Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Starting pitcher rankings, advice for May 27

Brad Pinkerton

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

There are some big names on the mound today, but be careful where you spend your money. Some of those aces haven't been hitting value and others are in tough matchups. Meanwhile, there are plenty of other solid aces and values in plus matchups ready to deliver, so don't take the risk if you don't have to. 

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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!

Daily fantasy baseball picks

Splurge: Felix Hernandez, Mariners vs. Twins. If Jon Lester is out of the mix in the afternoon game, I'd be willing to pay up for Hernandez ($11,000 on FD; $11,900 on DK) against the Twins, who whiff a ton vs. RHPs. 

Sell: Jacob deGrom, Mets vs. Dodgers. deGrom ($9,600 on FD; $9,900 on DK) hasn't hit 30 FanDuel points in the past month, so he's not worth this price tag with plenty of other solid aces and values on the board. 

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Save: Robbie Ray, D-backs vs. Padres. I'm taking a chance on Ray ($6,800 on FD; $8,700 on DK) in this favorable matchup. He's quietly striking out 9.9 batters per 9 innings and the Padres hit just .230/.302/.385 against LHPs.

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Daily fantasy baseball rankings

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RankPitcherTeamOpp
1Jon LesterCHCvs. PHI
2Felix HernandezSEAvs. MIN
3Max ScherzerWASvs. STL
4Masahiro TanakaNYYat TB
5Cole HamelsTEXvs. PIT
6Jacob deGromNYMvs. LAD
7Chris ArcherTBvs. NYY
8Jaime GarciaSTLat WAS
9Aaron SanchezTORvs. BOS
10Robbie RayARIvs. SD
11Julio UriasLADat NYM
12Williams PerezATLvs. MIA
13Danny DuffyKCvs. CHW
14Adam ConleyMIAat ATL
15Mike FiersHOUat LAA
16Joe KellyBOSat TOR
17Trevor BauerCLEvs. BAL
18Miguel GonzalezCHWat KC
19Michael FulmerDETat OAK
20Mike WrightBALat CLE
21Matt ShoemakerLAAvs. HOU
22Tyler ChatwoodCOLvs. SF
23Christian FriedrichSDat ARI
24Matt CainSFat COL
25Adam MorganPHIat CHC
26Jon NiesePITat TEX
27Zach DaviesMILvs. CIN
28John LambCINat MIL
29Pat DeanMINat SEA
30Sean ManaeaOAKvs. DET

Brad Pinkerton