DFS Picks

Gambling911.com has your daily fantasy sports MLB picks and previews for May 11 along with the long range forecast. 

Monday May 11

Series: Orioles vs. Blue Jays

Pitching:

Ubaldo Jimenez He’s 2-2 on the season thus far but only lasted four innings in Wednesday's loss to the Mets.  Overall he has pitched especially well to start the season. 

Early indications are that Brewers Matt Garza is going to get hammered by a Cubs team that has stood their ground against him in the past. 

The current Cubs roster is batting .329 against Garza.  The Milwaukee starter is 1-2 with a 5.82 ERA in three career starts against the Cubs.

And the primary culprit that should make daily fantasy players happy would be Miguel Montero, who has an impressive .400 ERA over the past seven days and is 7-for-17 against Garza.

Montero comes priced at $2800.

- Don Shapiro, DFS911.com

FanDuel.com, the world leader in daily fantasy sports, has published their DFS Baseball plays for the top two pitchers May 10. 

Felix Hernandez is priced higher than any other starter today but does present the best potential, according to FanDuel.com. 

This is due to his dominance over an Oakland team, a team that has only hit .222 off of Hernandez. 

The Mariners starter is coming in at $11300 Sunday. 

Danny Salazar comes in with a $7800 price tag. 

Despite our sister site Gambling911.com being on the UNDER 9 in Sunday’s Red Sox vs. Blue Jays matchup, there are plenty of daily fantasy picks on our radar.

The pitching matchup consists of R.A Dickey vs. Clay Buchholz and both have had their problems with some of the opposing club’s top batters.

Xander Bogaerts is 7-for-14 against Dickey with 4 RBIs.  He went 1-for-3 in his last appearance against Dickey.

Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz has been struggling of late and he’s not likely to get much of a breather against the likes of Toronto’s Ryan Goins.

The good news for Buchholz is that Goins hasn’t had any hits against Boston in this series thus far despite 7 at bats.

The bad news for Buchholz is that the Blue Jays leftie has gone 7-for-14 against him.  That includes one double, one triple and four RBIs.

Goins is priced at $2300, a bargain perhaps under these circumstances.  Still, one cannot overlook his poor play overall in the past 10 games. 

For us here at DFS911.com, Brett Gardner presents a slightly better option than Jacoby Ellsbury going up against Wei-Yin Chen.

Like Ellsbury, Gardner is batting well of late and he’s also fared well against Chen going 5-for-15 with five RBIs, two doubles and a homerun. 

Gardner is batting .357 so far this month.  He’s 7-for-28 at bats with four doubles and a homer. He and Ellsbury combined for 3-for-7 in their 5-4 victory against the Orioles Friday night.

Yankees centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury makes for a decent roster pick Saturday versus Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen though other variables must be considered before pulling the switch.

Ellsbury just hit 2-for-3 versus the Yankees his last game Friday and is batting an impressive .469 during the month of May.

Priced at around $4000, Ellsbury has hit 7-for-16 against Chen with one double.   

White Sox first baseman Adam LaRoche should be considered for your daily fantasy roster Friday May 8. He’ll face off against one Jason Marquis of Cincinnati, a pitcher LaRoche has hit well against over his career.

The world leader in daily fantasy sports, FanDuel.com, announced this week it has purchased the naming rights to none other than Floyd Mayweather’s trunks.  He will have them on full display during his highly anticipated May 2 bout with Manny Pacquiao.As part of the deal FanDuel will award six tickets to the welterweight fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The fight is expected to shatter previous boxing revenue, producing at least $300 million.  It is also likely to be among the most wagered on single day events of the year.