Best MLB Bets Today – Thursday, May 29, 2025
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Todd Whitestone
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Weekly Hitting Planner (April 8)
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Lucas Biery
MLB
Fantasy
Drops & Disasters: Fantasy Baseball Roster Moves (4/7)
With the first full week of MLB games completed, and many crushing injuries to address, this should be a busy FAAB weekend. Fantasy managers will be evaluating potential acquisitions, ranking targets within FAAB strings and deciding how much to bid on each player. While doing so, managers would be advised to give due consideration to […]
Mike Mager
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (4/7)
There is a big 11-game main slate on Sunday, and I always like Sunday slates when the Rockies are at home because Coors is not generally included. It’s nice to have a slate where you don’t feel like you have to play Coors Field in some aspect, so let’s figure out who we like. We […]
Adam Strangis
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 3)
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Vlad Sedler
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (4/6)
We’ve got wall-to-wall MLB action on Saturday with every team, and the slates are nicely split up, seven in the afternoon and eight in the evening. There is a lot to get to, so let’s not waste time. Note – Since we have a split slate, we’ll have the article up to start the […]
Adam Strangis
MLB
Bets
Best MLB Bets Today – Free (Friday 4/5)
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FTN Staff
MLB
DFS
First Look: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (4/5)
It is the second “Opening Day,” with a number of teams that began the season with road trips having their home openers, so we get more day baseball than we would typically get on a Friday. The resulting slate split is a three-game featured slate at 1:05 p.m. ET and a seven-game main slate beginning […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory: Week 1 Overreactions
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Adam Young
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (4/4)
It’s our first slow day of baseball this season Thursday, with just a four-game DFS slate, and we can hope that weather doesn’t wreak havoc on the slate like it has been. The pitching is going to be a challenge since the clear best pitcher on the slate isn’t in the best spot and there […]
Adam Strangis
MLB
Bets
Best MLB Bets Today – Free (Wednesday 4/3)
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Josh Gross
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: 6 Hitters to Target for Dynasty Contenders
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Eric Cross
MLB
DFS
First Look: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (4/3)
We have our first wacky Wednesday of the MLB season, wherein the DFS slate is broken into three separate slates, one beginning at 1:10 p.m. ET (the early slate), an awkward 3:37 p.m. four-game slate with tiny contests and another “main” 6:45 p.m. slate. I’ll be mainly discussing the early slate and will give some […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (4/2)
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Adam Strangis
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (4/1)
My MLB articles are not going to be like most you can find around the industry. Our projection system and GPP Scores allow me to focus entirely on game theory, correlation, and other strategy tidbits instead of the type of matchup analysis and research you find in most MLB articles. Let’s talk a bit about […]
Alex Blickle
MLB
Fantasy
Whitestone’s Waiver Watch: NFBC Main Event (4/1)
It’s a brand new baseball season, and for fantasy managers it’s time to see what type of stats result from those draft plans. For those playing in fantasy baseball’s premier contest, the NFBC Main Event, it’s also the start of a long six-month grind. In the Main Event this year, there are 57 15-team […]
Todd Whitestone
MLB
Bets
Best MLB Bets Today – Free (Monday 4/1)
We have 14 games on the MLB slate for Monday, so there’s plenty of acting to be had around the diamond. Below you’ll see a list of my favorite MLB picks and MLB props. The odds change pretty quickly in the MLB, so take advantage of our Prop Shop for the best possible odds and check […]
Chris Meaney
MLB
Fantasy
Drops & Disasters: Fantasy Baseball Roster Moves (3/31)
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Mike Mager
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (3/31)
The first Sunday of the season might be the most challenging pitching slate of the year so far. We’ve had standouts on virtually every slate, but I’m not sure that’s the case on Sunday, even though there are plenty of pitchers to consider. That also means we should have plenty of offenses to choose from, […]
Adam Strangis
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 2)
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Vlad Sedler
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (3/30)
It’s the first Saturday of the season, and we have a split slate of afternoon games and evening games with tons of strategy involved. Let’s get right into it because every team in the majors is in action, so we have no time to waste. We shouldn’t be making lineups without consulting the tools, […]
Adam Strangis
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (3/29)
We got opening day of the MLB season out of our system, but do not want to lose an ounce of enthusiasm as we take on this Friday slate (which is still Opening Day for many teams!). We are going to cover Friday’s main DFS slate here – if you are into the two-game […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Drops & Disasters: Fantasy Baseball Roster Moves (3/29)
Fantasy baseball drafting season has concluded. With the start of meaningful MLB games, important considerations that have occupied an outsized portion of our collective consciousness – positional ranks, tiers and targets, sleepers and busts, and ADPs and AAVs – are fading into the deepest recesses of our minds. Now, the real grind begins. We […]
Mike Mager
MLB
Bets
Best MLB Bets Today – Free (Thursday 3/28)
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FTN Staff
MLB
DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (3/28)
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Adam Strangis
MLB
Fantasy
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Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
2024 MLB Season Preview — Staff Predictions and Awards
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FTN Staff
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: 2024 Prospect Bold Predictions
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Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: 2024 Prospect Bold Predictions
It’s hard to believe spring training is almost over and “domestic” opening day for Major League Baseball is right around the corner. At this point, many of you are done drafting or just have one or two more drafts to go. So, with that in mind, let’s shift away from normal draft prep and have […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
The Shohei Ohtani Situation: What We Know, What We Don’t, What Comes Next
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Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/25)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Lucas Biery
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 1)
Welcome to FTN’s weekly free agent bidding (FAAB) strategy column, Trust the Gut. This article will be published every Saturday of the fantasy baseball season, and I will usually release an update/addendum to Trust the Gut on Sundays, two hours before NFBC’s 10 p.m. ET lock period. The goal of the article is to […]
Vlad Sedler