DFS Q&A: Should you remove hitters batting low in the batting order in your MLB DFS lineups?

Episode 44 June 23, 2022 01:00:58
DFS Q&A: Should you remove hitters batting low in the batting order in your MLB DFS lineups?
DFS Office Hours (Presented by SaberSim.com)
DFS Q&A: Should you remove hitters batting low in the batting order in your MLB DFS lineups?

Jun 23 2022 | 01:00:58

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Show Notes

Jordan explains how simulations can help you handle bottom of the order hitters, and why in general rules of thumb to remove those hitters from your lineups are probably a bad idea.

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00:00 Intro
01:46 Should you remove hitters batting low in the batting order in your MLB DFS lineups?
09:05 Players not in the player pool in the sims
11:48 Upside correlation in NASCAR
15:44 Adjusting team totals to match Vegas
19:43 100% 5-3 stacks
20:27 $0.01 150-maxes as a part of a contest portfolio
23:20 Roof status
25:05 Grouping golfers for upside in PGA
28:34 Min Salary and Min Salary = 0
32:40 Grouping fighters for upside in MMA
36:10 Min Salary research
38:44 4 man vs 5 man stacks
39:50 SP and hitter correlation
46:30 More spread out pitcher exposure on smaller slates
48:43 Golf DFS, LIV Golf, etc.
52:40 Max total unique lineups
55:25 Team stack leverage

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