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Round 2 Showdown — LIV Portland   Regardless of how you feel about LIV Golf and the players committed to it, the showdown contests on DraftKings will run and present an opportunity to make big money. In fact, the prize pools for Round 2 are even larger for LIV Portland than they are for the […]

The John Deere Classic is certainly not one of my favorite events, since I typically don’t like birdie-fests, but at least we have a unique Course Fit Model.   Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their ownership projections. Often, you have to feel […]

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 John Deere Classic, provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with […]

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 […]

The theme from Round 3 continues into Round 4 Showdown – the studs are miles ahead of everyone else. This time, it’s just Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele. Just like last night, this presents some key decisions we have to make right away from a roster-construction perspective.   Ownership & Ratings Notes Cantlay and Schauffele […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article for the Saturday evening main slate, 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 […]

This Round 3 Showdown is different than most of late – for one thing, we had an excellent CF Model coming into the week, so there’s no need to dive into how the course is playing through two rounds.    However, the main reason this showdown is different than most is the incredible separation the studs […]

With the Travelers Championship comes one of the strongest Course Fit Models of the year. Clearly, this makes me happy: Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their ownership projections. Often, you have to feel like you’re on an island when it comes to […]

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 Travelers 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 with the strokes […]

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 […]

Round 4 showdown is challenging because it changes on a weekly basis based on the course and the number of players in contention. Before we dive into the importance of finishing position bonuses, let’s revisit what we know about the course. From yesterday’s showdown article:       What We’ve Learned About the Course The […]

This will be the early-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 […]

Round 3 Showdown is where the edge should really begin to kick in, as we now have two full rounds of data to work with in regards to The Country Club. In fact, it’s enough to build a CF Model:      What We’ve Learned About the Course     The model is decently strong […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the seven stats I find most relevant to Friday’s DFS slate.    1. Jon Gray has a 3.73 SIERA and a 27.7% K rate since the Spider Tack crackdown These numbers suggest Jon Gray belongs in the Lucas Giolito–Frankie […]

U.S. Open week is a favorite of mine, in large part because the course fit model is a strong one. Of course, it’s possible, even likely, that The Country Club won’t play exactly like all other U.S. Opens, but we can use that uncertainty to our advantage. Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about […]

Well friends, we’re going to do things a little differently this week. For my standard introduction on what the PGA course fit model is, how it’s achieved, and how it helps us separate from the rest of the industry, I encourage you to revisit any of my past articles, including the course fit article for The […]

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 […]

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 […]

Unfortunately, The RBC Canadian Open is being played at St. George’s Golf Club, a course that we don’t have sufficient data for in order to build the course fit model. The lack of a course fit model isn’t the end of the world, though. Not only do we have strong baseline projections, but we have […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 Memorial and Muirfield Village go hand in hand, giving us a strong, unique Course Fit Model in PGA DFS this week. We won’t have to stray far from the model to get spicy this week. Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their […]

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 the Memorial Tournament this week, provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the seven stats I find most relevant to today’s DFS slate.    1. Walker Buehler has a 24.8% CSW in the last 30 days, over four percentage points below his baseline As always, a refresher: CSW is the percentage […]

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 […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the seven stats I find most relevant to Friday’s DFS slate.    1. In the last 14 days, Boston is 1st in HRs, ISO, wOBA and wRC+ Amazingly, that may understate just how hot they are: If you’re rooting […]

Round 2 DFS showdown in a golf tournament is all about letting everyone else overreact to Round 1. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take anything from the Thursday action of this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge, but we want to be disciplined about how we adjust our priors. The easiest way to do this is through […]

As MLB lineups pour in through the afternoon, it helps amid the chaos to already have a strong sense of the slate as a whole and some key pitchers or stacks you want to target in DFS. This article will aim to provide a solid foundation for your DFS process the rest of the day. […]

The Charles Schwab Challenge takes us to the familiar Colonial Country Club, giving us a traditional, strong Course Fit Model for the first time in several weeks. In a way, that makes this the most exciting PGA DFS Week since The Masters! Regardless of the even, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and […]

Data in baseball runs deeper and is more comprehensive than in any other sport. These are the seven stats I find most relevant to Tuesday’s DFS slate.   1. Detroit is 22nd in wOBA and 23rd in wRC+ while striking out the second most against RHP The elite matchup has Sonny Gray projected for the […]