Jul 25, 2015; New York City, NY, USA; New York Mets fan section known as the seven line display a banner for starting pitcher Matt Harvey (33) during the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports

MLB Picks and Pivots – FanDuel Baseball Picks May 3

Welcome to the Tuesday 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.

Tuesday’s games start off at 6:10PM EST with Detroit and Cleveland and FanDuel will offer an “early only slate” to include this game, however the main slate starts at the normal 7:05PM EST including 14 total games.

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:

Sunday’s tournament results are simple – if you did not have Clayton Kershaw and his 81 points, well you likely did not cash out. Even at Kershaw’s price of $12,900, he was still able to hit 6.3x value with his massive line and was the first pitcher with over a price point over 10k to be the winning GPP hurler in the last 10 days.

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…