Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Starting pitcher rankings, advice for June 15

Brad Pinkerton

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

The pitching slate is loaded today with no fewer than six true aces taking the mound. Problem is, three are pitching this afternoon, including Clayton Kershaw. 

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That makes it a littler easier to fade the aces in each slate, but you know at least one of those guys is going to score big. Let's take a look at today's full starting pitcher rankings and picks. As usual, we'll also have the best hitter picks and the DFS Playbook from Fantasy Alarm to help you find the best values on FanDuel and DraftKings. Good luck!

Daily fantasy baseball picks

Splurge: Corey Kluber, Indians at Royals. Kluber ($10,000 on FD; $13,100 on DK) is one of the three "evening aces," and he actually looks like a value on FanDuel. He's been flirting with 50-plus in every start lately on FD. On, DK, it's going to be tough to pass on Noah Syndergaard at just $11,700.

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Save: Anthony DeSclafani, Reds at Braves. If you're going cheap at SP today, you should go dirt-cheap and let your bats do the damage. If that's your strategy, DeSclafani ($6,400 on FD; $8,100 on DK) deserves a look against the Braves after a strong finish to 2015 and a decent 2016 debut last weekend. He's not as attractive on DK, where there just aren't any great SP values today. 

Sell: Chris Sale, White Sox vs. Tigers. Sale ($11,000 on FD; $11,500 on DK) has been giving up a lot of hard hits lately, which makes me nervous heading into a matchup against the Tigers' righty-stacked lineup. I'd rather pay a little less for Johnny Cueto on FD or a little more for Syndergaard on DK. 

Daily fantasy baseball rankings

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RankPitcherTeamOpp
1Clayton KershawLADat ARI
2Johnny CuetoSFvs. MIL
3Noah SyndergaardNYMvs. PIT
4Corey KluberCLEat KC
5Stephen StrasburgWASvs. CHC
6Chris SaleCHWvs. DET
7Marco EstradaTORat PHI
8Adam WainwrightSTLvs. HOU
9Steven WrightBOSvs. BAL
10Jason HammelCHCat WAS
11Jimmy NelsonMILat SF
12Kevin GausmanBALat BOS
13Sonny GrayOAKvs. TEX
14Collin McHughHOUat STL
15Drew SmylyTBvs. SEA
16Nathan KarnsSEAat TB
17Patrick CorbinARIvs. LAD
18Derek HollandTEXat OAK
19Ian KennedyKCvs. CLE
20Bud NorrisATLvs. CIN
21Anthony DeSclafaniCINat ATL
22Justin NicolinoMIAat SD
23Jeff LockePITat NYM
24Mike PelfreyDETat CHW
25Jeremy HellicksonPHIvs. TOR
26Hector SantiagoLAAvs. MIN
27Ivan NovaNYYat COL
28Tyler DuffeyMINat LAA
29Luis PerdomoSDvs. MIA
30Chad BettisCOLvs. NYY

Brad Pinkerton