MLB PrizePicks for August 23

We have a very quiet day around baseball Monday, with only seven games on tap, six of which fall on the evening’s main DFS slate. Even with fewer games, there are a handful of PrizePicks that stick out.

Speaking of “PrizePicks” in general, it is a creative new way to parlay picks based on expected fantasy point production. To dive into the ins and outs of everything PrizePicks, FTN’s Tyler Loechner wrote a comprehensive App Review.

How to play PrizePicks MLB

For the sake of this MLB article, the format is simple: You pick 2-4 players and predict whether they will go over or under their projected fantasy point total, or their single-stat total. 

When parlaying the players, the larger your parlay, the better the payout:

• Two-pick entry pays 3x (max entry: $400)
• Three-pick entry pays 5x (max entry: $200)
• Four-pick entry pays 10x (max entry: $100)

As a bonus offer, there is a “flex play” option. This provides an added level of security on your entry where you can decrease your multiplier received if you miss one of your entries but hit on all of the others.

An important note — these lines can shift over the course of the day leading up until lock. The lines that I am quoting are at the time of writing (Monday morning). I will be in the PrizePicks Discord channel (which is FREE!) up until lock to help out with how to adjust to the changing projections.

Scoring breakdown for PrizePicks contests can be found here.

MLB PrizePicks for today

Here’s a look at my favorite PrizePicks for Monday.

• Lance Lynn (5.5 strikeouts) — OVER
• Antonio Senzatela (4.5 strikeouts) — OVER
• Kyle Hendricks (4.0 strikeouts) — OVER
• Austin Riley (6.5 fantasy points) — OVER
• Starling Marte (7.5 fantasy points) — OVER

Favorite combination

• Hendricks (o4.0 strikeouts), Riley (o6.5 fantasy points)

Power play payout: 3x
Flex play payout: 2 correct pays 2x, 1 correct pays 0.5x