Apr 25, 2016; Anaheim, CA, USA; Major league baseballs rest in a basket for batting practice before the game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

MLB Picks and Pivots – FanDuel Picks April 27

Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Picks & Pivots, a daily fantasy column focused on providing analysis for the upcoming MLB FanDuel slate. The purpose of this column is to first identify key building blocks that can be used for any roster construction and then identify pivot points to help differentiate your lineup in hopes of a big pay day!

FanSided and FantasyCPR have you covered – For additional FanDuel MLB analysis, take a look at my fellow staff writer Matt Rogers FanDuel Economics column or Mike Marteny who provides Draft Kings MLB Picks analysis giving you the most in depth DFS coverage for tonight’s baseball slate.

Wednesday’s slate kicks off at 3:45PM EST with the Giants and Padres as the lone early game, however FanDuel is offering an all day slate to include this game. The Main Slate kicks off at 7:05PM EST with an additional 14 games allowing you to play the “night” slate only.

I will continue to track winning GPP lineups and compare trends over 5 day periods to help us understand what it takes to remain profitable. I HIGHLY recommend each of you do this each morning to look back on the previous night and understand how the winning lineups are constructed in the games you participate in.

The view below tracks GPP entries over various time periods, breaking out key metrics to understand the trends and compositions of GPP winning rosters:

On Monday we saw the winning GPP score snap back slightly from the previous 5 day average but still outpaced the season average. Jordan Zimmermann was the winning pitcher across many of the lineups on a night where the narrative continued of fading the highest priced starting pitchers.

Keep in mind, Wednesday will be the first day with the new FanDuel scoring including increased points for RBI’s and Runs and the elimination of negative points. I recommend everyone tracks their scores on Wednesday and takes inventory of how the new increased scores alter our target values.

I highly recommend gamers track their game performance across the various types of games they play – GPP’s, Cash, Multipliers etc – as this simple exercise will help teach you more about profitable roster construction than you can imagine.

Now on to the picks…