FanDuel MLB DFS Picks and Helper: Wednesday 7/10/24

Our daily fantasy helper is available every day to analyze FanDuel's main slate and give you a starting point when you're building lineups.

Be sure to incorporate our MLB DFS projections -- which are powered by numberFire -- into your research process. numberFire also has the latest starting lineups and weather as well as heat maps to help you find the best matchups.

Let's check out the top options on today's main slate.

Note: All MLB odds come from FanDuel Sportsbook. All stats come from FanGraphs and Baseball Savant unless noted otherwise.

MLB DFS Picks

Pitcher Breakdown

Despite the fact that it's a nine-game slate, just one pitcher -- Logan Webb ($10,100) -- holds a salary in the five figures.

While Webb does lead numberFire's projections in expected FanDuel points (34.6), others are within range at even lower salaries, meaning this can be a stack-heavy night with our batters by default.

Webb does, though, lead the main slate in xFIP (3.11), SIERA (3.38), and called-strike-plus-whiff rate (28.4). However, his matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays' bats is enough to keep him out of must-play territory.

Nick Pivetta ($9,000) is probably the overall standout in a matchup with the Oakland Athletics, a team with a 27.0% active-roster strikeout rate against righties (second-highest in the Majors). Pivetta owns a 3.38 SIERA and a 3.52 xFIP, suggesting his ERA (4.06) should shrink eventually. Pivetta leads the main slate in strikeout rate (28.1%). Pivetta's 6.5 strikeout prop comes with hefty -158 odds on the over in this enticing spot.

But Framber Valdez ($9,800) faces a Miami Marlins team with a league-worst .269 wOBA against southpaws.

Others to Consider

• Tobias Myers ($7,400 vs. PIT) - Faces a top-six offense by strikeout rate against righties that's also bottom-10 by wOBA.
• Frankie Montas ($7,200 vs. COL) - Has -128 odds on over 5.5 K's against a squad that's 5th in strikeout rate vs. RHP.

Stacks to Target

• Cincinnati Reds - Kyle Freeland owns a 5.12 SIERA with a lowly 12.9% K-rate, and the Colorado Rockies' bullpen is last in SIERA (4.39).
• Boston Red Sox - Top-10 in wOBA vs. LHP despite a league-high K% in the split, but JP Sears owns just a 16.7% K% himself.
• New York Mets - 136 wRC+ last 30 days vs. LHP and 124 for the year; Patrick Corbin has a 6.25 xERA.
• Atlanta Braves - Slade Cecconi is letting up a 47.4% fly-ball rate and a 32.7% hard-hit rate, and his bullpen rates out in the bottom-five by SIERA.
• Texas Rangers - Griffin Canning is getting shelled (35.2% hard-hit rate) and not earning K's (15.8%) to the tune of a 4.92 SIERA; also a plus bullpen matchup.

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