Zach has been part of the DraftKings team since 2017 and covers baseball, basketball, golf, football and any other sport that offers DFS fun. He has been playing fantasy sports since box scores were only available in the newspaper the following day. Even though he grew up almost 8,000 miles away in Guam, he is a diehard Boston sports fan but will take a fantasy value play wherever he can get it, even if it’s from the Yankees.
Major League Baseball celebrates Labor Day with games spread all throughout this Monday, providing several solid slates of action to fill up the holiday. There are six games on the main slate on Monday night, which begins at 6:40 p.m. ET. That’s when the Tigers start their visit to sunny Southern California to face the […]
September 2, 2024
A series win in the Bronx was in the Cards for St. Louis on Sunday, thanks in large part to an electric performance from Jordan Walker ($2,700; 41 FPTS). Walker led a 20-hit, 14-run onslaught by going 5-for-5 with a home run, a stolen base, four runs scored and three RBI. That blast was Walker’s […]
September 1, 2024
Coors Field? Elevation? Coming back after 15 days on the Injured List? No big deal apparently, since Zach Eflin ($11,000 in showdown; 32.75 FPTS) overcame all those elements to put together an excellent outing in Denver on Sunday afternoon. He helped lead the Orioles to a series win over the Rockies. Eflin only needed 85 […]
September 1, 2024
Scottie Scheffler ($12,200; 141.5 FPTS) had one of the most dominant seasons on the PGA TOUR. It seems fitting that at the end of the playoffs, he hoisted the FedExCup Trophy by winning the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club. Scheffler’s victory gives him seven PGA TOUR victories this year, including wins at THE […]
September 1, 2024
The Yankees took the first game of the three-game series on Friday, but the Birds bounced back in the Bronx on Saturday, getting a 6-1 victory behind a strong outing from veteran starting pitcher Kyle Gibson ($11,000 in Showdown; 26.75 FPTS). Gibson earned his eighth win of the season with seven strong innings, allowing just […]
August 31, 2024
The final day of August will be jam-packed with Major League Baseball, and most of the action takes place under the lights. The DraftKings main slate gets underway at 7:05 p.m. ET and includes 20 teams in the player pool. Five of the ten games are divisional contests, including the Dodgers and Diamondbacks continuing their […]
August 31, 2024
As the Red Sox try to stay alive in the AL Wild Card chase, they’ll get Rafael Devers back in the lineup, hitting cleanup for Friday night’s series opener against the Tigers in Detroit. The plan is for the Red Sox to use Devers as DH on Friday and Saturday before he returns to third […]
August 30, 2024
The Pacers locked up a key contributor to their culture and their second unit in guard T.J. McConnell. On Friday, the Pacers agreed to terms on a four-year extension worth $45 million with guard T.J. McConnell on Friday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. McConnell’s new deal will begin in the 2025-26 season, and will keep […]
August 30, 2024
The Miami Dolphins reached an agreement with Mike McDaniel on Friday which will keep the coach in Magic City through the 2028 season, according to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington. McDaniel has been the Dolphins’ head coach since the start of 2022 and has gone 20-14 in his two seasons at the helm. He led the team […]
August 30, 2024
On Friday, the fantasy baseball weekend begins with 10 games on the main DraftKings slate, which begins at 7:05 p.m. ET. After a few early interleague games, the main wave of contests starts just after 8:00 p.m. ET, highlighted by a key matchup between the Astros and the Royals, both in the hunt for playoff […]
August 30, 2024
The Patriots will wait a while to start the Drake Maye era, and will instead give Jacoby Brissett the starting nod for their season opener against the Bengals. Maye actually outplayed Brissett for most of the preseason, even according to Coach Jerod Mayo, but the Patriots are trying to take the longer view with Maye […]
August 29, 2024