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There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Welcome to Stacks on Deck, where we will explore some of the less obvious and less rostered DFS stacks on Thursday’s slate. If you want some background on my approach with these, feel free to give the inaugural “Stacks on Deck” article a read, which should give you plenty of context.    Before we get into […]

Baseball lends itself to numerical intrigue — there have long been bountiful statistics surrounding the game, and in today’s analytics heavy version of the game, there are more numbers than ever before. Knowing what numbers are meaningful and from which actionable information can be ascertained can make all the difference. The margins have never been […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Welcome to Stacks on Deck, where we will explore some of the less obvious and less rostered stacks on tonight’s slate. If you want some background on my approach with these, feel free to give the inaugural “Stacks on Deck” article a read, which should give you plenty of context.     We have a typical messy […]

Baseball lends itself to numerical intrigue. There have long been bountiful statistics surrounding the game, and in today’s analytics heavy version of the game, there are more numbers than ever before. Knowing what numbers are meaningful and actionable information that can be ascertained can make all the difference. The margins have never been thinner, and […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Baseball lends itself to numerical intrigue — there have long been bountiful statistics surrounding the game, and in today’s analytics-heavy version of the game, there are more numbers than ever before. Knowing what numbers are meaningful and from which actionable information can be ascertained can make all the difference. The margins have never been thinner, […]

Welcome to Stacks on Deck — I know you’re just starting to get used to reading Jeff in these parts, and so it’s a bit of a curveball to get a new author and format right as you were about to get in the rhythm. Yet, here I am anyway, so I thought I’d share […]

Baseball lends itself to numerical intrigue — there have long been bountiful statistics surrounding the game, and in today’s analytics heavy version of the game, there are more numbers than ever before. Knowing what numbers are meaningful and from which actionable information can be ascertained can make all the difference. The margins have never been […]

There’s a reason that gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than […]

Thanks for stopping by Ahead of the Count. My goal is to provide you my thoughts on how I see the slate in as efficient a manner as possible, and hopefully provide you with some nuggets of information that you might not have come across or perhaps inspire you to think about things in a […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Thanks for stopping by Ahead of the Count. My goal is to provide you my thoughts on how I see the MLB DFS slate in as efficient a manner as possible, and hopefully provide you with some nuggets of information that you might not have come across or perhaps inspire you to think about things […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Thanks for stopping by Ahead of the Count. My goal is to provide you my thoughts on how I see the slate in as efficient a manner as possible, and hopefully provide you with some nuggets of information that you might not have come across or perhaps inspire you to think about things in a […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Thanks for stopping by Ahead of the Count. My goal is to provide you my thoughts on how I see the MLB DFS slate in as efficient a manner as possible, and hopefully provide you with some nuggets of information that you might not have come across or perhaps inspire you to think about things […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Thanks for stopping by Ahead of the Count. My goal is to provide you my thoughts on how I see the slate in as efficient a manner as possible, and hopefully provide you with some nuggets of information that you might not have come across or perhaps inspire you to think about things in a […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Thanks for stopping by Ahead of the Count. My goal is to provide you my thoughts on how I see the slate in as efficient a manner as possible, and hopefully provide you with some nuggets of information that you might not have come across or perhaps inspire you to think about things in a […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Baseball lends itself to numerical intrigue — there have long been bountiful statistics surrounding the game, and in today’s analytics-heavy version of the game, there are more numbers than ever before. Knowing what numbers are meaningful and from which actionable information can be ascertained can make all the difference. The margins have never been thinner, […]

There’s a reason gambling sites list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter […]

We get a Sunday Night Baseball matchup with some offensive firepower on the Philly side, and a dominant ace who will look to continue a decent start to the season in Aaron Nola.    On the Milwaukee side, we have a scuffling former MVP in Christian Yelich and a typically overlooked but decent arm in […]

There’s lots of day baseball Saturday, which leaves us with only a five-game “main” DFS slate in the evening, and not as many options to choose from as we might otherwise have. Still, there are some dominant pitching performances that seem likely and some explosive offensives that should be licking their chops in anticipation of […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Baseball lends itself to numerical intrigue — there have long been bountiful statistics surrounding the game, and in today’s analytics heavy version of the game, there are more numbers than ever before. Knowing what numbers are meaningful and from which actionable information can be ascertained can make all the difference. The margins have never been […]

There’s a reason that gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than […]