Apr 28, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; General view of fans outside of Coors Field after a weather cancelation of the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Colorado Rockies. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

MLB Picks and Pivots – FanDuel Baseball Picks May 13

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 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.

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Friday’s games start off with an afternoon affair in Wrigley between the Pirates and Cubs for those of you playing the all day slate. The main slate kicks off at 7:05PM EST with 14 a loaded 14 game slate with plenty of great options for us to build our FanDuel lineups with!

I will continue to track winning Tournament 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:

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…