There are two major MLB DFS slates today. Essentially, it is one early slate of seven games and one later slate of seven games. In the interest of giving people more time to read the article, we’ll look at the second slate of games with today’s MLB DFS picks, which begin at 6:10 p.m. ET. Both DraftKings and FanDuel have the same games available in that slate.
Saturday’s Top MLB DFS Picks & Player Props
Saturday’s Starting Pitcher Rankings (4/11)
- This is the type of matchup where you want to use Luis Castillo. In 2025, his home ERA was 2.60 with 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings. On the road, his ERA rose to 4.71, and the strikeouts per nine innings fell to 7.2. Today, he has a home matchup against the Houston Astros.
- Parker Messick doesn’t have the matchup we are looking for with the Atlanta Braves’ 117 wRC+ against left-handed pitchers. However, for as great as Messick has pitched, we can use him in any matchup. While his 0.82 ERA won’t sustain, he still has a 2.95 expected ERA and 3.15 FIP. That comes with a 27.5% strikeout rate, which is 4% better than last year.
- If you are looking for a cheaper option, look at German Marquez. Fantasy managers have always wanted to see what he is capable of when not playing half of his games at Coors Field. Through two starts, it’s been one poor home start and one strong road start. It’s too early to make any assumptions about that, but we know the Rockies struggle on the road (.648 road OPS).
Suggested Lineup Stacks
Texas Rangers Projected Lineup (4/11)
There are two major MLB DFS slates today. Essentially, it is one early slate of seven games and one later slate of seven games. In the interest of giving people more time to read the article, we’ll look at the second slate of games with today’s MLB DFS picks, which begin at 6:10 p.m. ET. Both DraftKings and FanDuel have the same games available in that slate.
Saturday’s Top MLB DFS Picks & Player Props
Saturday’s Starting Pitcher Rankings (4/11)
- This is the type of matchup where you want to use Luis Castillo. In 2025, his home ERA was 2.60 with 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings. On the road, his ERA rose to 4.71, and the strikeouts per nine innings fell to 7.2. Today, he has a home matchup against the Houston Astros.
- Parker Messick doesn’t have the matchup we are looking for with the Atlanta Braves’ 117 wRC+ against left-handed pitchers. However, for as great as Messick has pitched, we can use him in any matchup. While his 0.82 ERA won’t sustain, he still has a 2.95 expected ERA and 3.15 FIP. That comes with a 27.5% strikeout rate, which is 4% better than last year.
- If you are looking for a cheaper option, look at German Marquez. Fantasy managers have always wanted to see what he is capable of when not playing half of his games at Coors Field. Through two starts, it’s been one poor home start and one strong road start. It’s too early to make any assumptions about that, but we know the Rockies struggle on the road (.648 road OPS).
Suggested Lineup Stacks
Texas Rangers Projected Lineup (4/11)
| POS |
PLAYER |
DraftKings Salary |
FanDuel Salary |
| OF |
Brandon Nimmo |
$4,200 |
$3,400 |
| OF |
Wyatt Langford |
$3,600 |
$2,600 |
| SS |
Corey Seager |
$4,300 |
$3,700 |
| 1B |
Jake Burger |
$3,900 |
$3,300 |
| OF/1B |
Joc Pederson |
$2,300 |
$2,400 |
| OF |
Evan Carter |
$3,400 |
$2,700 |
| C |
Danny Jansen |
$2,900 |
$2,800 |
| 2B/3B/SS/OF/1B |
Josh Smith |
$2,800 |
$2,300 |
| 3B |
Josh Jung |
$2,400 |
$2,200 |
- The Texas Rangers have an Interleague matchup today against the Dodgers’ Emmet Sheehan. It could just be the small sample, but so far, Sheehan has not looked like the same pitcher we saw last season. His fastball is down 1.5 miles per hour (MPH). His ERA is 8.00, and his FIP is 5.93.
- Corey Seager has eight runs, four home runs, 10 RBI, a stolen base and a batting average of .234. He is still hitting the ball hard to score plenty of fantasy points in this matchup. He has a 92.7 MPH average exit velocity and a 16% barrel rate.
- The price for Wyatt Langford has dropped to a point where it’s hard to ignore much longer. While his surface stats have been ugly, with only a .525 OPS, he still has a 90.4 average exit velocity and a 43% hard-hit rate. That points to brighter days (and better statistics) ahead. His price on FanDuel is very appealing.
