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  Draft Kings Team of The Day Today we will be playing the MLB Daily Dollar (great for beginners): – Just $1 to play! And don’t forget to claim your Deposit Bonus !! The Games: I will be playing the late games, so players from these matchups aren’t going to

Welcome into the Advanced Statistics Office. Coming into the 2012 season, Yovani Gallardo was a big sleeper for me. His improvements in walk rate in 2011 were excellent as he cut his BB% from 9.3 in 2010 to 6.8% in 2011. That 6.8% was the lowest mark of his career

Leading Off Scott Diamond got absolutely pounded by the Mets in his first start since going on the DL with an elbow issue. Diamond gave up eight hits, 4 earned runs (including a HR) and only struck out one. He is officially safe to ignore in all formats – including

Leading Off Daniel Murphy led the Mets over the Twinkies 16-5. Murphy had 4 hits in 5 at-bats and drove in 4 runs. Murphy is now hitting .368/.405/.711 on the young season and he looks primed to add a bit to his power. He’s not going to hit anywhere close

The industry has been going a bit stir crazy over strand rate and luck factors as excuses for pitchers not performing up to their standards. In the case of J.A. Happ though, he really was bothered by bad luck and variance in categories that he had large skill improvements in.

Morning News and Notes After a torrid start to begin the season, Freddie Freeman of the Braves (.412 BA, 3 Runs scored, 1 HR, and 7 RBI) is heading to the DL with a strained right oblique. Two things are effected here in Atlanta: One, Chris Johnson is likely going

Leading Off John Lackey returned to the mound and fared alright considering where he’s been the last couple years. Lackey struck out eight and walked only one in 4.1 innings of work. His lone mistake was a HR to red hot Blue Jays Catcher J.P. Arencibia – when he hung

Leading Off Ivan Nova’s pitches looked as big as a supernova for Prince Fielder, as he got off the schneid with a two home-run, five RBI performance and leading the slow-starting Tigers to a win. Meanwhile, Fister struggled landing a courtesy win despite failing to record a quality start –

Last year there were many disappointments in the stolen bases department: Michael Bourn, Elvis Andrus, Erick Aybar, Alex Gordon, Aaron Hill, Austin Jackson, and Cameron Maybin. All of these players have one thing in common as the reason for their declined success on the base-paths – a decreased stolen base