DFS Q&A: What is the right strategy to beat small-field MLB GPPs?

Episode 29 May 27, 2022 00:53:41
DFS Q&A: What is the right strategy to beat small-field MLB GPPs?
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DFS Q&A: What is the right strategy to beat small-field MLB GPPs?

May 27 2022 | 00:53:41

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Show Notes

Jordan discusses the pros and cons of handling ownership at an individual hitter vs. team stack level in MLB DFS.

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00:00 Intro
01:39 Ranking lineups from your pool
04:10 Small field GPP strategy
16:05 SaberScore in 0/0/10 builds
18:43 "Hacking tennis" to get a bimodal distribution
21:47 Limit testing sliders, ownership sum heuristics, correlations when adjusting player exposures
28:27 Sliders for 100-man leagues
31:12 What results are "good" in the $0.05 150-max?
35:04 "All-in" on one 5-stack in a 20-max
36:23 Implied run totals are from the sims
37:06 Ownership projections are for a large-field GPP
38:29 Single-entry strategy with SaberSim
41:48 Is the Daily Dollar harder than the mini-MAX?
42:25 Vegas / SaberSim discrepancies
45:25 Should you start with a cash or test GPP build?
49:40 Separating two chalk pitchers with a group

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