- If you’re looking for a really cheap option in your outfield, look at Joc Pederson. He is selling out for the home run, with 71% of his hits being in the air. That comes with an elite 94.4 average exit velocity and 61.9% hard-hit rate. Yet, he has no barrels because he is hitting it too high with a 26-degree launch angle. If he can dial that launch down a bit, he could hit another home run.
Boston Red Sox Projected Lineup (4/11)
| POS |
PLAYER |
DraftKings Salary |
FanDuel Salary |
| OF |
Roman Anthony |
$5,200 |
$2,900 |
| OF |
Jarren Duran |
$4,900 |
$3,400 |
| 1B/C |
Willson Contreras |
$4,100 |
$3,000 |
| OF |
Wilyer Abreu |
$5,000 |
$3,600 |
| SS |
Trevor Story |
$4,000 |
$2,800 |
| 2B/SS/3B |
Marcelo Mayer |
$2,400 |
$2,700 |
| 3B/2B |
Caleb Durbin |
$2,400 |
$2,400 |
| C |
Carlos Narvaez |
$2,400 |
$2,600 |
| OF/SS/2B |
Ceddanne Rafaela |
$3,000 |
$2,600 |
- The Boston Red Sox have not gotten off to the offensive start that was expected, but a matchup with Kyle Leahy could turn their offense around. Leahy has an ERA of 5.40 with a FIP of 4.95. He is striking out only 4.5 batters per nine innings while walking the same number. That’s a recipe for disaster.
- One of the rare Red Sox hitters who is off to a good start is Wilyer Abreu. He already has eight extra-base hits, including three home runs. He’s already had six barrels, which is good for a 17% rate.
- Jarren Duran has an OPS of .495 this season. It’s slightly higher against right-handed pitchers at .521, but that’s still far from good. The good news is that he was back in the lineup yesterday, batting leadoff against a right-handed pitcher. That’s the spot where he has been most effective in the past.
- Ceddanne Rafaela has a .324 batting average early in the season, but with only two extra-base hits. One of those extra-base hits went for a home run. It’s really his hit rates that make him stand out. In the early season, he has a hard-hit rate of 36% and only a soft-hit rate of 9%.
Core Studs
- Maybe today will be the day the Giants begin hitting with their matchup against Chris Bassitt. One player who is likely to take advantage of that matchup is Rafael Devers, who is 10-for-20 against Bassitt in his career with two doubles and three home runs.
- Typically, I try to avoid recommending batters against the suggested starting pitchers, but let’s make an exception for Yordan Alvarez. He is 8-for-16 with a double and two home runs in his career against Luis Castillo.
- Not sure if it is intentional or not, but Will Smith has only four (hitless) at-bats against left-handed pitchers this season. Today’s matchup is against right-handed pitcher Jack Leiter. Smith has an .828 OPS against right-handed pitchers this season.
Value Plays/Punts
- This will be the third time I’ve recommended Gary Sanchez in the value play/punt section versus a left-handed pitcher. He hit a home run the first two times. Let’s hope he can make it three-for-three today.
- Rhys Hoskins seems to be settling into an everyday role with the Cleveland Guardians. He has always been a better option against left-handed pitchers, like today’s opponent (Martin Perez). He has a career .878 OPS against left-handed pitchers.
- Who knows how long Jordan Walker will keep it up, but the way he is playing now, it is hard not to recommend him at these prices. Again, it’s an exceptionally small sample size, but he currently has a 1.808 OPS against left-handed pitchers, like today’s opponent (Ranger Suarez).
Saturday’s Top 3 Underdog Player Props
After a one-day lull, CJ Abrams got right back on track yesterday. He has now exceeded 1.5 combined hits + runs + RBIs in nine of his last 10 games.
Today’s matchup is against left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison. Abrams is better against right-handed pitchers than left-handed pitchers, but is still off to a 5-for-18 start against lefties.
Logan Webb hasn’t gotten off to the start he expected, but a matchup with Baltimore should help him turn around the strikeout numbers.
Webb has faced at least 25 batters in all three of his games. The Orioles are striking out just under 25% as a team. Some quick math says that Webb should get at least six strikeouts in this game.
It appears Underdog hasn’t readjusted Kodai Senga‘s line for his improved stuff through his first two starts of 2026. Senga’s fastball has been on average two MPH faster than in 2025, which is helping him generate whiffs 10% more of the time.
Because of that, Senga has cleared 6.5 strikeouts in each of his first two starts. Today, he faces the Athletics, who are striking out 27.5% of the time.
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