Today’s pitching slate is highlighted by a Stephen Strasburg-Clayton Kershaw showdown in the lone late-night game. If you’re only playing in DFS contests that feature the early-evening games, Madison Bumgarner is the easy choice as the top pitcher. If your strategy is to save a few bucks and differentiate your lineup with someone other than Bumgarner, then Steven Wright and John Lackey make for solid consolation prizes. MORE FANTASY: Prospect rankings | Waiver wire pickups | Fantasy football rankings...

Sorry for the delay. Let’s get right to Saturday’s starting pitcher picks and rankings for daily fantasy baseball and seasonal formats. You should also cross-reference these against the daily rankings in Fantasy Alarm’s DFS Playbook PRO to find the values we both love. MORE: Waiver wire | Prospect rankings | DFS Playbook PRO As usual, we’ll also have the day’s best daily fantasy hitter picks to help you find the best values on FanDuel and DraftKings....

Today’s Playbook is bypassing the early games to focus only on where the money is in the evening slate of games. If I were playing the early games, I would be all over Chris Sale and Carlos Martinez as my starters with Danny Salazar coming in a close third. I would also use a lot of Reds bats against Chad Bettis and Rockies against Raisel Iglesias. Matt Holliday is also an amazing value against Kyle Hendricks, against whom he is 6-for-10 (....

Weather really screwed us yesterday as we were super high on many of the Rockies bats, but had to fade them across the board because of serious rain and weather concerns. Obviously, after 17 runs and 19 hits that was a pretty bad idea. Luckily there are no weather concerns in Colorado or anywhere else really tonight. Atlanta has storms in the area, but not likely to touch the ballpark....

The Fantasy Alarm team had a profitable Monday, as our GPP optimal lineup hit big last night. We sincerely hope our various DFS offering helped everyone put up a big score. Soon, we’ll be heading back to the Playboy Mansion to defend our title. First, we have a full slate of games to tackle on Tuesday in hopes of continuing our success. MORE: Optimal DFS lineup | Waiver Wire | Prospect rankings...

Let’s take a look at some of the best (and most unique) options, with tournaments in mind here: RELATED: SP rankings | Hitter Splits | DFS Playbook STARTING PITCHER: Chad Bettis, Rockies @ Padres ($5,400) There are plenty of mid-level starting pitcher options tonight, so I doubt you’ll need to drop down this far, but if you do, Bettis makes a lot of sense. In a large tournament you need to find smart ways to differentiate your lineup from the rest of the field, and no one will be on Bettis here....

And don’t forget, if you’re looking for more information, RotoQL is here to help with the DFS tools you need build your bankroll, including our RotoQL NBA lineup optimizer. Give RotoQL a try before the NBA season ends! MORE: Friday’s Playbook | DFS Lineup Builder Also, give me a follow at @MLoveDFS on Twitter for more DFS insight and analysis, including those crucial, last-minute lineup pivots, and don’t forget to bookmark the Sporting News Fantasy DFS page....

We will have to keep an eye on many different situations between questionable players and players being rested. Fortunately, tonight’s slate is full of a ton of options. However, with notable price differences on both sites, you will need to use the Daily NBA DFS Rankings as a resource when building lineups. If you’re worried about late scratches because of injuries or rest, follow our Player Alarms for news throughout the day, and check back for updates to the Playbook on Fantasy Alarm....

This week’s strategy centers around trying to play the “projected ownership percentage” guessing game with a couple studs and some under-the-radar values. For more tips, values, and lineups, bookmark the Sporting News Fantasy DFS page. WEEK 15 DFS: FanDuel GPP lineup | DK cash | Values | DFS lineup builder Week 15 Daily Fantasy Football Picks: DraftKings tournaments/GPPs QB Philip Rivers, SD vs. OAK ($6,200): Rivers hits defenders with a few too many passes when trailing in the fourth quarter, but we hope for more negative game script with San Diego getting the second-highest implied total among Sunday dogs....

“Forever thankful for the love & support I’ve received,” Prescott wrote. “I’ll be back stronger and better. Thank you all (raised fist).” MORE: How long is Dak Prescott out? Prescott’s post was in response to a Cowboys official post of a video of players sending their well wishes to Prescott. Offensive stars Ezekiel Elliott and Amari Cooper were both prominently featured in Dallas’ video. It was the first social media activity on one of Prescott’s accounts since the injury....

He released his first public comments after the incident Monday. “Amy and I want to thank everyone who has lifted us up with phone calls, messages and prayers since last Thursday,” he wrote in a statement shared on social media. “We are truly blessed that all on board escaped with no serious injuries, including our daughter, our two pilots and our dog Gus. With respect to the investigation, we will not be speculating or discussing the cause of the accident....

The incident comes less than a week after the state closed down its capitol building, canceling its legislative session in the face of death threats made against Whitmer for implementing stateside shutdown orders. The Edenville Dam, which holds Wixom Lake, was breached after the Midland experienced around 3 to 4 inches of rain since the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The emergency declaration will give state and local officials further resources to respond to the dam situation....

When it comes to first-year Florida coach Dan Mullen and SEC Media Days, that’s always the first topic that comes up. In 2016, the former Mississippi State coach sported a pair of Yeezy Boost 750 shoes designed by Kanye West. On Tuesday, Mullen rocked a pair of custom-made, Florida-themed Jordan 4s — and didn’t take long to dole out what could be the most retweeted one-liner from this year’s four-day event at the College Football Hall of Fame....

The latest prediction that Trump will be reinstated “by the morning of August 13,” propagated by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on a right-wing podcast, failed on Friday, prompting critics to ridicule supporters of the false theory. “My bad. I completely forgot to mark #reinstatementday on my calendar. What did I miss?” Rather tweeted, sparking a series of jokes and memes directed at Trump, Lindell and their supporters. “MyPillow guy is the new VP,” one user wrote....

“I’m Bill T. Jones, I’m a choreographer, and I’m living with HIV,” “I’m Paco, I had a brain tumor.” “I’m Laura, and I’m recovering from ovarian cancer.” “I’m Tamika, and I have HIV.” After that, they start over, saying their names again and again-“So it becomes a litany of names,” says Jones. Round and round the circle the names flow, first emerging shyly and then effortlessly, as if at last they were freed from their moorings....

Patrick will work with her third crew chief in four seasons, after the first two made little impact while she continued to struggle in her transition from IndyCar to NASCAR. MORE: Danica no stranger to confrontation | Kyle Busch’s amazing year After Patrick struggled in her first two Cup seasons, Daniel Knost replaced Tony Gibson as her crew chief at Stewart-Haas Racing this past season. Though Patrick was comfortable working with Gibson, an old-school crew chief and stock-car veteran, Knost’s engineering background and technical expertise were supposed to help her....