Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Starting pitcher rankings, advice for May 24

Brad Pinkerton

Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Starting pitcher rankings, advice for May 24 image

Our daily fantasy baseball picks continue with starting pitcher rankings, strategy, and advice for Tuesday's MLB slate (minus the early game).

Chris Sale goes for his 10th straight win to start the season and is obviously the top choice on the mound today. If you choose to fade him, however, there are still plenty of aces, namely Stephen Strasburg (vs. NYM) and Jeff Samardzija (vs. SD), who are in great position to match Sale's production tonight for slightly less. 

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

Daily fantasy baseball picks

Splurge: Stephen Strasburg, Nationals vs. Mets. If you're not going up to Sale tonight, Strasburg ($10,600 on FD; $13,400 on DK) is a great alternative at home against the Mets, at least on FanDuel. On DK, I'd try to save even more with Jeff Samardzija ($11,700) against the Padres. 

Sell: Matt Harvey, Mets at Nationals. Even at a steep discount on both sites, I'm taking a break from Harvey ($7,500 on FD & DK) against Stras and Co. That said, you might never find a better contrarian pick if you want to take a cheap flier on the beat-down ace in tournaments. Feeling lucky? 

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Save: Jimmy Nelson, Brewers at Braves. The best value pick depends on the site you're playing, but Nelson ($8,400 on FD; $9,200 on DK) stands out on FanDuel against the Braves. David Price ($10,700 on FD; $8,900 on DK) might be too good to pass up on DK despite facing the Rockies at home, but Francisco Liriano ($8,500) also looks like a good value there. 

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Daily fantasy baseball rankings

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RankPitcherTeamOpp
1Chris SaleCHWvs. CLE
2Stephen StrasburgWASvs. NYM
3Jeff SamardzijaSFvs. SD
4David PriceBOSvs. COL
5Francisco LirianoPITvs. ARI
6Jimmy NelsonMILat ATL
7Jason HammelCHCat STL
8Justin VerlanderDETvs. PHI
9Matt HarveyNYMat WAS
10Nathan KarnsSEAvs. OAK
11Edinson VolquezKCat MIN
12Michael WachaSTLvs. CHC
13Chris TillmanBALat HOU
14Julio TeheranATLvs. MIL
15Josh TomlinCLEat CHW
16Nathan EovaldiNYYvs. TOR
17Andrew CashnerSDat SF
18Martin PerezTEXvs. LAA
19Mike BolsingerLADvs. CIN
20Ervin SantanaMINvs. KC
21Shelby MillerARIat PIT
22Jeremy HellicksonPHIat DET
23Jorge De La RosaCOLat BOS
24Jhoulys ChacinLAAat TEX
25R.A. DickeyTORat NYY
26Kendall GravemanOAKat SEA
27Doug FisterHOUvs. BAL
28Daniel WrightCINat LAD

Brad Pinkerton