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Fantasy Baseball: How to Play MLB DraftKings — 2021 DraftKings MLB Strategy, Tips, Tricks and Tools

Pat Mayo, David Jones and Kyle Murray provide their 2021 DraftKings MLB Strategy, Tips, Tricks and Tools.

Pat Mayo gets David Jones and Kyle Murray from FTN Daily to walk through their 2021 DraftKings MLB research and lineup strategy while identifying the traps to avoid and how they utilize the tools at FTN Daily to give you the best opportunity to learn how to win on DraftKings MLB during the 2021 season.

DraftKings MLB - Strategy | How to Use Tools

DraftKings MLB - How To: Pick Pitchers | Pick Hitters | Stack | Research

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2021 DraftKings MLB Strategy: Show Index

Show Index

00:00 Intro
3:12 Where to get Tools/Content
5:42 DraftKings MLB 101
7:19 Where to Start with DraftKings Lineups
9:02 How to Pick Pitchers on DraftKings
14:05 How to Pick Hitters on DraftKings
19:47 Stacking
21:25 How to utilize ownership projection
29:39 Tournament Selection
33:09 How to Not Waste Money After You Win
38:01 Best Tips/Biggest Mistakes
39:47 Using the FTN MLB Tools
50:37 Other Research Tools



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Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. (Subscribe for video or audio). Mayo (@ThePME) won the 2020 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year and Golf Writer of the Year awards, along with the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Best Sports Betting Analyst award, and was a finalist for four FSWA Awards in 2020 (Best Podcast, Best Video, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year, Golf Writer of the Year). His 21 FSWA nominations lead all writers this decade and are third-most all-time. Mayo has been recognized across multiple sports (Football, Baseball & Golf), mediums (Video, Writing & Podcasting), genre (Humor), and game formats (Daily Fantasy and Traditions Season Long). Beyond sports, Mayo covers everything from entertainment to pop culture to politics. If you have a fantasy question, general inquiry or snarky comment, ship it to Mayo at ThePatMayoExperience@gmail.com and the best will be addressed on the show.


I am a promoter at DraftKings and am also an avid fan and user (my username is ThePME) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.


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