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Mar 6, 2016; Tempe, AZ, USA; Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout (27) and Kole Calhoun (56) in the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals during a spring training game at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports
MLB Picks and Pivots – FanDuel Picks April 29
Welcome to the Friday 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.
Friday’s games kick off at 2:20PM EST with a game in Chicago but the main slate will begin with 14 games at 7:05PM EST.
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:
| Time Period | Score | Pitcher Salary | Pitcher Percentage | Hitter Percentage | Hitter $/Player | Value |
| Season | 242.2 | $ 8,071 | 23% | 77% | $ 3,366 | 6.92 |
| 5 Day | 267.2 | $ 8,110 | 23% | 77% | $ 3,361 | 7.63 |
| Previous Day | 269.7 | $ 6,900 | 20% | 80% | $ 3,513 | 7.71 |
Wednesday Night saw two Red Sox at the top of the leaderboards with SP – Steven Wright putting up 54 points which was good for 7.8x value at his $6,900 price point and 2B Dustin Pedroia who put up a massive 50.9 points. Remember we have the new point system with increased totals for RBI’s and Runs and not surprisingly we saw the point total beat the previous day’s trends.
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…
