DFS Major League Baseball Picks Opening Day April 6 – Carlos Beltran

Gambling911.com is excited to bring you our DFS Major League Baseball picks, salaries and betting lines for Monday April 6.  At the bottom of this article you will find the scoring system generally used for Daily Fantasy Baseball. 

Carlos Beltran (New York Yankees – OF) - $3100 - Blue Jays RH Drew Hutchinson (2014: 11-13, 4.48 ERA) was 2-4 with a 5.17 ERA in six starts against the Yankees last year and Beltran helped inflate that ERA. 

In one game against Hutchinson, for example, Beltran sacrificed for the score and hit a ground rule double.

New York is a -150 favorite in this game with the expectation that Hutchinson will have a tough go in this game.   The Blue Jays are 0-5 in Hutchison’s last 5 road starts.

Below is the scoring found at one of the biggest daily fantasy websites DraftKings.com. 

Hitters will accumulate points as follows:

Single = +3 PTs

Double = +5 PTs

Triple = +8 PTs

Home Run = +10 PTs

Run Batted In = +2 PTs

Run = +2 PTs

Base on Balls = +2 PTs

Hit By Pitch = +2 PTs

Stolen Base = +5 PTs

Caught Stealing = -2 PTs

Pitchers will accumulate points as follows:

Inning Pitched = +2.25 PTs

Strike Out = +2 PTs

Win = +4 PTs

Earned Run Allowed = -2 PTs

Hit Against = -0.6 PTs

Base on Balls Against = -0.6 PTs

Hit Batsman = -0.6 PTs

Complete Game = +2.5 PTs

Complete Game Shut Out = +2.5 PTs

No Hitter = +5 PTs

Rosters will consist of 10 players and must include hitters from at least 3 different MLB teams.

The 10 roster positions are: P, P, C, 1B/DH, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF

Salary Cap - $50,000

Tournaments (Guaranteed Prize Pool) – (avg. score to take 1st place in a large field tournament)

Target Score – 150 points; 10 players on roster

Fantasy Points Pitching ($15,000-$20,000 allocation; 30-40% of salary cap)

Fantasy Points Hitting ($30,000-$35,000 allocation)

- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com