Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Starting pitcher rankings, strategy for May 3

Brad Pinkerton

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

A full evening slate starting with Tigers-Indians at 6:10 p.m. ET means plenty of pitcher options for Tuesday night. Jake Arrieta is the cream of the crop, but don't sleep on Matt Harvey, who gets yet another cushy matchup and could be under-owned given his relatively disappointing start to the season. 

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There are plenty of value SPs to pick as well, depending on your level of risk tolerance, so let's take a look at Tuesday's starting pitcher rankings and picks. As usual, we'll also have daily fantasy baseball 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: Matt Harvey, Mets vs. Braves. Harvey could actually be in the "save" section at just $9,500 on FanDuel. That's too good to pass up against Atlanta regardless of his slow start. Harvey is worth the $10,300 price tag on DK as well. 

Sell: Scott Kazmir, Dodgers at Rays. Though Kazmir ($8,000 on FD; $8,800 on DK) looked better in his last start, I'm still not confident enough to pay for his services yet. The Rays have the righthanded sticks to present a matchup problem, and his counterpart, Matt Moore, has been on point this season. 

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Save: Matt Moore, Rays vs. DodgersMoore ($7,600 on FD; $8,600 on DK) continues to mow, though you might not realize it based on his still-low prices. He's not a great value on DK, though, so I'd look at Steven Wright ($7,100) or Marco Estrada ($6,500) there instead if you're trying to save cash. 

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Daily fantasy baseball rankings

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RankPitcherTeamOpp
1Jake ArrietaCHCat PIT
2Matt HarveyNYMvs. ATL
3Sonny GrayOAKvs. SEA
4Matt MooreTBvs. LAD
5Jose QuintanaCHWvs. BOS
6Michael WachaSTLvs. PHI
7Justin VerlanderDETat CLE
8Aaron NolaPHIat STL
9Collin McHughHOUvs. MIN
10Steven WrightBOSat CHW
11Jeff SamardzijaSFat CIN
12Hisashi IwakumaSEAat OAK
13Scott KazmirLADat TB
14Tanner RoarkWASat KC
15Marco EstradaTORvs. TEX
16Patrick CorbinARIat MIA
17Chris TillmanBALvs. NYY
18Josh TomlinCLEvs. DET
19Nick TropeanoLAAat MIL
20Andrew CashnerSDvs. COL
21Chris YoungKCvs. WAS
22Alex MeyerMINat HOU
23Luis SeverinoNYYat BAL
24Justin NicolinoMIAvs. ARI
25Jon NiesePITvs. CHC
26Matt WislerATLat NYM
27Eddie ButlerCOLat SD
28Martin PerezTEXat TOR
29Jon MoscotCINvs. SF
30Junior GuerraMILvs. LAA

Brad Pinkerton