Apr 16, 2016; St. Louis, MO, USA; Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart (2) is congratulated by first baseman Joey Votto (left) after scoring on a sacrifice fly by left fielder Adam Duvall (23) against the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

MLB Picks and Pivots – FanDuel Baseball Picks May 4

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 games are broken across two slates with 7 games in the early slate which kicks off at 12:35PM EST and another 7 games in the “Main Slate” which starts 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:

Monday’s GPP results were lower than we have become accustomed to, however we did see a bargain basement pitcher Jon Gray put up 45 points which exceeded 8x value!

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…