The MLB season continues to push along each day, as we near the end of the second full month of the season, and teams are beginning to establish themselves.
Although there are only five games on Thursday’s MLB slate, we’ll give you the best MLB DFS picks today, including pitchers and hitters for May 29 on PrizePicks MLB.
Highlighting Thursday’s games is a double-header between the Atlanta Braves (25-28) vs. the Philadelphia Phillies (35-19), with the second game set to start at 6:45 p.m. ET
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MLB DFS Picks on PrizePicks: Thursday, 5/29
Here are some of the top MLB DFS picks and predictions on PrizePicks today. Use this analysis to help you build your MLB lineup on PrizePicks on Thursday, May 29. Click each pick to read more.
- Nationals P MacKenzie Gore — 6.5 Pitcher Strikeouts (Goblin)
- Astros CF Jake Meyers — 4.5 Hitter Fantasy Score
- Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — 0.5 Hitter Strikeouts
Nationals P MacKenzie Gore — 6.5 Pitcher Strikeouts (Goblin)
Time: 9:40 p.m. ET
- Nationals P MacKenzie Gore leads the MLB in strikeouts this season (93).
- The Mariners have the ninth-most strikeouts as a team this season.
- Against left-handed pitchers, the Mariners have a strikeout rate of 28.3%.
- The Mariners’ batting average at home drops significantly, as they only post a .218 batting average.
- Gore has a 32.3 Chase% while also posting a 34.6 Whiff%.
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Astros CF Jake Meyers – 4.5 Hitter Fantasy Score
Time: 8:10 p.m. ET
- Against right-handed pitchers, Meyers has managed to post a .299 batting average along with a .300 against left-handers.
- Meyers shows great plate discipline, posting only a 23.3 Chase% along with just a 21.2 Whiff%. He also posts one of the highest squared-up rates at 29.6%.
- Shane Baz’s strikeout rate drops by nearly 14% when throwing to right-handed batters this year. This allows for Meyers to have success in putting the ball in play, leading to more hit opportunities.
Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — 0.5 Hitter Strikeouts
Time: 7:07 p.m. ET
- A’s pitcher Jeffrey Springs has only posted 47 strikeouts in 11 games and 59 innings pitched, a rate of 7.16 K/9.
- Springs has produced just a 21% strikeout rate against right-handed batters and 18.8% across all batters he has faced.
- In his 39 at-bats vs LHP, Guerrero has only struck out seven times (18%) and he has produced a .333 batting average.
- Guerrero is above average in every major batting statistic along with just a 21.8 Chase%.
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