MLB DFS: Top DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy baseball picks include Yordan Alvarez on Friday, June 12
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- Friday's MLB slate features 15 games, with first pitches running from 6:40 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. ET, and Rockies vs. Athletics carrying the night's highest over/under at 14 runs.
- Yordan Alvarez is McClure's top DFS play at $6,200 on DraftKings and $4,400 on FanDuel, hitting .316 with a 1.068 OPS against right-handed pitching this season.
- Isaac Paredes is the recommended stacking partner with Alvarez at $3,700 on DraftKings and $3,000 on FanDuel, with all nine of his home runs this season coming against right-handed pitching.
- Paredes carries a .250 career batting average against Kansas City Royals pitchers and has hits in five of his last eight games, including a 2-for-3, one-RBI performance in a 13-2 win over the Athletics.
- Mike McClure's prediction model simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times using matchups, statistical trends, and injuries, and the DFS pro has accumulated over $2 million in career winnings.
- Other strong DFS options in the player pool include Jacob Misiorowski, Joe Ryan, Sonny Gray, Bobby Witt Jr., Corbin Carroll, and Kyle Schwarber, all scheduled to be in action Friday.
Why it matters: For DFS players building lineups on DraftKings and FanDuel, the Alvarez-Paredes mini-stack exploits a favorable right-handed pitcher matchup against Kansas City starter Luinder Avila, with both players posting elite splits vs. righties this season. At their combined price tags of roughly $9,900 (DraftKings) and $7,400 (FanDuel), the pair leaves salary room for high-upside bats in a 15-game slate with the highest run-total expectation sitting at 14.
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