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On Saturday night, DraftKings features a six-game slate with the first pitch at 7:15 p.m. ET. With a dozen teams in the fantasy baseball player pool, DraftKings has a wide variety of ways to get a piece of the action, including GPPs, Tiers and Pick6. For this post, we’re focused on some prime picks for MLB DFS cash games.
This style of contest gives managers the opportunity to double the entry fee since almost half of the players are paid out. These 50/50 or “double-up” contests are best suited for lineups with high floors and as little risk as possible. In on-diamond terms, we’re looking to hit singles with these lineups, not home runs. Variance is not as much of a factor here as we look for players with high floors regardless of their ceilings. In short, these should be the safest and most consistent MLB DFS plays of the slate.
With all that in mind, let’s dive into my top picks.
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It’s a fun night of solid pitchers, and one of the most consistent options at an affordable salary is Michael King, who is well on his way to a bounce-back season in San Diego. King went 5-3 in just 15 starts last season with a 3.44 ERA, but this year, his ERA is back to 2.41 over six outings. He is 3-1 with 34 strikeouts in 33 1/3 innings, and he has allowed just one run in 11 innings at Petco Park, where he has a 0.82 ERA and 1.00 WHIP.
King has held lefties to a .132 batting average and a .203 wOBA with a 24.7% K%, with an even better 26.3% K% against righties. His numbers against lefties are especially important as he faces the White Sox and the powerful lefty duo of Munataka Murakami ($5,800) and Colson Montgomery ($8,400). The White Sox have been rolling, but King should be able to slow them down on Saturday night.
In his two starts this season at Petco, King earned 20.7 FPTS against the Mariners and 19.6 FPTS against the Tigers. He has at least 17 FPTS in five of his six starts this year, with at least 20 FPTS in each of his last four starts. He doesn’t allow many baserunners and is so solid at home that he’s a great play for all formats, but especially for cash game builds where his consistency and high floor make him a great anchor to build around with his mid-range salary.
McGonigle has slotted into the leadoff spot in the lineup and produced good numbers this season, and he’s worth spending a little extra on due to his stability and upside. The Tigers’ top prospect is hitting leadoff again on Saturday against Kumar Rocker ($6,800) and will look to be the catalyst at the top of Detroit’s lineup as they look to level their series with the visiting Rangers.
On the season, McGonigle is averaging 8.8 FPTS, and he is trending slightly up with an average of 9.2 FPTS over his last 12 games. McGonigle has the kind of contact-focused hit tool that produces well for cash lineups because he’s so consistent. Against righties like Rocker, McGonigle is hitting .344 this season with a .439 wOBA in the splits, fueled by 14 extra-base hits with two triples and two homers. He has both a high floor and a high ceiling hitting leadoff against Rocker, so include him in your cash game picks if you can fit his salary just over $5,000 at either 3B or SS.
A key strategy to improve consistency from MLB DFS picks is to lean more heavily into bats that are near the top of productive lineups. I laid out why the Cardinals are a strong option against Roki Sasaki ($7,100) in my MLB stacks for Saturday, and Herrera has been very consistent, hitting second in the lineup behind JJ Wetherholt ($4,900).
Herrera has primarily been a DH this season, but he still has catcher eligibility and makes a lot of sense for cash game plays since he has been so consistent at stuffing the stat sheet for St. Louis during their recent hot streak. Herrera has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games, scoring 15 runs during that span, including multiple runs in each of his last four games.
Over those 14 games, Herrera is hitting .327 with a .458 wOBA and a 13.2% barrel rate. He has an average exit velocity of 90.6 mph on the season, which has ticked up to 94.3 mph over his last six games. He has at least one hit over 103 mph in four of those six games and he’s consistently mashing coming into this great spot to attack on Saturday night.
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