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July 1, 2026 MLB DFS Picks — DraftKings

14 games · $50,000 cap · Updated Jul 1, 1:43 PM ET

The Almanac's Take

Fourteen games gives you room to maneuver, and the pitcher side of the board is where the clearest separation sits today. MacKenzie Gore projects at 18.7 points on an $8,000 salary — the best raw projection-to-cost ratio among pitchers listed. Dean Kremer at $8,500 projects 13.4, a softer number but still reasonable at that price if Gore is heavily rostered elsewhere — though we have no roster data here to lean on. No weather alerts are affecting any game. Stack data came back empty, so building around a specific offense doesn't have strong model support right now; pitcher-anchored construction is the cleaner path today.

The Slate

14 games · 9.5 avg O/U
SD @ CHC
San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs
12
O/U
SD SP TBDvsCHC SP TBD
CHC -126Stack lean CHC
MIA @ COL
Miami Marlins at Colorado Rockies
11
O/U
MIA SP TBDvsCOL SP TBD
MIA -167Stack lean COL
CWS @ BAL
Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles
10.5
O/U
CWS SP TBDvsDean Kremer RHP · $8,500
BAL -143Stack lean BAL
TB @ KC
Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
10.5
O/U
TB SP TBDvsKC SP TBD
TB -136Stack lean KC
DET @ NYY
Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees
9.5
O/U
DET SP TBDvsNYY SP TBD
NYY -143Stack lean NYY
WSH @ BOS
Washington Nationals at Boston Red Sox
9.5
O/U
WSH SP TBDvsBOS SP TBD
BOS -144Stack lean BOS
SF @ ARI
San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks
9.5
O/U
SF SP TBDvsARI SP TBD
ARI -132Stack lean ARI
CIN @ MIL
Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers
9
O/U
CIN SP TBDvsMIL SP TBD
MIL -168Stack lean MIL
STL @ ATL
St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves
9
O/U
STL SP TBDvsATL SP TBD
ATL -137Stack lean ATL
NYM @ TOR
New York Mets at Toronto Blue Jays
8.5
O/U
NYM SP TBDvsTOR SP TBD
NYM -114Stack lean TOR
MIN @ HOU
Minnesota Twins at Houston Astros
8.5
O/U
MIN SP TBDvsHOU SP TBD
HOU -136Stack lean HOU
PIT @ PHI
Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies
8
O/U
PIT SP TBDvsPHI SP TBD
PHI -143Stack lean PHI
TEX @ CLE
Texas Rangers at Cleveland Guardians
8
O/U
MacKenzie Gore LHP · $8,000vsCLE SP TBD
CLE -112Stack lean CLE
LAD @ ATH
Los Angeles Dodgers at ATH
O/U
LAD SP TBDvsATH SP TBD
Stack lean ATH

Value Plays

P
MacKenzie Gore
$8,000 · 18.7 pt
Top projected DFS plays ranked by points per $1,000 of salary.
#PlayerPosMatchupSalaryProjPts/$1KValue
1
MacKenzie Gore
6.3 K · 6.2 IPL5 16.4
Pnull vs Cleveland Guardians$8,00018.72.34Smash
2
Dean Kremer
5.6 K · 5.1 IPL5 20.4
Pnull vs Chicago White Sox$8,50013.41.58Smash

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