off the IL, and he was letting up a 39.6% hard-hit rate and 42.4% fly-ball rate before he dealt with shoulder fatigue. Even with key pieces missing, the Twins still have a 111 wRC+ against righties on the current active roster.

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