Alex Blickle's Articles

Golf is the only sport in which the “arena” in which the game is played changes dramatically from one event to another. Consequently, each tournament — like this week’s Houston Open — provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize yourself […]

My showdown breakdown will focus on single entry contests. For MME strategy, I suggest reading any of David’s past breakdowns. The most important aspect of single entry showdown play is telling a specific story with your lineup. Let’s dive into the possibilities for tonight’s Baltimore vs. New Orleans showdown.   Offensive Efficiency Report Lamar Jackson is […]

My showdown breakdown will focus on single entry contests. For MME strategy, I suggest reading any of David’s past breakdowns. The most important aspect of single entry showdown play is telling a specific story with your lineup. Let’s dive into the possibilities for tonight’s Tennessee vs. Kansas City showdown.   Offensive Efficiency Report The Chiefs have a […]

GPPs are a game of probability. We can think of the chance of our lineup “hitting” as the chance of all of our individual plays hitting. This is why we stack — by adding correlation, we increase the probability of a group of players hitting at the same time.   A great analogy is to […]

Saturday’s six-game NBA DFS slate is the sweet spot for slate-size in my opinion — just large enough for there to be an abundance of exciting plays, yet small enough that we don’t have to be absolutely perfect to hit. This is how I plan to build tonight. For more analysis on each play, be […]

The NBA is not data-driven in the same way sports like baseball and golf are. In particular, we can’t evaluate individual matchups solely through calculations. However, we can still use both team level and individual statistics to guide our lineup-building process on a daily basis.   Here are five stats I want to build around […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on […]

The Mayakoba Golf Classic’s extreme course fit model sets us up for some fun hot takes.   Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their rostership projections. Often, you have to feel like you’re on an island when it comes to your viewpoint of […]

Building NFL DFS lineups is difficult. With an abundance of exciting options at each position, it’s an intimidating task to try to decide correctly on each and every player. We can simplify this task by discovering frameworks within which to make all of our decisions. Essentially, this article will answer two questions as the season […]

Golf is the only sport in which the “arena” in which the game is played changes dramatically from one event to another. Consequently, each tournament — like this week’s Mayakoba Golf Classic — provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize […]

GPPs are a game of probability. We can think of the chance of our lineup “hitting” as the chance of all of our individual plays hitting. This is why we stack — by adding correlation, we increase the probability of a group of players hitting at the same time.   A great analogy is to […]

Saturday’s six game NBA DFS slate is the sweet spot for slate-size in my opinion — just large enough for there to be an abundance of exciting plays, yet small enough that we don’t have to be absolutely perfect to hit. This is how I plan to build. For more analysis on each play, be […]

The NBA is not data-driven in the same way that sports like baseball and golf are. In particular, we can’t evaluate individual matchups solely through calculations. However, we can still use both team level and individual statistics to guide our lineup-building process on a daily basis. Here are five stats I want to build around […]

The Butterfield Bermuda Championship is a rough one, I’m not going to lie. The course fit model is weak and the field is even weaker. Nevertheless, there’s DFS money to be made.   Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their rostership projections. Often, […]

Golf is the only sport in which the “arena” in which the game is played changes dramatically from one event to another. Consequently, each tournament — like this week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship — provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize […]

Building NFL DFS lineups is difficult. With an abundance of exciting options at each position, it’s an intimidating task to try to decide correctly on each and every player. We can simplify this task by discovering frameworks within which to make all of our decisions. Essentially, this article will answer two questions as the season […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on […]

GPPs are a game of probability. We can think of the chance of our lineup “hitting” as the chance of all of our individual plays hitting. This is why we stack — by adding correlation, we increase the probability of a group of players hitting at the same time.   A great analogy is to […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on […]

The CJ Cup heads to Congaree GC in South Carolina this week, bringing with it some uncertainty about how the course will play. More on this in the first hot take…   Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their rostership projections. Often, […]

The NBA is not data-driven in the same way sports like baseball and golf are. In particular, we can’t evaluate individual matchups solely through calculations. However, we can still use both team level and individual statistics to guide our lineup-building process on a daily basis. Here are five stats I want to build around in […]

Building NFL DFS lineups is difficult. With an abundance of exciting options at each position, it’s an intimidating task to try to decide correctly on each and every player. We can simplify this task by discovering frameworks within which to make all of our decisions. Essentially, this article will answer two questions as the season […]

This will be the main-slate GPP breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on DraftKings and […]

GPPs are a game of probability. We can think of the chance of our lineup “hitting” as the chance of all of our individual plays hitting. This is why we stack — by adding correlation, we increase the probability of a group of players hitting at the same time.   A great analogy is to […]

Round 3 PGA DFS showdown is where things start to get tricky in terms of balancing a player’s play through two rounds with their baseline talent level and expectation coming into the event. We don’t want to overweight just two rounds of golf, but we also can’t ignore their current form or comfort level with […]

The Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf Narashino CC has resulted in a Tiger Woods victory and a Hideki Matsuyama victory in his first tournament in Japan after winning the Green Jacket. It will be impossible to top those fireworks, but hopefully we can make some of our own.    Regardless of the event, PGA DFS […]

Golf is the only sport in which the “arena” in which the game is played changes dramatically from one event to another. Consequently, each tournament — like this week’s Zozo Championship — provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize yourself […]

Building NFL DFS lineups is difficult. With an abundance of exciting options at each position, it’s an intimidating task to try to decide correctly on each and every player. We can simplify this task by discovering frameworks within which to make all of our decisions. Essentially, this article will answer two questions as the season […]

GPPs are a game of probability. We can think of the chance of our lineup “hitting” as the chance of all of our individual plays hitting. This is why we stack — by adding correlation, we increase the probability of a group of players hitting at the same time.   A great analogy is to […]

The Shriners Children’s Open is exciting for a couple reasons. First, it’s the strongest field that we’ve seen so far in the fall swing and second, it’s home to yet another great course fit model.   Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on […]

Building NFL DFS lineups is difficult. With an abundance of exciting options at each position, it’s an intimidating task to try and decide correctly on each and every player. We can simplify this task by discovering frameworks within which to make all of our decisions. Essentially, this article will answer two questions as the season […]