Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Starting pitcher rankings, advice for June 1

Our daily fantasy baseball picks continue with starting pitcher rankings, strategy, and advice for Wednesday's MLB slate.

This is a very top-heavy day for pitching. There are several aces on the hill, including Max Scherzer and Felix Hernandez in great matchups, but the rankings fall off a cliff around Aaron Sanchez. Sure, some of these mid-tier guys have been pitching well lately, but they feel more like land mines than potential value picks. (Update: Felix Hernandez landed on the DL with a calf strain; James Paxton will take his place Wednesday night in San Diego).  

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I'd be careful digging too deep for your SPs today. With that in mind, let's take a look at today's full starting pitcher rankings and picks. As usual, we'll also have hitter picks and the DFS Playbook from Fantasy Alarm to help you find the best values on FanDuel and DraftKings. Good luck!

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Splurge: Max Scherzer, Nationals at Phillies. With Felix Hernandez (calf) out, Scherzer ($10.700 on FD; $13,200 on DK) becomes the obvious top option tonight against the Phillies, who have the third-lowest OPS against righthanders. You'll need to get more clever than this in GPPs, though. 

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Save: Jaime Garcia, Cardinals at Brewers. The last time Garcia ($8,500 on FD; $8,400 on DK) faced the Brewers, he tossed a one-hit, 13-K shutout for 78 FanDuel points. The Brewers' righty-heavy lineup has been just "meh" against lefties all season. 

Sell: Cheap pitchers. I'm not messing with anyone under $8,500 on FD or $8,300 on DK today. That's going to squeeze your hitting budget, but we're here to help. 

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