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It’s Tuesday. You know what that means. A big ol’ slate of baseball goodness.
All 30 teams are technically in action this evening, but DraftKings’ featured MLB DFS slate will get going at 7:05 p.m. ET in the Bronx and will include 12 games. You have been warned.
Let’s sort through the lineups and pitching matchups to find some value picks.
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It’s kind of hard not to go back to the well.
Yesterday, I wrote up Cardinals’ starter Dustin May as a must-play on Monday’s slate. He threw a complete game shutout. I’m not expecting another nine innings from Pallante, but this pick is a testament to how underwhelming the Padres bats have been all season long. Coming into today’s action, San Diego ranks dead-last in MLB in average (.217), wOBA (.290) and wRC+ (85). Fernando Tatis Jr. ($4,800) has a .067 ISO. Manny Machado ($4,300) is hitting way below the Mendoza line (.177). Things aren’t great right now with the Dads.
Still, let’s give a little credit to Pallante, too. Over 13 starts and 69.2 innings in 2026, the ground ball specialist sports a 3.88 ERA and a 3.81 xERA. Specific to his last five appearances, the RHP owns a 2.96 ERA and a respectable 20.5% strikeout rate — a figure that would easily be Pallante’s career-high if prorated across an entire campaign. It’s a stretch where Pallante has exceeded 19 FPTS four times. He’s unspectacular as a fantasy asset, but he’s soild in the right matchup.
I’m just going to keep stacking against Merrill Kelly ($6,900) while I still can. The veteran somehow has five quality starts in his last seven appearances, but a 7.18 xERA tells me all I need to know about the state of the 37-year-old. A first percentile opponent barrel rate (15.0%) and a second percentile opponent expected batting average (.306) make a pretty clear statement, as well.
The tough part about this specific matchup for Kelly, is that the Angels don’t really have much left-handed pop in their lineup — and Kelly’s really had trouble with LHBs in 2026. To wit, Kelly’s allowed 2.45 home runs per nine within the split, along with a .402 wOBA. Nolan Schanuel ($3,400) has been Los Angeles’ lone lefty bat of note in recent years, but Meckler has turned some heads in his brief time at the MLB level. In his 65 plate appearances against RHPs, Meckler is slashing .322/.385/.508 with a 148 wRC+. There’s a reason he’s recently been “protecting” Mike Trout ($5,500) in the Angels’ batting order.
Before we even get into how great a matchup tonight presents for Benge, can we just talk about the lack of respect for the rookie phenom? Benge was poor in April as he transitioned to the majors, but it hasn’t taken the 23-year-old long to figure things out. Since the beginning of May, the outfielder is slashing .294/.358/.444 with a 129 wRC+ in a 176 plate appearance sample. He’s also cemented himself as the Mets’ leadoff man, which means he’ll have a great shot at five PAs tonight at the always hitter friendly Great American Ball Park.
Alright. Now we can talk about what a dumpster fire Brady Singer ($6,000) has been in recent weeks. The RHP has conceded 14 home runs in his past eight outings. It’s a span where opposing LHBs have combined to hit 4.03 long balls per nine with a .696 slugging percentage. Those are video game numbers. Heck, for 2026 as a whole, lefties are slashing .346/.393/.604 off the veteran starter. If you’re a lefty with a pulse, you’re viable when Singer toes the rubber.
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