Tuesday’s MLB DFS main slates on DraftKings and FanDuel have 10 games, starting at 7:07 p.m. ET. The Underdog pick’em selections are also from those games. Check out our top MLB DFS picks and advice below.
Tuesday’s Top MLB DFS Picks & Player Props
Tuesday’s Starting Pitcher Rankings (3/31)
Shohei Ohtani will take the bump for the first time this regular season. According to MLB.com, the two-way superstar tossed 86 pitches in his final spring training start, allowing three earned runs, four hits and two walks, while striking out 11 batters in four innings. Ohtani’s pitch count in his last start of the spring was stellar and bodes well for the number of pitches he’ll be allowed to throw tonight.
Additionally, Ohtani pitched at least five innings in three of his final four starts in the regular season last year, and he tossed precisely six innings in three of his four playoff starts.
Ohtani was eased back after missing the 2024 season on the hill while he recovered from a Tommy John revision and internal brace procedure. He recorded the following stats in 47 innings across 14 starts, according to FanGraphs:
- 2.87 ERA
- 2.53 xERA
- 2.45 xFIP
- 2.67 SIERA
- 1.04 WHIP
- 4.8% walk rate
- 33% strikeout rate
- 14.2% SwStr%
- 30% CSW%
- 115 stuff+
- 102 location+
- 117 pitching+
Ohtani has elite bat-missing potential. He has a decent matchup against the Guardians. Furthermore, the betting info is favorable. The Dodgers are -203 favorites, and the game’s total is eight runs.
Max Fried began his 2026 season on a good note, holding the Giants scoreless through 6.1 innings. The lefty is also coming off a successful first season in the Bronx. Fried recorded the following numbers in 32 starts spanning 195.1 innings in 2025:
- 19 wins
- 20 quality starts
- 2.86 ERA
- 3.37 xERA
- 3.41 xFIP
- 3.60 SIERA
- 1.10 WHIP
- 6.4% walk rate
- 23.6% strikeout rate
- 11.3 SwStr%
- 27.9 CSW%
- 107 stuff+
- 104 location+
- 115 pitching+
The Mariners have four projected starters with at least a 119 wRC+ against lefties since 2024, and another with a 107 wRC+. However, four of the other projected starters have a sub-100 wRC+ against southpaws since 2024, and there’s ample strikeout potential against this group.
The betting info is also decent, with the Yankees as slight favorites (-115), but the game’s total sits at a pitcher-friendly seven runs.
The Blue Jays are sizable betting favorites (-245). That’s the most significant check in the pros column for using Max Scherzer. He’s not a risk-free pick, though. The game’s total is 8.5 runs, which isn’t terrifying given Toronto’s Moneyline odds. Still, it’s not great.
Speaking of not great, Scherzer had a 5.19 ERA, 4.62 xERA, 4.55 xFIP and 4.26 SIERA in 17 starts for the Blue Jays in 2025. Nevertheless, Scherzer’s 22.9% strikeout rate was still OK. Despite Colorado’s offensive outburst on Monday, its projected lineup is unimposing.
Scherzer’s salary at both DFS providers makes him an appealing DFS pick tonight against a lousy lineup, even if he has some risk after an uninspiring age-40 season.
Suggested Lineup Stacks
The Giants have stumbled out of the blocks. They were shut out in each of their first two games and scored one run against the Yankees in the series finale. However, San Francisco tallied three runs in their first victory last night against the Padres.
Fortunately for their offense, German Marquez could be just what the offense ordered for an outburst. Marquez logged a 6.70 ERA, 5.77 xERA, 5.35 xFIP, 5.26 SIERA and 1.71 WHIP in 26 starts in 2025. The veteran righty also surrendered an eye-popping .393 wOBA to lefties and righties last season.
Tonight is a golden opportunity for the Giants to awaken from their early-season slumber.
Andre Pallante was largely a punching bag last year, albeit an unlucky one. He had a 5.31 ERA in 31 starts, but his 4.30 xERA, 4.16 xFIP and 4.44 SIERA weren’t as dreadful. Having said that, Pallante’s ERA estimators weren’t anything to write home about, either.
Pallante was also at his worst at home — 5.77 ERA and 4.47 xFIP in 78 innings. The Mets have the firepower to get Pallante’s 2026 started on a rough note. Seven of New York’s projected starters have had at least a 103 wRC+ against righties since 2024.
Core Studs
- Juan Soto has hit 60 home runs with a .422 on-base percentage (OBP), .287 ISO, .421 wOBA and 179 wRC+ in 965 plate appearances against righties since 2024.
- Yordan Alvarez is quickly ridding himself of the sour taste left in his mouth from last year’s injury-interrupted season. He’s also slugged two homers and stolen one base with four runs, four RBI, a .500 OBP, .389 ISO, .495 wOBA and 217 wRC+ through 24 plate appearances.
Value Plays/Punts
- FanDuel has justifiably increased JJ Wetherholt‘s salary to a reasonable level, but DraftKings is asleep at the wheel, making him a steal on DraftKings. The rookie second baseman has hit one homer with three runs, four RBI, one stolen base, a .316 OBP, .188 ISO, .329 wOBA and 113 wRC+ through his first 19 plate appearances in The Show.
- Kevin McGonigle is also off to a fast start in his first taste of the Majors. Through 17 plate appearances this season, he has scored three runs with four RBI, a .471 OBP, .143 ISO, .438 wOBA and 178 wRC+.
- Luis Arraez has amassed a .350 OBP, .331 wOBA and 116 wRC+ in 945 plate appearances against righties since 2024, and he should have a DFS-friendly lineup spot against Marquez tonight.
- Jorge Polanco has ripped 33 round-trippers with a .314 OBP, .189 ISO, .317 wOBA and 111 wRC+ in 761 plate appearances against righties since 2024.
Tuesday’s Top 3 Underdog Player Props
Check out our best picks on the MLB Underdog Cheat Sheet 
Juan Soto (OF – NYM): 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs — Higher (0.85x)
Juan Soto has surpassed a combined 1.5 hits + runs + RBIs in three of four games this year. He also recorded 152 hits, 120 runs, 105 RBI, a .263 batting average, and a .288 expected batting average (xBA) in 160 games last season.
Jorge Polanco exceeding his combo prop positively correlates with Juan Soto’s prop above, with Polanco projected to bat cleanup and Soto ahead of him in the two-hole.
The switch-hitting infielder has also eclipsed 1.5 combined hits + runs + RBIs in two out of four games this season and can take advantage of the plus -matchup against Andre Pallante tonight.
Max Fried is one of the suggested pitchers on tonight’s DFS slate, so suffice to say, I expect him to record at least 18 outs tonight.
The lefty recorded 19 outs in his first start this season, and he did so in 21 out of 32 starts in 2025. We project Fried for 6.05 innings pitched tonight, which would put him over 17.5 outs.
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