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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 […]

One of the traditions that make us feel like we are fully back in the swing of baseball season is the Sunday night game on ESPN.    They include marquee matchups and a variety of broadcasts to choose from. This is the closest thing baseball has to Monday Night Football. With it being an Easter […]

We have a six-game main DFS slate Saturday evening on both FanDuel and DraftKings, with the games starting at 7:05 p.m. ET. We have the Yankees and Astros in road games in Baltimore and Seattle, respectively, a Dodgers home game against the Reds, and a massive 11.5-run over/under in Colorado for the Cubs/Rockies game. Below […]

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, 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, and the impact […]

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 […]

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 […]

At long last, Major League Baseball is back. While a cold, wet and windy game at Wrigley isn’t necessarily the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of spring, baseball certainly is top of mind this time of year, and thank goodness that we have baseball back in our lives. We’re here to […]

One thing I’ve noticed as an avid consumer of both fantasy baseball analysis and financial/economic analysis is that the lexicon and parlance have a good bit of crossover. While I suspect this is due to many fantasy analysts having math or economics backgrounds, it is rare to be able to capture the collision of two […]

With football season now a distant memory and weather starting to warm, much of the fantasy community’s attention has turned to MLB. While there is already an unfathomable amount of content available for your consumption here at FTN Fantasy on the known quantities of big-league talent, we’re going to aim to do something different here. […]