Carlos Martinez would also be a great option, but he plays the lone day game at 2:20 ET. In two starts against the Cubs, he’s 1-0 with two quality starts and 17 strikeouts. Alex Wood, as always, is a high-quality option at home against the Braves. But if you want to stand out from the crowd, you could go in a number of different directions. Aaron Nola has been on fire as of late with five straight quality starts and faces a struggling Brewers team with the second most strikeouts against righties....

None of the pitchers on either slate today really stand out except for Jacob deGrom – and even he’s had his problems giving up runs – so expect to see a wide variety of roster choices in cash games and GPPs. Both Gio Gonzalez (vs. SEA) and Drew Pomeranz (vs. TEX) get good matchups on paper, as the Mariners and Rangers generally struggle against southpaws. The opposite is true for the Brewers and Nationals, so be careful with Robbie Ray (vs....

It’s a good day for pitching in the DFS world. From high-priced studs to high-upside value picks, there’s a little bit of everything (even the return of Tim Lincecum!). MORE FANTASY: Prospect rankings | Waiver wire pickups | Fantasy football rankings Let’s take a look at today’s full starting pitcher rankings and picks. As usual, we’ll also have the best hitter picks and the DFS Playbook from Fantasy Alarm to help you find the best values on FanDuel and DraftKings....

Good news: You won’t have to pay up to get ace stats Tuesday. Bad news: A lot of daily fantasy baseball owners are going to pick Francisco Liriano at San Diego, so you may have to go another route in tournament play. I hate that Jaime Garcia and Vincent Velasquez have been robbed of their value after throwing shutouts, but they could still pay off today even at higher prices....

We remain heavily invested in players at Coors Field for tonight’s 15-game DFS MLB slate. In a little bit of a change of pace, we don’t really have any absolute sure things available at pitcher tonight, so there’s going to be a number of different ways to go with your pitching. MORE: Waiver Wire | Fantasy football rankings In terms of weather, hopefully we won’t have a game finishing up at around 3:00 AM ET tonight, but nonetheless, there are thunderstorms forecasted throughout the night that could put the Mets-Nationals game in doubt....

READ MORE: Today’s SP rankings | Hitter matchups to exploit | Fantasy football cheat sheet The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, suggested lineup “stacks,” hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. Check out today’s free DFS plays below, and check out FantasyAlarm....

READ MORE: Optimal DFS lineup | Today’s SP rankings | Hitter matchups to exploit | More DFS content The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, suggested lineup “stacks,” hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. Check out today’s free DFS plays below, and check out FantasyAlarm....

The following list, consisting of three forwards and two guards who each hold a price tag of $6,500 or less, are not necessarily a group that should all be on a single roster, but rather suggestions that have the potential to outperform their respective low costs. It’s always a smart DFS strategy to combine your consistent, stud players with a few high-upside sleepers, at least when you’re going for the big bucks in a big FanDuel tournament....

We’re looking for the right mix of ownership and upside with this week’s picks, with the key to our strategy being a high floor with at least one of our RB and one of our WR plays. For more tips, values, and lineups, bookmark the Sporting News Fantasy DFS page. WEEK 14 DFS: FanDuel GPP lineup | DK cash | Values | DFS lineup builder SUNDAY MORNING PIVOT: From RB Ryan Mathews ($4000) to RB Shane Vereen ($4000)....

A pair of premium tight ends are returning home: Rob Gronkowski to face his childhood team (Bills) and Jimmy Graham to face his former teams (Saints). If your DFS strategy doesn’t involve loading up on bargain TEs like the Colts’ Jack Doyle, you are going to want to drop your money on some extra-motivated seam-busters. We present this week’s picks, starting with that Halloween weekend game in the land of voodoo, New Orleans, against the always horrifying – in the promising DFS way – Saints defense....

The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. So, enjoy the free sneak peek into the best DFS MLB plays for Friday’s games below and check out FantasyAlarm.com’s premium product when you’re ready to go PRO....

If you have $22 and love the NBA, draft a one-day fantasy basketball team in DraftStreet's $150,000 NBA BIG SCORE Fantasy Contest this Wednesday (February 5) and you could win a share of $150,000, including a massive first-place prize of $50,000. Even if you have $22 and hate the NBA, that huge cash prize makes it a no-brainer to play. One thousand players are going to win cash on Wednesday and you could be one of them....

It’s understandable why this would be the case. After all, the team had scored just three points against Tampa Bay with Prescott. How would they be able to move the ball without him on the field? Well, two weeks later, the team has proven that they can do just that. It hasn’t always been pretty, but Dallas finds itself at 2-1 after three weeks of the NFL season. The Cowboys’ defense has played a large role in that, but so too has backup quarterback Cooper Rush....

During his media availability Friday at Kansas, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was asked what drivers would make it onto his Mount Rushmore of NASCAR. MORE: Gordon lists best drivers he’s faced | Junior uses Periscope | Weekend weather report After throwing out the obvious Richard Petty answer to recognize the legendary driver who has 200 career wins and seven series championships, Earnhardt took a few moments to narrow his list to four drivers....

The 44-year-old still intends to race in the Xfinity Series on Aug. 31 at Darlington Raceway. “I plan on driving still,” Earnhardt told a fan on Twitter after he was asked if he would race as scheduled. “My lower back is bruised up real bad. Lots of swelling and I just need that to go down and the pain to chill out. (I’ve) been treating the area every day solely to get well to race....