Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Rankings, lineup advice for Thursday, August 24

Tony Fortier-Bensen

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It's Chris Sale Day for those in daily fantasy baseball contests. Thursday's action is divided between a six-game afternoon schedule and six-game main slate. Sale comes with one catch (excluding the most expensive price tag) -- the Indians are the only team that's struck out fewer than six times against Sale this year. In fact, they lit up Sale for seven runs while striking out just five times on Aug. 1.

In the afternoon slate, Robbie Ray is the top choice, even though he is coming off a DL stint after taking a 108-mph comebacker off his head. Michael Fulmer also has the potential for a lot of strikeouts against the Yankees.

In the evening slate, Carlos Martinez and Jake Arrieta are two solid pitchers to roster.  Martinez faces a strikeout-heavy Padres team, and Arrieta has been red hot, posting a 5-1 record and 2.00 ERA in his past seven starts. Jose Berrios also has a good matchup, but the White Sox have been hitting the ball better lately. In all-or-nothing options, Luis Perdomo can beat a struggling Cardinals lineup that has been striking out a lot lately.

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Daily Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Pitchers

RankPitcherTeamOpp
1Chris Sale, LHPBOS@CLE
2Carlos Martinez, RHPSTLvs SD
3Robbie Ray, LHPARI@NYM
4Jake Arrieta, RHPCHC@CIN
5Michael Fulmer, RHPDETvs NYY
6Jose Berrios, RHPMIN@CWS
7Stephen Strasburg, RHPWSH@HOU
8Trevor Bauer, RHPCLEvs BOS
9Dallas Keuchel, LHPHOUvs WSH
10Luis Perdomo, RHPSD@STL
11Jaime Garcia, LHPNYY@DET
12Hyun-Jin Ryu, LHPLAD@PIT
13Alex Cobb, RHPTBvs TOR
14Tom Koehler, RHPTOR@TB
15Vance Worley, RHPMIA@PHI
16German Marquez, RHPCOL@KC
17Jake Junis, RHPKCvs COL
18Martin Perez, LHPTEX@LAA
19Derek Holland, LHPCWSvs MIN
20Sal Romano, RHPCINvs CHC
21Chad Kuhl, RHPPITvs LAD
22Rafael Montero, RHPNYMvs ARI
23Jake Thompson, RHPPHIvs MIA
24Troy Scribner, RHPLAAvs TEX

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Thursday, August 24

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Tony Fortier-Bensen