As the 2016 Major League Baseball season is currently ongoing and heating up in the months leading up to the playoffs, more and more players are getting their MLB daily fantasy fixes from a variety of sources. These include websites such as DraftKings and FanDuel. For fans of the latter, we’ve got another beginner’s guide for you right here.
FanDuel’s daily fantasy baseball, as many can attest to, is simpler in nature than that of DraftKings. One key difference is that it comes with only one minus statistic, instead of more than one. There are also less stats to deal with, which makes this a more ideal site to visit for daily fantasy newbies. As usual, you will need to live in certain parts of the world if you want to make money by playing daily fantasy MLB, you’ll have to pay the same entrance fees to join leagues in hopes of winning the prize money, and you’ll get to choose the same positions for your daily lineup, but aside from those similarities, the mechanics, particularly the scoring, is different.
Let’s first take a look at the stats accumulated by hitters. Home runs will still get you the most points – it’s 12 points per homer driven in by one of your players. After that, it’s nine points for a triple, six points for a double, and three points for a single. While DraftKings scores runs scored and runs batted in as equal, it’s also different over at FanDuel, as the site gives you 3.2 points per run and 3.5 points per RBI. Stolen bases are worth six points apiece, while getting hit by a pitcher is worth three points each time this happens.
There are only four pitching stats tallied, and you don’t need to worry if you’ve got a wild-throwing pitcher who nonetheless strikes out a lot of batters. Winning games, still, is most important, as that will get you 12 points if you chose a winning pitcher. A strikeout is worth three points each, and so is an inning pitched; you want starting pitchers who throw strikes, and definitely not relievers, with that in mind. There is one minus stat you still need to watch out for, and that’s earned runs – you lose three points per earned run allowed by your pitchers.
We hope this guide was helpful to you, and we hope you keep scouring fantasy expert blogs for more MLB daily fantasy tips in the future.
