MLB DFS: Top DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy baseball picks include Willson Contreras on Thursday, Aug. 6
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- Thursday's MLB slate features 11 games, with the White Sox traveling to Fenway Park to face the Red Sox in a schedule running from 12:35 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. ET
- Willson Contreras is McClure's top DFS pick at $5,300 on DraftKings and $3,600 on FanDuel, identified in the article as a Boston Red Sox first baseman
- Contreras has been hot in the series against Chicago, going 2-for-4 with two RBI in Tuesday's 14-2 win and 1-for-1 with an RBI and walk in Wednesday's 4-0 victory, and is hitting .288 with 23 home runs and 70 RBI across 105 games
- Nick Sogard is paired with Contreras in a Boston stack at $3,000 on DraftKings and $2,600 on FanDuel, after going 2-for-4 with a double, walk, and two runs scored in Tuesday's win
- SportsLine's Mike McClure has earned more than $2 million in career DFS winnings and uses a model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times to generate picks
Why it matters: DFS players on DraftKings and FanDuel face a tight 11-game Thursday slate where salary-cap decisions drive tournament outcomes. McClure's Boston stack of Contreras and Sogard against the White Sox — a team Boston has outscored 18-2 over two games — gives lineup-builders a price-disclosed template to work from.
